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Kans grass harvest, gift of season

Few can deny the poetic beauty of kans grass, locally called kashful. When the monsoon recedes and grass colonises newly exposed
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Fulbaria College protest postponed

The ongoing movement for nationalisation of Fulbaria Degree College in the district has been postponed for one month, following discussion between the representatives of agitating teachers and students, and the political leaders and administration officials.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Return the cyber heist money

The much-talked about Bangladesh Bank (BB) cyber heist of USD 81 million entered a new twist as Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) of the Philippines has stated that there is no need for it to return USD 2.7 million as it was “negligence” on the part of BB that led to the heist in the first place.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Kofi Annan's visit to Myanmar

We, along with the rest of the world, have been witnessing the resurgence of violence against Rohingya in Myanmar recently that has led to the displacement of some 30,000 of them.
30 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Attack on UK envoy: SC stars hearing on appeal

The Supreme Court starts hearing the appeals of two Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) death row convicts including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan against the High Court verdict in a case filed for the 2004 grenade attack on the then UK envoy in Bangladesh.
30 November 2016, 13:36 PM

The heritage of Munshiganj

In Munshiganj is a longstanding tradition of constructing houses uniquely of tin and wood. Such houses which are to be found across
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Santals worried about job in sugarcane farm

Santals in Gobindaganj are worried about getting jobs again in Shahebganj sugarcane farm, where they had been working almost regularly prior to beginning a movement for return of what they said was their forefathers' lands acquired by the government.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM

State-owned banks continue to bleed

When the finance minister states that some state-owned banks (SoBs) flout the rules to give loans to dubious entities and individuals without collateral, it is a frank admission that things are anything but normal.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Pedlars of children's death go free

Five officials of a pharmaceuticals company that allegedly manufactured toxic paracetamol which led to the death of 28 children in 2009 were acquitted on Monday.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Sale of winter clothes peaks in two dists

People of northern districts see sharp rise in the sale of warm clothes especially at makeshift shops in Rangpur and
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Bridges for whom?

At least ten bridges were built in an unplanned way in remote Thanchi upazila of Bandarban in the last five years.
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Attack on Fulbaria protestors

We are seeing a dangerous trend of using coercive means by the law enforcing agencies in handling any form of protest instead
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Special Provision in anti-child marriage law disastrous

It is without a doubt that the recently Cabinet-approved provision in the proposed Child Marraiage Restraint Act, that allows
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Mother sells baby to buy drugs!

A drug addict woman of Rangpur allegedly sold her 33-day-old child for Tk 5,000.
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Passing of a world icon

In the death of Fidel Castro, we see the passing away of the last of the 20th century revolutionary and idealist.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Why gag voice calls that are legal?

We are bewildered by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission's announcement that it is going to develop guidelines for using communication applications like WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat and Imo, which have allowed people to make calls for free as long as there was Internet connection.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Tale of a trafficked Gaibandha girl

Indian border guards returned a trafficked Bangladeshi teenage girl to immigration police through Benapole check post under Benapole
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Encroachment on Baufal canal

An influential person is building a permanent structure occupying a canal at Dashpara in Baufal upazila headquarters of the district.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM

HC summons Chapainawabganj SP

High Court summons superintendent of Chapainawabganj police, TM Mujahidul Islam, to appear before it on December 4 for explaining his comment on beating robbers to death.
27 November 2016, 11:19 AM

Uber provides an essential service

We are surprised to see the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) take such a tough stand against the on-demand transport service Uber.
26 November 2016, 18:00 PM