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The newly elected Sylhet city mayor, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, on Wednesday vowed to keep the corporation free from the influence of any political quarter. ‘Development of any political polarisation centring the city corporation will not be allowed and the corporation will run as an institution of all citizens,’ he said.

The students of Shaheed Sohrawardy Hall at Rajshahi University went on a demonstration on Wednesday and confined the hall provost, Professor Asabul Haque, for his alleged negligence of responsibilities. Witnesses said the studentsl brought out a demonstration inside the hall at about 11:00am in front of the hall provost office protesting against his

The seven-day ‘Fourth income-tax fair-2013’, organised by the National Board of Revenue in Barisal city, drew a huge crow on Wednesday. The fair began on the Barisal Ashiwini Kumar Hall premises September 16. During the fair, the visitors were provided

A four-day income tax fair began in Sylhet on Wednesday. The finance minister, Abbul Maal Abdul Muhith, inaugurated the fair arranged by the Sylhet Divisional Income Tax Office at Mohammad Ali Gymnasium in the city’s Rikabibazar area at noon. The organisers informed that

Police evacuated inmates of a building on Akmol Ali Road under EPZ police station in the Chittagong city after it tilted Wednesday noon. People got panicked when cracks developed on the wall of the building named Sovon Monjil. Police rushed to the spot and started

A fire broke out at Jiban Bima tower in the Dhaka city’s Matijheel area on Wednesday. Fire service sources said the fire originated on the 14th floor of the 21-storey building at about 11.55am and soon spread around. On information, two firefighting units

Three celebrities have been appointed as Unicef national goodwill ambassadors to uphold child rights. The goodwill ambassadors — cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, film actress Arifa Zaman Moushumi and magician Jewel Aich — were introduced at a ceremony at a hotel in the capital yesterday. As Unicef ambassadors, they will work with the organisation

The ban on the production and sale of polythene bags has had hardly any impact, with the production of the banned item and its rampant use by the city people still going on. Users and environmentalists have blamed absence of cost-effective environment-friendly alternatives as well as inadequate drive against polythene

Bangladesh Girl Guides Association Barisal region arranged a programme at Holling Bery Syed Moazzem Red Crescent Hospital in the city on Tuesday, marking World Peace Day on September 21. On this occasion, Bangladesh Girl Guides members visited the hospital, exchanged greetings with the patients and presented health and cleaning items, dried and

Rajshahi University has introduced high technology digital Identification card for its students. Vice-chancellor Professor Mijanuddin formally opened the card at a function held at senate building on Tuesday. He termed the venture as epoch-making and said it would supplement the government endeavor to build digital Bangladesh and vision-2021.

More gender-sensitive media reporting has become indispensable to free society from gender disparity that needed to establish rights of the women, some working journalists told a meeting in Rajshahi on Tuesday. They viewed that the professional newsmen should take the responsibility of highlighting the gender-sensitive issues as objective reporting

The government on Monday decided to allow compressed natural gas refuelling stations open round the clock for nine days from October 11 on the occasion of Eid Ul Azha. ‘The CNG stations will be kept open round the clock in October 11-19,’ communications minister Obaidul Quader told reporters after an inter-ministerial

A pilot course has been introduced to develop expertise in key environmental engineering positions to address the increasing need to adhere to environmental laws and regulations in factories that produce waste water. Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the Industry, a joint project of the governments of Bangladesh and Germany,

Mothers of journalist couple Sagar-Runi on Monday expressed their dissatisfaction over the probe in the couple-murder and blamed the government ‘negligence’ in this regard. The journalist leaders threatened to launch a tougher movement if the killers of journalist couple were not arrested by a week. They were addressing

Dhaka-Aricha Highway VIPs a boon for travellers The passage of VIPs on Dhaka-Aricha Highway prompts eviction drives by law enforcers on illegal makeshift shops, bringing a sigh of relief for vehicle passengers and the locals as traffic congestion become nearly non-existent. However, as soon as the VIPs pass, the shops, the main cause for the congestion, ... Read more

The admission test for the session 2013-14 of National University will be held on December 27, 2013. Detail information will be published through the university web site including print and electronic media soon. The notice came from a press note issued by M Faizul Karim, the on duty director the public relation, information and consultation department

The Rapid Action Battalion members arrested five people from different parts of the capital Sunday night and early Monday for keeping narcotics and illegal equipment of voice over internet protocol business goods. The RAB-2 operation officer, Rayhan Khan, said a RAB-2 team arrested Shahadat Hossain Faisal, 25 and Jalal, 25 from Kalurnagar of Hazaribag

Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Muhammad Faruk Khan inaugurated the Hajj flight from Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport this morning. Addressing the inaugural ceremony as chief guest, Muhammad Faruk Khan said that two more planes are going to be added with the existing fleet of Bangladesh Biman for carrying pilgrims from next year.

Ashraful Islam tells JS About 2.76 lakh out of over 14 lakh posts in the government lie vacant, LGRD and Co-operatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told parliament yesterday, adding that steps were underway to fill the vacancies. To another query, he said the number of officers made officer on special duty (OSD) was 410 from 2001 ... Read more

Bangladesh Publishers and Booksellers Association (BPBA) yesterday criticised the government initiative to stop the publication and circulation of “guide books” and “note books”. Referring to the draft Education Act 2013, it condemned the provision which states that legal actions will be taken against the makers and suppliers of such books.