BSS Lawmakers today lauded the role of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for giving shelter to the forcibly displaced Rohingyas of Rakhine State of Myanmar in the country. “By giving shelter to the displaced Rohingya people in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has become the Mother of Humanity,” Abdullah Al Islam Jakob, MP, of Bhola-4 […]
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FBCCI demands punishment for bank looters
Special Correspondent Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Md Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin on Sunday demanded exemplary punishment of the persons involved in plundering money from banks. ‘We demand exemplary punishment of those who looted money from banks. All businesses should not be regarded as dishonest due to wrongdoings by the black sheep […]
8th span installed, over 1200 meter of Padma Bridge visible
BSS The eighth span of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge was installed today on its 35th and 36th no pillars at Jajira end in Shariatpur. The 150-meter long ‘6E’ span was installed around 12.15 pm, making 1,200 meters of the main structure of the mega bridge visible. A total of 1050 meters of the bridge […]
Sellers of free textbooks deserve punishment
Dear Editor: It is a fact that Bangladesh is the only country in the world which prints over three hundred million textbooks for free distribution among school students. Every year students of different schools of Bangladesh become glad to get free textbooks, and this year more than 35 crore free textbooks were given to school […]
EC frustrated with boycott of upazila polls
Special Correspondent Chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said that boycott of the elections to upazila parishads by some of the major political parties was disappointing for the Election Commission. At a training of trainers programme for the officials who would conduct the upazila elections at Electoral Training Institute in Dhaka, he, however, […]
Now BNP wants Jamaat to apologise for 1971 role
UNB BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday said Jamaat-e-Islami should apologise to the nation for its anti-liberation war role in 1971. Talking to reporters after placing a wreath at BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave, he also said their party wants the trial and punishment of all the anti-liberation war elements. “Offering apology […]
4th phase UZ polls on March 31: EC
UNB The Election Commission on Wednesday announced schedule for holding election to 122 upazila parishads of 16 districts in the fourth phase on March 31. According to the election schedule, the deadline for submission of nomination papers is March 4, while the date for scrutiny of nomination papers is March 6 and the last date […]
Barbaric corporal punishment must end
Dear Editor: This refers to the article “Thrashed pupil awarded teacher’s salary” written by Sir Frank Peters. An Indian female schoolteacher who subjected a pupil to corporal punishment has been asked to give her month’s salary as compensation to the student to avoid being sacked, police arrest, and other disciplinary measures taken against her. The […]
Assamese Muslims are being denied Indian citizenship
Asad Rehman in Islamabad Under the mask of democracy and secularism, Indian subsequent regimes dominated by politicians from the Hindi heartland—Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) have been using brutal tactics mercilessly in suppressing the insurgencies and separatist movements in various regions and provinces such as Kashmir, Punjab, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura etc. including […]
Venezuelan coup democrats vomit on Green New Deal
In humanity’s current existential climate crisis, leftists who see any hope for humanity put our faith in movements. Without movements relentlessly pressuring them to do the right thing, politicians of both US major parties—especially at the crucial national and state levels—will remain their bought-off pro-corporate warmongering selves, and powerful corporate media will provide them propaganda […]
