A Dhaka University teacher yesterday took a class of some students of a private university at DU’s business studies faculty violating rules.
Professor Ali Ahsan of Department of Management Studies was found taking the class of around 30 students of American International University of Bangladesh (AIUB) around
Month: March 2012
Banglavision turns seven
TV channel Banglavision turns seven today. On the occasion, the channel will air special programmes throughout today and tomorrow. The celebration started last night at zero hour through cutting an anniversary cake. The channel then aired a live programme, titled “Shaptam Borshey Amra”. Noted personalities from different fields appeared on the programme
Newly built bridge undergoes repair well before handover
Most of the upper surface of a nearly completed bridge over the Buri Teesta River at Soillaghat in Dimla upazila under the district had to undergo repair as the contractor used low quality materials for the construction work, said officials.
The Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) in the district decided to construct the 171-metre-long and 5.12-metre-wide bridge over the Buri Teesta River at a cost of Tk 4.14 crore to facilitate easier road communication between Dimla and Domar upazilas in the
New system, old result
Train Ticket Crisis in Ctg
New system, old result
Scalping of train tickets at Chittagong Railway Station is not being curbed despite the railway authorities’ preventive measures.
The authorities reduced the lead time for buying advance tickets from 10 days to 3 days since February 17 in an attempt to make saleable tickets available at the counters
Satellite by 2015
Deal signed with US firm
Bangladesh will launch its first satellite into space by 2015 in a landmark move towards opening a new era in communication and broadcasting and creating new businesses.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission yesterday signed a Tk 82.5 crore consultancy deal with a US firm, Space Partnership International (SPI). The
Electricity price hiked
Effective from March 1
The government yesterday hiked electricity prices by Tk 0.28 per unit for bulk consumers and Tk 0.30 per unit for retail users with retrospective effect from March 1 this year.
As a result, power tariff for bulk clients increased by 7.49 per cent from Tk 3.74/kilowatt-hour to Tk 4.02 a unit and for retail users by 6.25 per cent from Tk 5.02 to
9.26 lakh appear at HSC exams from April 1
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations under the ten education boards will begin on April 1 across the country with 9.26 lakh sitting for the test. This is for the first time the examinees facing creative type questions in Bangla First paper. Earlier, these students needed to face creative type questions in their SSC exams. Education minister
Rab men assault DU teacher
Members of Rapid Action Battalion beat up a Dhaka University teacher as he requested them to move their car that was obstructing a narrow lane, the victim has claimed.
Muhammad Saif Uddin Khan, lecturer of finance, was admitted to Pongu Hospital with severe injuries in his abdomen, forehead and left
Minar Mahmud found dead
Noted journalist Minar Mahmud, editor of weekly Bichinta, was found dead at a residential hotel in the capital yesterday.
The cause of his death could not be known immediately but police recovered empty strips of 150 sedative tablets, Rivotril, and a letter along with
Tamim a Pune Warrior
Says recent struggles changed him
Tamim Iqbal will be the second Bangladeshi after all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to take part in the fifth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which begins on April 4 as the dashing Tigers opener has signed for the Pune Warriors franchise.
With the signing of Tamim, who replaces injured Australian all-rounder
BTRC recommends five licences for 3G service
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Wednesday sent to the telecommunication ministry the draft guideline for awarding five licences for 3G mobile service.
Of the five licences, the state-run Teletalk would get one while four other licences would be awarded to four private mobile phone operators, including any new operator, through
Prova returns …
To end all kinds of postulations and imaginations popular TV actress and model Sadia Jahan Prova has returned to media yesterday. She has started to take part in shooting for a play titled ‘Pronoyini’ after a two-year break. Kaisar Ahmed is giving direction of the play, which shooting was held at Promi shooting house in the city’s Uttarkhan area yesterday. Script of the play was written by Rizwan Khan where another popular TV actor
Bangladesh honours 83 ‘foreign friends’
Bangladesh has honoured 83 foreign nationals and organisations for their outstanding contributions in the Bangladesh’s war of independence.
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday conferred two categories of honours on distinguished personalities from different countries and
THE AWARDEES
Recipients of “Bangladesh Liberation War Honour”
1. Dr Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal
2. Late Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, the Third King of Bhutan
3. Late president Leonid IIyich Brezhnev of
BCB looks to cash in on Asia Cup success
The success of the national cricket team in the just concluded Asia Cup has provided Bangladesh Cricket Board a renewed hope of wooing new sponsorship deals after it
had lost most of the regular commercial partners in the recent months.
The BCB had lost most of their sponsors apart from IT partner Aamra Networks by the end
Nation renews pledge to uphold liberation spirit
The nation paid tributes to martyrs of the Liberation War, celebrating the 41st Independence and National Day on Monday. Thousands of people from all walks of life were present at the National Memorial at Savar since early morning.
People renewed their pledge to uphold the spirit of the Liberation War and build
4.5 lakh women raped during liberation war
A recent study revealed, about 4.5 lakh women surrendered their chastity and were humiliated by the Pakistani army and its collaborators during the liberation war.
There is no data of the rapes, killings and kidnappings of women during the liberation war but some data were collected from sources in the last few years, War Crimes Facts Finding Committee
Water crisis in Ctg to deepen
Wasa struggles to meet growing demand in summer
Chittagong city will face a deeper water crisis from April when demand for water is projected to peak to a level three times the water supplying authorities are able to supply.
The crisis is already unbearable with Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) supplying just around 200 million litres of water per day against a demand for 500 to 550 million
Notre Dame College plans to set up univ
Notre Dame College having reputation for offering quality higher secondary education plans to set up a university to offer further education, college officials said.
The officials said that it had already collected application form from the University Grants Commission.
‘The college authorities have decided to set up a university. We have collected
Online stores get more hits
Online shopping is becoming popular in Bangladesh, encouraging new entrants to open e-portals for consumer goods and household essentials.
In the past one year, nearly a dozen online shopping portals or e-trading platforms launched operations, offering products and services from vegetables, clothes, computer accessories