Chronic indifference towards fire safety must be addressed
THE government’s continued failure in maintaining fire safety standards in workplaces has resulted in another fire in Chattogram. At least six people died and 30 others became injured in an ReadMore
A socialist survival tactic
Eve Ottenberg: DEFENDING itself from the extremely hostile bully to the north is old hat and a constant activity for Cuba. This was especially so, after the collapse of the ReadMore
IU suspends five BCL activists over torturing female student
Shawdesh desk: The authorities of Islamic University in Kushtia on Saturday suspended five of its students, including a leader and four activists of the university unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, ReadMore
Khulna doctors postpone strike for 7 days
Shawdesh Desk; The strike enforced by doctors in Khulna district hospitals – protesting against the attack on a fellow physician, allegedly by a police officer and others – has been ReadMore
Three killed as bus collides with pick-up van in Cox’s Bazar
Shawdesh Desk: Three people were killed and six others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van at Aziznagar under Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar ReadMore
Hasina holds meeting with former British PM Tony Blair
Shawdesh Desk: Executive chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former British prime minister Sir Tony Blair had a breakfast meeting with Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina ReadMore
Hasina leaves Dhaka for Doha to attend LDC5 Conference
Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Doha on Saturday morning to attend the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, to be held in ReadMore
Professor Ava elected APAO president as first Bangladeshi
Shawdesh Desk: Eminent Bangladeshi ophthalmologist Professor Ava Hossain has been inducted as the president of Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology for the next two years term. Ava became the first ReadMore
