Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate Tuesday took on the role of a judge of power politics as he weighed Awami League and BNP both on the same scales in respect of naming the names of institutions after pious persons while in power.
The capital market is passing through an uncertain phase because of arbitrary intervention by the regulators, according to market experts.
Bangladesh has accepted a EU proposal to host a regional climate conference in Dhaka in the middle of this year to expedite the global climate negotiation process ahead of the sixteenth Conference of Parties (COP-16) in Mexico.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami and secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid were behind the February 8 violent attacks on Bangladesh Chhatra League men at the Rajshahi University that left one killed and many others injured.
The six-day Director General-level conference between the paramilitary forces of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India got underway in New Delhi Monday.
BNP leaders yesterday demanded that the government stop the activities of European Union and foreign NGOs in Chittagong Hill Tracts and declare international commission on CHT illegal.
President Zillur Rahman on Monday stressed the need for expanding the education of science and technology for transforming the country’s huge population into human resources.
An extraordinary barrage of declaration slogging from Shuvo Chowdhury and Dollar Mahmud enlivened the final day of England's warm-up match against Bangladesh A, but it was the ongoing poor form of the two highest-profile players on either team that captured the headlines as the contest drifted to a draw at Chittagong.
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The United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF) in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) allegedly earns Taka 120 crore from extortion each year, UPDF controls every development work in the CHT, where a contractor has to pay 10 percent in advance against the total amount of work order. The UPDF also takes Taka 500 per year from primary school teacher, Taka 200 from a commodity sale of Taka 1,000 and thousands timber laden trucks.
Singapore said it will maintain a ban on chewing gum sales, a policy that has helped shape the city-state's international image as a tightly controlled, squeaky-clean island.
The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" has won best picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers.
Dihan and Tanisha, beautiful actresses and model sisters of the small screen are now up to investing their talent in music arena. They, along with their other two sisters and cousins, have formed a band called ‘Kalanka (Stigma).
Around 50 bus companies running more than 2,500 buses in Dhaka City and its suburbs went on wildcat strike for an indefinite period today causing serious problems to the commuters.
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 - 11:53am | by zswapanবিদেশে বসে দেশকে নিয়ে কিছু লেখার খুব একটা অর্থ আমার কাছে নেই। কারন, দেশের সেই সমস্যাগুলো নিত্যদিন আমাদেরকে স্পর্শ করছে না। আমরা প্রবাসীরা সেগুলোর সাথে সরাসরি যুক্ত নই। সেই সমস্যাগুলো আমাদের মনে কষ্ট তৈরী করতে পারে। কিন্তু সেটা দুঃখবিলাসের চেয়ে খুব বেশি কিছু নয়।
কারণ, আমরা এখানে বসে যতই কাঁদি না কেন, সেই কান্নার নোনাজল দেশের কর্তাব্যক্তিদের টেবিলের উপর ট্রান্সপারেন্ট কাঁচের উপর রাখা গরম চায়ের বাড়তি পানির সাথে মিলিয়ে যাওয়ার মতোই গুরুত্বপূর্ণ। কিন্তু তারা যখন বিপদে পড়েন, কিংবা দেশ যখন কোন ক্রাইসিসের ভেতর দিয়ে যায়, যখন টাকার প্রয়োজন পড়ে, কিংবা বিদেশে কেউ ভালো করে ফেলেন, তখন তাদেরকে বুকে টেনে নেয়ার মতো কিছু ব্যাপার ঘটে - অনেকটা কেরসিন শিখা বলে, এসো মোর দাদা-র মতো।