Now almost all buses are seating services though most of the buses do not have the minimum facilities for this particularly in the Gazipur Paribahan buses which travel between Motijheel and Gazipur. People have to pay double fares to go…
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To produce future leaders DUCSU election needed
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina started her political career in students’ politics and was elected vice-president of the students’ union of Government Intermediate girls’ college.
Princess Sumaya UNESCO Science Peace Envoy
The UNESCO recently made Jordanian Princess Sumaya a UNESCO Special ‘Envoy for Science for Peace’ (2017-2019). This appointment has been given to the Princess in recognition of her contribution and commitment to promoting science for peaceful application to bringing peace…
No more flyover rather run large-comfortable bus services!
Soma working in a government hospital goes to her office from Arambag to TB gate regularly by public transport. She at the early stage of pregnancy. She can go to the office, either way, moghbazar to link road and then…
Make Dhaka-Rajshahi train journey comfortable!
Recently, while I was travelling in an AC chair coach from Rajshahi to Dhaka by Padma Express, I found many men were standing in the corridor near the toilets and It was really hard for a person to go to…
Two university admission tests on the same date
We heard that Rajshahi University has earned taka 4 crores from the undergraduate admission test and almost same is the case of the Jahangirnagar University. Around 4 lakh students applied against around 2 thousand seats for Jahangirnagar and one applied…
Are Myanmar people human-beings?
The world people perhaps had never witnessed such brutality and barbarism the Myanmar army men and Buddha citizens are doing against the innocent helpless Rohingya Muslims. According to international and social media reports, it is now crystal clear that Myanmar…
Mistakes in math textbook
Numbers reading in other languages are comparatively easy. Once you know the numbers up to ten or twenty then you can read the other numbers easily. For example, Arabic language: wahid (1), ithnan (2), salasa (3), arba’a (4), khamsa (5),…
Too much load shedding at Rajshahi
Nowadays, there is extremely hot weather in Rajshahi. But we hardly have the electricity in our locality. Too much load shedding hampers our normal life. There are students in almost all the homes but they are not able to study…
Stop the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
Dear Colleagues, What is happening to the Rohingya in Myanmar right now is planned, deliberate and targeted. It is the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis. It is ethnic cleansing. Since 25 August, 412,000 Rohingya people have fled Myanmar to nearby Bangladesh,…
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…
Dear Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi
By Farhana Haque Rahman Dhaka, Sep 11 (IPS) – When you were finally able to accept your Nobel Peace Prize, you spoke eloquently of the ultimate aim of a world in which “every corner is a true sanctuary where the…
UN, please act urgently on Myanmar!
Perhaps the Myanmar army and their collaborators have committed and still committing the most heinous crime against humanity. Their brutality has crossed all the limits. They are mercilessly torturing and killing innocent and ordinary Rohingya Muslims and setting fires to…
‘REUTER’s misleading report on Ken Betwa Project’
Posted on September 2 by SANDRP New Delhi – On Sept 1, 2017, Reuters published a report[i] about Interlinking of Rivers, with focus on Modi flagging off work on Ken Betwa Project. The report was carried VERY widely, including in local,…
Abdul Jabbar couldn’t live longer…..
Celebrated singer and music composer Mohammad Abdul Jabbar could not live with us for some more time; the cold touch of death had grasped him and taken away to the unreturnable world on August 30, 2017.
Purpose of Eidul Adha or Eid of sacrifice
It has several purposes. First, is it is an Eid or day of lawful enjoyment. Islam has not prescribed many festivals , it has only two.
About regular weekend special trains for commuters!
Every year we observed that a few special trains, as well as a few extra compartments, are added to the existing train services in almost all the routes of train services from Dhaka to other districts and it happens only…
Critique on Indian SC verdict on triple talaq
Different reactions to the Supreme Court verdict illustrate the proverbial incident when a group of blind persons touched an elephant, and each one of them describing it according to its organ he had caught. Let me also sum up my…
No one listens to university admission seekers!
It is really a suffering for students sitting for admission tests for a long time almost all over the country and preparing for the test just after completing their HSC examination. They didn’t even enjoy for a single day with…
No application fees from the 39th BCS!
Three lakh eighty-nine thousand candidates applied through 38 BCS examination only for two thousand twenty-four posts. PSC said that only three lakh forty-six thousand five hundred thirty-two paid their applicant fees. So, a large number of applicants will not able…
No more admission test for higher education!
A news item, ‘7 Newly Affiliated Colleges: DU to hold separate tests for admission.’ has drawn my attention. When people from all walks of life, including our honourable President, were advised to introduce a combined test considering the suffering of…
Tufan lasts eventually!
Many people at home and abroad like the leadership of the present government. There is no hartal, procession and meeting for a long time by the opposition and even no procession by the students. If they try police are very…
One admission test for all public & private Varsities
Admission test schedule for the session 2017-18 of Dhaka University has been announced. Other universities will announce their schedules soon. Around nineteen thousand students got GPA 5 under the Dhaka board alone. There are nine boards in Bangladesh.
Agroecology builds climate resilience in India
The vulnerability index developed under the National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) describes 115 districts across 15 states in India as “highly vulnerable”to climate change effects. There is increasing evidence that agroecological approaches help in coping with climate change.…
I want to tell you about a hero of mine
Hello Mostafa Kamal — Twenty years ago today, in a part of Pakistan where women and girls are so often silenced, a girl was born who would one day use her voice to change the world. Her name is Malala…
BSC examination takes longer time
An interview of PSC chairman Mohammad Sadik has been published on a daily recently. It is really good in revealing that recruitment test result of non-cadre services is also published under BCS. There are 27 cadres and vacant posts are…
Dr. Ganguli treats pain by Phytomedicine
Sir, Pain is a major health problem. Nowadays major hospitals maintain a separate pain management department. The causes of pain are varied and manyfold. People suffer from pain of unknown cause called ‘idiopathic’.
Why Bangladesh TV channels are less popular?
A debate is on whether to switch off Indian TV Channels for their impacts on the Bangladesh viewers. In fact, our TV channels are also catering entertaining programs for the viewers but the only problem is—our channels are flooded with…
Eid Mubarak!
May the guidance and blessings of Allah be with you and your family……. EID MUBARAK! -Prof. M Zahidul Haque
Make train journey easy and comfortable
Till today people cannot confortably move home from Dhaka on the occasion of their biggest Eid festival. Getting ticket before the Eid festival either in train or bus and even launch is a big challenge. We observed one very popular…