Samiul Bashar Samin Our fascination with visiting museums draws on the cult of adulation for the unique work of art, as explored by Walter Benjamin in ‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’. We want an authentic encounter as opposed to the experience of gazing at reproductions in books. It’s the reason…
Md. Shahnewaj Patwari, Advocate, researcher and social activist : In a recent report published in the Daily Star on 13 September 2018 titled ‘Poor healthcare plagues RMG units’ stated that Ready Made Garments (RMG) workers are deprived from maternity benefit, also they are not provided rest room, dining room, day care centre facilities in most of…
Reuters: a prices in Bangladesh rose at the weekly auction for the 11th time in a row on strong demand for quality leaf and tight supplies. Bangladeshi tea fetched an average of 283.27 taka ($2.7) per kg in the port city of Chittagong on Tuesday, compared with 276.34 taka at the previous sale. There was…
John Harris, Guardian columnist/The Guardian,UK Squeezed between Brexiteer and Corbynite tribes, a true national conversation seems impossible. But there is a way forward The autumn is coming, though it might be better to adopt American English, and think of it as the fall: out of the languid, heady days of summer, and back into the…
Syed Badrul Ahsan writes for DOT : The place of Shwadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, Free Bengal Radio, is seminal in the history of Bangladesh. As the Bengali nation found itself faced with the assault of the Pakistan army at the end of March 1971, it was Shwadhin Bangla Betar which placed itself in the forefront,…
Eurek Alert Some of you may have made a New Year’s resolution to hit the gym to tackle that annoying belly fat. But have you ever wondered how physical activity produces this desired effect? A signaling molecule called interleukin-6 plays a critical role in this process, researchers report December 27 in the journal Cell Metabolism….
UNB Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government has a plan to set up one medical college hospital in each district, aiming to provide better healthcare services to people. The Prime Minister said this while speaking at the 43rd annual conference of Bangladesh Ophthalmological Society at Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh in the…
UNB Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested three people along with 40,000 US$, 802 bottles of Phensidyl and 138 bottles of foreign liquor from Boro Achara area along Benapole border on Friday. The arrestees were identified as Nahid Hossain, 19, Abdul Jabbar, 40 and Zahid Hossain, 18. They hailed from different parts of Jashore…
Reported by: Anwar Hossain Written by: Eshan Maitra Flat buyers are required to pay average of 15% of the buying amount, for registering their flats. Including, verities of tax & stamp fees. In total, it becomes way too much. Even the process is very complex. Thus, buyers just move to their newly bought flats &…
Samiul Bashar Samin A smile is more than baring teeth”, sings St Vincent on ‘Every Tear Disappears’. But you can spin that sentiment backwards, too: the baring of teeth doesn’t necessarily imply a smile, and in St Vincent’s case, it could mean something altogether more menacing. ‘St Vincent’ is her fourth solo album, coming on…