Patients are being deprived of health care facilities as the 100-bed Bagerhat Sadar Hospital is beset with various problems including shortage of doctors and nurses, accommodation problem and inadequate supply of medicine.
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BNP to press caretaker demand thru dialogue
The BNP does not expect the caretaker issue to be resolved through a parliament debate — it wants a formal dialogue with the government to resolve the issue, a senior party leader said Thursday.
Bangla-US Partnership Dialogue in US eyes
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman and Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque co-chaired the second Bangladesh-U.S.
Suu Kyi slams 2-child limit for Muslims
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, rights groups and Islamic leaders have expressed dismay over plans by authorities in western Myanmar to revive a two-child limit on Muslim Rohingya families.
Reactions to the Woolwich murder
The attack in Woolwich, south-east London, has led to a renewed focus on terrorism and Islamist extremism in the UK. Leading figures have spoken about the attack itself, and what it means to society and diverse communities in Britain.
BTRC being warned by a parliamentary panel
A parliamentary panel has warned Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) against its earlier decision to reduce internet upload bandwidth. At a meeting on Sunday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications advised the telecom watchdog against…
Political partisanship, declining standards
Unrestrained partisan politics is leading to the rapid decline of standards in public life. This can be seen in pre-election campaigns, public protests and on-line postings.
Jalebi uncoiled: I am in a ‘fix’…and you?
Dr.Sudhirendar Sharma
Burmese Muslims given two-child limit
Rakhine state officials say limit on children will help ease tensions with Buddhists, whose population is growing at slower rate Muslims in a province of Burma have been ordered not to have more than two children in an attempt by…
Chuadanga infested with sub-standard clinics
Private clinics and pathological laboratories in Chuadanga district have been rendering sub-standard health service to the patients. The number of such clinics and path labs increasing day by day though the standard of service is decreasing, alleged the local people…
Buddha Purnima being celebrated
DHAKA: Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, is being celebrated in the country Thursday with due tributes to Lord Buddha.
Charge phone in 20 seconds!
An 18-year-old Indian-American girl has invented a super-capacitor device that could potentially charge a cellphone in less than 20 seconds.
‘Increase rate, coverage of maternity allowance’
(Staff Reporter) Speakers at a roundtable on Tuesday urged the government to implement Social Assistance Programme for Non-Asseters or ‘SAPNA’ package, a maternity allowance programme, at state level to eradicate poverty from the country and ensure social security. Power and…
Charge framing against 148 opposition leaders June 6
(Court Correspondent) A Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed June 6 for hearing on charge framing against 148 opposition men including Opposition Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque.
Charge framed for attack on Hasina’s motorcade
A trial court in Barisal on Sunday framed charges against 17 accused including former BNP lawmaker Zahiruddin Swapan after 8 years in connection of attack on Hasina’s motorcade in 2004.
Yahoo ‘to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn’
Yahoo’s board has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say. The acquisition is expected to be announced as early as Monday.
Israel’s founder tried to erase Palestinian ethnic cleansing
By Saed Bannoura
Death preferable to life at Guantanamo
By Marjorie Cohn, More than 100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo are starving themselves to death. Twenty-three of them are being force-fed. “They strap you to a chair, tie up your wrists, your legs, your forehead and tightly around…
Life becoming normal in coasts as millions return home
People in the country’s coastal districts have heaved a sigh of relief as Mahasen caused less damage than feared though some coastal districts, particularly Patuakhali, Bhola and Barguna, bear the brunt of its strike.
Japan firm keen to open stem cell centre
A Japanese research company is interested to open a stem cell processing centre in Bangladesh.
By dog, what about the river?
Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma
Disaster looms as Rohingyas resist evacuation
SITTWE, Arakan State—A potential humanitarian disaster is looming in western Burma’s Arakan State after thousands of internally displaced Rohingya Muslims on Wednesday failed to agree to a government plan to evacuate them ahead of an approaching tropical storm.
Diarrhoea 2nd leading killer of young children
Diarrhea is the second leading killer of young children globally after pneumonia, according to a newly released international study.
Feeling betrayed: The roots of Muslim anger at America
by Steven Kull
FAO recommends eating insects to fight hunger
DHAKA: Eating more insects could help fight world hunger, according to a new UN report.
Manmohan invites Nawaz to visit India
DHAKA: India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh Sunday congratulated Pakistani politician Nawaz Sharif on his ‘emphatic victory’ in historic elections and said he hoped for better relations.
Myanmar Muslim barricade village as attacks spread
Three Muslim men peered over a bamboo fence built recently to fortify their village in central Myanmar. They gazed across dry rice paddies towards a nearby Buddhist community, looking for rising dust, a sign of an approaching mob.
Media rush to judgment in Boston bombing
By Barry Grey
Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?
Alan Strathern
‘Yuri Gagarin’s flight to the Outer Space’ remembered
To mark the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight to the Outer Space, a programme was held at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) in the city’s Dhanmondi area recently.