For thirty-four years the nation observed the death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with a demand for justice, but it is different this year, as justice has finally been done.Some historic developments in the judiciary in the past eight months gave this new dimension to observance of

A group of Korea Internet Volunteers (KIV) from National Information Society Agency (NIA) of the Government of Republic of Korea have arrived in Dhaka at BUET Internet Access Center.Team RAVIT4(Right Accurate Volunteer Information technology Teach) will to provide one month of voluntary service in BUET. They will mainly provide computer IT training on MS Office, Photoshop, web designing, flash and know

Lee Hee-ho, widow of late President Kim Dae-jung, says Lee Myung-bak and Kim Jong-il should adhere to the June 15 Joint Declaration » Lee Hee-ho, former first lady and widow of late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, sits down for an interview with a reporter. Lee Hee-ho, the 88-yea

Analysts say the railroaded media legislation and reciprocal positive newspaper coverage have resulted in an erosion in journalistic integrity » Members of civic organizations hold a protest and condemn the railroaded media reform legislation pushed through by the ruling Grand National Party (GNP

Dhaka, May 20 - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday invited Malaysian entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh and take advantage of the existing favourable investment climate. The Prime Minister said this while addressing a roundtable discussion of Malaysian investors, at the Ball Room of Hotel Istana, in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting was organized to share ideas on how to boost business initiatives betwee

On April 26, 2010, Kokuro (National Railworkers’ Union) held its ad hoc conference at Shakai Bunka Kaikan (Social and Cultural Hall) in Tokyo and unanimously ratified the Japanese Government’s proposal for solution of the dismissal of 1,047 former railway workers, with the total settlement of approximately 20 billion yen. 10

The survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma (also known as Myanmar) in May 2008, continue to face challenges in rebuilding their lives, in lack of access to relief and reconstruction efforts, and in violations of basic rights more than one year after the storm, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Blo