M Humayun Kabir: Dhaka commuters have been facing untold sufferings following the ongoing shutdown of bus services by transport owners and workers in response to student protests for safer roads. As on previous days, the shutdown also left hundreds of passengers stranded on district roads and highways yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. Following the deaths of two…
Nobonita Chowdhury Sometimes it doesn’t matter how many face wipes you’re going through, the makeup seems to be glued to your skin. Or at other times, you’re just not in the mood to deal with all these complications. This is where micellar water comes to the rescue. Critics have described it as a miracle product…
UNB, Dhaka Amid fears of violence and polling irregularities, the second phase balloting in the Union Parishad elections is set to take place in 639 UPs of 82 Upazilas spread across 47 of the country’s 64 districts on today. The balloting began at 8am and will continue till 4pm without any break. As many as…
UNB: Chattogram, Aug 4 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive rescued 11 boys from the clutches of traffickers and arrested a suspected human trafficker along with Yaba tablets atShantir Hat Bazar under Rangunia upazila on Friday evening. The arrestee is Md Kamal Uddin, 25, son of Din Mohammad, a resident…
Ali Riaz, East Asia Forum : Bangladesh’s upcoming parliamentary election, scheduled for 30 December, may become the most consequential for the country since independence. Not only is incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) seeking an unprecedented third consecutive term, but the election will have important implications for the future course…
M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh and Nepal has agreed to boost cooperation in power sector alongside trade and investment. The agreement was made after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held talks with her Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli on the sidelines of the 4th BIMSTEC Summit here, reports BSS. “They discussed bilateral and regional cooperation and put…
Sojol Sorkar, Tungipara, Gopalganj: Light traps have been built to protect the aman crops from damaging insects in Patgati, Borny, Kusholi, Ramchandrapur and Chingari municipalities of Tungipara upazila. According to the Agricultural office, 50 light traps have been erected in the upazilla’s 16 blocks to control the spread of disease and the insects. Some farmers…
John Lloyd/Reuters It’s not the week to say it, but Donald Trump has a point. It isn’t original and what it proposes will be hard to do, yet when he says that “getting along with Russia is a good thing,” as he did before his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last month,…
CNN: For the first time, Osama bin Laden’s mother, Alia Ghanem, has given an interview. Conducted in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by Martin Chulov of The Guardian, the interview is noteworthy because bin Laden, the architect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and his mother were exceptionally close. What Ghanem says in the interview is largely credible…
Sayeed Muhammad While delivering a keynote speech in Myanmar, Pope Francis, on the second day of a four-day visit to the country, demanded “respect for each ethnic group” without specifying the Muslim Rohingya community.Rights groups had earlier urged him to use the term for backing the community. Myanmar’s Catholic Church had told him the term…