Dr Kamal re-elected GF president, Reza Kibria new gen secy
Gono Forum on Sunday announced its 111-member new central committee, formed through the April 26 special council re-electing Dr Kamal Hossain its president and electing Reza Kibria its new general secretary.
Support cyclone affected people: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, has asked the authorities concerned and Awami League leaders and activists to help the people affected by the cyclone Fani after prompt assessment of the losses caused by the storm.
Flash flood strikes haor areas in north-east Bangladesh
People in the haor region in Bangladesh’s north-east started facing flash flood on Sunday because of heavy rains caused by cyclone Fani inside Bangladesh and upstream in neighbouring India while the rebuilding of damaged houses began elsewhere.
The Sunday school children: The little-known tragedy of the Sri Lankan Easter attacks
The first church Mohammed Nasar Mohammed Azar tried to blow up had already finished its service by the time he arrived. The Easter Sunday mass there had started early.
Making sense of Sri Lankan tragedy
OUR world is increasingly becoming insecure and unsafe for ordinary civilians because of state and non-state actors. No place is safe and secure for them!
Julian Assange, bail and extradition
SHOULD journalism ever have a deity worth his, her or its salt, looking down upon the recent proceedings against Julian Assange will provide endless choking fits of confusion and dismay.
10 killed as Fani crosses Bangladesh
At least 10 people were killed, including five children, as weakened super cyclone Fani crossed Bangladesh on Saturday flattening hundreds of houses and standing crops and uprooting thousands of trees mostly in nine districts.
BAD LOAN RECOVERY Asset management companies to join the effort
The government is reviewing proposals for establishing asset management companies to recover bad loans from the errant borrowers, officials said.
GM Quader made acting JP chairman
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday night announced that his younger brother GM Quader, who was declared on April 4 as chairman in his absence, would act as the acting party chairman.
Politicisation pushes universities on the verge of collapse: Anu
Jahangirnagar University economics professor Anu Muhummad on Saturday said that education system at the universities was on the verge of collapse because of extraordinary politicisation.
