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Experts on earthquake at an awareness campaign on Friday said Dhaka was the second most vulnerable city to earthquake in the world and a moderate quake might cause severe devastation in the densely populated city. They also emphasised building awareness about the measures which should be taken before,

Green activists on Friday called upon the government to engage the traffic police for implementing laws against sound pollution by fining vehicles with hydraulic horns and using horns without reason. The monitoring system should be strengthened at all public places, where the involvement of traffic

A five-member Bangladesh National Mathematical Team will leave the country tomorrow to compete in the 51st International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) to be held at Astana in Kazakhstan. The team members are Tarik Adnan Moon of Kustia Govt College, Pranon Rahman Khan of Sylhet MC College,

Air service on Rajshahi-Dhaka route will start again on a limited scale this month. Galaxy Flying Academy, a private flying training school, signed a contract with the aviation authorities for the service. Rajshahi Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton informed the media about this at a news briefing

Examinees of Secondary School Certificate examinations and their guardians are worried over delay in publishing the results of Barisal Education Board. Asifur Rahman, an SSC examinee, said re-examination results of Dhaka, Rajshahi and Dinajpur education boards had already been published and classes of higher secondary level had already

Silver Bell’s Girls’ High School, Chittagong College and Dhaka University emerged as champions at different categories in the ‘Mutual Trust Bank- The Daily Star Debate Contest 2010. The prize giving ceremony of the contest was held at Chittagong Shilpakala Academy yesterday evening at the concluding ceremony of the two-day long debate

The National Birth Registration Day will be observed countrywide today to ensure every child’s right to be registered and have a name. The government has chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the day through creating awareness among the mass

Bangladesh’s busiest launch terminal Sadarghat started afresh on Thursday under government management, scrapping a 43-year-old leasing system. The government will operate the terminal on a work-based payment system called ‘Shram Jar Mojuri Tar’ (pay for work), instead of leasing it out to

Dhaka University celebrated 89th founding anniversary with enthusiasm, festivity and fanfare of students and teachers on Thursday. Several hundred students and teachers, with the beats of drums, marched the Dhaka University campus, celebrating Dhaka University Day

A weeklong International Inter-University Photography Exhibition (IIUPE)- 2010, organized by North South University photography club (NSUPC) will begin on Sunday  simultaneously in the gallery of National Fine Arts Academy and

Advocate Subrata Chow-dhury and Mangol Chandra Ghosh were elected president and general secretary of Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad at its national convention recently, says a press release. Other office-bearers are Vice Presidents: Kajol Debnath, Jayonto Sen Dipu, Sabitri Bhattacharjee,

Advocate Chaitanya Chandra Halder of The Daily Star and Advocate Anwarul Kabir Babul of the daily Jugantor have been elected president and general secretary of the Court Reporters’ Association (CRA) for 2010-2011 on Wednesday, says a

Today is the 89th founding anniversary of the University of Dhaka, the premier public university of the country. With the theme of this year ‘Higher Education for Building Digital Bangladesh’, hundreds of former and present students, teachers and employees will celebrate the day called Dhaka University Day,

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stayed for six weeks a verdict of the Administrative Appellate Tribunal, halting the reinstatement of 85 upazila election officers, who were appointed during the previous BNP-Jamaat alliance government but terminated during the caretaker government. The Administrative Appellate Tribunal in its verdict had declared illegal the termination of the

A total of 61 per cent children under five years and 46 per cent adults in the country are underweight due to malnutrition. This was stated at the annual review workshop organised by the European Union at Spectra Convention Centre in the city

Drainage fails as indiscriminate filling up of lowland, flood flow zones goes unabated Around 40 percent of the wetlands of Dhaka city has disappeared in 20 years due to indiscriminate filling up of lowland and flood flow zones that also has reduced its drainage capacity. Quoting a study of the department of Urban and Regional ... Read more

Like every year, Ahsania-Malaysia Hajj Mission is going to organise a two-day free Hajj training programme in the city beginning from June 25 (Friday). All hajj pilgrims, both male and female, at the government and private level can participate in the programme which will begin at the Baitul Muqarram branch of Hajj Finance Company Limited

A three-day Blood Donation Drive organized by the North South University Social Services Club (NSU SSC) ended at the campus yesterday. During the last drive which began June 20, a total of 368 bags of blood were collected. It was the highest number of blood bags ever collected in Bangladesh in such a two-day campaign, ... Read more

The role of women in decision making can help remove gender inequalities, women leaders said at a workshop yesterday. They were addressing a workshop organised by Alliance for Women Rights (AWWR) titled “Workshop to promote gender equality in the world of work” at the

June 22: ‘Ganga snan’, a religious festival of the Hindus,  was held in the river Pagla, a tributary of the river Padma,  at Kansat under Shibganj upazila of  Chapainawabganj district on Monday. A fair was also held on the bank of the river on the occasion. Strict security measures were taken in