Abrar Hussain: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia announced yesterday that motorcyclists lacking helmets will be denied fuel at refueling stations. The Dhaka police chief announced the move, which was first introduced in Rangpur to discipline motorcyclists, at a press briefing at DMP media centre, reports The Daily Star. “We have requested the filling…
Myisha Nawar Is sadness the only symptom of depression? Can you snap out of depression yourself? Read ahead to find out… Myth: Depression is extreme grief and sadness, not a medical condition. Fact: Perhaps the biggest mistake people make is when they think that depression is just an extreme manifestation of sadness or grief, and…
Mohammad Ali Sattar The time of ecstasy and joy is back once more. We are in the midst of yet another great day to celebrate. Long before the Eid comes people are somehow lost in the other planet. They are out of touch of this mundane living style. The sense of spirituality and piety stealthily…
Straits Times, Singapore: Food chains Fish & Co and Delifrance Singapore have lost their halal certifications after failing to renew them this year. Fish & Co’s certification expired in March and Delifrance’s in June.An Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) spokesman said Fish & Co’s 12 outlets have not been halal certified since April 1.He…
—DOT Desk: A 50-foot-long bamboo bridge over the Karatoa river in Par Nimaichara village of Nimaichara union under Chatmohar upazila has been the only way of road communication for the people of five villages in the union for many years, much to the suffering of the villagers, reports The Daily Star. Over 20,000 residents of…
Arafat Hasan of DOT The Election Commission has planned to set up permanent offices in at least 100 countries around the world in order to enlist expatriate Bangladeshis as voters, reported Dhaka Tribune. The decision came at a recent meeting of the EC’s National Identity Wing, with plans to send teams abroad for a feasibility…
UNB, Dhaka Observing that the existing culture of impunity is a major barrier to combating corruption, eminent citizens at a seminar here on Thursday urged the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to set an example by punishing well-identified corrupt people. They said the Commission must give a message to all by punishing well-identified corrupt people that…
Andrew DeLeone, GE Regional Leader, Steam power, South Asia: Every country is blessed with certain natural resources. That is the big part of Bangladesh’s story. There are domestic coal reserves, which are untapped. Furthermore, as an energy source, coal is really abundant around the world and Bangladesh is well positioned to receive coal from number…
Reuters: President Ashraf Ghani congratulated Afghanistan’s armed forces in Ghazni on Friday for their victory over Taliban insurgents in the strategically important city after clashes that killed at least 150 soldiers and 95 civilians. The Taliban’s five-day siege of Ghazni eased on Wednesday after Afghan officials declared that they had regained complete control of the…