Myisha Nawar As a child, our dreams were limitless. One fine morning we would plan on being a firefighter or an astronaut while the next day followed with the ambition to be a pop singer or an actor. Right? As we grow and start considering future career plans seriously, it is vital to preserve that…
Abrar Hussain Dhaka University (DU) authorities discharged Prof Anwarullah Chowdhury from his post yesterday. The decision which has been informed sending a letter from university registrar office will be effective from today. Prof Anwarullah Chowdhury, a former vice-chancellor of DU, had to step down 16 years ago in the face of a student protests, reports…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The ruling Awami League (AL) will hold a grand rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka on January 19 on the occasion of securing absolute majority in the 11th parliamentary election, reports The Daily Star. The rally will be held around 2:30pm on the day where AL President Sheikh Hasina will attend…
Hossen Sohel: A figurative bronze sculpture of Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will be put up for sale by auction in order to raise money for charity, said Dr Thant Thaw Kaung, executive committee member of the Daw Khin Kyi Foundation, reports Eleven Media Group. The auction will be jointly organised by the…
Sayeed Muhammad: In yet another positive move to the country’s power sector, Bangladesh has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nepal to increase cooperation in the power sector and expedite the process of importing hydro-electricity from Nepal. Apart from the import of hydro-electricity from Nepal through India, the MoU includes investments by Bangladesh in Nepal’s…
NDTV: That’s what was written on the cardboard sign David Voith would hold as he stood at an embankment along the Hillandale strip mall in Silver Spring, Maryland, waiting for cars to slow. Sometimes, motorists would hand him a little money. Sometimes, they’d look at his eyes and offer medical advice. They’d say to him,…
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age : Mohammad Ali Jinnah died a lonely man, sometime between his departure from Ziarat and arrival in Karachi on 11 September 1948. There is yet the old argument that had he lived, Pakistan would be a truly democratic, perhaps even secular country. Unfortunately, it is an argument which…
M Humayun Kabir: BNP termed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comment ‘absurd and imprudent’ involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia in the August-15 carnage conspiracy. “Our self-declared Prime Minister used to see the ghost of Zia family and BNP everywhere. Otherwise, how could you involve Khaleda Zia and Ziaur Rahman in the 1975 incident? You’re making unguarded…
Kabir Humayun: Autho-rities of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) preponed the Eid vacation from yesterday and asked its students to vacate halls. Male students were asked to vacate the halls by 5pm yesterday while female students were given till 10am today. The Eid vacation was supposed to start from August 19 but the…
UNB Alternatively known as the holy basil or ocimum sanctum, tulsi is a common name in most Indian households. Easy to grow and widely found in the Indian subcontinent, not only is tulsi a revered, holy plant in Hinduism; it also finds its place in the ancient science of Ayurveda. Tulsi is commonly found in…