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Nazrul Islam: The Rebel Bengali Poet

Kazi Nazrul Islam, better known as the rebel Bengali poet, is considered as the second poet of the Rabindra period, at least in its later phase. He is eminent both as a writer and musician- a rare combination not to be found in any celebrity of his age other than, of course, Rabindranath himself. He was by nature and conviction a people's poet and believed all through his literary career that "art is for the people". Nazrul had his primary education at a Madrasa. He learnt Persian and Arabic from Maulavi Kazi Fazle Ahmed. He passed his lower primary examination at the age of ten. But he could not complete his primary education although he got an opportunity to continue his study at a high school at Mathrun where Kumudranjan Mullick, a noted poet, was its ...

Power, gas go up

The government has raised gas price by 26.29 per cent and power price by 2.93 per cent at the household level. The new price will come into effect on 1 September, Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission Bazilian_PowerToThePoor(BERC) announced on Thursday afternoon. The regulatory body said the decision to raise the widely used utility services was taken afte much discussion and debates on the implications of the move. The price-hike of the utilities was announced despite fall in oil prices in the international marke...

China to help Bangladesh exploit Bay of Bengal

China yesterday offered to cooperate in the maritime and blue economy sector in Bangladesh and proposed to constitute a ‘Working Group’ in the Ministry of Commerce of China to work on the technical areas. Visiting Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng came up with the response when Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali sought Chinese government cooperation in setting up of the first ever ‘Marine Aquarium’ in Bangladesh at the National Oceanographic Research Institute bangladesh-and-china-flag(NORI) in Cox’s Bazar...

Model UN Conference begins at JU

Jahangirnagar University Model United Nation Association organised a three-day Model United Conference at Jaheer Raihan Auditoriam here on the campus started on Thursday (27-08-2015) . At least 250 delegates from differents schools, colleges and universities at home and abroad took part in the conference, said a press release. ????????????????????????????????????JU Vice-Chancellor Professor Farzana Islam attended the programme as the chief guest and United Nation Information Centres officer-in-charge M Moniruzzaman and N...

Moving toward quality water and sanitation services

Access to sanitation lags behind access to water. Quality of service is poor, with intermittent supplies, continuing environmental degradation, and financially weak service providers. Moreover, future water availability is not guaranteed. Uncertainty about water resources will most profoundly affect poor populations, who often live in disaster-prone areas such as overcrowded settlements and low-lying deltas. Water variability will also strongly impact providers’ ability to maintain adequate quality and quantity of services. There is no universal solution to these challenges, but the World Bank sees them under three

APAC businesses showing strong agility: Oracle says

Today, Oracle announces the results of its “Oracle Cloud Agility” study and revealed that businesses across Asia Pacific (APAC) are showing strong signs of agility in some areas and clearly recognise the business benefits of agility (i.e., able to adjust quickly to new business opportunities or to iterate new products and services quickly). However, Oracle’s research also highlights a clear lack of awareness among businesses around oracle_summit_09252013_620_412_100how technology, like Platform-as-a-...