Maj. Gen. (retd.) A K Mohammad Ali Shikdar: Drug trafficking is a major obstacle for society. The situation has deteriorated to such an extent that the nation and its people are under threat. Those who are associated with these immoral acts are criminals. Therefore any quote, comment or debate that hints at mercy for them…
Hossen Sohel: Frantic rescue operations have been continuing since Sunday’s earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok. The latest aftershock had a magnitude of 5.9 or 6.2, according to monitors. It brought down some buildings, reports BBC. Rescue workers are still digging through rubble and trying to get aid to survivors of the earlier, larger…
UNB, Dhaka Shougat Nazbin Khan, a young education advocate from Bangladesh, has received the Commonwealth Youth Awards for excellence in development work. She was one of four outstanding young people aged under 30 recognised in the 2016 Commonwealth Youth Awards and named as Commonwealth Young Person of the Year for Asia, Shougat Nazbin told…
BSS The name of Sajeda Akhter, an intermediate student of Barguna Government College, is now stand for bravery as she thwarted 107 child marriages risking her life. After being saddened with plights of females, who got married in their childhood, Sajeda has decided her destination to change the society with stopping such unwanted marriages. Sajeda,…
UNB Bimal Roy Choudhury, a 1952 Language Movement veteran and a Freedom Fighter, died from old age complicacies in Jashore General Hospital on Saturday morning. He was 93. He breathed his last at 9:00 am, said his son Anup Roy Choudhury. Bimal Roy Choudhury was born on February 25, 1925, in Noapara village in the…
Lost Years of Life 150,000 people are going to die today, and one of the brutally unfair realities of life is that where you are born can dramatically change how and at what age you die. There’s a really fascinating measurement called ‘years of life lost’ which measures how many years shy of the realistic…
DOT Desk The second white tiger cub was born in the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur on August 8, reports The Daily Observer. The birth of the first white tiger cub in the Chittagong Zoo on July 19 of this year. The mother tiger gave birth to three cubs on August 8. Among…
DOT Desk The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Wednesday as some investors are active on sector-wise issues amid cautious trading ahead of national elections, reports The financial Express. Following the previous five days’ marginal gain, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong…
Desk Report: Speakers at a programme called for proper coordination among different ministries of the government for building a child-friendly atmosphere and protecting the rights of children, reports Daily Sun. Taking necessary steps for sustainable rehabilitation of child trafficking victims and enforcement of Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act-2012 will also help protect the…
Abrar Hussain of DOT The head of the United Nations in Myanmar expressed concern about the situation in the western state of Rakhine, where fighting between the military and the rebel Arakan Army has displaced about 4,500 people since early December. Knut Ostby, who acts as the resident coordinator for the United Nations, said in…