Desk Report: Tata Motors along with its distributor Nitol Motors Ltd have announced the launch of its most stylish Compact SUV, Tata Nexon in Bangladesh, reports Daily Asian Age. The Tata Nexon is a revolutionary design of “breaking the box” with an aerodynamic silhouette. This will enhance its sporty character and marks an evolution in…
Dr. Salahuddin Ahmed, Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank : There is no need to create a ruckus on whether GDP is growing. Whether or not the government does anything, the people will definitely do something about it. Besides, everyone has not yet become self-reliant. The poverty rate in the country is still almost 23%. It is true…
Syed Badrul Ahsan: There are certain truths we do not tamper with when it comes to dealing with history. Unlike men like David Irving, we have no reason to question the Holocaust and the reality of six million Jews perishing at the hands of the Nazis. Like so many men and women around the world,…
Today Pakistan is going to play with the host team, England. In this knockout match England has more chance to win. They are taking the home ground advantage and are unbeaten in this champion’s trophy till now. England has a big batting lineup. Pakistan needs to play very well to go to the final. As…
Desk report: Thousands of houses on the river bank in two upazilas got flooded in the morning Floodwaters caused by heavy rain over last few days have inundated much of the low lying areas of Bogra and Gaibandha districts, reports The Dhaka tribune. According to reports of our Bogra correspondent several areas of Sariakandi and…
Desk Report: Lack of service roads, underpasses, overpasses and alternative transports is an important reason behind fatal highway accidents involving illegal three-wheeler, slow-moving and non-motorised vehicles in the country, road safety campaigners and experts say, reports New Age. Reckless driving and lack of awareness on the part of the road users also play an important…
Sayeed Muhammad: Just two and half months into the killing of five people in a political dispute in a single day in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Khagrachhari in the latest blow saw six people being shot dead. The six ill-fated including a of Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP) nwere killed while three others sustained injuries…
NDTV: Two Chinese academics have proposed a controversial idea to encourage childbirth as their country faces an ageing population: Make people with no or fewer than two children pay into a “maternity fund”. The suggestion sparked a furious social media debate in a country whose population has faced drastic family planning policies under the Communist…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon has that the anti-adulteration drive will be strengthened and it will continue until the malpractice is stopped. The mayor was addressing an event organised to inaugurate an anti-adulteration drive at Bailey Road yesterday, reports UNB. He also directed all concerned to help make…
UNB, Dhaka Housing and Public Works Minister Engr Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday said drive will continue to demolish unauthorised structures from designated car parking space of buildings in the capital. He also directed Rajuk to demolish ramps built on footpath and other illegal structures set up on the government land. The Housing Minister came up…