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Autistic children’s works on display at Drik Gallery A special exhibition of more than 60 paintings by 30 children with autism began at Drik Gallery in Dhaka on Friday. HELLOW’s Association of Neophyte-Students in cooperation with Surf Excel organised the weeklong show titled ‘Emerged from Unknown II’ to create awareness of autism among general

Says a BBC documentary Bangladesh Army has turned into one of the biggest conglomerates in the country over the years following its engagement in different types of commercial businesses, according to a BBC documentary. The first episode of the nine-part documentary titled “Fouji Banijjo” (Military in business) was

Environmentalists yesterday urged the government to take necessary measures to stop the use of tannery waste in poultry feed to avoid health hazards. They made the call while addressing a roundtable on ‘Preparing poultry feeds by poisonous tannery

Fifty-seven percent tenants in the  city have to pay almost half their monthly income as house rent, a recent survey conducted by Nagorik Sanghati, an NGO, has revealed. Most tenants come from low-income and middle-low income  groups, it was

A group of 48 Korea Internet Volunteers (KIV) from National Information Society Agency (NISA) of the Government of Republic of Korea have arrived in Dhaka to provide one month of voluntary service in different government and private organisations here, says a

Like the previous years, Citibank, NA Bangladesh is holding the Gaan e Gaan e Gunijon Songbordhona tomorrow (Saturday) at 4:30pm at the Radisson Water Garden Hotel to honour artiste Ms Sabina Yasmin for her immense contribution to promote the country’s cultural arena, says a

Information Commission and Grameenphone are searching for ways to utilise the vast clientele of mobile phones for awareness building on Rights to Information (RTI) Act 2009, informed Chief Information Commissioner Ambassador

The Barisal City Corporation on Wednesday placed its budget of Tk 197,72,35,784 for the 2010-11 fiscal and  the revised budget of Tk 101,21,141,202  for the 2009-10 fiscal. The corporation has not imposed any fresh taxes on the city dwellers and implementation of

The government has planned a Tk 2,523.5 crore programme to conserve the country’s biodiversity with special focus on forests, wildlife, coastal, hilly and agro ecosystems, much of which is on the wane. The ten-year plan has been revealed in the “Biodiversity National Assessment and Programme of

Saarc Ministers’ Meet Next Month Nepal meet to discuss conservation of tigers South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) will hold a meeting of environment and foreign ministers in Nepal next month ahead of the heads of state and government’s global Tiger Summit scheduled for September in

50th Anniversary Of IRRI Today ‘BRRI has so far developed 51 new varieties of rice’ Bangladesh celebrates today the 50th anniversary of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), which played a key role in developing new varieties of rice to feed our ever-increasing population. Marking the anniversary, the Ministry of Agriculture and IRRI jointly organised a ... Read more

A mobile court of the Department of Environment on Monday sealed off a polythene bag manufacturing factory in Dhaka and seized 239 rolls of polythene and 54 bags of ingredients. The factory, Amir Plastic Industries, was being operated on the ground-floor of a five-storey building on

Sister Mary Prema, superior general of Missionaries of Charity, German, was given a reception at Saint Placid’s School Auditorium in the Chittagong city on Sunday. The Chittagong Catholic Diocese organised the civic reception attended by the newly elected

Chemicals have taken over from natural ice in the port city. With chemicals now replacing ice for preservation of perishable food products, ice factories in Chittagong are looking at the bottom of the barrel as their business suddenly seems gone. Formalin, an injurious substance generally used in morgue and laboratories to preserve bodies or

Goethe Institute, Bangladesh, is honouring German artist Sigmar Polke, one of the country’s foremost painters and successful representatives of contemporary art who died recently. The Goethe Institute would bring collection of 40 original gouaches to Bangladesh. This exhibition titled ‘Music from

World Population Day observed The World Population Day was observed in the country on Sunday with a call to ensure supply of contraceptive materials to every eligible couple to contain the present population growth of 1.39 per cent. Various government and non-government organisations and universities organised rallies,

Surgical services at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital have remained suspended for the past 13 days in the absence of anaesthetists, causing immense sufferings to the patients. According to sources at the RMCH, the problem ensued following the transfer of five out of six anaesthetists of the anaesthesia department to other places after their

Pop guru and freedom fighter Azam Khan will be taken to Singapore tomorrow (Tuesday) for better treatment as he is suffering from cancer of oral cavity. Azam Khan will be admitted to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital there, said Ershadul Haque Tinku, close aide of

Some eminent litterateurs yesterday urged the Bangla Academy authorities to publish dictionary of ‘Bangla dialect’ to complete the unfinished work of the country’s noted educationist Dr Muhammad Shahidullah. They made the call while addressing a discussion meeting organised by the Bangla Academy to mark the 125th birth

A week-long Thai food and cultural festival begins at the Radisson Water Garden Hotel in the Dhaka city today. The Royal Thai Embassy, Thai Airways and Radisson Water Garden Hotel have jointly organised the festival, said a news release. Two visiting master chefs from Thailand will prepare some Thai cuisines in the festival. Renowned Thai ... Read more