Saqlain spins North into final
No payment, no NOC-players tell BPL franchisees
Manifestation of incumbents’ lack of respect for teachers
Alarming, indeed
Strengthening rural schools
Social movement against crime
Accelerating the momentum created by Malala and Nirbhaya
New Afghan war over US troop levels
Mastercraftspersons Award 2013 announced
Violence on women protested through performances
Rebels capture largest airbase in north Syria
No activity yet at Sylhet Instt of Health Tech
Palestinian activists set up ‘outpost’ near Jerusalem
Air monitoring station opened
BB to relax rules to attract foreign investment
Rice prices go up as govt hikes fuel price
Minus-two plotters still active: PM
ACC spots 3,000 more errant buildings
New voters to go to next polls without NID cards
Fuel, power price hike irrational, anti-people: oil-gas body
SALF deplores state inaction to rapes, killing of women
Govt decides to increase non-govt teachers’ house rent to Tk 500

Accelerating the momentum created by Malala and Nirbhaya

Indian protesters shout slogans during a protest against a gang rape in New Delhi on January 6. — AFP photo

THE resistance against discrimination and violence against women in the Indian subcontinent has finally gained momentum some 150 years after Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar tried to uplift of the status of women by banning the practice of burning widows alive... Full story

New Afghan war over US troop levels

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, holds a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 10. — AFP photo

For those who served in Afghanistan on the diplomatic or military front and believe in continued US engagement, the battle is now against an opponent for whom they have few weapons: US public apathy. And they are losing the fight. For a long while now... Full story

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