BSS, Dhaka Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser in-charge of Ministry of Environment and Forests Raja Debashish Roy said, Bangladesh has recommended for reduction of emission of green house gas by 40 percent by the year 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050. In the 14th conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change ... Read more
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DU 45th Convocation on January 29
BSS, Dhaka The 45 Convocation of Dhaka University (DU) will be held on January 29, 2009. Honorary ‘Doctor of Science’ degrees would be conferred on three persons on the occasion, said a DU press release here on Tuesday. The university will confer honorary Doctorate degree to Nobel laureate Emirates Prof. Yuan Tseh Lee of Taiwan. ... Read more
Policemen still work at Posta outpost marked ‘risky’ in ’95
Raihan Sabuktagin The government declared the building ‘risky’ in 1995, but the police department is running an outpost at the dilapidated building ignoring the risk of fatal accident. The members of police are forced to work at the Posta police outpost risking their lives. “When I arrived at the outpost several months ago, I was ... Read more
RU classes, examinations suspended till Dec 31
Class III, IV employees continue strike Our Correspondent . Rajshahi The academic committee of Rajshahi University at an emergency meeting on Sunday suspended all the classes and scheduled examinations till December 31 due to agitation by controversially-appointed class III and IV employees. No class or scheduled examination was held at the university as controversially-appointed class ... Read more
Criminals shoot two dead in city
Staff Correspondent Indiscriminate gunfire of unknown criminals last night killed two people and injured two others in the city’s Manikdi under Cantonment Police Station. Graphics analyst of a Banani firm Ariful Alam, 30, and an unidentified 25-year-old person died on the spot. Cantonment police said they found eight bullets with the unidentified dead person. Injured ... Read more
Bijoy Sarani-Tejgaon link road opens
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, Tuesday said the road network in the capital must be expanded to make habitable the mega-city Dhaka where civic life is afflicted with growing traffic congestion, much of which is blamed on cumulative negligence over the years. The head of the caretaker government stressed ... Read more
Broadband Policy to be announced soon
BSS, Dhaka. Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser for Post and Telecommunications Brig Gen (retd) MA Malek said here yesterday the government will soon announce the “National Broadband Policy-08.” With the announcement of the policy, he said, the Internet service facilities will increase in the country and cost of using Internet will also be reduced. ... Read more