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Shahriar Islam Shovon

USAID urges Hasina to hold credible election

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Dr Rajiv J Shah has written a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and urged her to find an agreed path to hold a free, fair and credible election. “The people of Bangladesh want free, fair and credible elections. I urge you to find an agreed path to holding the elections that the Bangladeshi people so deeply want,” he said in the letter to the Prime Minister. USAID...

Gang rapes persist in India despite growing awareness

The chauffeur’s boss was out of town, so the driver called a friend and said, “Let’s have some fun” — which police say meant finding a woman to rape. Hopping into a luxury car, the two soon spotted their victim — a young software engineer leaving a shopping mall. They lured her into the car by making it appear to be a taxi, police said, took her to a remote spot and raped her with such ferocity that she bled for hours. [caption id="attachment_1862" align="alignleft" width="300"]Delhi_Gangrape Delh...

43rd Victory Day: President, PM pay homage to war heroes

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyrs of Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial here this morning marking the 43rd Victory Day. The President and the Prime Minister placed wreaths at the altar of the National Mausoleum at a time at 6.40 am. Preident+PMAfter placing the wreaths, the President and the Prime Minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of respect to the memories of the martyrs of the Great War of Liberation o...

Learning and earning: A success in Bangladesh

The European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna yesterday handed certificates to a group of the total 8000 apprentices across Bangladesh who recently completed skilled apprenticeships. Just three years ago, there were only 98 apprentices registered under the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET). Introducing apprenticeships and their up scaling has been a key initiative of the TVET Reform Project, supported by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and funded by the European Union (EU). SDP-ILOTwo programmes taking ap...

Two Bangladeshi women forced into prostitution in India

The Pune crime branch of India has arrested two women agents and rescued two Bangladeshi women, who were forced into prostitution. The police have identified the suspects as Puja Mahadev Kamble (20) of Sai Chowk, Pimpri and Puja Lalchand Harjani (32) of River road, Pimpri. The social security cell of the Pune crime branch led by senior inspector Sanjay Nikam made the arrest. stop_women_abuseNikam told that police constable attached to the social security cell Ajit Dhumal had received ...

Bangladesh: A traumatic byproduct of partition

December 16 is a significant day in the history of two nations — Pakistan and Bangladesh. It was on this date, 42 years ago, that the eastern province of Pakistan broke away to form an independent country called Bangladesh. Bangladesh, which held almost a quarter of the land of which Pakistan was made of, was also home to the majority of the population, as an estimated 53 per cent of the total populace resided within its borders. FlagFollowing the split, which saw the people in the eastern province achie...