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Miladunnabi today

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), will be observed in the country today with due religious solemnity.
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM

When a municipality fails its people

When a municipality fails its people
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM

JU proctor's dubious role!

We are outraged at the 'leaked phone conversation' of the Jahangirnagar University (JU) proctor that suggests a malintention on his part,
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Public place authorities served legal notice for implementing smoking ban

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday sent a legal notice to the authorities concerned of the government to take steps in
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Consult workers before acquiring land for economic zone

Eleven professionals in a statement yesterday called upon the government to hold open consultations with tea workers
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Problems with land rights

That the country has 146 separate laws governing the issue of land ownership is mind boggling. And many of these are overlapping,
23 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Rana Plaza disaster charge sheet

It appears that progress has been made in the process of bringing those responsible for the Rana Plaza deaths before the court. We are
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Policy for rights of domestic help

The government draft policy formulated recently to protect the rights of domestic workers could not have come a day too soon. We
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Many child labourers involved in hazardous works in Savar: Survey

Over half of the child labourers in the municipal area and three unions of Savar Sadar upazila, outside the capital, are
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 4th death anniversary of Awami League leader Abdur Razzak, also one of the Liberation War organisers.
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Tomorrow is the first death anniversary of Sheikh Abu Hamed, a social worker and a Liberation War organiser.
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Swadhin Bangla Betar's sound engineer Rashidul passes away

Rashidul Hussain, a sound engineer who played a key role in the early transmission of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Army officers of Benin tragedy remembered

A meeting, commemorating the members of UN peace keeping mission of Bangladesh Army who died in an air crash in Benin 12 years ago, was held in the capital yesterday.
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Death row convict OC dies at DMCH

Former Motijheel police officer-in-charge AKM Rafiqul Islam, who got capital punishment for killing a student, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital last night, aged 65.
22 December 2015, 18:00 PM

The EC's appeal for PM's help

We are aghast at Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz's appeal to the Prime Minister, seeking her intervention to stop some of her party
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Khulna's latest water solution

We are filled with a sense of optimism to know that a much awaited scheme to supply 110 million litres of safe water to half of Khulna
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Jute genome decoder Maqsudul Alam remembered

On the occasion of the first death anniversary of Bangladeshi scientist Maqsudul Alam, a doa mahfil was held at Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI)
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Death anniversary

Today is the 20th death anniversary of Abdul Haque, a renowned leader of the country's large left movement during 1960s and 70s.
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Obituary

Anowara Begum; a teacher and mother of Fazle Rabbi Dollar, Bogra Press Club member and chief reporter of the Daily Bogra; died of
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Safar Ali

Safar Ali, a freedom fighter and educationalist of Dinajpur, died of a cardiac arrest in a private hospital early yesterday. He was 75.
21 December 2015, 18:00 PM