Khaleda : No polls under Hasina

    Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia categorically said it again that there would be no election under Sheikh Hasina. She said fair election was not possible under the present government. She was addressing at the rally to mark November 7 as their Revolution and Solidarity day at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital…

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      Journey starts for ‘Trimatrik’

      Personal Correspondent The 30th BCS cadres’ social organization ‘Trimatrik’ started officially. The organization started its journey on Friday afternoon by publishing a memento and exposing the logo in the World Writers’ Center.‘Trimatrik’ president Jahangir Alam supervised the ceremony, and Department of Development Studies of Dhaka University Senior Professor and former divisional head Dr. Niaz Ahmed…

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        Land and Freedom

        Sushovan Dhar The exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and his four associates relinquished to the Belgian police. He earlier fled to Belgium after the Spanish government, also called the Regime of 78, imposed direct rule in Catalonia following the independence referendum. Cases were registered against him and his four associates on charges of rebellion, sedition,…

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          40 years since the first ‘test-tube’ baby was born

          Tanzim Taqrim The first ‘test-tube’ baby was born in 1978. As a scientific innovation, she was the first baby born in vitro fertilization. Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edward were authoritative for this trailblazing procedure. The procedure embraces removing an egg from woman’s ovaries and fertilizing it with sperm in a laboratory. The fertilized egg is…

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            Can Rohingyas return home?

            Noman Mosharef Whether the displaced Rohingyas can ever return home is a burning question since the exodus began in 1978. It is not only them who want to go back to their own land, but also the international community is largely concerned about their repatriation. More than 600,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh since a fresh…

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              Commercial Deer Farm May Get Permitted

              Asaduzzaman Samrat Parliamentary committee of the Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock had decided to legalize the commercial farming of Chitra Deer, in one of their meetings earlier this year. With the notion of decreasing the illegal poaching & meat smuggling of the deer in Sundarbans. Also, Chitra deer reproduces & grows rapidly. Hence, commercializing its…

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                A danger that deepens in winter

                Redwan Ahmed During these early-winter days, Mohammad Ali Azam barely leaves his home in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area. He moved in here from Thakurgaon. At his 65 now, he has developed respiratory complications, which worsen with the winter spores and the smog. The story remains the same in many of Asia’s urban areas in every winter….

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                  Sexual Harassment in restaurant industry

                  Tanzim Taqrim The restaurant industry has a sexual harassment problem too, and 60% of women in the U.S. have dealt with it. At celebrity chef John Besh’s restaurants 25 women affirmed culture of harassment. In a survey of 688 current and former restaurant workers,2/3 of women divulged sexual harassment from managers and 80% reported it…

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