President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar with the rise of sun on Sunday, marking the 48th Victory…
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48th Victory Day Sunday
Dhaka, Dec 15 – All Bangladesh is set to celebrate the 48th Victory Day on Sunday and pay deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country.
Martyred Intellectuals Day Friday
Dhaka, Dec 13 – The nation will observe the Martyred Intellectuals Day on Friday to commemorate those intellectuals who were killed systematically by the Pakistan occupation forces and their local collaborators at the fag-end of the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
Nonrecorded Filipino workers assistance program ends Tuesday
The deadline for illegal Filipino workers, including housemaids, to benefit from their country’s Financial Assistance Programme ends tomorrow.
Begum Rokeya Day observed at RU
Rajshahi, Dec 9 – The Begum Rokeya Day, organized by Rajshahi University Drama Association (RUDA), was observed on Rajshahi University Campus on Sunday.
No family feud in the name of realising rights: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the country’s women not to create problems in their families while trying to realise their rights as everyone has the responsibility to the family.
Pioneer of women’s rights Begum Rokeya being recalled Sunday
Dhaka, Dec 9 – The Begum Rokeya Day is being observed marking the 138th birth and 86th death anniversary of Begum Rokeya Shakhawat Hossain, the pioneer for women’s rights in the Indian subcontinent.
Ending sexual harassment in the work place
Ten years ago when I set out on a career in media, my dream was to work for a TV station. The first prospective employer I came across invited me to an interview in his hotel room.
Gender violence eradication is vital to state security
By Richard Barathe Panama City, Panama, Dec 6 2018 (IPS) – María is a 35-year old Salvadoran woman with three young children. Growing up, María knew her mother but never met her father. When María was six, she started working…
Artificial Intelligence’s Ethical Implications
We cannot banalize the power and importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the modern economy. Nor can we legitimize everything it can be used for across Europe and beyond. AI, along with trans-humanism and the like, is the next frontier…
Bangladeshi women suffer from domestic violence: Study
Two of every three women, around 66 percent, have suffered from domestic violence and 72.7 percent of them never disclosed their experience to others in Bangladesh.
EC to take steps to bring female voters to polling centres
Election Commissioner Kabita Khanam on Tuesday said all necessary measures will be taken to ensure the presence of remarkable number of female voters to cast their votes in the 11th national election scheduled to be held on December 30.
Case filed over Tabligh Jamaat’s factional clashes
Gazipur, Dec 3 – A case has been filed for obstructing police from performing their duties and attacking them during clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi on Saturday.
11-month girl fatally hit by neighbour on back dies: 2 held
An 11-month-old baby girl, who was slapped allegedly by a neighbour at Khalishapur village in Sadar upazila on Friday, died early Saturday.
One killed, 200 injured in Tabligh’Jamaat factional clash
One person was killed and over 200 people were injured in a series of clashes between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat for establishing control over Ijtema Maidan on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi on Saturday.
PM mourns Liberation War veteran Taramon Bibi’s death
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of valiant freedom fighter Bir Protik Taramon Bibi.
Bd war veteran Bir Protik Taramon Bibi passes away
Taramon Bibi, a Bir Protik, passed away at her home at Shankar Madhobpur village in Rajibpur upazila early Saturday. She was 62.
Tabligh Jamaat factional clash jams Dhaka’s airport road
The vehicular movement on the western side of the busy Airport Road remained halted from Airport Crossing to Abdullahpur since Saturday morning following a clash between two factions of Tabligh Jamaat.
Living with Climate Change
By Patrick V. Verkooijen ROTTERDAM – For anyone still undecided about the consequences of global warming, the summer of 2018, one of the hottest on record, should have tipped the scales.Across far-flung longitudes and latitudes, regions are struggling with the…
Gender and the Arab City
By Lina Abirafeh BEIRUT – One of the top priorities for the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda is to make cities “inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.” City leaders can take a simple step that would go long a way toward…
The bleak fate of the Amazon
Paulo Artaxo SÃO PAULO – Last month, a deeply divided Brazil voted to elect its next president. Faced with a choice between Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party and the right-wing extremist Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilians chose the extremist –…
6 Bd RMG units lead fight workplace violence against women
Dhaka, November 22, 2018 – This year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November, coincides with a week in which business leaders and government officials met in Dhaka to discuss the launch of an exciting new…
Oldest US military survivor of Pearl Harbor dies at age 106
Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II, died Wednesday. He was 106.
Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed
Dhaka, Nov 21 – Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), was observed across the country on Wednesday with due religious solemnity.
Dr Kamal joins Eid-e-miladdunnabi mahfil at Bangabhaban
Jatiya Oikyafront chief Dr Kamal Hossain joined a milad mahfil hosted by President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Wednesday on the occasion of Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the day of birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh).
Armed Forces Day observed
The Armed Forces Day was celebrated today marking the founding of army, navy and air force during the 1971 Liberation War.
President, PM pay tributes to martyrs of Armed Forces
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh on Wednesday morning paid rich tributes to the martyred members of Bangladesh Armed Forces on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day 2018.
Level playing field for all parties is a must: Hasna Moudud
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Stopping menstrual management history from repeating itself
When Deputy Principal Rose was a student, there was a week every month that she dreaded: the period every twenty-eight days or so when she had her period. A keen student with an innate love of learning, she loathed this…
Watch two men leading camels in flooded Saudi desert
Dhaka, Nov 20 – Two men lead a herd of camels through a brutal sandstorm and a haze of rain in a dramatic video that’s gone viral for both its drama and its beauty.