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Some media organisations declared Mike Pence the winner of the vice-presidential debate by a whisker while others have said he won comfortably. The bottom line is Tim Kaine did not...
Electronic banking (e-banking) has been growing in the country at a fast rate especially in the last few years. Bangladesh Bank is playing the key role in this growth as...
THE government has decided to do away with the system of admission tests for the primary students particularly for grade one. This is a commendable move by the present government....
KHADIJA is fighting for her life. Doctors have almost given up their hopes to keep her alive. An innocent girl named Khadija was brutally attacked by a Sylhet Chatra League...
AN English daily carried a front page report on the subject on October 4. It was a heartening piece of information that gave us some hope to demolish the wall...
China, one of the world's most ancient civilisations, has a recorded history of nearly 4,000 years. Bangladesh has already celebrated 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with China,...
The huge gathering of people from the literary and cultural worlds at the farewell tribute to late Syed Shamsul Haq on September 28 is set to go down in history...
Legal Eagles By Indu Bhan Pages 22+234 Published by Random House India (2015) Asjadul Kibria Public perception about lawyers in the developing countries is not very positive thanks to the...
THE information that Dhaka is one of the most overpopulated cities in the world has become a cliché nowadays. It is being observed for a long time that, most of...
ALTHOUGH Durga puja is widely celebrated all over the world wherever Bengalees reside, it is Bangladesh and West Bengal where one can enjoy the beauty of conducting the festival. This...
CHINA-BANGLADESH trade has a huge potential and both countries should interact more with each other so that both benefit. China is one of our largest development partners and will soon...
Reckless and indiscriminate advertising on the city walls is a common site. Advertisement boards and posters are either hung or pasted on rarely found trees in the city. The business...
IT is heartening to note that extreme poverty in Bangladesh declined further to 12.9 per cent in the financial year (FY) 2015-16, as per the latest Bangladesh Development Update, released...
Today, October 05, is World Teachers' Day. UNESCO declared World Teachers' Day on this day in 1994 in celebration of the great achievements of 1966. UNESCO, in cooperation with the...
A chemical use policy is a must. Outdated policies are still in force and some of them do not have rules for implementation. Time has come now to lay emphasis...
EVERYONE was surprised to see a cricket fan running on to the ground at Mirpur National Stadium when Bangladesh-Afghanistan 3rd ODI was in progress. The fan rushed towards Bangladesh skipper...
BANGLADESH will face a strong England side in three ODIs and two test matches and it will be an interesting affair to behold. The Tigers will play the first ODI...
The largest and most populous village in Shahzadpur upazila under Sirajganj district is called Jogtala. The village is two kilometres in length and half a kilo in width. About 16...
LAST Friday I was stuck in a huge gridlock when the Prime Minister was coming back from her U.S and Canada visit and the ruling party members gathered at the...
Bangladesh and India have long bonds in culture and history. Despite such bonds and neighbourly proximity, economic cooperation between the two countries has remained far below potential. A number of...
The photograph of Felani Khatun hanging from the barbed-wire fence on the Indian border generated public outrage around the world in 2011. Facing huge public outrage when the photograph went...
FINALLY, the Tigers were able to strike back and come out of the pressure situation to win the last ODI against Afghanistan. They won the series, thanks to a sparkling...
IT is a great relief to know that the United Nations Secretary General has taken an initiative to quell the rising tension between two bitter neighbours India and Pakistan. War...
CRICKET is a game of glorious uncertainty. In the first ODI, Afghanistan played very well, despite losing by 7 runs. In the second ODI, Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 2 wickets....
It was interesting that the United Nations decided to have an open-ended discussion on the migrant issue on September 19 ahead of the International Day of Peace that was celebrated...
The momentum in the US presidential election has once again shifted towards Hillary Clinton. It has happened because of the disastrous performance of Donald Trump in the September 26 presidential...
Russian intervention in Syrian civil war supporting the besieged Assad regime in October last year has changed the ground realities and created an opportunity for Moscow to play an increasingly...
THE Rampal Power Plant project has already raised a lot of concern from all quarters. The government assured that it would do no harm to the Sundarbans mangrove forest, but...
IT is a laudable effort by the government to set up and operate one Technical Training Centre in each district. Implementation of the programme is going on. Bangladesh needs trained...
TENSION is mounting as Pakistan and India are taking brisk preparations to face each other militarily. It is alarming for world peace and particularly for peace in this region because...
Civil servants have some constraints within which they have to work. They do not have the prerogative to speak whatever they like as political masters do and claim the credit...
The United States needs to shift its spending from war to education, from Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-backed regime change to a new Global Fund for Education (GFE). With hundreds of...
BANGLADESH had its moments of advantage in the 2nd ODI against Afghanistan. But unfortunately, Bangladesh lost the opportunity to cash in and the advantage just disappeared. It happened when Mosaddek,...
THE Tigers tasted a bitter defeat at the hands of Afghanistan. The absence of Mustafizur Rahman was sorely missed. The cricket lovers of Bangladesh believe that the presence of Fiz...
SMS marketing (short message service marketing) is a technique that uses permission-based text messaging (140-160 characters) to circulate promotional messages about any new or existing products or services with minimum...
We are living in a world which is undergoing deep changes and global challenges affecting both women and men. Throughout their working lives, women continue to face significant obstacles to...
A book titled 'Foot Last Footwear: Structure, Types and Defects', authored by Noor Mohammad is an enduring effort of the writer and the publishers (LFMEAB and COEL) to support the...
Three-times Pulitzer-winner Thomas L. Friedman (of The World is Flat, Lexus and the Olive Tree, and Longitudes and Attitudes fame) interprets the U.S. electoral divide as pitting the "wall people"...
SYED Shamsul Haq, the most eminent of contemporary poet and playwright of the country, is no more. He died at a city hospital on September 27 at the age of...
THE number of kidney patients is increasing in the world and Bangladesh is no exception. Bangladesh has become a target of the international criminal syndicates that buy kidneys from the...
NUMBER of road accidents has reached an alarming level. During the Eid holidays more than 250 people died and around 1000 were injured in road accidents. Reckless driving has been...
Even public offices today all over the world are getting creative to increase their revenue. Apparently this practice is now being adopted by Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). As the part...
Empirical evidences suggest that the share of agriculture in overall economy of the countries always decreases as structural transformation and urbanisation occurs. The labour force engaged in agriculture also has...
The road below Kanchpur bridge, Narayangonj, is in a dilapidated condition for the last five years. The road leads to the Adamjee Export Processing Zone and every day many foreign...
The number of autistic children is rising in the world and Bangladesh is no exception. Autism is a mental condition characterised by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships using language...
Water plays an important role in healthy living and we should every day drink enough water so that we do not suffer from dehydration. Often we feel lethargic, listless because...
Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) are rising across the world. It is like moving towards the opposite direction of tariff liberalisation and tariff elimination. Though all NTMs are not trade restrictive or...
IN Bangladesh when a patient meets a doctor to get rid of a disease or to reduce health-related troubles he or she has to pay high fees and bear exorbitant...
TIGERS won their first One-Day International against the newbie Afghanistan but not before fighting tooth and nail. Afghans lost because of their inexperience at the crunch moments. Bangladeshi players and...
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