Category: Readers’ corner

The 8th March, the international women’s day will be celebrated in Bangladesh as in other countries of the world. The theme of the day is INSPRING CHANGE. The Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MoWCA) and many NGOs will squander…

It is found that senior leaders Awami League have little work except criticising the BNP using nasty words. AL central leader Tofail Ahmed has said BNP have participated in the Upazila election after rubbing nose on the ground. But people…

Finance minister- Abul Mal Abdul Muhit has said that Jamaat-e-Islami is involved in snatching away three convicted JMC members from the prison van. We would not have been astonished if he had said Jmaat-e-Islami was involved also in siphoning a…

The news item – “The government is going to be strict to control private cars” said Obaidul Kader, communication minister – has drawn my attention. He also has said, it is seen that 8-10 private cars belong to a single…

According to a  report of the human rights wing of the UN, one-third of women are raped or physically tortured during their life, which is around one billion across the world. To raise awareness and to end of violence against…

Agriculture minister Matia Choudhury said on the occasion of Agriculturist day 2014 at Agriculturists Institution hall in the capital “we have come to power through an election and so we do not fear anybody’s piercing look”. We really do appreciate…

A few days ago, students were lined up at many places on streets in the country for giving receptions to new ministers or MPs. Such reports were published in the national dailies highlighting that the students were tired and hungry…

A report “Many students of Shylhet and Baniachong have not got the text books yet though they have passed the annual examination a month ago” published in a Bengali daily has drawn my attention. The students of grade nine of…

A news report titled “Leaders take golden boat and students stay on the road hungry” published in a daily has drawn my attention. Many many thanks to the media.

One aspect of our life is, once the people were in favour of the Muslim League and later changed their opinion that supported the Awami League. People then left the Awami League and accepted the BNP and then again went…

My fourteen years kid, the younger one, have been so much indifferent to his studies that after getting his result a few days ago, he asked me to buy some English story books from the New Market in Dhaka because…

Anarticle “Prayer to the new generation” written by the renowned writer Zafar Iqbal published in an online newspaper touches us. I really agree with his views. But when Muslims are tortured and murdered in Palestine, India and many other countries…

The report “Female labour migration from BD marks rise in last 12 months” published in a daily has drawn my attention. In 2013, female labour migrated to Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman and Qatar mainly for their housekeeping…

On two previous occasions when Awami League came to power there was share market debacle and no proper investigation was done. An inquiry report was prepared by a noted banker, but no one was punished. A number of banks and…

A report under the headline “Headmaster torches school furniture to pin blame opposition” published on 08 January has drawn my attention. Abdul Mannan, the headmaster of Sujabad Government Primary School at Shajahanpur upazila, in the district of Bogra has been…

The report “Zafar Iqbal slams media” published in a daily has drawn my attention. I am one of his fans and I like him very much for many reasons. No one is in favour of violence. But violence is happening.

Civil society and almost all from each party urge the government to stop one sided election of the 10th Parliament.

The 10th Parliamentary election will get place history for its bad instance and would be the worst election in Bangladesh. Earlier, AL talked of Magura-style election, and now people will talk of AL-style election.

In the name of quality education the incumbent government introduced JSC/PSC examination a few years ago. The government apparently wants to show that the quality education has been incresasing during the last few years as shown in the pass rate…

One of my relatives has been working for an NGO in Dhaka for a long time. He usually comes to Rajshahi every weekend. He did not come to Rajshahi for about a month due to nationwide blockade by the opposition.

Many many thanks to the print media and the newspersons serving those with news items of interest to readers. Around ten thousand times cash money of one former minister has increased during the last few years. One such minister who…

The “number of his own daughter has been increased by the district education officer of Khhagrachhari” according to a news item published in a daily newspaper that attracted my attention.

While talking to journalists at the ministry recently, the education minister Nurul Islam Nahid said that no promotion would be held without examination. We have never heard that without conducting 70 classes ( according to the curriculum)  in all the…

A report was published in a daily that two villages of Paba upazila under Rajshahi district had been declared free from child marriage on 27 November, 2013. From that time, no early marriage have been solemnised in these two villages.

In the category of e-women and empowerment – the Adolescent Development Programme of the BRAC Education Programme along with British Council won this year’s Manthan Award which was awarded on December 5-6, 2013 in New Delhi, India. This year’s topic…

Students are taught Math and English around 10 years up to the secondary level but they are not able use Math and English in their real life.

No one will disagree with me that bribery in the education sector has increased significantly. A few days ago when I talked with an NGO personal who has been in his job for about 10 years.

My two sons are studying in a reputed government schools in Rajshahi city. They were supposed to take part in their annual examinations on 1st December 2013 and the routine were also set accordingly. One sit for a subject in…

When people were anxious about their day to day life and are thinking about their future, the Prime Minister called upon Khaleda Zia to come down to street and perform agitation – on a taunting note.