Desk Report: The Masters of Public Health (MPH) programme was launched at Rangpur Community Medical College (RCMC), a sister organisation of Rangpur Group, in a function held at its lecture room in Rangpur city, reports Financial Express. Director of Rangpur Group Major (Retd) Nasim Uddin as the chief guest formally inaugurated the MPH programme to…
Maj Gen (retd) Abdur Rashid, Security Analyst : Bangladesh is predominantly a Sunni Muslim country. That is why all take it for granted that the country is a fertile breeding ground for militancy. Against this backdrop, one can brand the whole country as a militant state like Pakistan and Afghanistan when one can carry out militant…
The Camp Fire in Northern California has been under control, but the fire season is not over with experts warning of a possible repeat of the record-shattering infernos that engulfed U.S. parched Golden State this year. The science community were unanimous about the link between global warming and California’s infernos, as opposed to U.S. President…
Dr. Abul Barkat speaks to DOT : When looking at CPD’s pre-election report on embezzlements in the banking sector, it is clear that they do not like the current government. Now perhaps CPD could have commented on something else – there is no lack of topics to discuss about. It wasn’t just in the last…
Reported by: Mahfuz Uddin Khan Written by: Eshan Maitra Heavy seasonal rains have caused flood on the montane areas & is flowing toward Kaptai Lake. Thousands of families already have lost their houses. Low-lands were also flooded due to water-height increase of Kaptai Lake. In order to, avoid any critical threats the authorities have opened…
M Humayun Kabir: ‘Shantite Bijoy Campaign’, a national campaign seeking peace ahead of the next national elections, was launched in Dhaka yesterday with a slogan ‘Bangladesh will win if peace wins.’ The campaign was launched at the Celebrity Hall of the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC) with the joining of 400 Awami League and BNP…
Raj Abrar: At least two more were killed early yesterday as the countrywide anti-drug operation continues to leave a path of bodies, the current toll being 124 bodies in the last 17 days, reports The Daily Star, quoting the daily Prothom Alo. In yesterday’s count, the two were said to have been killed in “infighting…
Michelle Goldberg, Michelle Goldberg, American blogger and author/The New York Times Her testimony was heroic. Will it be pointless? On Thursday, Christine Blasey Ford testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the world, that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers. Her soft voice cracked as she spoke. She…
AFP: Aid group Doctors Without Borders has urged the evacuation of thousands of migrants trapped in detention centers in Libya’s capital Tripoli, which is under a fragile cease-fire after deadly clashes. The cease-fire brokered by the UN was agreed between armed groups on Tuesday after at least 63 people were killed in days of fighting…