A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has concluded that R&D costs a company just $648 million on average to bring a cancer drug to the market — a small fraction of the $2.7 billion…
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SC Bar demands deployment of army for relief distribution
Dhaka – The Supreme Court Bar Association, SCBA yesterday demanded to the government to deploy army at the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazaar for smooth distribution of relief materials among the refugees.
Warrant against Khaleda for undermining map and flag
Dhaka – A Dhaka court yesterday decided that an warrant of arrest will be issued against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia if she fails to appear before it on October 5 in a case filed over her undermining the map…
RU students protest genocide of Rohingyas wearing black masks
Rajshahi – Wearing black masks students of Rajshahi University (RU) under the banner of United Nation Youth and Students Association of Bangladesh (UNYSAB) formed a human chain on the campus on Sunday to protest the persistent oppression and ‘mass killings’…
Heightened risks of adolescent pregnancy in Bangladesh
Dhaka – Adolescent mothers and their babies face increased health risks in Bangladesh, according to a new study. The study carried out by from researchers at Washington based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) found that adolescent mothers recovered more…
Open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi from Desmond Tutu
By Desmond Tutu My dear Aung San Suu Kyi I am now elderly, decrepit and formally retired, but breaking my vow to remain silent on public affairs out of profound sadness about the plight of the Muslim minority in your…
Rohingya crisis: ‘Last chance’ for Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has “the last chance” to halt an army offensive that has forced hundreds of thousands of the mainly Muslim Rohingya to flee abroad, the UN head has said.
University admission test or doing business!
One day I talked to a banana retailer on the roadside. He told me that his son passed HSC with GPA5 this year from a reputed college of Dhaka. He did get GPA5 in SSC as well. The banana seller…
When primary education receive due attention?
Masum Billah Dhaka – Out of about sixty-four thousand government primary schools, twenty-one thousand have been running without their head teachers. A Bengali daily has highlighted this news making it much enriched with many relevant data and information. Though the…
Magura schoolgirl raped, hospitalised
Magura, Sept 17 – A third-grade student was reportedly raped by a youth at Sajiara village in Sadar Upazila on Saturday afternoon.
Sea is rough Maritime ports to hoist signal 3
Dhaka, Sept 17 – Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no three.
রোহিঙ্গা সমস্যা ও সমাধান
ইঞ্জিনিয়ার এ কে এম রেজাউল করিম আমাদের প্রতিবেশী রাষ্ট্র মিয়ানমার, আমরা অনেকে যাকে বার্মা বলেই বেশি চিনি, সেখানে বাংলাদেশ সীমান্তবর্তী আরাকান রাজ্যে রোহিঙ্গা জনগোষ্ঠীর ওপর চরম দমন-পীড়ন চলছে। গণহত্যা চলছে বললেও বাড়িয়ে বলা হয় না। বিদ্রোহীদের বিরুদ্ধে অভিযানের নামে নিরীহ…
JU to launch Bangabandhu institute
Savar – A new institute titled ‘Bangabandhu Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture’ is expected to be launched at JU soon. The deputy registrar (Education-1) of JU Abu Hasan confirmed the news.
Quader blasts BNP for accusing govt of dividing nation
Dhaka – Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader yesterday criticized BNP for blaming the government for creating division in the nation over Rohingya issue and said it is BNP, not AL, creating division within…
Human mobility chanllenges discussed at ICIMOD
Kathmandu – ‘Experts convened at ICIMOD to address human mobility challenges in the region’ on the conclusion of ‘Regional Knowledge Forum on ‘Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Sustainable Development Goals in the…
Baridhara society collects donation for Rohingya refugees
Mr. M. Ehsanul Hoque President of Baridhara Society receiving a cheque for Taka One Lakh from Mrs Momtaz Rahman PHF Chairman of Univet Limited the other day.
World hunger on the rise again
By Baher Kamal Rome, Sep (IPS) – Exacerbated by climate-related shocks, increasing conflicts have been a key driver of the severe food crisis and recently re-emerged famines, a major United Nations joint report has just revealed.
Int’l Ozone Day Saturday
Dhaka, Sept 15 – The International Ozone Day will be observed here on Saturday as elsewhere in the world for creating awareness about the depletion of the ozone layer and its adverse effects on this planet’s environment. Since 1995, the…
Tracing the Exclusion of the Rohingya in Myanmar
By Prof. Dr Imtiyaz Yusuf Myanmar is a non-secular Buddhist majority country. The majority of Myanmar peoples are Buddhist, including both ethnic Burmans and non-Burman ethnic minorities. Buddhists make up 89.8 percent of the population, Christians 6.3 percent and Muslims…
World’s poor ‘paying the price’ for global crises: UN
Dhaka, Sept 15 (UNB) – People living in poverty around the world are facing increasing multiple threats, including climate change and the global economic crisis, but the political will to tackle the issues is lacking, a United Nations human rights…
Myanmar Rohingyas victims of ethnic cleansing
United Nations, Sept 14 (AP/UNB) – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that ethnic cleansing is taking place in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslim minority, and the U.N. Security Council condemned the violence that has led nearly 380,000 Rohingyas to flee…
North Korea fires stronger missile over Japanese airspace
Projectile likely reached altitude of 770 km and flew 3700 km: S. Korean military Chad O’Carroll North Korea launched a missile east towards the Sea of Japan (East Sea), South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in an alert…
Islami Bank opens 328th branch at Nikunjo
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited opened Nikunjo Branch as its 328th Branch at Nikunjo of Dhaka. Arastoo Khan, Chairman of the Bank inaugurated the branch on September 14, 2017, Thursday as chief guest.
Police Academy will be made centre of excellence: PM
Rajshahi – Prime Minister Sheik Hasina has pledged to make the Bangladesh Police Academy as a centre of excellence and said that she wants to see the Law enforcing agency as the saviour of the nation.
176 ethnic Rohingya villages now empty: Myanmar
Bangkok, Sep 14 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar presidential spokesman says 176 ethnic Rohingya villages are now empty after all residents fled.
Why aid is slow to reach Rohingya refugees
Justin Rowlatt You expect chaotic scenes at the beginning of a refugee crisis of the scale we are seeing here in south-eastern Bangladesh.
‘Sea monster’ on Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey
A mysterious fanged sea creature that washed up on a beach in Texas following Hurricane Harvey has been identified.
Islami Bank-BIAC signs MoU on loan dispute solution
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) for getting assistance on a resolution of commercial and money loan disputes on 13 September 2017 at Islami Bank Tower.
Avijit murder report Oct 16
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday set October 16 for submission of inquiry report in the case filed in connection with the murder of writer and Blogger Avijit Roy.