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BANGLADESH Public Service Commission (BPSC) published its 35th BCS circular on August 23, 2014. Following the preliminary and written tests, it conducted viva voce exam of 6,088 candidates in the...
BANGLADESH needs a large number of cattle like bull, ox and cow, especially on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. We do not have as many cattle as required. Our largest neighbour...
JAHANGIRNAGAR University is one of the leading universities in the country. The university is known as a fully residential university. More than 12 thousand students study in this university. But...
THE great author Mahashweta Devi has died at the age of 90. Her death has left a permanent void in the world of Bangla literature. She was born in Dhaka...
DRIED fish, popularly known as 'Shutki', is a very favourite item among all categories of people. But the method of drying the fish leaves a lot to be desired and...
THE 200-year-old Dhaka Central Jail has been shifted to its new premises at Keraniganj. It has been a praiseworthy move by the government and fulfilled a long-time demand of the...
When WikiLeaks dumped tens of thousands of often embarrassing internal Democratic Party emails, it didn't take long for the finger to be pointed at Moscow. In many ways, that should...
WE are happy to know that the Bangladesh Bank (BB) expressed its concern about the high cost of IPO so as to facilitate the access of corporate houses to the...
THE other day I was going to my office at Motijheel by a rickshaw. In course of the ride, the elderly rickshaw-puller told me that his son has got an...
WE pay our homage to the police officials who lost their lives in the recent spate of terrorist attacks. We also mourn the death of the Hindu lady who became...
China's one-belt, one-road (OBOR) vision may be considered the economic equivalent of Sir Halford Mackinder's "heartland thesis." In that theory, whichever country controls the Eurasian heartland automatically controls the rimlands...
'Education' is a social phenomenon as well as an indispensable component of social structure. Since ancient times, education has been considered the main engine for reconstruction of society. As a...
Essentials of the Qur'an for Muslims, authored by Barrister Salauddin Ahmed, is yet another seminal publication in the broad spectrum of Islam. In the present book, the author has covered...
A section of the young people has become aberrant in the name of religion and what they are doing is certainly not righteous. The message of peace of Islam is...
IT is indeed fascinating to see young Bangladeshi chess FIDE master 13-year-old Fahad winning 14th Dubai junior chess tournament. Once chess was quite popular in our country, but the enthusiasm...
MANY stray dogs are seen roaming in many localities of the city and creating a health hazard. The Dhaka city corporation should take immediate steps to remove these stray dogs...
TEESTA river is of great importance for Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat districts. But the erosion of Teesta has ceated a panic now and it is flowing above the danger mark. The...
A recent conversation with Sajib Hossain, assistant professor at department of Finance, University of Dhaka revealed the importance of professional degrees and ways to obtain them. Sajib Hossain is both...
THE South Korean government has significantly increased its spending to above 7.0 per cent for technological research and development projects in 2015 from a year earlier, according to a recent...
THE Indian subcontinent is characterised by a tropical monsoon season. Most parts of Bangladesh have rain for around 100 hours every year. It is good for our agriculture and environment....
PEOPLE who are unable to land on a proper employment in spite of having required qualification, are generally considered unemployed people. On the other hand, they do not like to...
ETHICAL business is becoming a rarity in our society. Unethical business, including open sale of adulterated food, has become a common practice in the food shops and the unaware customers...
TECHNOLOGY is the most important gift of civilization. Today a world without technology is unthinkable. Most of our problems are solved today with the help of technology. But nothing in...
WITH due respect, we would like to draw the kind attention of Chairman, Public Service Commission (PSC) to the following fact that we, the 6088 candidates (most of whom are...
LOOKS like the government has decided to discontinue Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination from the next year, i.e., 2017 and instead the first public examination is likely to be held...
In the backdrop of a pervasive feeling of fear and insecurity in society, an initiative by Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery to distribute food among poor and destitute Muslims during the holy...
FOLLOWING the Gulshan attack, an uneasy calm has descended on business in the country which is bad news for the economy. People are afraid to go to markets or shopping...
Banks are a vital part of a nation's economy. In their traditional role as financial intermediaries, banks serve to meet the demand of those who need funding. With the advent...
ALL mobile operators of the country have multiple call centres to serve their customers. As a mobile phone subscriber, I would like to express my personal feelings about the services...
THE extremists unleashed two brutal attacks at two sites in Bangladesh killing some innocent people. Of the two attacks, the one that took place in a Spanish restaurant in Gulshan,...
BANGLADESH bowling sensation Mustafizur Rahman started his stint for English county Sussex with a bang as he took four wickets in 4 overs at a cost of only 23 runs...
AS the visual media has spread its spell over the peoples and countries around the world, I never thought that radio will come back again to entertain us as it...
MOBILE library is really a great idea as it is encouraging people to keep up the dying habit of reading books. I often find a mobile library near my house....
INCIDENTS of mugging have been on the rise recently in the capital. Many victims do not lodge complaints with the police, as they apprehend further harassment without any benefits. Mugging...
Dhaka has been changing fast, especially over the last two decades. Many features characteristic of the city have disappeared. Lots of those who grew up during the 1970s and '80s...
CYBER cafe is a place where one can communicate anywhere he wants to. By pushing the keys of a computer a student can use the London Library and collect his...
FOR centuries rainy season has engulfed the imagination of the poets of the country. Some depicted it as a romantic season when the hidden feelings of the heart can be...
DHAKA is the capital city of Bangladesh. It used to be a calm and clean city a few decades ago. But the city has lost most of its beauty due...
MANAGING waste has been a nagging issue for the authority of DCC South. There are only 322 containers and the number is grossly inadequate in view of a huge amount...
POPULAR Bangladeshi composer and singer Lucky Akhand is now seriously ill and his family has sought help from all so that he can have better medical treatment abroad. It is...
ALTHOUGH the campaign by the authorities concerned against adulteration of food continues, production and sale of adulterated food items in shops and restaurants across the country go on unabated. A...
The recent tragedy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where a group of young terrorists stormed a café in the city's diplomatic residential area, Gulshan and killed 20 innocent people, mostly foreigner visitors,...
THE power of democracy and people has come to the fore once again in Turkey. The attempt by a section of the Turkish Army to overthrow the government was foiled...
THE Prime Minister on Sunday claimed that national unity against terrorism and radicalism has already been formed in the country after militant attacks at Gulshan and Sholakia. The Prime Minister...
The selection of presidential nominee by the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee will be completed this month against the backdrop of difficult times for the two presumptive...
Free trade agreements (FTAs) have been proliferating right, left, and centre. And with reason: though not the optimal way to boost trade, thwart nationalism, and create a level playing field,...
A few days ago, I was going to my work place by train with my family. Most of the seats of the train were vacant. A peddler of around 12...
A World Bank report says that about 60 per cent Bangladeshis are deprived of basic health care. It also pointed out that malnutrition and death rate are very high among...
RECENTLY the cabinet decided that Primary School Certificate (PSC) examination be treated as public examination in the current year. I would like to congratulate the government for such a well...
A terrorist attack in France took away 80 valuable lives and left many injured. A terrorist drove a truck into the crowd and opened fire indiscriminately as the people were...
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