HC orders extensive insecticide spray, three more die Special Correspondent Dengue continue killing and hospitalising more people every day as measures taken by the government to control aedes mosquitoes, the vector of the viral fever, went ineffective. On Wednesday, three more people died of dengue in Dhaka, Khulna and Mymensingh as the mosquito-borne viral disease […]
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BGB-BSF agree on stopping border crimes
RAJSHAHI, Aug 28, 2019 (BSS)- A battalion commander level flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India today reached a consensus on peaceful coexistence along border through stopping all sorts of crimes. The border forces of the two neighbouring countries discussed and devised ways and means on how to […]
BNP places 10-point recommendation to resolve Rohingya crisis
Special Correspondent Urging all the friendly countries of Bangladesh to come forward to help it have a permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis, BNP on Wednesday placed a 10-point recommendation, including forging the national unity, to solve the protracted problem. The recommendations were placed at a roundtable conference on Rohingya issue titled ‘The Plight of […]
Bangladesh apparel exporters concerned by Indian allegation
Special Correspondent Bangladesh’s apparel exporters have been concerned with the allegation that Indian business house was importihttps://www.weeklyholiday.net/files/index_php/author/weeklyholiday-admin/page/ng readymade garments from bangladesh by availing of the south asian free trade area (safta) benefit. on july 13, india’s directorate of revenue intelligence arrested dinesh maheshwari, executive director and chief financial officer of future enterprises ltd, for flouting […]
Actor Khalilur Rahman Babar dies
Holiday Report Actor Khalilur Rahman Babar, popular for reprising negative roles in films during the 70s and 80s, died at at city’s Square Hospital at 9.10 am on Monday . He was 68. Babar had long been suffering from a combination of diabetes, blood pressure and lung ailments, family sources said. He was admitted to […]
EDITORIAL
Outbreak of dengue: More effective measures needed While the capital city in particular and the nation in general is grappling with the worst outbreak of dengue fever in epidemic form, with hospitals packed with patients as the disease spreads speedily, round-the-clock panic has kept people on tenterhooks as “severe dengue is a leading cause of […]
WHAT IT COSTS A FAMILY TO LIVE ON
The World Bank needs to understand poverty Sharan Burrow THE World Bank claims poverty is decreasing around the world but UN research shows it depends on what you measure. If we are serious about reducing poverty, we need to start by properly identifying it. The World Bank has repeatedly claimed that extreme poverty is on […]
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LEAD, PESTICIDES IN MILK Food contamination: Offenders must be punished A M K Chowdhury According to a news report titled “Wage war on food adulteration”dated May 13, 2019, the High Court urged the prime minister to declare a war on food adulteration, and directed the government to immediately remove from the market the 52 food […]
The revenge of Sukhi Lala
Jawed Naqvi THE flag of Jammu & Kashmir, which was taken down from the Srinagar Secretariat over the weekend, carried the symbol of a plough. The Congress party’s election symbol in 1952 under Jawaharlal Nehru was two bullocks in harness — do baelon ki jodi. In a monsoon-fed agricultural economy, both symbols represented the productive […]
Imran nominates himself as “ambassador of Kashmir”
Kashmir Times Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that he has nominated himself as the “ambassador of Kashmir” and will keep fighting till the region attains “freedom.” He also cautioned that both the countries were nuclear powers and in case of a war between the countries, it could have an effect on the […]