Illegal occupation challenges to water management system: Minister

    BSS, Dhaka Water Resources Minister Barrister Aminul Islam Mahmud On Tuesday said illegal occupation is a big challenge to maintain proper water management system. “Our population is large and illegal occupation on embankment and flood roof areas is a big challenge to maintain water management system,” he said. “LGRD ministry constructing roads and other infrastructure…

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      Quality seed shortage worries Bogura potato farmers

      DOT Desk Farmers of the district are worried over the shortage of quality potato seeds. Officials at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers in the district need over 500 tonnes of seed this season to grow the item on 67,000 hectares of land, reports The Financial Express BD. “We were able to provide…

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        New portrait of Britain’s Prince Philip released

        Tanzim Taqrim On Monday Buckingham Palace released a new portrait of Prince Philip, painted by Australian-born artist Ralph Heimans in the year that Queen Elizabeth’s husband announced his retirement from active public life.The portrait has been painted for display at the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark and the paint shows the…

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          Classsism in Mexican cinema

          Tara Sattar Classism and inequality highlighted in Mexican cinemas are usually the biggest hits. The latest of this trend ¿Qué culpa tiene el niño? (“Why Blame the Kid?”) has made a major impact on the cinema world. Global voices has previously reported that the intensifying apprehensions in between classes in Mexico is occurring due to…

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            Article 70 of our Constitution should be amended

            Advocate Md. Rayhan Uddin, Supreme Court of Bangladesh : Article 70 of Bangladesh constitution is very important. Another name of this article is called Anti Defection Law. Article 70 is concern about the “Vacation of Seat on registration”. It is said that in article 70 that if a person, elected as a member of parliament…

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              Wi-Fi Radiation: Not So Harmless As You Think

              Tahsin Rahman Oshin Since the 1997 when the Wi-Fi was first used, there has been numerous studies to explore the harmful effects of Wi-Fi. Though it has been found out that there are no fatal effects that we should be concerned about, constant use of Wi-Fi is harming us in ways that we don’t know….

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                ‘2 new air bases to be set up in Barisal, Sylhet’

                Sayeed Muhammad Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the process of setting up two new air bases of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) in Barisal and Sylhet is underway, aiming at updating its strength and capability.“I believe with this (construction of the new air bases) the BAF will become bolstered further and its capability will be…

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                  Energy sector cooperation with BD Russia’s focal point: Envoy

                  UNB The Russian Federation has described Bangladesh as a very ‘promising’ country and identified its energy sector as the ‘focal point’ of bilateral cooperation between the two countries.   “We believe that Bangladesh will be able to achieve its ambitious development goals and Russia remains Bangladesh’s friend and partner (in its development drive),” said Russian…

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                    Deposits in Islamic banks crossed Tk 2.20 trillion in FY18

                    Desk Report: Total deposits in the country’s Islamic banking industry crossed Tk 2.20 trillion in the past fiscal year (FY18), reports the financial express. The amount reached Tk 2.24 trillion at the end of June, 2018, according to the latest statistics unveiled by Bangladesh Bank. With this, deposits in the full-fledged Islamic banks, Islamic banking…

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