Prof Mahfuz R Chowdhury
Robindra Nath Togore, the great poet-philosopher and Nobel laureate of Bengal once said 'Hey mother Bengal, you gave birth to your 70 million children but forgot to educate or teach them dignity'. Are Bangladeshis victim of this curse? At the time Tagore made the above comment, Bengal was a united province of British India. Besides multiplying the population more than three folds, Bengal is now divided on religious lines. The Hindu dominated western third remained a part of India, and the Muslim dominated two thirds came to form the independent state of Bangladesh in 1971 after twenty four years of bizarre rendezvous with Pakistan. Today Bangladesh is the eighth largest country in population.Will Bangladeshis Ever Learn?
Government bans Rohingya marriages
The governemnt has banned the registration of marriages involving Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, who are accused of seeking to gain citizenship through marriage.
On Thursday, the Bangladeshi government issued an executive order to marriage registrars demanding that no unions should be registered between Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas and also between Rohingyas themselves.
Law Minister Syed Anisul Haque elaborated on the directive, saying that Rohingyas, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled religious persecution in My...
Law Minister Syed Anisul Haque elaborated on the directive, saying that Rohingyas, hundreds of thousands of whom have fled religious persecution in My...
Saudi Fund for Dev approves $ 50m for Teesta bridge
The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), a Saudi government agency that channels bilateral aid to developing countries through grants and soft loans, has approved US$ 50 million for the construction of a bridge over the Teesta River , and it is likely to provide more funds for a couple of big projects in Bangladesh, said an official.
The Board of Directors of the SFD approved the US$ 50 million fund in June this year for a PC Girder Bridge over the Teesta River and a four-member Bangladesh delegation leaves here for Saudi Arabia on Saturday t...
The Board of Directors of the SFD approved the US$ 50 million fund in June this year for a PC Girder Bridge over the Teesta River and a four-member Bangladesh delegation leaves here for Saudi Arabia on Saturday t...
Oman, Bangladesh discuss naval ties
Senior Bangladesh naval personnel met their Omani counterparts on Monday to discuss more cooperation on military training exchanges.
Two Bangladesh Navy Ships, BNS Osman and BNS Madhumati, recently paid goodwill visits to Port of Salalah (PoS) and Port Sultan Qaboos on their way back to home country after completing a tour of duty with the multinational Maritime Task Force as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
SMAK Azad, commanding officer, BNS Osman and Commander Sharif, commanding officer, BNS Madhumati paid a courte...
SMAK Azad, commanding officer, BNS Osman and Commander Sharif, commanding officer, BNS Madhumati paid a courte...
Maritime dispute with India: Bangladesh gets 19,467sq km area in Bay
Settling a longstanding India-Bangladesh maritime boundary dispute, a Hague-based international court has awarded Bangladesh 19,467square kilometres out of 25,602 sq km disputed area in the Bay of Bengal.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali disclosed this at a press briefing in the afternoon.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) delivered the verdict after nearly five years of argument and counter argument by the two nations, spot visit by judges and examination of survey reports.
The judgement is final and cannot be ...
The judgement is final and cannot be ...
DMRC to train Bangladesh officials on ballastless tracks
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will be organising a training programme on ballastless tracks for professionals of urban rail-based systems in the country along with those from Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nepal.
"The three-day programme scheduled to be held next month will focus on various aspects of installation and maintenance of such tracks, which are now being used by most Metro systems including Delhi Metro," a DMRC official said.
The ballastless technology facilitates the movement of trains in high speed ...
The ballastless technology facilitates the movement of trains in high speed ...
