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Abebe Aemro Selassie 2018-05-26 20:47:05
Sub-Saharan Africa is confronting a pronounced rise in public debt. At the end of 2017, average public debt in the region was 57 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP), an increase of 20 percent...
Asjadul Kibria 2018-05-26 00:38:56
During the '70s, '80s and even '90s, a bunch of singers enthralled the Nazrul Sangeet connoisseurs and lovers. Those were the days when most of the people, especially middle-class educated ones, found...
Abdul Hannan 2018-05-26 00:38:03
What was remarkable and of profound significance behind the pomp and pageantry of the attending Royal family celebrities and glitteretti at the Royal wedding of Meghan Markle with Prince Harry was the...
Prottoya Chowdhury 2018-05-26 00:36:27
The general sitting at the helm of the arsenal of the western world's mighty military force adorns himself with his opulent costume and multiple golden laurels earned from countless eons of unpreceden...
Md. Atikur Rahman 2018-05-26 00:35:39
he number of students in Bangladesh is increasing day by day. There is no alternative to private universities to bring these additional students to the higher education level. In view...
Kazi Iqbal and Md Nahid Ferdous Pabon 2018-05-23 21:01:57
The growth narrative of a developing country takes a long time to assume a mature shape and this is more true for a country like Bangladesh, which is in transition and the sources of growth are multip...
Selim Raihan, Marjuk Ahmad and Farazi Binti Ferdous 2018-05-19 21:26:50
The ready-made garment (RMG) industry has been Bangladesh's key export industry and one of the main job-creating sectors for the last three decades. Minimum wage for RMG workers is Tk 5,300, which was...
Nilratan Halder 2018-05-18 21:10:44
Had there been a wetter Baishakh than the one just gone by? Kalbaishakhi (tropical storm in this part of the world), the name of which is derived from the month, has been synonymous with this inaugura...
Prof. Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled 2018-05-18 21:04:15
Weeds in crop fields are a real hazard that reduces the yield. In a field, weeds compete with the crops for light, nutrients and water causing the loss of yield up to 80-90 per cent in worst cases. Ex...
Fahmida Hashem 2018-05-18 21:02:23
Islam encourages Muslims to make sure they are mindful of their health. Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims, creates a great opportunity for focusing on a balanced and healthy lifestyle. This mo...
Iftu Ahmed 2018-05-18 21:01:13
Miroslav Klose, the German striker, is the highest scorer in the history of FIFA World Cup with 16 goals. He made his brilliant performances on his debut in the 2002 FIFA World Cup with five goa...
Nilratan Halder 2018-05-11 21:34:34
Why do birds migrate to warmer countries in the winter? The common answer would be to protect themselves from severe cold. Until now that was the standard knowledge man had had of the feathery friends...
Syed Tashfin Chowdhury 2018-05-11 21:33:37
It is inadvisable to go outdoors during a storm in recent times due to the increased number of lightning strikes, especially in rural areas. The rising death toll from thunderbolts led our government...
Pamelia Khaled 2018-05-11 21:30:15
"Taal gach ek paye dariye / On one leg stands the palm tree. Sob gach chariye / overshooting all trees. Uki mare aakashe /peeping over the sky." "Amader choto nodi chole bake bake Bo...
Fahmida Hashem 2018-05-11 21:27:46
Thalassemia is a type of blood disorder with an autosomal recessive blood problem people suffer from one generation to the other. It causes negative effects of Hemoglobin Formation on the body causing...
Thalif Deen 2018-05-10 21:24:20
The underlying message at the fifth annual Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development was summed up in its telling title "The politics of peace." But the task ahead was overwhelmingly difficult: How do...
Md. Rashed Chowdhury 2018-05-09 21:24:34
Major cyclones have drastically increased in Bangladesh in recent decades. During the period 1978-2016, a total of 131 tropical cyclones (TCs) formed in the Bay of Bengal, showing annual mean occurren...
Shamsul Alam 2018-05-05 20:28:58
Rising income inequality has been the subject of considerable debate in recent times. An Oxfam report presents that top 1 per cent of population possesses more wealth than the rest of the world. Resea...
Nilratan Halder 2018-05-04 21:07:27
Lightning or thunderbolt has become the latest agent of death for people in this country. It is such a fearsome arsenal sent from the sky above, against which unsuspecting human beings in the open hav...
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The Beautiful Mind, a special centre for autistic and mentally-challenged children, celebrated both Bangla New Year 1425 and World Autism Awareness Day befittingly. The celebration was enjoyable, educ...
Iftu Ahmed 2018-05-04 21:04:38
In the modern era, there are many deaf heroes around the globe. Charles Jules Henry Nicole (1866-1936), Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) and Sir John Warcup Cornforth (1917-2013) are some of...
Tohinur Islam 2018-05-04 21:03:46
Chief Seattle said, "All things share the same breath- the beast, the tree, the man. The air shares its spirit with all the life it supports." More than one hundred years ago, Chief Seattle tried to u...
Shamsul Alam 2018-04-28 21:27:43
The private sector has been historically playing an important role in economic development of Bangladesh. Almost all the past medium-term development plans have relied on private financing for their i...
Nilratan Halder 2018-04-27 22:15:36
If a person went into coma, say, 25 years ago or in the early 90's and regained his consciousness now, would s/he been able to recognise the world as it is now. S/he would not for one simple reason: t...
Inter-Press Service (IPS) 2018-04-27 22:14:53
Over 40,000 Rohingya families in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar refugee camps have now been trained in shelter upgrade techniques ahead of the fast approaching monsoon and cyclone season. Women are playing...
Md. Abdullah Al Hasan 2018-04-27 22:13:23
Health-conscious people across the world are avoiding the use of harmful polythene and other synthetic materials in their daily lives. This change is creating a good demand for jute and jute goods. To...
Ying-yi Hong 2018-04-27 22:12:14
Obesity has become an increasingly serious problem around the world and it is regarded as one of the major risks to human health. Many factors such as more wealth and food accessibility may explain it...
Rafiqul Islam and ASM Ahsan Habib 2018-04-24 20:46:35
The UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP) visited Dhaka from 9 to 12 October, 2017 to discuss the country's prospect of graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category. The member of th...
Nilratan Halder 2018-04-20 20:52:13
A young mother holding her child's hand turns round the corner of the lane. The child, four or five years old, clearly does not like to surrender his brief life of freedom outside and get confined so...
Syed Tashfin Chowdhury 2018-04-20 20:51:27
Beauty Akhter was murdered in presence of her father. As shocking as that may sound, it was confessed by Beauty's father, Sayed Ali, before a judicial magistrate's court in Habiganj on April 06. Earl...
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