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তবে কি ধসে পড়া নাগাদ অপেক্ষা করতে হবে?
আমাদের মাননীয় প্রধান প্রকৌশলী (এলজিইডি) গতরাতে সরেজমিনে খিলগাঁও ফ্লাইওভার পরিদর্শন করে বুঝলেন যে ভয়ের কিছু নেই–এর সরু একটি অংশ ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হয়েছে, কোন ফ্র্যাকচার নেই, এমনকি তদন্ত করারও দরকার নেই। বাহ শুনে খুব ভালো লাগলো। কিন্তু সেখানে দায়িত্বপ্রাপ্ত পুলিশ কর্মকর্তা জানালেন ব্রীজের পশ্চিম পাশে (শাহজাহানপুরের কাছে) একটি পিলার ২ ইঞ্চি দেবে যাওয়ায় এর উপর দিয়ে সকল…
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কিছু শব্দ “থাকবে না”
কয়েকটা শব্দ, কিছু আচরন, কিছু ভাবনা, আমি দেখতে চাইনা কোথাও, আমি শুনতে চাইনা, এগুলোর অস্তিত্ব থাকবেনা কোথাও—এমন একটা স্বপ্ন আমি দেখি অনেক দিন। জানি তা পূরণ হবে। মানুষ হিসেবে জন্ম নিয়ে আমি মনে করি আমার জীবন ধন্য। কিন্তু বোঝার ক্ষমতা হবার পর যা দেখেছি – মানুষ এবং তার পরিবেশ – তাতে আমি কষ্টে আছি। বিচার-বিশ্লেষণের…
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ঢাকার অধ:পতনঃ দায়ি আমাদের মানবিকতার পতন
গতকাল এক জরিপের ফলাফলে জানতে পারলাম আমাদের ঢাকা শহর বসবাসের যোগ্যতার বিচারে ১৪০টি দেশের মধ্যে তৃতীয় হয়েছে, তালিকার শেষ দিক থেকে। মাপকাঠি ছিল রাজনৈতিক-সামাজিক-সাংস্কৃতিক-অপরাধ প্রবণতার অবস্থা, স্বাস্থ্য, শিক্ষা, অবকাঠামো এবং পরিবেশ। দুই বছর আগে, ইকোনমিস্টের গবেষনা বিভাগের এই জরিপে আমরা ছিলাম ১৩৮তম অবস্থানে। তারও আগে, ২০০৭ সালে ফোর্বস ম্যাগাজিনের এক স্বাস্থ্য ও স্যানিটেশন জরিপে ২১৫টি…
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“Take Action! Inspire Change”
67 minutes in public service for Mandela Nelson Mandela in February 2005. Photo: UN To honour the peacemaker, the United Nations observed Monday — “Nelson Mandela International Day” — for the second year with the call for the people across the world to perform social service for 67 minutes. The urge tallies every minute for…
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PEACEKEEPING FORCES: Don’t allow HR violators: UNPFII to UN
Written on UN press statement; posted in bdnews24.com The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) has urged the United Nations to prevent military units violating human rights from participating international peacekeeping activities. At the closing of its 10th session in New York on Friday, the forum also requested the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, which…
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Expedite CHT accord execution, says UNPFII
Sat, May 28th, 2011 10:58 pm BdST Published on bdnews24.com The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has urged Bangaldesh government to declare a timeline for the execution of 1997 Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord. At the end of its 10th session on Friday, the forum also asked Bangladesh to sketch modalities of implementation and…
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PEACEKEEPING FORCES: UN urged to screen army’s HR records
Prepared upon UN Press Statement May 27, 2011 Published in bdnews24.com A UN Special Rapporteur has suggested that the United Nations closely monitor the human rights records of the army before letting countries take part in the peacekeeping operations. Lars-Anders Baer, a former member of the UNPFII, during the 12th and 13th meeting on CHT…
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‘Define terms minorities, indigenous’
Published on bdnews24.com on May 27, 2011 A former advisor to the caretaker government has asked the government to clarify who are indigenous and who are not. Sultana Kamal, also a member of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission, told bdnews24.com the government cannot establish something forcibly. She was responding on Friday to the comment of…
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‘Probe army’s HR violation in CHT’
Wed, May 25th, 2011 11:18 pm BdST Published on bdnews24.com The systematic violation of human rights by the army in the hilly areas should be investigated, an international indigenous rights activist has said. “I visited burnt down villages, including Mahalchharhi in 2003, and also other villages recently, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. These are villages…
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Laws, not only be followed, but also be stricter
HC GUIDELINES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT The High Court in its order on May 14 last year laid some guidelines and asked the authorities to set up sexual harassment complaint centres at work places, educational institutions and constitute committees to investigate charges. A woman will head such committee that will have no fewer than five members,…
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‘Media biased against children’
Published on bdnews24.com on Nov 11, 2010 Children are often neglected in the media, although they constitute a large segment of the Bangladesh population, a new study has revealed. The study also found that even when the media reports about them, the coverage mostly depicts the children as victims of violence or repression. It also…
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More power on stream, much more required
Published on May 11, 2010 on bdnews24.com The 55 MW gas-fired rental power plant at Ashuganj is set for a formal launch on Wednesday, but the power-starved national grid needs many more to cope with the ever-increasing demand. After it was commissioned on Apr 7, the country’s total ‘installed’ capacity rose to 5,928 megawatt (MW),…
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No hand in Chhatra League, says AL
Written jointly with Moinul Hoque Chowdhury on Apr 12 on bdnews24.com A delegation of the ruling Awami League has denied that the party is contravening the law through involvement in activities of its former student wing, the Bangladesh Chhatra League, in reply to queries by the Election Commission. The delegation, comprising deputy office secretary Mrinal…
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Japan Garden City authorities ‘ignored fire concerns’
Jointly conducted with Liton Haider on Feb 12, 2010, published on bdnews24.com Japan Garden City, the sprawling tower block housing project in Dhaka where a devastating fire claimed seven lives on Thursday night, has been developed without proper fire-safety features and facilities, residents said on Friday, while the country’s top fire official said the housing…
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Shipbreaking saves iron, steel imports, say industrialists
bdnews24.com Sep 3, 2009 Bangladesh’s shipbreaking industry, operating along the Chittagong coastline, and under fire for environmentally unsound practices including destruction of forests and coastal pollution, remains the only local source of raw materials for the country’s iron and metal industry, industrialists said Thursday. The breaking yards supplied over 1.5 million metric tonnes of scrap…
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2.5 lakh buildings in 3 cities at earthquake risk
read the story on bdnews24.com Around 250,000 buildings in the three major cities of Bangladesh—Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet—are extremely vulnerable to earthquakes, according to a recent survey. Some 142,000 among 180,000 buildings in Chittagong; 24,000 out of 52,000 in Sylhet; and 78,000 out of 326,000 buildings in Dhaka were detected as risky. “The survey results…
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Suranjit bullies BNP demands for govt’s resignation
Awami League Presidium Member Suranjit Sengupta said the recent speech of the BNP secretary general was a sign of revengeful emotion and ignorance of constitutional knowledge. He made the comment while talking to News and Images reporter Probir Kumar Sarker Wednesday morning. Suranjit also said the trial of war criminals must be conducted, where the…
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