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Political parties sceptical about dialogue with EC
Political parties say they will consider their dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) to have been meaningful only if their proposals are properly incorporated in the commission’s final recommendations. As per the EC’s schedule, the commission is to sit with 40 registered political parties…
Country’s land management
goes digital
As part of digitising the country's land management, some 65 lakh bhumi khatians (records of land rights) have been scanned and indexed into a computerised system, reports UNB. Under the “Digital Land Management’ project that ended in June last beginning in July 2011, the scanning and…
Pitiable state of highways
According to a report published in this newspaper most of the 66-km-long Chandpur-Comilla regional highway is in very bad shape, leading to immense inconvenience for the thousands of passengers who travel on this road every day. This is hardly an isolated case as almost all the country's important…
Blacking out the red
Had Tulsi Virani, the protagonist in the extremely popular television serial Kyonki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi…flashed her trademark bindi for the viewers in Afghanistan, hell would break loose. But the serial was much in demand and there was no way that television channels would give it a miss.…
Over 900 children getting
education in jails
More than 900 children of women prisoners in 10 jails across the country are being given pre-primary education to enlighten them with knowledge and culture, reports BSS. The Bangladesh Shishu Academy is giving the teachings in Bangla reading and writing, mathematics, fine arts, craft, dance, song, physical…
Park spark for ICT revolution
With a US$ 5 billion Information Technology (IT) export target by 2021, the government has charted out a plan to set up 28 IT parks across the country to accelerate the IT sector’s progress, says industry insiders. Managing director (MD) of the Hi-Tech Park Authority Hosne Ara Begum told The Independent…
Strikes kill 180 jihadists, mercenaries in Syria, claims Moscow
MOSCOW: Some 120 Islamic State fighters and 60 foreign mercenaries were killed in a series of Russian air strikes in Syria over the past 24 hours, the defence ministry in Moscow said on Saturday, reports AFP. Puzzlingly, the ministry also said three senior IS commanders including Omar al-Shishani had…
Padatik Natya Sangsad stages ‘Gohonjatra’ today
Padatik Natya Sangsad (TSC), one of the popular theatre troupes in the country, will stage their much-acclaimed play ‘Gohonjatra’ today at 7 pm at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the capital. The play will be brought to the stage as a part…
Shuvashis stands tall among Tigers
Bangladesh bowlers went through another nightmarish experience as South Africa piled up a host of miseries on them by declaring the first innings on 573 for four. In the innings all of the four frontline bowlers of Bangladesh conceded more than 100 runs, conceded two 200 plus partnerships, only for…
52 fishermen jailed in districts
Mobile courts in Faridpur, Chandpur, Rajbari sentenced 52 fishermen to different term of jail for netting hilsa defying a government ban on catching the national delicious fish. Our Faridpur correspondent reports: A mobile court headed by executive magistrate Sajal Chandra Shil conducted several…
Tk 5.7cr lifeline for ‘haor’ rivers
Rivers in haor areas may get a new lease of life at a cost of Tk 5.70 crore. These rivers need to be dredged immediately to maintain navigability and ecological balance to save crops from flood. The riverbeds are silted to such an extent that they cannot contain the water flow, particularly during the…
Why Armenians love strangers
I never meant to spend the night in Dilijan. I’d been making my way through northern Armenia towards the capital city of Yerevan, having crossed from Georgia several days earlier. My travels were taking me south, but slowly. The landscapes up here were all muscle and brawn: dry escarpments and…
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