The prompt response of the Chinese government to the strong earthquake in Yunnan Province and its effectiveness and openness were highly appreciated by Bangladesh experts and leaders including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Mahbuba Nasreen, director of Dhaka University’s Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, said, “what was much impressive to me this time was the way China responded to the quake,” adding that Bangladesh should take some lessons from China, reports Xinhua.
She said, “They are well planned because they have ample re...
In rural Bangladesh, dozens of women on wheels are biking into remote villages and hooking up poverty-stricken families to the net. Thanks to ‘Infoladies’, tens of thousands of people are connecting with social media, chatting to loved ones, and getting government services.
The project is the brainchild of a local development company called D.Net and was formally launched in 2010. It grew out of a previous program that used ‘Mobile ladies’ to hook rural villages up to the wider world with mobile phones. Then along came the Infolady association: young, educated women from rural backgrounds who bike into isolated villages with a laptop, giving people the chance to get online. But that’s not the only service they provide. They also dish out advice on health – including taboo subjects li...
The government today published a gazette on the National Broadcast Policy-2014 despite widespread criticism from different media and rights groups and political parties.
The government today published a gazette on the National Broadcast Policy-2014 despite widespread criticism from different media and rights groups and political parties.
An information ministry official confirmed it to The Daily Star.
The cabinet approved the policy on Monday keeping much scope for the government to misuse the policy in the name of maintaining standard of news, pro...
After diplomatic and strategic parleys that lasted for nearly three years, for the first time rice from Andhra Pradesh reached Tripura via Bangladesh Thursday, an official said.
Three Bangladeshi trucks loaded with rice entered India through the Akhaura integrated check post Thursday afternoon in the presence of Food Corporation of India (FCI) and Tripura government officials.
“For the first time, Bangladeshi trucks transported rice from Ashuganj port in Bangladesh directly to the FCI warehouse at Nan...
Tuba Group Sramik Sangram Committee has called an indefinite strike in the garment factories across the country starting Thursday.
The strike was called after the agitating workers were evicted from the factory at North Badda in the capital this afternoon. The law enforcers stormed the premises around 1:00 pm and lobbed tear gas canisters and charged batons on the agitating workers.
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An Indian fashion shoot showing a woman being groped on a bus has caused anger, with social media users saying it glamorises the 2012 Delhi gang rape.
Photographer Raj Shetye’s images show a model fighting off men on a bus, in a scene reminiscent of the rape and murder that shocked India.
Many social media users said they found the photos “disgusting” and “horrible”.
Mr Shetye said the shoot was “just a depiction of the situation of women in our country” and not based on the rape.
The photos were taken down from the Behance site after angry reactions on Twitt...
