Sayeed Muhammad: Kolorob Jobs, a digital job portal to create job opportunities for unemployed and vulnerable youths, has been launched. State Minister for Posts, Telecom and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak launched the website, a project of Save the Children in Bangladesh, in a Dhaka hotel yesterday, reports UNB. Save the Children Country Director Mark…
Sayeed Muhammad: Before the tournament, Tigershad been reiterating of their target to win the Asia Cup under Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s captaincy. Mash was telling his team members that they were not playing the tournament in the UAE just to make up the numbers, reports The Daily Star. Mushfiqur Rahim, who has been Tigers’ saviour in…
AFP: Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Mecca that presents a huge environmental challenge for Saudi Arabia. The Mamuniya camp in Mina near the holy city is dotted with colour-coded barrels black for organic waste and blue for cans and…
Syed Nasir Ershad Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi gave a much-anticipated address Tuesday on the ongoing crisis following the exodus of than 400,000 minority Rohingya Muslims from the country. Speaking for over 30 minutes in English, it’s the first time Suu Kyi has addressed the situation in northern Rakhine State. However, many of the…
Md. Ali Raj: As drug dealing business spreaded into the country in recent years, many people have taken it as their profession also. Claiming himself as a big businessman, Ishtiaq Ahmed, who was a ragpicker 18 years back is one of those successful and powerful business mafia. Law enforcement agency has named him as a…
Desk Report: Mango trading in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts is now on the final stage amid last moment’s exorbitant price of the tasty and delicious seasonal fruit after more than two and half months long brisk business. Excepting a few places like Seroil Bus Termnal and Shaheb Bazar areas, most of the businessmen including the…
M Hafiz Uddin Khan, President, SHUJAN : If there are pending cases against those being arrested centering the city elections, then why have they not been arrested much sooner? Why should they be arrested in election time? There is actually some sort of ulterior motive behind this. If there are cases pending against the arrestees, then why…
Marilyn Thipthorpe You either spend your life trying to get pregnant or trying not to. There is no sure science behind the process of conceiving and carrying a baby. More often than not, women do not pay much attention to your fertility; it’s something they take for granted. Well here are a few points…
M Humayun Kabir: Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali began his 4-day visit to Myanmar yesterday to see what steps Myanmar has taken so far for creating conducive environment for safe return of Rohingyas. The minister accompanied by Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and members of joint working group will discuss with Myanmar leadership over Rohingya…
Afrida Ahmed: Four slit-throats bodies were recovered by the police at a paddy field in Shibganj upazila of Bogra yesterday morning, reports BDnews24. Shibganj Police Station OC Sahid Mahmud Khan said that yesterday morning the bodies were taken into police custody and they were wearing tshirts, shirts and pants. The dead bodies were identified as…