Tahsin Noor Salim, Lecturer and Academic Guidance Supervisor at London Collge of Legal Studies(South): It is unfortunate that Islam is extensively misunderstood of being a regressive religion and that it does not promote gender equality. In fact the Quran and the teachings ...বিস্তারিত
Dr. Tareq Shamsur Rehman, Dept of International Relations, Jahangirnagar University: There are only 3 months left till the election: the schedule announcement in October, then the actual election in December. Therefore, I believe that there could be some ulterior motive beh ...বিস্তারিত
Desk Report: Dhaka stocks slid for the third consecutive session on Monday as investors continued selling financial scrips and focusing their attention on energy stocks. DSEX, the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, shed 0.18 per cent, or 10.21 points, to close at 5,590.42 p ...বিস্তারিত
A.S.M Riad Arif , Graduated from South Asian University, New Delhi: Over the last few decades, the divorce rate of Bangladesh is getting higher and now it’s an alarming situation particularly at urban middle class family. A Dhaka based Top Bengali Newspaper Prothom Alo ...বিস্তারিত
New Age: The government revenue from incoming international calls will remain stagnant for three more years as the telecom regulatory body moves to keep its share unchanged at 40 per cent under pressure from politically-backed international gateway operators. Bangladesh Tele ...বিস্তারিত
Bdnews24: The Department of Narcotics Control has seized around 850kg new psychoactive substance or NPS, which are ‘new’ to Bangladesh’, from the Shahjalal International Airport and a firm at Shantinagar in Dhaka. The seized NPS, which look much like green tea leafs, h ...বিস্তারিত
Desk Report: Though the country has made good economic progress over the years, urban experts think the capital city still lacks quality bus fleets to match the people's improved lifestyle, reports The Daily Star. They said almost all the existing 8,000 public buses in the c ...বিস্তারিত
Desk Report: In the face of crackdown by law enforcement agencies, listed militant kingpins and their associates have left major cities and taken shelter in country’s northern region, detective sources said, reports the Daily Sun. Different areas of northern districts hav ...বিস্তারিত
Desk Report: “I, Rafique, a sub-inspector of special branch (SB) of police, am calling you from the SB office to let you know that the passport applications of your mother and wife are now with me”, reports The Daily Star. Rafique, a fraud pretending to be an SI, said t ...বিস্তারিত
UNB: Healthcare services at Koyra Upazila Health Complex, the lone government healthcare centre for over 3.5 lakh people in the upazila, are seriously being hampered for lack of manpower. Sources said the 31-bed the health complex built in 1964 was upgraded to a 50-bed one ...বিস্তারিত