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Many school, madrassah buildings risky
Officials involved in the construction and repair of primary and secondary buildings said that many such buildings across the country were risky. Officials of the Directorate of Primary Education and engineering officials of the Directorate... Full story
Rajuk starts preparing list
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha has begun listing garment factories located in residential buildings in the capital ostensibly to discourage the use of such buildings as apparel factories, Rajuk officials told New Age. Full story
Govt set to face first revenue shortfall
The Awami League-led alliance government for the first time in its tenure is set to miss its revenue collection target this fiscal year strengthening the concern that full implementation of the current budget will continue to remain a far cry. Full story
Downpour, storms, flooding hamper boro harvest
Unusually heavy rainfall, water-logging, storms, and flash flooding have been hampering the ongoing boro harvest across the country, said farmers and agriculturists. They said there might be a big shortfall in production of the country’s biggest... Full story
Buyers urged to ensure workplace safety in RMG sector
The National Garment Workers’ Federation on Friday urged the buyers including global brands like Walmart and GAP to take up the responsibility of ensuring safe workplaces in the country’s apparel sector. The federation also called on the... Full story
METRO
Lax monitoring threatens Hatirjheel project beauty
The much-hyped Hatirjheel-Begunbari project in the capital loses its beauty within four months of its splendid inauguration for lack of monitoring and maintenance. Residents of the surrounding the area of the project have alleged that mindless... Full story
BUSINESS
Govt told to ensure transparency
The Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation Division of the Planning Commission has suggested that the government should accelerate implementation of the foreign-assisted projects and ensure transparency in the projects to boost assistance from the development partners in future. Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Syria ready to attend peace talks: Russia
The Syrian regime will attend a peace conference on ending the conflict with the armed opposition, Damascus’ top ally Russia said Friday, but the rebels reacted to the pledge without enthusiasm. Diplomatic efforts to hold a conference first proposed by Russia and the... Full story
SPORTS
Cricket rocked by new fixing allegation
Bangladesh cricket was rocked by match-fixing allegations again after former captain Mohammad Ashraful was linked in a report to be involved in the unscrupulous act during the recent Bangladesh Premier League. It was reported in a Bengali daily on Friday that a visiting team of ICC Anti-Corruption Unit had quizzed... Full story
EDITORIAL
Stop rewarding crudely partisan activism in universities
THE Awami League-led government reportedly envisages... Full story
OP-ED
The politics of education statistics
ACCORDING to a report front-paged in the Bangla daily Prothom Alo, Bangladesh has reached a milestone in terms of secondary school certificate exam results. Not only the pass rate is high, the number of golden GPA awarded is also up... Full story
TIMEOUT
Greatness of Nazrul
Nazrul became the most successful and famous writer during his time till he received the blow. His work is set forth in the form of a simple lyrical beauty and a profound depth of meaning for all who endeavor to seek it. The songs have often a second meaning or deeper one. Full story
LETTERS
Abject woes of city dwellers
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, is a symbol of unplanned urbanisation and infrastructure development. Being one of the most populous of the world, Dhaka is unable to cope with changing situations due to the internal resource constraints and management limitations. Full story
