The Qur'anic Treasures hidden in the Surah Faatihah
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,(1:1)
The Beneficent, the Merciful.(1:2)
Owner of the Day of Judgement.(1:3)
Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help. (1:4)
Show us the straight path,(1:5)
The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; (1:6)
Not (the path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray. (1:7)
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Economics Study Center, the official student chapter of the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka recently hosted an intergenerational dialogue on ‘State of the Economy-Youth Perspective’ in collaboration with OGGRO, a leading youth NGO. The program took place at the R C Majumdar Arts Auditorium at the University of Dhaka. The dialogue was part of…
At least 20 people were killed and over 200 others injured as a tornado tore through three upazilas in Brahmanbaria yesterday evening. The tornado wrecked havoc in Brahmanbaria district over a 15-minute period, authority said, uprooting thousands of trees and flattened hundreds of tin and mud-built houses in the area, and snapping road and rail…
By Julien Bouissou LE MONDE/Worldcrunch SATKHIRA – In the district of Padmapukur, a few dozen kilometers from the Bay of Bengal, tin shacks balance delicately on scraps of land coming out of the sea, like makeshift boats lost in the middle of the ocean. Only children, women, old people and the severly handicapped still live…
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A unique partnership between Oregon and Bangladesh could help to save lives in times of natural disaster. That partnership was strengthened through an international visit to Kingsley Field today… The top Bangladeshi military official is touring Kingsley Field under a partnership program between Oregon and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Lt. Gen. Abdul Wadud, the…
Tree plantation necessary to face climate change.Forests are vital for maintaining the earth’s ecological balance. They form an integral component of the biosphere, essential for the stabilization of the global climate and management of the land and water. Forests shelter countless species, including organisms that are useful in pollinating crops and controlling disease-carrying pests. Forest…
Greenhouse gases (GHGs), due to burning of fossil fuels, are sure to cause global warming and bring about climate change. Scientists have detected various indications of this change clearly in several areas. With the emissions and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, there are signs of rapidly increasing average surface temperatures and scientists have also detected…
The global state of climate… The global state of climate change comes into scrutiny next week in Dhaka, Bangladesh at a conference called by Parliamentarians to review its significant consequences. The conference dubbed ‘Meeting of Parliamentarians of Countries Most Vulnerable to Climate Change: Durban and Beyond’, takes place on March 14-16, 2012. The conference is…
A ravaged Dublar Char in the Sundarbans after the cyclone Sidr hit the country on this day in 2007. Bangladesh is subject to increased frequency of natural calamities resulting from climate change. Amid increasing threats of climate change, Bangladesh today observes the fourth anniversary of cyclone Sidr, one of the worst natural calamities the…
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon asked governments to reach a compromise on the Kyoto Protocol at Durban climate conference and to make a broader comprehensive climate agreement possible in the future.“Durban must complete what was agreed last year in Cancun,” he said at the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)-2011 conference in the capital on Monday. The…
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