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Special Correspondent Left Democratic Alliance has called a half-day hartal in the country on July 7 (Sunday) in the protest against the increase of gas price. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the Central Council of the Left Democratic Alliance on Monday (July 1) noon. Earlier on Sunday (June 30), Bangladesh Energy […]

A dictated cruel verdict: BNP Special Correspondent A Pabna court has sentenced nine people to death and 25 others to life in prison for attacking a train that carried Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago. Additional Sessions Judge Rostom Ali also jailed 13 people for 10 years. Hasina, the then opposition leader and current prime minister, […]

Cultural Correspondent Four mystic bards were recalled at a commemorative programme held at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday. The programme, organised by the academy, featured discussions on folk bards Gurusaday Dutt, Radharaman Dutt, Bijoy Sarker and Ramesh Shil. Professor Shafi Ahmed, professor A Y M Jafar, Mohsin Hossain and Tapan […]

Cultural Correspondent The 23rd National Art Exhibition featuring 322 artworks by 310 artists commenced at National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. H T Imam, political adviser to prime minister Sheikh Hasina, inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest. Former finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, state minister for cultural affairs KM Khalid, additional […]

Special Correspondent Dhaka University researchers have found the presence of antibiotics in pasteurised milk of seven mostly sold brands. The study conducted by a group of teachers at the Faculty of Pharmacy has found edible oil, spice powders, fruit juice, and ghee of some brands substandard. The DU research findings , however, contradict with Bangladesh […]

Special Correspondent In Bangladesh, 7.5 million people are suffering from low-vision and blindness, of them more than 5,00,000 people are suffering from corneal diseases and await corneal transplantation. According to reports available with the Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh. Eye banks at different specialized hospitals in the country and non-governmental organizations like Sandhani International Eye Bank […]

Special Correspondent On the backdrop of wide ranging protests against the construction of coal-based power plant in Rampal, that poses a potential dangers to the world’s largest mangrove forest of Sundarban , more concerns have been voiced by the navigation and marine experts on the transshipment of huge amount of coal along the Possur river, […]

To whose interest is the Rampal power plant? Abdur Rahman Khan To the utter defiance of the concerns expressed by the UN agencies and the environmental groups at home and abroad, the government of Sheikh Hasina in a determined move proceeding ahead with the construction of Rampal coal-based power plant ignoring the ecological threats in […]

Special Correspondent BNP has expressed optimism that its chairperson Khaleda Zia will be released soon from jail securing bail from the High Court in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases. Party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the hope while addressing a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office […]

Special Correspondent Myanmar government has engaged itself in spreading disinformation on the repatriation of Rohingya people from Bangladesh, foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said at a diplomatic briefing in Dhaka on Wednesday. ‘The reports Myanmar is producing are completely false and fabricated,’ Momen said while giving an update on Myanmar. The briefing came on the […]