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Right to use of 'Dr' appellation   

Right to use of 'Dr' appellation  

-- 2021-08-16 21:55:08

In a full verdict, the High Court has declared the use of the appellate 'Dr' by anyone other than MBBS and BDS degree holders illegal. The government's decision taken earlier to allow homeopathy, unan...

Delicate job of vaccination   

Delicate job of vaccination  

-- 2021-08-15 21:51:42

If the chaotic state of the Dhaka-based centres for the just concluded mass vaccination drive is any indication, the appalling condition at the venues in smaller cities can be understood. As an area...

Withdrawal of Covid-related restrictions   

Withdrawal of Covid-related restrictions  

-- 2021-08-14 21:46:47

The government has done away with most restrictions that have been imposed intermittently to rein in the virus and the remaining ones are set to go from August 19 next. The decision to open up everyth...

Observance of six birth dates nothing but a mockery, Obaidul Quader says

Observance of six birth dates nothing but a mockery, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-08-14 19:28:33

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday criticised the observance of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's birthday as she has six different birth dates, terming the matter as a mocker...

Govt trying to implicate Zia in Bangabandhu killing to hide facts, Fakhrul says

Govt trying to implicate Zia in Bangabandhu killing to hide facts, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-08-14 19:16:01

Condemning the law minister’s statement on Zia’s link to the Bangabandhu killing, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said it is the government’s ill effort...

Disciplining errant private health sector operators   

Disciplining errant private health sector operators  

-- 2021-08-13 22:37:30

At a time when the nation is facing the worst ever public health emergency in history caused by the pandemic, any gross irregularity by health service providers is indefensible. Regrettably, rampant v...

BNP’s greed for power paved way for 1/11 changeover, Obaidul Quader says

BNP’s greed for power paved way for 1/11 changeover, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-08-13 20:48:57

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said the 1/11 situation was created in the country due to BNP’s corruption and greed for power. &...

Curbing proliferation of single-use plastics   

Curbing proliferation of single-use plastics  

-- 2021-08-12 21:43:55

At an event held in the capital recently to observe the 'International Plastic Bag Free Day-2021', speakers urged upon the government to ban single-use plastics--- a demand that need not be elaboratel...

Avoiding risky ferry channel

Avoiding risky ferry channel

-- 2021-08-11 22:02:24

Yet another ferry rammed into a pillar of the under-construction Padma Bridge on way to Munshiganj'sShimulia ferry terminal from Madaripur's Banglabazar. Reports have it that no damage was done to the...

Collisions of ferries with Padma Bridge will be probed, Obaidul Quader says

Collisions of ferries with Padma Bridge will be probed, Obaidul Quader says

BSS 2021-08-11 21:40:15

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the government will examine whether the collisions of ferries with the pillars of the Padma Bridge took place repeatedly due to the...

Expediting company registration process   

Expediting company registration process  

-- 2021-08-10 21:41:54

Starting a new business was made somewhat easier in FY 20 when the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) took some steps to simplify the registration procedure as well as render it less...

City's air quality: A pleasant break   

City's air quality: A pleasant break  

-- 2021-08-08 21:30:51

Environmental activists and segments of the general people concerned about Dhaka's deteriorating air pollution must have felt upbeat about a disclosure. Amid a pervasive gloom prompted by the ongoing...

Bangamata was source of inspirations for Bangabandhu, Obaidul Quader says

Bangamata was source of inspirations for Bangabandhu, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-08-08 20:58:18

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib was not only the wife of Bangabandhu but also his co-fighter in his entire life. The road transport a...

Jobless families should get Tk 10,000 per month, GM Quader says

Jobless families should get Tk 10,000 per month, GM Quader says

-- 2021-08-08 20:48:46

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday demanded the government provide Tk 10,000 per month to each family of those who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, he said, &ld...

Dengue outbreak during a hard time

Dengue outbreak during a hard time

-- 2021-08-07 21:31:45

It is the worst timing for the dengue, an Aedes mosquito-borne seasonal viral disease, to emerge as a major health problem. The outbreak of the disease is proving to be an extra headache when the nati...

Assuring sustainable remittance inflow   

Assuring sustainable remittance inflow  

-- 2021-08-06 21:40:33

Though it cannot be said that the economy is booming in the midst of the pandemic surge, it cannot also be said that it is performing badly. This has been possible, thanks to the resilience of two maj...

Recruiting non-government secondary teachers under MPO scheme

Recruiting non-government secondary teachers under MPO scheme

-- 2021-08-05 22:35:23

The move to bring a wholesale change in the recruitment process of non-government teachers for Secondary educational institutions under the MPO (Monthly Payment Orders) scheme appears to have found th...

Jashore Education Board's unique ap

Jashore Education Board's unique ap

-- 2021-08-04 21:48:06

A unique application processor (ap) developed by the Jashore Education Board has immense potential in maintaining contact between the board and students as well as giving feedback any time either side...

Revamping technical education   

Revamping technical education  

-- 2021-08-03 21:23:07

Developing a strong technical manpower base is a precondition for taking forward Bangladesh's pursuit of industrialisation. Though no one would deny this requirement, yet achievement in this direction...

Rohingya integration out of question   

Rohingya integration out of question  

-- 2021-08-02 21:35:15

Through its triennial Refugee Policy Review Framework, the World Bank suggested that Bangladesh adopted some measures to promote integration of the Rohingya people into the host country's society. In...

Freeing Ctg region of landslides   

Freeing Ctg region of landslides  

-- 2021-08-01 21:34:58

The menace of landslide has returned also this year with a vengeance. Several lives have already been lost to the scourge this year. Landslides in the country's southeastern hilly region in greater Ch...

Horrible situation prevails in country over lockdown, BNP says

Horrible situation prevails in country over lockdown, BNP says

UNB 2021-08-01 16:14:31

BNP on Sunday termed ‘suicidal’ the government’s decision of allowing the export-oriented factories to resume operation amid the ongoing "strict lockdown" enforced to contain the spi...

Monetary policy in a troubled time

Monetary policy in a troubled time

-- 2021-07-31 22:33:17

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Going by this piece of advice or saying or whatever, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has been pursuing an 'expansionary' and 'accommodative' monetary policy stanc...

Some int’l media spreading propaganda against Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud says

Some int’l media spreading propaganda against Bangladesh, Hasan Mahmud says

-- 2021-07-31 19:42:57

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said some international mass media are publishing wrong and untrue news intentionally against the government and the state as well, which is...

The crucial mass vaccination drive

The crucial mass vaccination drive

-- 2021-07-30 22:32:09

The government's announcement that mass vaccination drive at the Union level will start from August 07 could not have come a day later. Further, reports have it that arrangements have been made so tha...

Lawmaker Ali Ashraf dies at 73

Lawmaker Ali Ashraf dies at 73

-- 2021-07-30 17:31:46

Professor Md Ali Ashraf, a lawmaker from Cumilla-7 constituency and a former deputy speaker of parliament, has died in hospital care at the age of 73. Ashraf, who was on life support in Dhaka's Squar...

Industrial accidents: Role of the watchdog

Industrial accidents: Role of the watchdog

-- 2021-07-29 21:40:09

Years ago when the Directorate of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) was given more authority and the organisation was elevated as a Department with the promise of increased manpower,...

Mask are more effective than vaccine, says Quader

Mask are more effective than vaccine, says Quader

UNB 2021-07-29 18:42:41

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has urged the people to wear masks for protection against Covid infections saying that the mask is more effective than the vaccine. Quader was addressing...

Shifting of ferry terminals

Shifting of ferry terminals

-- 2021-07-28 22:07:53

The four-member probe committee formed following the collision of a ferry with a pillar of the Padma Bridge has recommended among others the shifting of ferry terminals from their present locations. I...

Saving rawhide trade    

Saving rawhide trade   

-- 2021-07-27 21:40:43

The seasonal rawhide traders have again faced losses during this Eid-ul-Adha as they had to sell their items at a price lower than that fixed by the government. At the wholesale rawhide market at Post...