Dr. Ajoy Ray, Academic : Road transport minister should come to an understanding with the students protesting for road safety. The government has accepted the protesting students’ demands, calling them logical. It has also given its word that these demands will be implemented; therefore the government should keep its word. It is particularly important for…
Md. Taqi Yasir We are celebrating the Bengali New Year aka Pahela Baishakh 1423 today, which is a triumph of the Bengali nation. This Pahela Baishakh helps us to put up with a completely separate individuality which makes us unique not only in traditional aspects but also from individual aristocracy. As the year draws to…
Kabir Humayun: The United States said it held high-level military individuals in Myanmar responsible for the widespread human rights abuses. Heather Nauert, Spokesperson of the US Department of State, said this in a regular briefing in Washington on Tuesday. The US imposed different rounds of sanctions in the past and they will certainly let all…
VOA News: When Iraqi forces announced the recapture of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) militants in July 2017, the joy of victory and the hope for a return to normalcy echoed across the country. But for Sana Ibrahim, who lost all of her children during IS rule, things would never be the same again. Now,…
by Fariha Tabassum We live in an age where we have to do so many works personally as well as professionally. Sometimes you might feel bored to do so; you might feel it’s too much for you, even you can think that some work is almost impossible for you to do, and which might not…
Hossen Sohel of DOT The Election Commission yesterday filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of Supreme Court against an High Court order that cleared the way for BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu to contest the 11th parliamentary election, reports UNB. The High Court on Monday stayed the Election…
Mamun Ahmed Khan BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will be requesting for bail after surrendering to the Special-Court for the Zia Orphanage Trust & Charitable Trust corruption case, today. She will reach the court at 11am tomorrow, and wishes be done with all the hearings, said her lawyer Sanaullah Mia yesterday. They are optimistic that,…
Raj Abrar: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced that local automobile manufacturers and assemblers will be awarded special facilities in the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2018-19 (FY19). “NBR will give the local automobile manufacturers and assemblers special facilities as our main target is to discourage imports of automobiles to create jobs in the…
Desk Report: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the crisis over the sale of rawhide of sacrificial animals will be over soon as the government has taken steps in this regard, reports Daily Star. Talking to journalists at the Secretariat, he also said the government has no plan to export the rawhides to protect the…
Desk Report: Fire fighters are not getting enough water to douse blaze in Mymensingh town as most of its ponds were filled with earth, creating public concern, reports The Daily Star. Locals said there were at least 20 ponds in the town. Many of those were used as the only source of water for taking…