Tariqul Islam Sumon Though, computer education or ICT had been made a mandatory subject for the school-colleges. Unfortunately, there is a huge national lacking of skilled & proper ICT teachers. Education institutes often hiring temporary teachers to meet institutional requirement. But, they are not fulfilling their duties sincerely or responsibly. Thus, students are becoming more…
Sofian Khan: Quota reform demonstrators yesterday paraded against ruling party activists, demanding their activists’ security at the dormitories. Some thousand students marched from the central library of Dhaka University protesting Bangladesh Chhatra League’s (BCL) threats to two of their activists. According to them, two frontline leaders of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sanrakshan Parishad Nurul Huq Nur…
Desk Report: About 20 street children who work as porters or ragpickers and live in different shelter houses in the capital were chattering at the Narayanganj Terminal of Kamalapur Railway Station. The place is known to locals and the children as open school for street children. The school has been in operation since June 2016…
Straits Times: Apple sounded the death knell of the home button with the launch of three new iPhones during a media event held in Steve Jobs Theatre at the tech giant’s campus Apple Park on Wednesday (Sept 12). The new iPhone XS, XS Max and XR all feature full-screen design without the home button that…
Dr. Syed Anwar Hossain, Historian and Professor, Dhaka University : There is lack of good governance in spending what is allotted in the budget for the education sector. There is no accountability in the education ministry. The country’s education ministry and education sector are the most corrupt of them all. The government uses the taxpayers’ money…
By Philippa Lysaght/UNICEF Humanitarians never think of themselves as heroes. Most of the humanitarians I’ve met consider themselves lucky to be to able help provide relief to people in need. Many humanitarians working in conflicts put their own lives at risk to support people – sometimes entire communities or cities – who are in urgent…
Sayeed Muhammad: The Awami League and BNP candidates in the Sylhet City Corporation mayoral race have expressed their satisfaction with the environment of the re-election to two centres yesterday, where the polls were suspended. BNP-backed aspirant Ariful Haque Chowdhury visited the Ward-24 Gazi Burhan Uddin Garam Dewan Government Primary School polling centre at 12noon, reports…
NDTV A man struck gold, metaphorically, while eating lunch at a New York restaurant. New Jersey resident Rick Antosh, 66, was having an oyster pan roast at the Grand Central Oyster Bar and Restaurant in New York when he bit into something hard. “I just all of a sudden felt something like a tooth or…
Written by: Tanzim Taqrim Arnob Roads and transport experts said that without the flyover and elevated expressways, it can be possible to meet the demand of traveling on the current road of capital Dhaka.Experts at a meeting titled ‘Development of Public Transportation and Control of Personal Vehicle’ organized by Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority in the…
Taylor Lorenz, Staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers technology/Channel NewsAsia #dropboxlinks has gone viral after hundreds of users posted memes about the tag’s concerning material. A hashtag war has been brewing on Instagram between users who appear to be trading child pornography and the memers intent on stopping them. A network of users…