The mentally imbalanced young girls who, along with their father, were rescued from a Sylhet city residence on Saturday, were shifted to a cabin from the surgery ward at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital on Sunday to ward off the flocking visitors. The hospital sources said the two girls and their father were under the ... Read more
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Road blockade by students halts traffic movement
Traffic movement on Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid land port highway in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila remained suspended for two hours on Sunday due to road blockade by students. The police said that Palli Bidyut authorities on Wednesday disconnected power supply to Chapainawabganj Polytechnic Institute on charge of not paying arrear power
ICAB training course on IFRS begins
A training course on IFRS organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has begun at ICAB auditorium in the city on Friday. Dr. Atiur Rahman, governor of Bangladesh Bank, inaugurated the training course as the chief guest, says a press release. Jamal Uddin Ahmad, past president of ICAB and conducted the course ... Read more
‘One falls victim every 4 days’
Extrajudicial Killing ‘One falls victim every 4 days’ At least one person on an average becomes the victim of extra-judicial killing in every four days, a human rights watchdog reveals in a report. Odhikar, the rights organisation, on Friday, disclosed the report prepared on the basis of news published in the country’s 12 dailies, says
College girl dies of snake bite
A female college student died from a snake bite followed by wrong treatment in the city’s Meherchandi area yesterday. The victim Jamila Akhtar Jhuma was in her first year at Arabic department of Rajshahi Government College and daughter of rickshaw-van puller
Tour for Sundarbans on caravan of cars begins tomorrow
A fourty-day tour for Sundarbans on caravan of cars will begin on Friday for publicity of the world’s largest mangrove forests in the world, reports UNB. Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation and Bengal Tours Ltd. have jointly organized the program, titled ‘Caravan Tour for Sundarbans‘
Maitree Express schedule refixed
The schedule of Dhaka-Kolkata direct train “Maitree Express” has been revised with effect from July 1 in response to popular demand in Bangladesh, says an announcement of Indian High Commission in Dhaka. The train will now start from Dhaka on Wednesdays and Fridays and will depart from Kolkata on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The time for ... Read more
Water factory owner jailed
A mobile court yesterday fined Tk 3.5 lakh to the owner and manager of a mineral water producing factory and sentenced tits owner to 15 months imprisonment for running the plant without BSTI license. The court also ordered to forfeit equipment and a pick-up van of the company in favour of Bangladesh Standards and Testing ... Read more
English medium schools pocketing money
In the name of teaching English medium schools pocketing money English medium schools across the country are allegedly collecting excessive money from the students of all classes. Although higher class families can bear the high cost easily, the middle and lower class families can ill afford such high expenses for the study of their wards ... Read more
Robbery on passenger train
A Dhaka-bound passenger train from Chittagong came under attack by robbers in Brahmanbaria Monday morning. The police fired six rounds warning shots to drive the robbers out of the Dhaka Mail train. The Rail Police, quoting passengers said a gang of 20 to 25 armed robbers got into the train at
Govt allows phased new power connection until December
Power utilities would provide new connections in phases until December to the applicants who pay all the dues by June, a senior power division official said on Sunday. But he said that those who applied for connections of two kilowatts or more would have to install solar panels. Officials said that 8,30,000 applicants have been ... Read more
BSMMU opens own medicine shop
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday inaugurated its own medicine shop in the hospital compound. The shop, located in front of the cabin block, remains open round the clock. Medicine and other medical materials would be available here at a
World tour on wheelchair begins June 28
Physically challenged Mohoram Ali is set to start his world tour on a wheelchair on June 28 to raise awareness about the rights of physically challenged people. Mohoram, 24, whose left leg was paralysed at the age of one and a half years due to polio, plans to begin the tour with India and seek ... Read more
Still students after 7 yrs, BCS a pipe dream for JnU’s 1st batch
Session jams have meant studentsof Jagannath University’s 2005-2006 session are still in 8thsemester While students of 2005-06 academic year in most other public universities have already taken the 31st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination and entered the life of regular service, students of the same session in Jagannath University (JnU) are still waiting and fretting. ... Read more
Girl commits suicide at RU
4 killed in four months A female student of Rajshahi University committed suicide by jumping into a pond inside her hall of residence on the campus on Friday night. The diseased was Umme Habiba Mimi, a second-year student of marketing and resident of Taposhi Rabeya Hall
Concern rises over growing number of women smoker
Anti-tobacco activists in a workshop on Saturday laid stress on raising awareness to keep the women away from smoking and urged the government take action to stop smoking in public places. Tamak Birodhi Nari Jote organised the workshop titled ‘National budget: increase tobacco taxes and raise awareness to stop smoking in public places’ at its ... Read more
150000 people go abroad for treatment a year
Some 150,000 patients, particularly from the affluent section, go abroad for treatment every year due to lack of sophisticated healthcare facilities in the country, causing huge financial losses. A recent study shows the patients mostly travel to India, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia for better treatment. State Minister for Health Mozibur Rahman Fakir said the government ... Read more
WASA people at Sayedabad plant don’t use Shanti
People working at the Sayedabad water treatment plant of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority drink mineral water processed and marketed by another company instead of its own brand, Shanti, although the WASA product adheres to the required standards. During a programme at the plant on Wednesday, where Denmark’s ambassador Svend Olling and
Arsenic detector costing Tk 700 developed
Even an illiterate person can use the gadget In a first for the country, the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) has developed an arsenic-detecting kit which will be available for Tk 700 as against the Tk 1.5 lakh price of an imported one. “Even an illiterate person can use the gadget and ... Read more
Crowd marks last day of Rajshahi mango fair
The seven-day mango fair in the Rajshahi city witnessed a huge crowed on the concluding day on Tuesday. The fair, organised by the Rajshahi City Corporation on its Green Plaza premises, began with only one stall, which later grew to 10. People from the city and suburbs visited the fair to buy fruits and books ... Read more