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The Sylhet Osmani International Airport authorities have allocated possession for three shops in the newly constructed airport terminal allegedly flouting allotment rules. The allotment of the possession has been made illegally as the airport authorities did not invite any tender in this regard, local businessmen alleged. Airport officials, however, claimed that they had allotted possession ... Read more

Shortage of dustbins blamed Shortage of dustbins forces the people in Sylhet city to dump wastes into canals, drains and road-sides, polluting environment and posing threat to public health. Not a single dustbin has been installed in the city after Sylhet district town was upgraded into the city corporation about a decade ago, according to ... Read more

The University of Rajshahi has decided to install closed-circuit television cameras in different places on the campus to ensure security. Sources in the administration said the authorities at a recent meeting with the law enforcement agencies had decided to install the closed-circuit television cameras in places including the campus gates at Binodpur, Kazla and Station ... Read more

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka Participants in a roundtable on Monday called for conducting regular fire drill in all the public and private buildings as well as educational institutions to create awareness of fire. They made the call at the roundtable titled ‘Fire Incidents at Multi-storied buildings: related thoughts’ at the National Press

BSS, Dhaka The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) will give euro 5 million (approximately Taka 50.4 crore) to support to the Institute for Educational Development (IED) of BRAC university for over five years under the Netherlands Development Programme. An agreement to this effect was signed here on Monday between the Netherlands Ambassador ... Read more

Our Correspondent . Rajshahi Businessmen at the RDA Market in Rajshahi city staged a demonstration on Monday, demanding withdrawal of the decision to build a multi-storied building in the market. The agitating businessmen brought out a procession in the city to press for their demand. The procession was followed by a rally in front of ... Read more

BSS, Dhaka Three more families of army officers killed on February 25-26 Peelkhana carnage received cheques of Taka 10 lakh each and letters of compassion from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A delegation on behalf of the Prime Minister led by Chief Whip Abdus Shaheed went to the houses of the army families and handed over ... Read more

Staff Correspondent Traffic movement in many of the city’s areas — including Tejgaon, Moghbazar, Shahbagh, Mirpur Road, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue and Rokeya Sarani — came more or less to a standstill because of the fire at Bashundhara

Staff Reporter A three daylong conference on special economic zone (SEZ) development styled ‘Deep Dive’ to stimulate discussions on best practices and actionable strategies begins yesterday at the Hotel Radisson. The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Investment Climate Department organised the programme. The objective of the Deep Dive is to serve as a networking and learning ... Read more

2,941 titles hit the fair Staff Correspondent Curtains were drawn on the month-long Amar Ekushey book fair at Bangla Academy on Saturday with a large number of book lovers crowding the fair on the concluding day. A total of 2,941 titles hit this year’s book fair with

Staff correspondent Around 3,760 bags of blood, 30,000 signs in favour of the trial of war criminals were collected till Tuesday at the Amar Ekushey book fair while a campaign against household torture on women is also going on the fair

Staff Correspondent Ekushey book fair witnessed rush of visitors and boost in sales at Bangla Academy on Wednesday with one day away from Amar Ekushey February and International Mother Language Day. Arrival of new titles also increased with

Staff Correspondent With the slogan ‘Joy Janatar Joy Kabitar’, Jatiya Kabita Utsab began on the Dhaka University Central Library premises yesterday. Poet Syed Shamsul Haq inaugurated the three-day festival organised by Jatiya Kabita Parishad by hoisting the national flag

Staff Correspondent Thousands of people, mostly university and college students, thronged the Ekushey Book Fair at Bangla Academy on Valentine’s Day on Saturday. Young boys and girls carrying flowers in large numbers entered the

Staff Correspondent In celebration of 400 years of Dhaka city, The Bangladesh Monitor, a travel magazine, has launched a new website to promote Dhaka to tourists worldwide. The website www.dhakacity.com.bd will feature information on how to arrive in Dhaka from various international destinations, places to visit, brief histories of the places, links to airlines, information ... Read more

Shoumitra Mazumdar . Rajshahi Residents in the Rajshahi city are suffering acute water crisis as all the four water treatment plants have remained inoperative for the last five days. Official sources at the Rajshahi City Corporation said water crisis emerged in the city as they cannot operate the water treatment plants due to power outages. ... Read more

Staff correspondent Thousands of people particularly young boys and girls, attired in yellow dresses, were in long queues at the Ekushey book fair entrances at

M Syfullah ‘Whether or not flower blooms today is spring’ is an aft quoted line of the late poet Subash Mukhapadya. Today is Pahela Falgun, the first day of spring in the Bangla seasonal chain. It begins colour and festivities in the minds of

Extra-judicial Killings US envoy for transparent investigation Staff Correspondent US Ambassador James F Moriarty has said that extra-judicial killings in Bangladesh should be investigated through a transparent process. The US envoy’s comments came while talking to reporters yesterday during a visit to Odhikar, a human rights organisation, in the city. “I think all extra judicial ... Read more

Staff Correspondent The Public Service Commission (PSC) is going to introduce a new system for form collection, submission and issuing admit card for BCS examinations to cut in the time limit for procedural matters. As per the new system, candidates will collect application forms from the designated branches of the Sonali Bank located under their ... Read more