Afrida Ahmed According to Saudi Press reports, Saudi deputy governor of Asir province and seven people were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.The helicopter carrying Prince Mansour bin Muqrin and some officials crashed while they were taking a tour near the coast in Asir, said a report of local newspaper Okaz. However, none of…
UNB: Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim ordered to shut down all medical coaching centres across the country for holding hassle-free entry tests to medical and dental colleges. The minister also directed the authorities concerned to take legal action under Information and Communication Act (ICT) if anyone spread fake news or rumours through internet…
BSS: The Department of Agriculture Extension is completing distribution of special agriculture incentives worth Taka 12.15 crore among 90,440 small and marginal farmers of Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the DAE said the incentives, in terms of seed and fertilisers, are being distributed among the beneficiary farmers to assist them in cultivating eight varieties of…
Mohammed Jalal Alrayssi, Executive Director of the Emirates News Agency/Gulf News Continued improvement is always on the agenda Both regionally and globally, there have been a number of important political and economic developments preceding and following the recent second annual meeting of the UAE government, which examined a set of strategies and initiatives launched to…
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…
Samiul Bashar Samin Not all traditions are charming or harmless. Sometimes they are not even especially traditional. Formal evening wear for men has been continually reinvented since the 18th century. Between the 1850s and the end of the 19th century, aristocrats and gentlemen dressed for dinner in a tailcoat with a wingtip collar and white…
Elie Podeh /The Jerusalem Post The fight over Syria is over for now, but the final word has not yet been said. US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the remaining American troops from Syria came as a surprise, but the writing was on the wall already in April, when the he announced his intention…
DOT Desk Rights activists at a discussion in Dhaka on Monday called on the government to include child domestic work in the list of hazardous activities for children which the government formulated in 2013, reports The New Age. Following a tripartite coordinating committee recommendation, the government on March 13, 2013 issued a notice identifying 38…
Afsan Chowdhury, Researcher and Political Analyst : There are black money transactions in the transport sectors; the level of corruption and indiscipline in that sector is nearly uncontrollable. There is a channel of communication between transport workers and the government. The latter’s focus is towards the infrastructure arena, not road safety. Do the deaths from road…
Desk Report: Vendors have occupied nearly half of the road with items ranging from vegetables to chickens. The market has almost everything stretching from Shapla (Water Lily), fruits to Muri-Murki (puffed rice), reports Daily Asian Age. The vendors showed no sign of leaving the road though the clock stuck from noon to evening. The illegal…