A Dhaka University student began a unique protest at the Kamalapur railway station premises earlier this month to push for a six-point demand that includes elimination of mismanagement at the railway department. He was later joined by his friends and other aggrieved people. The student, Mohiuddin Roni, ended his protests
Author: Sohel Manzur
A welcome move indeed
A news report published in The News Times on Sunday drew our attention. The report says a mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) in a drive on Saturday demolished two unauthorised police boxes built on footpath in front of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH) in the capital.
Major coal-fired power project scrapped as Japan lifts support
A major coal-fired power plant project of Bangladesh has effectively been scrapped as the Japanese government, its main financer, has decided to no longer bankroll such projects, official sources said. The project affected by Japan’s decision is the Matarbari-2 coal expansion project. The government had been conducting surveys for the project
Gazi Belayet Hossain, Begum Para and our media
There was a report published in a section of Dhaka-based newspapers in 2020 that created sensation among Bangladeshis and the Bangladeshi diaspora in Canada in particular. The report was about an expatriate Bangladeshi who reportedly fled to Canada stealing Tk 300 crore worth of money taken from BASIC Bank in
The same mistake repeated
The move can be seen as ‘penny wise, pound foolish.’ As in April last year, we have just seen the announcement of opening export-oriented factories this year too, without ensuring vehicular movements or any instructions in this regard during the ongoing lockdown. The government said the strict restrictions, which began on
Make lockdown count
Shutting only govt offices, public transports won’t help The government has decided, once again, to extend the ongoing ‘strict’ lockdown for seven more days in an aim to control the coronavirus infection in the country. According to the new decision, the restrictions will remain in force till May 5. However, during
Remove Old Dhaka’s chemical warehouses
Focus on environment friendliness while developing cities
If doctors at risk, all at risk
Reaching PM’s cash aid to target groups key challenge
Many people of Bangladesh have become jobless, thanks to nationwide lockdown imposed to control the spread of the second wave of Covid-19. Against this backdrop, the government has yet again, like last year, declared cash aid for 35 lakh jobless, poor and low-income people hit hardest by the pandemic. Moreover,