Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section: Local and international rights groups like International Labour Organisation (ILO), the European Union and the United States have continued in putting pressure on the government for reviewing the labour law. As a result, the cabinet on 3 September 2018 approved in principle the…
Desk Report: App-based ride-hailing services have become costlier for city commuters due to its growing demand mainly during rush hours, reports Financial Express. Many of the users said they have been experiencing a random fare hike in such app-based transport services for a couple of months. However, market leaders in the app-based ridesharing sector, especially…
Lt Colonel (Retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan, Awami League Presidium Member: If BNP is a responsible political party, it will join the 11th national parliamentary election. In fact, BNP is not even a political party – it is a party of criminals and terrorists. They believe that their way should be followed or else they destroy…
Reuters: Russia’s top election official said on Wednesday she had recommended the results of a regional election in the country’s far east be annulled due to vote rigging and a new election held, Russian news agencies reported. Hundreds of Russian Communist Party supporters took to the central square of Vladivostok on Monday to protest against…
BSS, Dhaka Bangladesh looking forward to restore some lost pride as they face tournament favorite host India in their third super 10 group 2 match of the ICC World Twenty20 scheduled to be held today at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, India. The match kicks off at 8 pm (BST). Bangladesh, by comparison,…
Desk Report: Overall investment crossed 31 percent of GDP for the first time in Bangladesh’s history last fiscal year thanks to a spike in public spending on mega infrastructure projects now being implemented. In fiscal 2017-18, overall investment to gross domestic product ratio stood at 31.23 percent, which was 30.51 percent the previous year, according…
While the American Revolution is considered pretty non-hostile, the French Revolution is often seen as a bloody, anarchic mess. It was indeed pretty terrible. Also, like a lot of revolutions, in the end it exchanged an authoritarian regime for an authoritarian regime. But even if the revolution was a mess, its ideas changed human history…
UNB Police in special drives arrested 74 people, who are accused in different cases, from eight upazilas of the district from Friday evening to Saturday morning. Of them, 19 were arrested from Sadar upazila, 24 from Kolaroa upazila while the others from Kaliganj,Ahsashuni,Patkelghata, Debhata, Shamnagar and Tala upazilas. said Azam Khan, Inspector of Special Branch…
Kabir Humayun: The 22nd session of Jatiya Sangsad will begin tomorrow after a 58-day recess. President M Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising his power bestowed upon him by Article 72 (1) of the Constitution, reports BSS. The House proceedings of the session is scheduled to start at 5pm on the day. Prior to the…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni has requested authorities of educational institutions not to charge additional admission fees to students, warning stern action if the directive is not followed, The Daily Star reported. “Tougher action will be taken if anyone is found charging extra fees to students…taking additional fees during admission and…