Banglanews24 Eminent Dhallywood filmmaker Amjad Hossain was laid to eternal rest beside his parents at the central graveyard in his hometown Jamalpur Sunday (Dec 23). A namaj-e-janaja was held on Iqbalpur New High School Field in the town, around 11pm. The ‘Golapi Ekhon Train-e’ famed director breathed his last at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok…
PsychologyToday: For years, people have debated whether punishing children works, whether it corrects their behaviors without having any negative long-term consequences. Spanking is one such form of discipline. Does spanking children work? A paper published in the July/August issue of the American Psychologist concludes that physical punishment of children (including spanking) is ineffective, and more importantly,…
Kabir Humayun: The fourteenth death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League and wife of late President M Zillur Rahman, was observed yesterday in a befitting manner.Different political and socio-cultural organizations, including Bangladesh Awami League (AL), its associate bodies and other likeminded organizations chalked out elaborate programmes marking the day, reports BSS….
UNB: Police arrested a kabiraj (herbal medicine practitioner) on charge of raping a minor girl from Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla district on Saturday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Nur Islam Gazi, 34, son of Chand Mia of Bohalgachia village in sadar upazila of Patuakhali district. The arrestee used to live in a rented house…
Desk Report: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) embassy in Dhaka has taken a new move to ‘select’ a number of local recruiting agencies to submit visas to the embassy for hiring manpower from Bangladesh, said sources concerned, reports Financial Express. Under the new ‘Drop Box’ system, all the manpower recruiters here will have to…
M Humayun Kabir: The locations of four among the six assassins of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman have yet to be traced in the nine years since they were sentenced to death. The negotiations have yet to bear fruit to extradite the two other convicts, who have been located abroad, home to face the penalty, reports…
Desk Report: Even ten years earlier, Dhaka city dwellers had to spend several hours in darkness every day due to frequent load shedding. But the time has changed,reports The daily Asian Age. Electricity remains almost similar even during the high summer. An hour power outage or load shedding is done when the situation goes to…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will become the first ever premier from his nation to visit by Chad in the coming days as the two countries move to renew diplomatic ties, his office stated yesterday. Netanyahu’s trip to the Muslim-majority central African nation is expected to take place Sunday, after Chadian President…
Noman Mosharef Maternal mortality rate has recently increased in the country. At present, as many as 196 mothers die while giving birth to child in 100000 cases. The number was 194 in 2010. The outcome of “Bangladesh Maternal mortality and healthcare survey 2016 conducted jointly by National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), International Centre…
UNB: The week-long ‘Madhu Mela’, an annual festival marking the birth anniversary of the pioneer of Bengali sonnets poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta, will begin at his birth place in Sagardari of Keshabpur upazila on January 22. Marking the poet’s 195th birth anniversary, the festival will feature discussions, exhibition and cultural programmes. This year, Jatra (a…