Desk Report: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken a bold step to construct the Padma Bridge with the country’s resources, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said yesterday. He was speaking as the chief guest at a rally at Louhajong Government College organised by upazila Awami League. Due to conspiracy from a vested quarter, the construction of…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed In order to promote the Democratic system, the upcoming 11th Parliament Election should be free, fair & neutral. There is no alternative of it. Henceforth, preparation is a must . Meanwhile, Election Commission is on process for next parliament election. With this aims and objectives, Election Commission is continuing the dialogue…
Muhammad Zubair, Research Assistant, Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) : In 2002, the government of Bangladesh banned the three-wheeler public transports in Dhaka city and four wheeler human haulers (popularly known as ‘Legunas’) were given rout permit as an alternative. Since then, a total of 5,156 human haulers have registered with BRTA…
BBC Donald Trump has said he turned down a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, putting a damper on high hopes for trade renegotiations.Mr Trump’s comments were made as Nafta talks continue to drag on. “I must be honest with you, we’re not getting along at all with their negotiators,” he said at a…
Kabir Humayun: Bangl-adesh Railway has started selling advance train tickets for holiday makers of Eid-ul-Azha yesterday. On the first day, hundreds of ticket-seekers thronged Kamalapur Railway Station to buy tickets, reports banglanews24.com. Station sources said that tickets for August 17 are available on Friday whereas tickets for August 18, 19, 20 and 21 will go…
Sejuti Mourin On Friday (17 December 2017), Tahmina Othoi, a student of University of Chittagong has been crowned the winner of ‘World Miss University Bangladesh’ at a gala event presented by Diamond World on the premises of Channel I in Dhaka. She will represent Bangladesh in the World Miss University 2017 in Cambodia on December…
David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes/ New York Times A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear stockpiles and that Iran is not, for now, taking steps necessary to make a bomb, directly contradicting the rationale of two of President Trump’s foreign…
UNB The 34th BCS Non-Cadre Forum on Saturday staged a demonstration at Shahbagh intersection in the capital demanding filling up the 672 vacant posts from those who passed the 34th BCS exam. Sources said the agitators under the banner of the 34th BCS Passed Non-Cadre Forum staged a sit-in around 11:00am and put barricade…
Tara Sattar French animation film festival is being launched in the south of France and six Georgians cinema professionals are being symbolized this year. The Annecy International Animation Film Festival will run for six consecutive days at 15 venues in Annecy, a city of about 50,000 people in the country’s southeast. The film festival is…
DOT Desk: The flash floods of 2017 caused massive devastation in the haor areas of the country. A study has revealed that the residents of six haor districts faced agricultural and health-related losses of around Tk 29.42 billion following early flash floods in March and April 2017. In April 2017, the former water resources minister…