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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Some of the poorest people in the world are becoming significantly less poor, according to a groundbreaking academic study which has taken a new approach to measuring deprivation. The report, by Oxford University’s poverty and human development initiative, predicts that countries among the most impoverished in the world could see acute poverty eradicated within 20…
Refinancing women entrepreneurs stressed Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed all scheduled banks to streamline their refinancing scheme for women entrepreneurs up to the branch level in line with the central bank’s earlier directive. The central bank earlier directed all banks to offer women entrepreneurs at least 10 per cent of their refinancing fund, formed with…
Rejecting to restore the caretaker government system, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said in New York on Wednesday night that all the doors to the caretaker system have been closed. “People are the source of power…we all need to be aware that no one can play with the rights of the common people. They don’t want…
Bangladesh has been placed in the 91st position among I58 countries in a ranking of peace by the Institute for Economics and Peace. This year Bangladesh slid six positions from 2011’s 83rd. In 2010, Dhaka’s position was 87th while in 2009 it was 90th. The world has become more peaceful for the first time since…
The Honorable Hillary Clinton Re: BANGLADESH: Warn government to stop waging war against its own people Dear Secretary Clinton: I am William Nicholas Gomes, Human Rights Ambassador for Salem News.com. I am writing to you concerning your upcoming trip to Bangladesh from May 5-7, 2012. I believe this trip is an important opportunity to raise…
New York-based Human Rights Watch Friday urged Bangladesh to order an “independent and impartial investigation” into the recent disappearances of opposition and political activists. Bangladesh Disappearances: Alarming Number Of Activists, The global rights group made the demand after Iias Ali, a regional head of the main opposition party, went missing on April 17 and a…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for giving equal opportunity and space to women to meet the looming challenges of the ensuing millennium as well as to ensure a peaceful world for future generation. “In our fast-changing globalised world spurred by technology and information, the mindset of our women and girls are changing from the…
United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says “the world will need at least 50 per cent more food, 45 per cent more energy, 30 per cent more water and many millions of new jobs”. He stated this in his massage on the eve of the 40th Earth Day. Mother Earth is a common expression for…
Enforced disappearance has become a matter of everyday life, as torture is inevitable in the hands of the law enforcement agencies. Both disappearance and torture are the by-products of the ‘rule of coerciveness’ in absence of the ‘rule of law’ in Bangladesh. It is matter of grave concern that the incidents of disappearance are increasing,…
Note: Venita and Maria live and work in Dhaka, Bangladesh at BRAC, a poverty alleviation organization. Maria passes through Korail every day on her way to work. This piece represents our personal views, though draws on observations of our colleagues and the information we’ve been able to find in local sources.) On April 4, one…
Apparel maker PVH Corp today (21 March) revealed plans to commit $1m to improving conditions in Bangladesh’s garment factories – as an ABC News report prepares to criticise it for continuing to source clothes at a facility where dozens of workers died in a fire. The new two-year scheme focuses on fire and building safety,…
If I click G on my Gmail Compose button still the first link that appears is Golam Mostafa Sarwar [Sagar] .We have links in Skype and Face book as well. We used to regularly exchange mails or chat. But we know and rest of the world knows Sagar along with his darling wife Runi has…
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