Kamrun Nahar, Staff Reporter, Daily Financial Express The proverb “too many cooks spoil the broth” probably applies best when it comes to the question regarding the visible and viable measures against the perennial waterlogging problem in Dhaka city. With around 19 million people, Dhaka, a so called megacity, has been fighting various man-induced and natural…
Al Mahmood Donors pledged an initial of $857 million to UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, to fund the operations destined to help around 67 million stateless people worldwide in 2018, also including operations in major emergency in Bangladesh. On Tuesday at an annual meeting in Geneva , the pledges were made. The pledge is amount…
UNB: BNP leaders on Saturday participated in the Dr Kamal Hossain-led Jatiya Oikya Prokriya rally at Mahanagar Natya Mancha in the city to create a greater national unity to ensure a ‘functional democracy’ in the country through holding a credible national election. Top BNP leaders, including its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and standing…
M Humayun Kabir: Bus owners and workers have stopped operating transport services in different districts since yesterday morning citing safety of the workers and vehicles following student movement. The students of schools and colleges mainly from Dhaka took to the streets demanding safety on the roads and justice for their two fellows who were killed…
Abrar Hussain: After a New York Times report on Friday claimed that Alibaba co-founder and Chairman Jack Ma will retire today, the South China Morning Post published a report yesterday denying that claim, and argued that he will unveil a succession plan instead. The SCMP, which is owned by Alibaba, said China’s most famous tech…
Al Arbiya: Saudi Arabia Hajj Hackathon organized by the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones in Jeddah, has broken the Guinness World Record in terms of the number of participants topping 2,950 from over 100 countries. Saudi counselor in the Royal Court, head of the Kingdom’s Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming and Drones Saud Bin…
Tanzim Taqrim Arnob Independent and courageous women are driving scooters, cars and heavy vehicles effortlessly. Bitasta Ahmed a women who drives her scooter around the capital. Farewell to the sufferings of mass transport she has been driving her scooter without any hesitation from one point to another. She said “It is a better option to…
UNB: Though the traditional markets still remain the key source of charm for cattle collection, digital platforms, like previous four years, bring greater comfort to consumers in buying their sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. There are growing numbers of consumers who prefer buying sacrificial animals through online portals to avoid hassles in traditional cattle markets…
Syed Nasir Ershad It is a well-known fact that Donald Trump, the showman, is fond of making drama. The TV watchers must remember his reality show ‘The Apprentice’. Therein every episode some apprentice would hear these dreadful words from him. And he utterly enjoyed uttering those words; every syllable of the phrase. They say people…
Desk Report: Some influential quarters are cutting down roadside trees in Kashiani upazila without taking any permission from the local administration, putting the environment of the upazila in jeopardy. Many valuable big-size trees along both sides of several roads like Narai-Rukra, Sitarumpur-Poshiur, Shilta-Rajpat, Taltola-Rmadia and some other local roads are being cut down as the…