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Thanks to the daily star for publishing “Railway reels from manpower crisis” on October 9, 2015. AL government came to power saying in their manifesto that one member of each family will get job. Around 12000 posts of officers and…

Development of the World’s first Vitamin-A enriched ‘Golden Rice’ by the Bangladeshi agricultural scientists is a step forward towards accomplishing global food and nutritional security. Congratulations to the scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) for evolving the genetically engineered…

The shell company has announced that they are abandoning their plans to drill for oil in the Arctic! Millions of people around the globe through their logical protest have finally succeeded in making the Shell realized the dangerous effect of…

Hijacking of cows or I would define ‘Cow-jacking’ has increased significantly. Recently a cattle-laden truck was hijacked from the parliament area. The police reportedly succeeded in locating the truck and arresting the driver but the stolen cattle are yet to…

The other day I was reading an online medical literature where I found an ethical quote from Padmashri Prof. Dr. P. V. A. Mohandas, founder of the Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (M.I.O.T), Chennai, India which I would like…

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently said that a ‘dislike’ button is to be added to the popular social network, the Facebook. Well, it seems a good step towards ensuring appropriate expression of emotion by the facebook users.

I am much excited to find Queen Elizabeth II attaining the honor of becoming the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. On this heartwarming occasion I would like to extend heartiest congratulations to Her Majesty.

People from the developing countries are adopting illegal, risky and dangerous ways and means to migrate to the advanced countries in hope for job plus better living condition. Many of these unfortunate people have already met with tragic end of…

It is not understandable why President Obama himself being a highly climate conscious personality has given green signal to Shell to drill two oil exploratory wells in the Arctic Ocean this summer! Arctic Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere remains covered…

Recently a “flaperon” from the trailing edge of a Boeing 777 wing has been discovered on the beach in Saint-Andre, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion which is believed to be a part of the missing Malaysia…

Rats have always been a threat to agriculture. Rats causes a huge crop loss, according to some estimate, 1/3 of the rice crop is damaged by field rice rats in South-East Asia. They damage infrastructure, contaminate foods and cause diseases.…

In January 2015, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have launched the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite (SMAP) designed to collect data on soil moisture around the globe. Using microwave radar and radiometer instruments, the SMAP has started producing…

Eid-ul-Fitr arrives at the end of month-long fasting, that is, the holy month of Ramadan. The objective of Ramadan is to achieve piety and righteousness and learning to give. On this holy Eid let us forget and forgive our differences…

We really appreciate the comments of finance minister regarding education in his speech made in the budgetary session. The finance minister said, we have been lagging behind in the secondary education for a long time, severe shortage of quality teachers…

K. M. Atikur Rahman Senior citizens are an important part of our society who ar at the ending stage of life. They are experienced and skilled guardians to their own families as well as the neighboring community. Those who are…

According to a press report, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has sent a Demi-Official Letter (DO) to several government secretaries to form a separate pay scale for public university teachers. The DO has been sent following a demand of the…

Recently in an encyclical, Pope Francis called upon the world leaders to act with a strong climate agreement in Paris at the U.N. Climate Summit in December. He said in his message-“This is one of the defining moral and ethical…

Situated in the College Gate upon Mirpur road, this Sonali Bank (SB) branch is one of the over-crowded banking outlets in the area serving hundreds of clients with limited infrastructural, technical facilities. Clients need to wait in queue for hours…

Currently ZEE Bangla is airing a very entertaining and educative reality show-‘Happy Parents Day’ hosted by the renowned film and theatre personality, Mr. Debshankar Haldar. Whenever time permits I watch this unique program because such type of program appreciating parents’…

Two recent news items of huge significance from the perspective of providing electricity service to all on a sustainable basis. The news that Solar power light systems have been commissioned on the roofs of a Bengaluru cricket stadium and Tihar…

The other day I came across a school-days idea expansion –“Chiro shukhi jon bhrom’a ki kokhon, bethito bedon bujhite pare, ki jatona bishe bujhibe sha kishe, dongshe ni jare kobhu ashibishe”. The in-depth message of this quote is – those…

It is heartening to learn that the former US First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton will run for the US Presidency as the likely 2016 Democratic nominee. If she wins the election she would be the…