Bandarban, June 12 – Deputy Commissioner of Bandarban district Mohammad Daudul Islam tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.
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Taxation proposals made in Bangladesh Budget 2020-21
Chapter Six: Revenue Collection Activities Madam Speaker 157. Till now I have discussed the expenditures of the Government. Now we shall focus on the sources of the expenditures. The major share of the expenditures will come from internal resources which…
Rethink free movement of capital against hostile takeovers
by Susanne Wixforth and John Weeks on 11th June 2020 Should free movement of capital any longer be sacrosanct when it leads to predatory takeovers and regional inequalities in a globalised economy?
Memorable days: When Kamal takes me people think I still can work
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The inside pages of The New Nation needed to be uplifted to increase its readership. I found the district page was two days’ stale. The man in -charge was not computer literate and was totally at the…
Facebook: A solace during coronavirus lockdown
M Zahidul Haque During the on-going corona lockdown, Facebook is serving as a solace to the locked-down people passing their time in some creative activities and in keeping communication with friends, relatives and others.
Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict Brewing in Mediterranean
By Dr Ramzy Baroud Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas…
Sweden, the pandemic and precarious working conditions
by Lisa Pelling on 10th June 2020 @lisa_pelling Most commentary on the Covid-19 death toll in Sweden has been on the absence of lockdown, yet privatisation and precarity in eldercare should really be in the spotlight.
UN Chiefs Silenced by Big Powers with Vetoes
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 9 2020 (IPS) – The massive protests in more than 120 US cities over racial injustice and police brutality went global last week– amidst presidential threats of military force on demonstrators in Washington DC.
Economic Ghosts Block Post-Lockdown Recovery
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 9 2020 (IPS) – As governments the world over struggle to revive their economies after the debilitating lockdowns they imposed following their failure to undertake adequate precautionary containment measures to curb Covid-19…
Science and politics: A new alliance?
by Valerio Alfonso Bruno on 9th June 2020 @ValerioA_Bruno The pandemic has brought science and expertise to the fore in the public sphere, as an anchor of trust—and put the populists on the back foot.
করোনা দুর্যোগেও চিকিৎসা বঞ্চিত মানুষ মারা যাচ্ছে প্রতিনিয়ত
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, করোনা মহামারীতেও স্বাস্থ্য বিভাগসহ বিভিন্ন বিভাগে দুর্নীতি হচ্ছে। অপরদিকে বিনা চিকিৎসায় মারা যাচ্ছে বনিআদম। যারা দেশের এই কঠিন মুহুর্তেও দুর্নীতি করে, সাধারণ মানুষের চিকিৎসার টাকা লুটেপুটে খায়…
করোনকালীন সময়ে তামাকজাত দ্রব্য বিপণন বন্ধের আবেদন: রুহুল হক
ঢাকা আহ্ছানিয়া মিশন স্বাস্থ্য সেক্টর কতৃর্ক আয়োজিত করোনা সংলাপ বিষয়ক অনলাইন মিডিয়া আলোচনায় করোনাকালীন মহামারী সময়ে জনস্বাস্থ্য রক্ষায় তামাকজাত দ্রব্যের ব্যবহার নিয়ন্ত্রণ জরুরী বলে একমত প্রকাশ করেন সাবেক স্বাস্থ্য মন্ত্রী ও বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিষয়ক মন্ত্রনালয় স্থায়ী কমিটির, সভাপতি অধ্যাপক…
Certainties and responses: Bangladesh Budget 2020-21
Ruling 14-party alliance led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is full of activity with the formulation of Budget 2020-21 under such landscapes when the world is befuddled and challenged with COVID-19, which shall be placed in Parliament very soon so…
A Global Treaty Could Protect Biodiversity in the High Seas
Jun 9 2020 (IPS) – Oceans cover 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface. But, because many of us spend most of our lives on land, the 362 million square kilometres of blue out there aren’t always top of mind.
Glorious days: Wide DU teacher-student gap makes hit story
Mostafa Kamal Majumder I began attempting scoop news items apart from doing event-based stories and started attracting more attention of seniors and gradually made my place secure in The Bangladesh Times. One such report was on the worsening teacher-student relations…
Don’t be colour blind, help blue oceans keep the planet green
9 June 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic is a “sharp reminder” of how we are all intimately connected to each other and to nature, the UN chief said on Monday, World Oceans Day. “As we work to end the pandemic…
Amari Dhaka, ONYX Group hotel, enhances hygiene & safety
Dhaka – 8 June 2020: In preparation to welcome travellers back to its hotels across the Asia-Pacific and to reassure guests who are currently in residence, ONYX Hospitality Group has announced enhanced operational hygiene and safety standards in an initiative…
Fintech Lending Industry to Hit $291bn Value in 2020
Recent years have witnessed a surge in the number of fintech loans as an appealing alternative to traditional banking services. Although the coronavirus outbreak has affected the fintech lending industry, the unified market is still expected to maintain steady growth.
Global Forum protests black DWD, vows fight for Justice
Global Forum on Discrimination based on Work and Descent (GFoD) strongly condemns the police brutality leading to the horrific murder of George Floyd on 25th May in Minnesota, United States of America. We also support in solidarity with the Black…
Pakistan turns locust threat into chicken feed
Pakistani scientists have successfully tried a simple solution to turn the pests into protein and income amid the worst swarms for decades.
World Oceans Day Monday
Dhaka, June 08 – The United Nations marks June 8 as the day celebrating the role of the oceans in our everyday life and inspiring action to protect the oceans and sustainably use marine resources.
BNP’s Dhaka north unit General Secretary dies from Covid-19
Dhaka, June 08 – Ahsanullah Hasan, general secretary of Dhaka north city unit BNP, died from coronavirus at a city hospital on Sunday night. He was 65.
India and China dial it down
China and India agreed to step back from a confrontation along their shared border — the most serious tensions between the two powers in years — after military commanders from both sides met on Saturday near a lake in the…
New Zealand to drop restrictions by midnight
New Zealand will move to its lowest alert level by midnight, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.
World Reaches 400,000 Virus Deaths as Pope Urges Caution
BARCELONA – The confirmed global death toll from the COVID-19 virus reached at least 400,000 fatalities on Sunday, a day after the government of Brazil broke with standard public health protocols by ceasing to publish updates of the number of…
Minneapolis council pledges to dismantle police dept
A majority of Minneapolis City Council has pledged to dismantle the local police department, a significant move amid US nationwide protests sparked by George Floyd’s death last month.
Pioneering technique to Bring the coral reefs back to life
7 June 2020 – Coral reefs are being killed by the climate crisis, which is leading to rising sea temperatures. “Cryopreservation”, a pioneering scientific technique, could be one way to help save them.
Rosatom’s nuke plants prevent 210m mt co2 emission a year
Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom reaffirms its commitments to care for the common home for all- the planet while celebrating the World Environment Day this year. Nuclear energy is a reliable source of low-carbon electricity, which makes a huge…
Glorious days: Plugging in loopholes for economic baseline
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The proprietors of The New Nation did not ask me to look after the financial management of the paper. Yet I felt the burden because the journalists and general employees readily find the editor to tell of…
নবম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকীতে বিনম্র শ্রদ্ধা পপ সম্রাট আজম খানের প্রতি…
– ইঞ্জিনিয়ার একেএম রেজাউল করিম ‘একে একে চলিয়া যাবে সবাই, তুমিও যাবে আমিও যাব, মিছে ভাব তাই’—মাইক্রোফোন হাতে মঞ্চে যে মানুষটি দাঁড়ালেই হর্ষধ্বনিতে ফেটে পড়ত অগণিত মানুষ, আজ সেই মানুষটির স্তব্ধ হয়ে যাওয়ার দিন। আজ ৫ জুন, বাংলা পপ গানের…