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A nine-day professional development discourse on ‘Technological Innovation in Organisations’, organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM), ended on Saturday at its Dhaka premises. Industries Secretary Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah attended the closing ceremony of the discourse as the chief guest, while BIM director general Khandaker Rakibur Rahman

The formation of a third political force outside the two major political alliances in the country is yet to get desirable progress. However, the leaders of the political parties concerned claimed that they have been continuing discussions among like minded parties and hopeful of emergence of such a political alliance

Responding to the call of president Abdul Hamid, the agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University withdrew their movement on Friday. ‘We’ve unconditionally called off our demonstrations showing respects to the chancellor,’ Professor Kamrul Ahsan, member secretary of JU Teachers,

Housing and Public Works Secretary Khondker Shawkat Hossain on Friday said unplanned urbanization had risen in country due to lack of proper decentralization after independence. Proper decentralization has not been made due to lack of coordination among planners, said the secretary at a programme on the eve of Town Planning Day in the city organized ... Read more

The government has taken initiatives to set up hand-run deep tubewells and water production deep tubewells in some arsenic contaminated rock-earth areas of the country to ensure supply of safe water in some selected areas of 10 districts. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has recently approved a project to this end,

Coliform bacteria, responsible for water-borne diseases, have been detected in drinking water of 77.5 per cent hotels and restaurants in the Barisal city. Mahmud Hasan, research analyst of environment directorate Barisal office, said they examined samples of drinking waters of 120 city hotels and restaurants

Members of Harijan (the untouchable) community of Barisal city started the two-day traditional Surya puja (sun worship) early Friday morning. The puja is being observed for the last 200 years by the community members. All of the six Harijan colonies and settlements

Health problems have compounded in cool, dry weather Winter will be here soon. The temperature is gradually decreasing, the south-western part of the country for the last few days. Along with the temperature, the other element on the increase is dust. Roads, houses and all other things are covered by dust which is very irritating ... Read more

Question Paper Leak Examinee jailed for two years An examinee was arrested from Government Women’s College centre in Satkhira for his involvement in leaking the question paper of the primary teachers’ recruitment examination held on Friday. The arrested was identified as GM Azmir Hossain, 28, son of GM Sharafatullah, of Tala upazila. A mobile court, ... Read more

Bus Rapid Transit Line-3 Contract signed over implementation The Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority on Thursday signed a contract with consultancy services to implement the 22.4-kilometre Bus Rapid Transit from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Keraniganj. Under the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment project, the BRT line 3 would be constructed at a cost of about Tk ... Read more

Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport has been recognised as an international airport by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialised United Nations agency. Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice-Marshal Mahmud Hussain, representing ICAO, presented the recognition certificate, effective

Sixteen Bangladeshi workers detained in an ongoing crackdown on illegal expatriates in Saudi Arabia have been freed, said Bangladesh Ambassador to the Kingdom Shahidul Islam yesterday. “We have records of a total of 20 workers who were detained by police. Among them, 16 have been freed as their employers showed the workers’ legal

The protesting civil engineering department students of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology broke their fast-unto-death Thursday night as the university vice-chancellor, Professor Md Alamgir, assured them of resuming their classes on November 11. Over a hundred students of the department

A group of Dhaka University teachers and students, teamed up as Sampradayikata Biradhi Chhatra Shikkhak Mancha, on Thursday demanded immediate arrest of the miscreants who attacked the Hindu minorities in Pabna and Lalmonirhat. They placed the demand at a human chain at the base of Dhaka University’s Aparajeya Bangla. Asking the government to

The 2nd photo exhibition titled ‘Chobi Dekhe Shekha – Butterflies of Bangladesh, Inventory Second Phase’ begins at Drik Gallery, Dhanmondi, in the capital today. Ishtiaq Uddin Ahmed, country representative of IUCN Bangladesh, will be the chief guest at the inaugural session while Stephen John Ball, chief financial

DHAKA Comicon, Bangladesh’s first-ever comic book convention, begins today. The two-day event is scheduled to conclude on Saturday. The event includes live art competition, short film competition, action figure photography competition, artist corner collectors’ exhibitions,

More than a hundred students of civil engineering department of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology continued their token hunger strike for the third day on Wednesday, demanding continuation of classes which remained suspended since last six months. They laid siege to administrative building

The admission test of ‘Kha’ unit for the first year honours courses in Dhaka University for the academic session 2013-14 will be held tomorrow. The hour-long admission test will begin at 10:00am. The test will be held at 72 centres in the capital.

A trader was hacked to death by miscreants on Tuesday night at village Mizmizi under Shiddhirganj police station in Narayanganj. The deceased was identified as Russel Mia, 35, son of Babul Mia, a resident of Mizmizi village. Imran Hossain, elder brother of the deceased, claimed that some drug peddlers of their locality, who were released from the ... Read more

An acute manpower crisis in the forensic section of Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital is seriously hampering educational activities, medical test of women victims of oppression and autopsy of bodies as six out of eight posts in the section lie vacant. The forensic section of the hospital works