Desk Report Awami League government has failed to ensure safe drinking water for the country’s entire population even seven years after the timeline they had pledged, with salinity and arsenic still remaining major challenges. The party in its election manifesto before the parliamentary polls in 2008 had promised to ensure safe drinking water for all…
~ Syed Nasir Ershad British Prime Minister Theresa May appears to have begun a purge in her party after shock election results threw the future of her leadership in doubt. May’s co-chiefs of staff, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, announced their resignations Saturday on the Conservative Home political blog. Timothy conceded in a statement that he had failed…
DNA India: After more than a year of being put through their paces – learning to scale buildings, defuse bombs and rescue hostages – India’s first all-female commando team started work on Friday, breaking a traditionally male bastion. The 36 women underwent 15 months of rigorous training in weapons handling, counter-terrorism and Krav Maga – the…
Fazle Hossain Badsha speaks to DOT : Fazle Hossain Badsha, the general secretary of Workers Party of Bangladesh, said BNP is still in a deep fascination with Jamaat, aiming at coming to power. Until Jamaat’s politics will be banned, logic of the pro-Liberation War alliance Moha Jote existing will mean the same. The lest-leaning party…
Reported by: Ismail Hussain & Masud Alam Written by: Eshan Maitra Police issued a boarder booking prohibition for the residential hotels in Panthapath, Dhanmondi & other areas around it. Till 10pm of Monday. This is a part of security measure taken regarding 21 August. Police also given the hotel owners 8 guidelines to follow during boarder…
Syed Badrul Ahsan: There are certain truths we do not tamper with when it comes to dealing with history. Unlike men like David Irving, we have no reason to question the Holocaust and the reality of six million Jews perishing at the hands of the Nazis. Like so many men and women around the world,…
Barrister Nadim Ahmed, Associate lawyer, FM Associates: Rampant use of harmful chemicals like formalin, additives and other toxic materials have only led the food suppliers to banks while it landed the consumers, especially children, to hospitals. As tax-paying citizens of Bangladesh, we refuse to be fed toxic food in silence. There was a time when…
UNB A retired Sonali Bank official was found dead at a hospital in the city after family brought him there citing stroke early Saturday. Family members brought Gias Uddin Khan, 62, a retired official of Sonali Bank Ltd, to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital around 1 am saying he had suffered a stroke, said…
Sofian Khan The Election Commission has set a deadline of seven days to remove the campaign posters and banners used by nominees of the upcoming Dhaka city polls. On Yesterday, The Divisional Commissioner for Dhaka has asked to take necessary measures in a letter. The Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral poll will be held in…
Jafar Ahmed Only 113 crores taka was collected at only two venues, in the first Bangladesh Tax Fair in 2010. But 8 years later, total of 2,217.33 crores taka was collected in 167 venues countrywide. Even, income tax submission has increased by 72.40% and 25.89% more general public voluntarily sought for related public services this…