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Sparing agriculture of diesel price hike   

Sparing agriculture of diesel price hike  

-- 2021-11-18 21:28:29

The sudden hike in fuel prices had its predictable fallouts. Public transport owners found it a convenient ploy to arm-twist the government for taking a decision in favour of raising the fare of both...

Career-centric education and economic growth

Career-centric education and economic growth

-- 2021-11-17 21:58:32

Job-centric economic growth and challenges of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) are apparently anachronistic. When experts at a workshop held at the conference room of the Press Information Depar...

Chhatra League activists ‘attack’ Reza Kibria, Nur in Tangail

Chhatra League activists ‘attack’ Reza Kibria, Nur in Tangail

-- 2021-11-17 17:50:47

Members of the new Bangladesh Gana Odhikar Parishad party, including convener Dr Reza Kibria and Member Secretary Nurul Haque Nur, have allegedly been attacked while attempting to pay their respects a...

Benefiting from Dutch farming practices   

Benefiting from Dutch farming practices  

-- 2021-11-16 21:33:25

With an ever-shrinking size of its arable lands, Bangladesh's agriculture has been facing the perennial challenge of feeding a disproportionately large population. But the country's farmers have been...

BNP demands steps as per international law to deal with border killings

BNP demands steps as per international law to deal with border killings

-- 2021-11-16 20:24:07

Members of BNP’s highest policymaking body have urged the government to take steps as per international law to stop the unacceptable killing of Bangladeshis along the border by the Indian Border...

Damaged Tongi Bridge   

Damaged Tongi Bridge  

-- 2021-11-15 21:27:29

The five feet long and three feet sinkhole developed on the Dhaka-bound traffic lane of the Tongi Bridge has forced closure of that particular lane to movement of vehicles since Wednesday last, causin...

Ronaldo for Manchester United - blessing, not burden

Ronaldo for Manchester United - blessing, not burden

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-11-15 17:03:34

Cristiano Ronaldo came back to Manchester United in what is probably the most high-profile and dramatic transfer season of all time.  Initially headed to Man City, one phone call from Sir Alex F...

Women's post-corona plight   

Women's post-corona plight  

-- 2021-11-14 21:43:20

Paeans to the supposed indomitable spirit of Bangladesh women have traditionally been in use during the times of their economic hardship. These compliments are meant to uphold the enterprising rural w...

Special financing window for the minnows

Special financing window for the minnows

-- 2021-11-13 21:59:30

The central bank board of directors deserves appreciation for taking into cognizance the economic wellbeing of the minnows, identifying the latter as 'no-frills' account holders of banks and financial...

Dr Kamal wants caretaker govt back, looks for Oikyafront’s revival 

Dr Kamal wants caretaker govt back, looks for Oikyafront’s revival 

-- 2021-11-13 18:47:47

Renewing the demand for holding the next national election under a non-party government, Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain said there is a possibility to revive Jatiya Oikyafront, an electoral alli...

গানের হুমায়ূন, হুমায়ূনের গান

গানের হুমায়ূন, হুমায়ূনের গান

মোজাক্কির রিফাত 2021-11-13 16:13:40

আজ ১৩ নভেম্বর, নন্দিত কথাসাহিত্যিক হুমায়ূন আহমেদের জন্মদিন। সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যম থেকে পত্রিকার পাতায় -- সর্বত্র আজ প্রিয় লেখকের স্মৃতিচারণ। তিনি আজ আমাদের না থেকেও আছেন তার অমর সৃষ্টির মাঝে। স্মৃতি...

A step forward in fight against pandemic

A step forward in fight against pandemic

-- 2021-11-12 23:01:16

Responding to some 10 local drug makers' appeal, the country's drug regulatory body, Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA), has authorised four local drug makers to manufacture and market...

Govt ‘deliberately destroyed’ electoral system, Fakhrul says

Govt ‘deliberately destroyed’ electoral system, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-11-12 17:58:54

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday voiced concern over the violence in Union Parishad (UP) polls and said the government “deliberately destroyed the electoral system to...

Diversifying shrimp export   

Diversifying shrimp export  

-- 2021-11-11 21:47:50

Export of frozen food from the country, especially shrimp, has been experiencing a drastic slump for quite sometime. While the covid-19 is responsible for holding back export of many prospective produ...

Cruelty to women

Cruelty to women

-- 2021-11-10 22:05:42

In a country where the prime minister and the speaker of parliament are women, the impression would have been that their kind in general enjoys equal rights with men in society. Far from it, they most...

Women-friendly entrepreneurship policies

Women-friendly entrepreneurship policies

-- 2021-11-09 22:03:44

There is no gainsaying the fact that the government in its various development policy papers considers the issue of women entrepreneurship with due priority. But the reality is often far removed from...

UP polls creating panic instead of festivity, says GM Quader

UP polls creating panic instead of festivity, says GM Quader

-- 2021-11-09 16:48:59

Jatiya Party Chairman on Tuesday voiced concern that the ongoing Union Parishad (UP) polls have become a matter of panic instead of festivity. In a statement, he said, “The second and third pha...

Developing a medical device industry

Developing a medical device industry

-- 2021-11-08 22:06:04

The pharmaceutical industry has made quite a mark in terms of its production capacity and maintenance of quality. So, it is no mystery that a few top pharmaceutical companies have achieved the enviabl...

Less in performance, more in press conference

Less in performance, more in press conference

Tanvir Ahmed 2021-11-08 20:17:45

People of Bangladesh, regardless of class, gender, age or any other criteria, are cricket fanatics.  A garments worker, after all the hard work and overtime duty, sit in front of the TV to watch...

Fakhrul describes fuel price, transport fare hike as ‘trick to loot people’

Fakhrul describes fuel price, transport fare hike as ‘trick to loot people’

-- 2021-11-08 19:39:42

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday termed the hike in fuel price and transport fares an ‘arranged game’ of the government to “pick public pockets”. "T...

Ole at the wheel is no more working

Ole at the wheel is no more working

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-11-08 19:13:29

When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was brought in to replace the veteran Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford, the expectations from him were quite high.  There was a certain sense of romanticism associated wit...

Zia grabbed power by carrying out killings, Obaidul Quader alleges

Zia grabbed power by carrying out killings, Obaidul Quader alleges

-- 2021-11-07 22:42:02

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said placing complaints to foreigners and seeking help openly from various embassies is a clear exponent of the BNP's boneless politics. "The c...

BNP observes November 7

BNP observes November 7

-- 2021-11-07 22:20:23

BNP observed what it calls the ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ on Sunday remembering the ‘civil-military uprising’ on November 17 in 1975. BNP secretary general Mirza...

Vaccine for students, others

Vaccine for students, others

-- 2021-11-07 22:06:10

The launching of the Covid-19 vaccination programme for school students is, indisputably, a welcome development. But as observed on the very first day, a messy situation might be overshadowing the pro...

The hike in diesel price and its impact

The hike in diesel price and its impact

-- 2021-11-06 21:36:04

The government Wednesday night hiked the prices of diesel and kerosene by 23 per cent to Tk 80 a litre. The next day, buses plying some city routes and beyond raised their fares by 40 per cent without...

Exploring ME market for export

Exploring ME market for export

-- 2021-11-05 22:12:38

The Middle-East region comprising well over a dozen states --- often believed to be a potential market of Bangladeshi products --- is yet to become what it could be. Although Bangladesh has been expor...

Fuel price hike to benefit ‘looters’, BNP leader alleges

Fuel price hike to benefit ‘looters’, BNP leader alleges

-- 2021-11-05 16:21:31

BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday alleged that fuel prices have been raised to benefit the “looters of the ruling party”. “They (govt) have raised the prices...

Persuading rich nations to meet climate pledge

Persuading rich nations to meet climate pledge

-- 2021-11-04 22:10:46

With little progress made so far since 2015's Paris Agreement towards cutting carbon emissions, it cannot be said that the ongoing Glasgow climate summit, COP26, did begin with high hopes. Even so, mo...

Jackfruit as a meat substitute

Jackfruit as a meat substitute

Sirajum Munira 2021-11-04 20:26:42

Although this is not the season of jackfruit, no time is inappropriate to appreciate its goodness. It is really difficult to mark a useless part in this fruit.  In most cases, a large portion of...

Loan defaulters cannot have legal rights to contest polls: HC

Loan defaulters cannot have legal rights to contest polls: HC

FE ONLINE REPORT 2021-11-04 17:53:00

During the hearing of a writ petition, a High Court bench on Thursday observed that the loan defaulters cannot have the legal rights to contest in elections. The High Court bench of Justice M Enayetu...