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…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain sent Khaleda Zia’s election case back to a High Court panel for further clarification after two judges issued a split verdict on her nominations, reports The Daily Observer. The views of the two judges were not laid down clearly in the case file, which prompted the…
Sakib Khondoker I never thought in my dreams that I would get to witness the real life House Of Cards. If you haven’t watched this amazing TV series, do watch it. I can bet you won’t be able to relate to the ongoing US Presidential Candidate race with anything else. The US political drama portrays…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain renewed his call to the people of the country to guard the polling stations so that the parliamentary elections on December 30 are held in a free and fair manner. Addressing a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon, he said, “As…
Dr Ahmad Al Kabir, Former Chairman, Rupali Bank: Bangladesh Bank and the banking sector should take a firm line to implement single-digit lending rate. The dilly-dallying of the banks in implementing single-digit lending rate is unexpected. The single-digit is supposed to come into effect from August 9. The banks have already slashed their deposit rates….
BRAC Bangladesh has enjoyed considerable economic growth over the past few decades, however its employment driven opportunities have been sluggish. Such proliferation of ‘jobless growth’ is a result of inadequate opportunities for the large wave of young people who are prepared to enter the workforce but cannot seem to do so. Playing its part to…
Reported by: Tariqul Islam Sumon Written by: Eshan Maitra Government is spending 1,800 crores taka to initiate dredging out 24 inner-country water transportation routes. Dredging work is ongoing with full manpower on 20 other routes, and 30% of the work has been done already. 4 of the routes are already dredged out. Rest to be…
Arafat Hasan: The High Court issued a rule yesterday asking the authorities concerned to explain why they should not be directed to restore the Gabkhan Channel in Jhalakathi to its original condition through removing encroachments. The High Court bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam issued the rule following a…
Desk Report: Misuse of stickers of professionals has become rampant in the capital, reports Daily Sun. Many people in the city are found using vehicles with stickers of certain professionals or institutions pasted on its front or rear glasses illegally to avoid police action. Generally, police do not check the vehicles with stickers of press,…
BSS: Rajshahi University (RU) has adopted a 50-year mega plan for transforming it into a digital one through expanding the fields of ICT-based academic and research works. Under the plan, Bangabandhu Square, university archive, international relation centre, media centre and mural of four national leaders. will be installed in the campus premises. RU administration revealed…