BBC: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has defended a decision to have a plane make an extra flight so she can spend less time away from her baby. Ms Ardern, who still breastfeeds her baby, is headed to the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru for a day on Wednesday. The air force plane that…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy Director General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy :Bangabandhu is the architect of independent Bangladesh. He had the towering courage and personality. Bangabandhu was a real epitome of courage, both in the physical and moral sense. The historic Six Point Program, an explicit embodiment of Bengali nationalism was unfurled at Lahore,…
Science Alert: In his book Fluent Forever, opera singer Gabriel Wyner suggests that one of the best ways to learn a new language is to practice remembering it. In other words, instead of reading and re-reading a list of vocabulary words, you should read it once and then test yourself repeatedly.The same strategy works for…
By Sheersho Zaman Steven Wilson is responsible for many things in music. He has more bands than one can count and has experimented with more genres that an average music listener can name. However, if something is common in most of his Porcupine Tree works and solo works, it is the overall melancholy in the…
Desk Report: An iron bridge on the Tushkhali canal collapsed, disrupting communication on several routes, including those going to Dhaka, reports Daily Star. An iron bridge at Gudighata village under Mathbaria upazila collapsed in June, 2016 and another iron bridge at Madarshi village in Bhandaria upazila on the same road collapsed in August last year….
UNB: Both the homegrown and imported onions are getting pricey ahead of Eid-ul-Azha despite the fact that government allowed a duty free import of Indian onion. Market sources blamed lax monitoring for sudden such surge in onion prices. The Indian onion is being sold in local markets at Tk 35 per kilogram while the local…
Dr. Delwar Hossain, Professor of International Relations, Dhaka University : The UN Secretary-General and World Bank President’s visit in Bangladesh will mount pressure on the supporters of Myanmar. But this pressure cannot be such that it will force Myanmar to immediately take measures regarding the repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh. Nonetheless, the visit must force Myanmar’s…
Prof. Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Vice Chancellor, Jagannath University : Anti-drug drives are going on across the country. The number of people supporting the raids is huge. Many discussions are in place regarding the number of casualties, with many interested to know the petty peddlers are being targeted only. How can a permanent solution come if the…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Minister Tajul Islam has said the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority have been swamped with irregularities and that will not be allowed to go on. “Dhaka and Chittagong Wasa have gone through extreme negligence and mismanagement,” he said. The minister was addressing a meeting…
Science Alert: Fireworks are a brilliant way to celebrate special occasions such as New Year’s Eve and Guy Fawkes Night, as well as big sporting events and independence days – right? Not if you happen to be an animal. All animals, domesticated and wild, are hardwired by evolution to find loud noises frightening. It is…