Metropolitan

Viqarunnisa Noon School Rush of admission seekers on first day Sale of admission forms for class I of Viqarunnisa Noon School began yesterday with many parents of admission seekers returning empty handed due to a huge rush of applicants. A large number of guardians thronged all four branches of the school from early morning with ... Read more

Many residents at Habibnagar of Kadamtoli went into hiding in fear of being arrested in relation to Friday’s incident in which five suspected robbers were beaten to death. Unspecified numbers of local people were accused in a murder case filed by police in connection with the killing immediately after the

Leaders and activists voluntary organisation Rajshahi Rakkha Sangram Parishad at a meeting Saturday morning expressed their grave concern about the service catered by Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. They demanded better service, healthy environment and use of modern technology at the hospital as soon as possible

Speakers at a rally yesterday demanded immediate steps from the authorities concerned to reconstruct Salehpur Bridge and its approach roads to prevent road accidents. They said the bridge is too narrow for vehicles to cross smoothly and the approach road has bends with no traffic signs or speed bumps,

A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide at Jatrabari in the city yesterday evening. The deceased Mili Akhter, 15, is a student of class nine of Jatrabari Ideal School and College. Mili’s father Anwar Hossain said he found his daughter hanging with a scarf from the ceiling of her room at his Uttar Jatrabari residence at around ... Read more

Governor of the US State of Oregon, Ted Kulongoski, will arrive in Dhaka on a three-day visit to Bangladesh on November 10. The aim of the visit is to build stronger and long-term ties between Oregon and Bangladesh. Accompanying Ted will be Major General Raymond F Rees, the adjutant general of the

Result of first year admission test of Ka unit of Dhaka University (DU) was published yesterday. Results will be available in the DU admission website — http://www.admission.univdhaka.edu/. A total of 15,527 students passed among 34,671 sitting for the exam. Primarily 4,000, according to merit position, will be called for interview

Physicians get 30-40pc of test costs from diagnostic centres He is a schizophrenia patient for 30 years. As his physical and mental condition was deteriorating day by day, the helpless mother took him to a new psychiatrist but got disappointed just on the first day just seeing the list of pathological tests. Mahmudul Haq, 47, ... Read more

Demand speakers Environmentalists yesterday demanded of the government not to build any structure on Dhanmondi playground, keeping it open for all. The demand came from a rally organised by Poribeshsammato Basjoggo Dhaka Bastobayan Parishad, a movement to save Dhaka, in front of the playground in the

Free Cfls Distribution Over 1cr energy saving lamps given The first phase of the free distribution of energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) under ‘Efficient Lighting Initiative for Bangladesh’ programme has been completed in which more than 1 crore CFLs have been delivered to households. The government of Bangladesh with World Bank assistance initiated the ... Read more

A young man was killed and a rickshaw van peddler injured in a road accident in front of district Jail Bilding at Fatulla in Sadar upazila on Thursday night. The dead was identified as Jahirul Islam, 29, son of Abdul Latif of Dalipara village of Panchaboti. Police said the accident took place around 11:30pm when ... Read more

5,214 candidates to compete for 665 seats The first year admission tests for bachelor’s degree courses in the 2010-11 session under three faculties at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology are going to be held on November 6. A total of 5,214 candidates are expected to compete for 665 seats in the tests. The tests ... Read more

USAID Smiling Sun Franchise Program (SSFP) signed an agreement with Space Race Bangladesh Limited to provide access to infotainment and newsfeed options to the customers visiting the Smiling Sun clinics. The signing ceremony was held at SSFP headquarters on October 31. Shahzreh Huq, chairperson of Space Race and Juan Carlos Negrette, chief of party of ... Read more

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) is planning to kick off National Internet Exchange (NIX), the country’s first ever state-run initiative, on December 31. NIX, a non-profit venture is currently being set up at the Moghbazar telephone exchange officials of BTCL announced yesterday, at a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on

At least nine people were killed and 25 others injured in separate road accidents in Cox’s Bazar, Mymensingh, Gaibandha, Benapole, Satkhira and Lamonirhat districts yesterday. A correspondent from Cox’s Bazar reports: At least three people including two minor girls were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Khodaibari area under Sadar upazila ... Read more

Speakers at a human chain in Rajshahi University on Wednesday called for launching a mass movement and forging social resistance against harassment of girls and women to free society from the social crime. They stressed the need for bringing back the morally deviated boys and other young men to normal life through proper counselling and ... Read more

Academics and students on Tuesday stressed the need for inclusion of topic related to traffic laws in the school curriculum to make people aware of the issue from the very childhood. They also called upon the government to take immediate steps to implement traffic laws strictly and take punitive measures against the law

Speakers at a public gathering on Tuesday stressed the need for immediate recovery of four canals in the city from grabbers to save the environment of the capital. They also condemned lawmaker Aslamul Haque’s interference in the drive of a task force to recover a canal and criticised the government for its failure to implement ... Read more

Turkish President Abdullah Gül said direct flights between Dhaka and Istanbul will begin in December, hoping that the connectivity would definitely enhance trade and investment between Bangladesh and his country. Gül told this to the newly appointed Bangladesh Ambassador to Turkey Md Zulfiqur Rahman on Monday. Rahman met the Turkish president to present his

The Barisal Metropolitan Police is reeling under manpower, accommodation and transport crisis even four years after its inception in 2006. With a jurisdiction area of 182 square kilometres, the BMP started functioning with only old Barisal kotwali police station with three