Desk Report: People of Satpua union in Sarishabari upazila in the district and Munsurnagar union under Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj have been suffering much for want of a bridge over a branch of the Jamuna river, thanks to the indifference of the authorities concerned, reports Daily Star. Around 50,000 people of three villages in Satpua…
Afsan Chowdhury, Journalist, researcher, and political commentator/Dhaka Tribune What Bangladesh’s politicians can learn from regional history December is a significant month not just for Bangladesh, but Pakistan as well. If for Bangladesh it signals victory over Pakistani forces, the Pakistanis have to face the harsh judgment of history that it not only was humiliated, but…
Sejuti Mourin: Shus-hashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) has claimed the recent Khulna City Corporation elections were marked by “peaceful rigging”, adding that there is no scope to term it free, fair and flawless, reports The Daily Star. “We feel the Khulna City Corporation elections were a questionable one,” said Dilip Kumar Sarkar, central coordinator of Shujan at…
DOT Desk The world is heading in the wrong direction to slow climate change after another year of near-record temperatures, said the head of UN’s weather agency, reports The Daily Sun. “We are not on track to meet climate change targets and rein in temperature increases,” UN News quoted Prof PetteriTaalas, Secretary-General of the World…
BSS: The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) is planning to hand over industrial plots to the investors in Mirsarai Economic Zone (EZ) after few months. BEPZA General Manager Nazma Binte Alamgir said road development works of the economic zone are going on and earth filling works will start soon. “After making the EZ suitable…
Kabir Humayun: The government has appointed new deputy commissioners in ten districts. The public administration ministry yesterday issued a gazette notification in this regard, reports Prothom Alo. Public administration ministry deputy secretary (DS) Kabir Mahmud has been appointed DC of Barguna, secondary and higher secondary division DS Abu Ali Md Sajjad Hossain to Pirojpur, foreign…
BBC: Food supplies in the Afghan city of Ghazni are running low, as a battle with the Taliban rages for a fourth day, the UN has warned. “Life is getting hard for people, they can’t get food or water,” a man who fled the city on Sunday told the BBC. More than 100 government soldiers…
BBC Absolutely Fabulous writer Jennifer Saunders has paid tribute to the “extraordinary grace” of Dame June Whitfield who has died, aged 93. The creator of the sitcom, in which Dame June starred, said she would “hugely” miss her “dear friend”. Fellow Ab Fab actress Joanna Lumley praised Whitfield’s “sensational talent” while Julia Sawalha described her…