Demolition of 2 city pry schools protested
UNB, Dhaka :Speakers at a human chain on Friday protested the recent demolition of two primary schools in the capital. They said due to the...
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Bangla-US ties to grow: Biswal
UNB, Dhaka :US Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has hoped that relations between Bangladesh and the United States would...
2 N’ganj blast victims die at DMCH
UNB, Narayanganj :A woman and her son who sustained severe burn injuries in an explosion at a house in Fatulla area of Sadar upazila on...
BNP to protest against JS power to impeach judges
UNB, Dhaka :BNP is planning to announce a programme protesting the government’s move to restore parliament’s power to impeach Supreme Court judges. “The party high...
Israel pursues air strikes / Gaza gunmen execute 18 ‘collaborators’
Reuters, Gaza :Hamas-led gunmen in Gaza executed 18 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel on Friday, a day after Israel tracked down and killed three...
Another body of Pinak-6 victim found in Jhalakati
UNB, Jhalakati :The decomposed body of a victim of the ‘Pinak-6’ launch capsize was recovered from the Sugandha River at Dakkhin Mogar village in Nalchhiti...
Readers' Forum / Gaza bleeds again
Israel has restarted bombing of Palestine after negotiation for permanent truce with Hamas initiated by Egypt ended in a futile. But we have no knowledge...
Too many charities depending on fewer private capital
Bee Lin Ang :As governments become financially strapped, an increasing number of foundations are chasing the same pool of private capital, says Global Head of...
Go green may push up the energy business
Arnaud Bouillé :Climate change represents a “fundamental threat” to efforts to tackle poverty, and countries must agree collective action to tackle it as part of...
The trouble with universal education
Bjørn Lomborg :With the deadline for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals fast approaching, the world is gearing up to establish a new set of...