UNB: Newly appointed Afghanistan’s ambassador in Dhaka Abdul Qayoom Malikzad on Wednesday requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to reopen Bangladesh’s diplomatic mission in Kabul saying that Afghanistan is keen to promote trade and business relations with Bangladesh. He made the request paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s official residence…
BSS Two people including a woman were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Hatgopalpur-Chagolbandha crossing in Sadar upazila on Monday. The deceased were Robiul Islam Latu, 50, and Saira Khatun, 51, a resident of Dhananjoypur.
Heritage Daily: Archae-ologists in Iceland have for decades examined the remains of more than 350 graves from the Viking Age. In approximately 150 of these, teeth or bones of horses were found. Geneticists and archaeologists have now examined ancient DNA. from 19 horses in such graves, and it turned out that all horses – except…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Class-8 student Mashraful Alam Kabir is at the risk of losing his eyesight forever. He was badly hit by his school teacher. Mashraful is suffering in constant pain in his bed. The teacher was arrested by the police. Upon the filed case by the victim’s father, on Sunday. …
CNN: Purists may be horrified by the thought of an electric Ferrari, but can speed win them over? After thousands of hours of restoring and modernizing one of Ferrari’s luxury sports car, Californian Eric Hutchison accomplished the unthinkable and created the very first — and, as it turns out, fastest — electric 1978 Ferrari 308…
Desk Report The government is going to bring changes in primary school teacher recruitment policy, fixing the graduation as minimum academic qualification for females. At present, female candidates with Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and males with bachelor’s degree can apply for the post of assistant teacher in government primary schools. As per the new policy,…
Sayeed Muhammad: Her #FreePeriods campaign that brought her granddad and 2,000 other protestors on Downing Street in the UK in December 2017 to demand free sanitary products for poor girls in school won 18-year-old Amika George one of the three Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards, popularly known as the Oscars for social progress. The other awards…
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor and Founder Chair, Dept. of Television, Film and Photography, University of Dhaka The newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, a popular sports star turned politician, in his inaugural speech exhorted for peace in South Asia. Can he be a harbinger of peace? Peace and stability…
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professorof Television, Film and Photography, Dhaka University : The recent directive of the High Court for the private health clinics to display all charges at public place s for the people has exposed a dirty secret of our healthcare system. There are two others requiring interventions: doctors’ lackluster care…
On the occasion of 39th anniversary of the glorious victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (National Day) Iran Cultural Centre, Dhaka arranged a discussion meeting on ‘Independence, National Ability and Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran’ inauguration of 6 days long Iranian Film Show (jointly organized by Iran Cultural Centre, Dhaka and Bangladesh…