One in six Cox’s Bazar kids out of school
With children feeling compelled to choose employment over education in the littoral areas of Cox’s Bazar, schools are emptying out at an alarming rate.
1.5 million attend Jumma prayers at Ijtema
Thousands of Muslim devotees joined Bishwa Ijtema on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi of Gazipur as the first phase of the congregation began yesterday.
PM: BNP lost municipal polls for arson attacks
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the BNP failed to secure votes in the recently-held municipal elections because of its nationwide arson attacks carried out as part of the anti-government protests early last year.
AL denies trying to split up 20-party
The Awami League yesterday said it had never attempted to split up the members of the BNP-led 20-party alliance, adding that the AL did not believe in ruining other political parties.
IS claims responsibility for Jhenaidah murder
International militant group Islamic State yesterday claimed that their members had killed the elderly homoeopathy doctor in Jhenaidah, Chhamir Uddin Mandal, on Thursday.
Dipon’s Jagriti will keep publishing books
Jagriti, the publishing house of Faisal Arefin Dipan, will be there at this year’s Amar Ekushey Book Fair. There will be new books, too, from the house.
One in six Cox’s Bazar kids out of school