The Dhaka University Day was observed yesterday on the university campus with great enthusiasm among the teachers, students and officials. There was an air of festivity on the campus as hundreds of students, teachers and administrators organised processions, discussions, cultural events, debate competitions and sports, marking the day. Key buildings on the campus were illuminated ... Read more
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QUBEE laptop fair opens
The QUBEE Summer Laptop Fair 2011 began on Friday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the Dhaka city with the theme ‘lit the light of technology’. The state minister for science and information and communication technology, Yeafesh Osman, inaugurated the three-day fair. The state minister said the government wanted to provide technology for all and ... Read more
Yearlong clean-up drive at Ramna Park begins
Bangladesh Scouts on Friday started a yearlong clean-up drive at Ramna Park in the city in a bid to remove dirt and waste materials from the park. About 400 Cubs and Scouts from the city’s 25 educational institutions participated in the inaugural programme. The drive initiated by Bangladesh Scouts of Dhaka metropolitan unit began at ... Read more
Museums at Bangla Academy remain locked most of time
Bangla Academy Bhasha Andolan Jadughar and Jatiya Sahitya O Lekhak Jadughar, housed at Burdwan House of the academy, remain under lock and key most of the time. Of the two museums highlighting the Bangla language and literature, Bhasha Andolan Jadughar was opened by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on February 1, 2010 and Sahitya O Lekhak ... Read more
Removal stops for World Cup
Overhead Cables Removal stops for World Cup Although the 23-kilometre overhead data cables between Uttara and Shahbagh had been shifted to underground, steps to clean more parts of Dhaka city are yet to see any progress. Under a project that seeks to remove overhead cables from Dhaka, data cables on the main streets between Shahbagh ... Read more
Pedestrian movement hindered
The increasingly common practice of keeping construction materials on the Dhaka city’s footpaths and roads is causing pedestrians’ difficulty in walking down the pavements as well as creating traffic congestion and pollution to the environment, many city dwellers have told New Age. The Dhaka City Corporation officials admit that this practice is increasing but added ... Read more
Murals neglected at DU library
Noted artist Hamidur Rahman’s three historic murals installed inside the Central Library of Dhaka University in mid-fifties are kept in negligence by the authorities, artists and art critics observed. ‘The negligence in preserving three fresco-murals and a relief-sculpture by the university authoritie for years is not acceptable. These historic works by Hamudur Rahman must be ... Read more
Encroachers gobble up Atir Khal
An NGO team in a visit yesterday found grabbers have been filling the whole Atir Khal (canal) and its adjoining vast wetlands in Basila of the city. The team of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) also found Dumini canal in Khilkhet is being filled and narrowed at many points for different housing projects. Bapa general secretary ... Read more
‘Mela’ of pirated books outside
With several copies of pirated books in his hands, 13-year-old Sumon was hawking on the footpath near the entrance of Amar Ekushey Boi Mela premises yesterday. He was not allowed inside the main premises of the book fair to sell his pirated books. But, this did not impact on his spirit in vending books, as ... Read more
e-information centre attracts young readers
Ekushey Book Fair e-information centre attracts young readers Raisul Islam Mithun, a student of city’s East West University, was seen happily browsing through the computers at the e-information centre of the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela looking for information about his favourite writer. “The system is very interesting and helpful,” he said, adding, “I found information ... Read more
Fund crunch holds back Barisal museum launch
The Barisal Divisional Museum is yet to be launched as the renovation of about 200-year-old Barisal Collectorate Building, to be used as museum, was not completed for lack of fund and approval of its organogram by the government. After the end of a museum construction project for 2005-2007, the divisional museum was scheduled to be ... Read more
DU students grapple with acute residential crisis
Dhaka University is facing an acute residential crisis due to inadequate spaces in residential halls and hostels, according to the last annual report of the University Grants Commission. Nearly 58 per cent of Dhaka University’s students are not allocated a room in the residential halls. As a result, the students live in a poor condition ... Read more
Govt move to recover city wetlands fails
Say speakers The government has failed to demarcate the boundaries of wetlands in the capital and its surrounding areas in last one year, speakers told an event yesterday. They said the government and authorities concerned were active during last one year to recover the canals and wetlands from grabbers. But they have virtually lost to ... Read more
‘Save Dumni- Boalia canal’
Environmentalists yesterday demanded that the government take immediate steps to protect the Dumni-Boalia canal from the grabbers. They made the demand at a human chain programme jointly organised by the Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba) and Greenbelt Trust in front of the Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University, said a press release. The speakers said ... Read more
TV, Net links under cutter
Drive against hanging cables begins as timeline for going underground expires A government crackdown begins today on all overhead Internet and cable TV wires on thoroughfares between Uttara and Shahbagh in the capital, with the likely disruption of the services in the next seven days and making them even costlier. Starting from Karwan Bazar area ... Read more
Rajshahi agri fair draws huge crowd
The three-day agribusiness fair at the Green Plaza of the Rajshahi City Corporation building drew a huge crowd on the closing day on Monday. A good number of people from different wards in the city and city suburbs thronged the fair premises to have an overview of various kinds of agricultural products. The fair featured ... Read more
Dhaka Int’l Book Fair begins
Permanent vanue, fixed time demanded Writers, publishers and National Book Centre director on Wednesday at the inaugural ceremony of the Dhaka International Book Fair-2010 demanded a permanent place and fixed time for the fair. The fair at the Dhaka University central playground marked a low turn out on its opening day and many stalls of ... Read more
‘Stop violence against women’
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was observed across the country yesterday. Different rights and social organisations observed the day with elaborate programmes. Karmojibi Nari held a rally at Muktangon in the city yesterday where its leaders stressed the need for raising massive awareness and integrated efforts to stop violence against ... Read more
Pizza Hut cooks a dish with a twist
International restaurant chain Pizza Hut has added a creative dish to its assembly — the Cheesy Bite, a pizza with bite-sized cheesy pop ends that have to be twisted off to be eaten. The new dish is part of its new menu that includes nine new pizzas and four new tantalising appetisers, salad and pastas. ... Read more
Sylhet city people suffer for electric poles on roads
The Sylhet city dwellers are not benefiting from the extension of city roads as the city corporation authorities are yet to take any measures to remove the electric poles that now stand on the roads. SCC sources said most of the city roads were expanded between 2007 and 2008 during the regime of the immediate-past ... Read more