BSS Rabeya Momo, a class nine student of Sadar upazila of Bhola district, didn’t attend her classes for one week. Her friends were worried. They were thinking what may happen to Momo. Finally, two friends of Momo decided to visit her home. They went to Momo’s residence and talked to her. Momo informed them that…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : The United States has expressed disappointment over Bangladesh government’s inability to grant credentials and issue visas within the timeframe to the majority of international election monitors, reports The Daily Star. As a result, the international election monitors from the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) was forced to cancel its…
Marilyn T. With the release of iOS 9.3, your gadget is receiving an update which brings security improvements and fresh features. There’s the addition of Night Shift, a feature that makes viewing your device at night easier on your eyes and brain. Then there’s the ability to password-protect private notes in Apple’s Notes app. Another…
BSS, Dhaka Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam, B.Sc, on Thursday said that along with building a skilled manpower, union-based database for expatriates and returned overseas workers would be created soon. The minister said this while speaking at a view exchange meeting after he paid a visit to Technical Training Centre in Comilla…
Faisal Mahmud/Asia Times The Jatiya Party’s post-election about-turn to lead the parliamentary opposition against its ally the Awami League has stoked fresh controversy Bangladesh is experiencing the strange problem of finding a parliamentary opposition deemed to be suitable and acceptable, after the latest national elections were completed on December 30. Bangladesh is one of the…
Sofian Khan: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday appreciated the public servants as they were able to realise the government’s ultimate goal and working as per for taking the country to the height it wants to see. “You have realised what we want, what the goals we want to achieve and the level we want to…
Desk Report: The country’s Muslim community today observed the holy Ashura as elsewhere in the world marking the 10th day of Muharram with due solemnity and religious fervour, reports Daily Observer. The day was observed as a symbol of “sacrifice and mourning” recalling the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain Ibn Ali (RA), the grandson of…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will become the first ever premier from his nation to visit by Chad in the coming days as the two countries move to renew diplomatic ties, his office stated yesterday. Netanyahu’s trip to the Muslim-majority central African nation is expected to take place Sunday, after Chadian President…
DOT Desk Vegetable growers in the vast Barind tract are delighted as they have been getting repeated bumper yield over the last few years, reports The Financial Express. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) and the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) have jointly supplied quality seeds, incentives and other…
Salman Ahmad/Daily O, India Dil sey jo baat nikaltee hai asar rakhtee hai / Par nahin taqatey parvaaz magar rakhtee hai: Allama Iqbal (The whisper in your heart has strength / It may not have wings but it has the power to fly) When I was a teenager, I played club cricket at Lahore Gymkhana…