“Enslaved kids at enclaves” a report published in a vernacular daily has drawn my attention. When free and compulsory primary education has been introduced for a long time, thousands of kids remaining deprived of primary education in the 33 enclaves…
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Love people not power!
“It takes one minute to resolve the impasse if the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants, “said Dr Kamal Hossain the other day.
Using political lens only
It is obvious that either Hasnia or Khaleda will be the next PM of Bangladesh. We the general people are suffering a lot. People have to travel across the country with great fear and a handful of people had to…
Little improvement in city’s traffic chaos!
On November 21, 2013 in the midday, I reached to Kamalapur railway tation taking around 2 (two) hours from Mohakhali by CNG, though it is hardly a 25-minute trip. It takes longer time in the beginning or the ending of…
Open grades IX, X in intermediate colleges
We have learnt from the media that 485 primary schools are going to open VI grade next year as it is part of the national education policy 2011.
Public Examinations are bad for kids!
In the last week-end, on the way to Rajshahi in the silkcity train I met Abul Kalam Azad, head of an institution of Narayangonj. Students from grade one to ten are studying in his institutions. It is a very old…
Prime Minister herself in trap!
Earlier they were in the grand alliance of AL government are now some of them have become cabinet members. Why is it called all-party government? And how those who are now in the cabinet, can ask vote for them and…
Torture of girls can be tacked by proper education
Internationally a sixteen-day campaign is being organised from 25 November to 10 December each year starting from 1991 at the initiative of the UN for elimination of all sorts of tortures against women.
Failure of incumbent government
Once Dhaka was known to all across the world for its glorious achievement so much so that Dhaka University was called the Oxford in the East and Narayangonj the Dandi, Muslin City and like that.
Vices should not overtake virtues of power!
This refers to the news item “they (BNP) do not understand the language of democracy- said PM Sheikh Hasina,” published in newspapers recently.
Top political leaders should shun nasty verbal attacks
An article written by Zinia Zaman, teacher of DU titled “Why PM would not be more generous?” published on 7 November 2013 in the banglanews24.com has drawn my attention.
For service to a Digital Bangladesh
The incumbent government claims that they have done a lot for a Digital Bangladesh. For publicity they also waste public money as well as individual money.
BNP MPs’ procession, mohila Juba league ‘lathi michhil’
Actually, almost all people do not like hartal anymore in Bangladesh and yet at the same time condemn the attack on the procession of BNP MP’s by mohila juba league with sticks and the help of police.
Why reduce polls-time Govt size if its head does not change?
A news items has been published in a daily that the ruling party is going to form an all-party interim government with 10 members headed by Sheikh Hasina.
A student can open bank account for Tk 100 only
Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular on Tuesday that the students aged six to eighteen years can open bank accounts. These accounts will be transferred to general saving accounts after their age of 18. They also can use ATM booths.…
Cylinder gas should be cheap across the country
I came to my sister’s house at Mohakhali, on 27 October 2013. They could not cook their food due to very low or no pressure of piped gas.
Creative questions on Math
I had a chance to meet a quite good number of brilliant but poor students who got A+ in the SSC and most of them failed in Chemistry in HSC 2013.
Education sector beset with problems
Almost all are is praise that the education ministry has done a good job during the incumbent government, but the reality is different. Quality teachers are at the heart for the development of education sector in all countries. In our…
Digital Bangladesh
We expected that cost of internet packages would be reduced during the Awami League tenure. But neither the cost nor the Internet speed is in favour of the Internet users.
People are not stupids
Finance AMA Muhit, a powerful cabinet member of the AL government, has called Mohammad Yunus a terrorist. And some other Cabinet members have done the same thing.
Excellent proposal for interim government
Our heartfelt gratitude to Khaleda Zia as she has proposed interim government at the fag end of Sheikh Hasina’s government though we expected it earlier. We, the most people like her proposal and hope Sheikh Hasina will accept the proposal…
International day of girl child
The international day of girl child was observed worldwide as in Bangladesh on Friday with a focus on “Innovating for girls’ education” A significant number of girls are compelled to leave schools everyday due to harassment they face on the…
Public money and its proper use!
Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid, says that 30,000 schools have got e-services and some schools have got multimedia projector, laptop and other accessories in the meantime.
Things are getting worse
We cannot buy apples, grapes and all kinds of fruits due to widely used formalin in them. Some others chemicals are also used for particular fruits. Can we be sure buy fresh fish without chemical mixed?Due to too much fees…
Letter from an sincere Burmese Buddhist
I watched it today and have my thoughts and translation below: This is definitely Hotel Rwanda. Here are probably several thousand-strong throng of Buddhists – Rakhine, Bama, what have you – which were stopped on their way, presumably to a…
PSC and efficient recruitment
The news headline “Hasina asks PSC to recruit efficient and honest people” has drawn my attention.
Creative questions on Mathematics
We are very much anxious that creative questions on Mathematics cannot be successfully introduced from 2014 in JSC as we do not see anything regarding this in the NCTB and educational boards’ websites.