M Humayun Kabir: At least nine people, including five photojournalists, were injured allegedly in BCL attacks at different spots in Dhaka yesterday during student protest demanding safe roads. The injured journalists were identified as AM Ahad of AP, Zawad of Janakantha, Palash of Banik Barta, Rimon of US based Zuma Press, freelancer Rahat and Enamul…
Myisha Nawar & Nusrat Progga After a marvelous shopping spree at Paris (we wear Prada or nada) and a weekend of partying in the Bahamas, The Daily Our Time’s most fabulous reporters- Myishakalakaboomboom and Proggastination, came back to their homeland in search of some fine coffee. After some terrible experiences at over-hyped coffee-shops like Gloria…
Gulf Times At least 20 people died when a truck carrying mourners returning from a funeral ritual plunged around 400 metres (1,300 feet) onto a river bank in central Nepal, police said Saturday. Fourteen others were injured as the vehicle veered off an unpaved narrow road in a hilly area around 70 kilometres (45 miles)…
Samiul Bashar Samin So you didn’t bring your physics homework and you have the lousiest reason in this world. What do you do? “In times of crisis, always use treason” says yours truly/a liar/fraud/420 in more ways that one. Remember kids: when honesty seems like a death trap, always lie. I knew this one guy…
Prof Dr Ajoy Roy, Educationist : The long over election of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) should be held without further delay. However, the Dhaka University authorities will decide as to how they will hold the election complying with the court order. The university authorities will adopt the action plan in consultation with their legal…
Abrar Hussain Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday sought public mandate again for Awami League in the next general elections saying it was the only political party in the country which could take forward Bangladesh in all fronts, reports bssnews.”The Awami League is the only party which has a vision to move forward the country…
Syed Yusuf Saadat, Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)/Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) A bank is a financial institution which acts as an intermediary between borrowers and savers, and thus enables efficient allocation of financial resource across various sectors of the economy. Banks are the main source of indirect finance in a…
BSS: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Civil Aviation and Tourism yesterday recommended to take legal actions against those hajj agencies who violated conditions set by the Religious Affairs Ministry. The committee also recommended canceling licenses of the hajj agencies for any kind of irregularities related to carrying hajj pilgrims. The recommendations came at a…
Desk report: The government is now aiming to train thousands of Madrasah teachers in information and communication technology (ICT) and modern Arabic to increase their employability overseas, especially to tap further the Middle East job market, reports the financial express. The Ministry of Education has recently chalked out a project, under which 19,200 Madrasah teachers…
Arafat Hasan of DOT President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to the freedom fighters of the nation by placing flowers at the National Martyrs’ Memorial at 6:30am on in Savar yesterday. Representatives from the armed forces also saluted the martyrs. Bugles rang out to sing their praises. The president and…