“Montreer pola” is a phrase I heard being used to rebuke somebody when I was in a vegetable market. It is now very known to most of us. Once devoted, learned, patriotic and honorable persons from the society did politics…
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This Valentine’s Day: Banish hostility!
Every year ‘Saint Valentine’s Day’ is observed on February 14 by exchanging messages of affection love and devotion around the world. A lot of stories are in circulation centering the Valentine’s Day origin. To me, the episode between St. Valentinus…
People suffer, who cares!
Undoubtedly, no one is in favour hartal or against fair election. Everyone is in favour of fair election except a mad. Now, the government and the opposition would like to win grounds by ignoring people’s loss and sufferings including children’s…
Professions of teachers and politicians
In olden days the positions of teacher and politician used to be occupied by devoted, honest, learned persons form the society. In most of cases teachers also led the society. Actually, these are the key positions in our society to…
Restore peace and harmony in society
Bangladesh is one of the countries in the world where Hindus, Muslims and people of different opinion groups belonging different political parties used to live very peacefully. But now, the situation has changed dramatically and fear grips all of us.…
Stop blame game, give congenial atmosphere of election
I am used to writing my opinion in the dailies. But for the last couple of weeks I am writing nothing and even I am not scanning the news in the dailies. I know this is unusual but this is…
Teixobactin with great hope!
Researchers at Northeastern University in Boston have discovered an unusual method for producing antibiotics from bacteria that live in dirt. According to the researchers’ report published in the journal Nature said the new powerful antibiotic-the Teixobactin as they named is…
Omniprocessor-a new water treatment machine!
Janicki Bioenergy with the funding of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently built a magical machine – the Omniprocessor which is capable of transforming sewage into potable water. The machine not only produces clean drinking water but electricity as…
Aus school girls’ green X-mas tree formula!
A group of Australian school girls have discovered a method for keeping Christmas tree green afresh for a longer period by spraying hairspray on the plant. Spraying with hairspray found effective to keeping the tree greener and healthy for long…
Save the Sunderbans taking prompt actions
Save Suderbans not only verbally but also by taking actions immediately. Not very long ago, Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina urged the world leaders to save tigers in order to save nature from the 2nd Global tiger stocktaking conference held at…
Agri journalism course at DU
It is encouraging to learn through the Press that the Dhaka University (DU) is going to introduce a specialised course on agriculture journalism under the assistance of the agriculture development project, Catalyst. William H Allen, a professor of agriculture journalism…
School should be a safe place
Recently more than 100 children have lost their life and several others injured in a horrific attack at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Gunmen entered the school premises and indiscriminately opened fire on innocent children who were attending classes and…
Universal Health Coverage Day
On December 12, 2014, the first ever Universal Health Coverage Day was observed throughout the world. The United Nations in its 67th General Assembly unanimously endorsed Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as an important step in the global fight against health…
Self-assessment skill of students
Self-assessment is an important skill to learn by the students so that they can themselves assess their academic work and performance. A number of researches have been done on students’ self-assessment skill and it has been found that high-achieving students…
International Year of Soils-2015
Soil is a vital contributor to human well-being. Soil is a key element of agriculture on which crops are being grown for the consumption of humans and animals as food. According to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization, 95% of…
Obama pledges $3 billion for Green Climate Fund
President Barack Obama recently pledged $3 billion for Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate change which include tasks like helping vulnerable communities with early-warning systems, stronger defenses against storm surges, and climate-resilient…
Amitabh’s Tweet and ourselves
Recently I read a tweet from Indian Celebrity Amitabh Bachchan-“The biggest suspense of life is that you don’t know who is ‘Praying’ for you and who is ‘PLAYING’ with you”.
The Case of Latif Siddique
What Mr. Latif Siddique has done is nothing political. He has done it on his personal will and for this he is solely responsible. Being a Muslim and bearing a muslim name he is not expected to pass such derogatory…
Appreciation for Sheikh Jasim
Recently I watched and listen to a musical program aired by ETV in its ‘Phono Live Studio Concert” series. Sheikh Jasim presented some really melodious songs in the program for which he deserves appreciation.
Cat show in Dhaka!
Recently a cat show was held at National Press Club Dhaka organised by Cat Concern, an affiliate of Animal Concern of Bangladesh to express love and concern for the animals, especially the pets. It was stated to be the first…
SAU admission test held peacefully
Fresher’s admission test for admission into Level-1, Semester-1 (2015-intake) B.Sc.Ag.(Hons), BBA (Agribusiness), B.Sc. Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka was held peacefully on November 14 Saturday. A total of 21800 candidates took part in the…
People love work not necessarily the person!
Once a barber was telling the truth recollecting from his memory while he was cutting hair of my son. My son was little and I used to go to the barber’s shop when his hair was cut. He said that…
Why no talk on Sonar Bangla or digital Bangladesh
We are hearing neither the sonar bangla of Bangabandhu nor the digital Bangladesh of the Prime Minister by any of the ministers of the sitting government for sometime now. Rather we are hearing murders, abductions, enforced disappearances, rapes, crimes, some…
History does not spare anybody!
It seems BNP’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fokhrul Islam Alamgir has not gone through the history of India – as per a comment made by the veteran leader of AL and commerce minister of the sitting government. In 1996 their…
Those failing the Government …
It is reported that once Bangabandhu had said about the some people – All people get mines of gold but I find all thieves. This reported exclamation came when relief blankets were distributed among the people soon after liberation and…
Whom the Godfathers are turning to now!
We thank the journalists, who are continuously feeding us with the updates by putting their life in danger and sometimes even sacrificing their lives. Sagor and Runi can be cited here with many others. We are passing the most critical…
Abductions have created panic for all!
A news item titled “All are silent but are in panic” has drawn my attention. Seven persons were abducted in open daylight from the link road of Dhaka-Narayangonj which is eight kilometres wide and offices of many important government officials…
Promoting science education
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to increase the practice of science among the new generation of citizens. She addressed a gold medal award ceremony of Bangladesh Bignan Academy at the Osmani Smriti Milanayatan on last Sunday. From history…
A leader is a nation builder
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper we would like to bring to the notice of that entire world that a leader is the nation builder of a nation. They rule, guide, or inspire others. So, we would like to…
Does the ‘Desh agochchhe’ slogan reflect reality?
We find digital banners, very costly, here and there describing many development activities done by the government. The advertisements bear the pictures of government leaders. Banners, describing development works of the incumbent government, can be found even in each government…