By Matiur Rahman
Love is undefined, indivisible and unquantifiable, but it can be felt in heart. Every child among a few gets all of mother’s pure love equally, as it is indivisible. So is patriotism.
The whole country and all the people should benefit from it without any discrimination. There are no statistical constructs, such as, indices of love and patriotism. So, it is hard to say that one is more patriotic than others. Details…
The other day I saw a poster of an unusually fat Chinese wrestler stuck on a roadside wall. As I was in the bus I could not identify the man in the picture but on my return journey I again looked at the poster but to my surprise I found that the wrestler-looking fat person was no other than one of our film actresses — Mayuri. Details…
Independent Television junior researcher Ariful Islam Mithu comments on safety, injury and death at workplace in the country touching on worldwide situation on the eve of World Day for Safety & Health which falls on April 18.
American poet Robert Frost’s poem ‘Out, Out–’ stirred me in my university-going days. Details…
“Tobu O Bristi Asuq” (Let There Be Rain)
(A MASTER PIECE OF POETRY)
Reviewed By Prof. A.Noor
“Tobu O Bristi Asuq” (Let There Be Rain) is a collection of 41 poems of variegated tastes and flavor mostly of personal trend and characteristics by Shafiqul Islam a young poet of great erudition bestowed with an attractive poetic vein. Details…
Bangladesh has a very small market for mutual funds. As reported in an earlier article in a local English daily on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, currently 17 mutual funds trade at an average of 2.75 times their net asset value (NAV) and 75 times their earnings. The article also said that a sample of 21 mutual funds in the Asia Pacific region is traded at 0.91 times or below their NAV on average. Till now, 19 mutual funds together account for less than 3% of our total market capitalization with combined assets of less than Tk. 2,000 crores. However, this small market is not happy at all at this moment. Details…
The internet service and its access should be upgraded and made available in the remotest part of the country.
Dhaka, Sept 6 (bdnews24.com)–Bangladesh and India “have gone a step further”, says prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Speaking at a banquet honouring her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on Tuesday evening, Hasina said the summit was fruitful. Details…
Sheikh Shahariar Zaman
bdnews24.com senior correspondent
Dhaka, Sept 6 (bdnews24.com)—Despite claims of improvement in bilateral relations, there have been no decision over the much-hyped Teesta deal and the transit issue during the visit of the Indian prime minister. Details…
Dhaka, Sept 5 (bdnews24.com)–Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has confirmed in a pre-departure statement that he will be coming to Dhaka on Tuesday amid rumours and the last-moment uncertainty over the Teesta water-sharing deal. Details…
Baby Moudud from Kolkata, with New Delhi correspondent, bdnews24.com
Kolkata/New Delhi, Sept 4 (bdnews24.com)—West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is not accompanying Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday as she is believed to be not happy with the final draft of the interim Teesta river water-sharing deal. Details…
Syed Muhammad Hussain on Equality first