Seven drinking water processing plants were sued by a court in Chittagong for using the BSTI seal without obtaining licence and supplying unsafe drinking water. The accused companies are Messrs Oasis Drinking Water, Messrs Times Foods and Beverage Industries BD Limited, Messrs Ravina Limited, Messrs Asian Foods
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Renewal of non-motorised vehicles’ licence stalled
Govt deprived of revenues The licence of no non-motorised vehicles in the Dhaka city has not been renewed since 2011 when the erstwhile Dhaka City Corporation was split into two parts. Procedural complexities have been blamed for this, which deprived both the city corporations of the yearly revenues from the sector.
3-member committee formed
The Dhaka University authorities on Tuesday formed a three-member committee to investigate the incident of attack on the journalists on Dhaka University campus. The university proctor, Amzad Ali, headed the committee that also included assistant proctors — Mofizul Islam and Rabiul Islam.
Int’l seminar calls for resistence against terrorism
Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday called upon the people of South Asian countries including Bangladesh to resist terrorism of fanatic forces to cope with the fight against poverty, environmental issues and gender discrimination. ‘The nations must build resistance against
More taxes on cigarette demanded
Anti-smoking activists in the capital on Tuesday urged the government to increase price of and tax on cigarette to discourage smoking. At a press conference, they said one stick of low brand cigarette costs Tk 1.50 that increases the number of smokers in the country whereas in India
RUET students invent remote room control device
Two students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology have invented a device which can control a room and perform activities in it from a distance. Abdur Razzak and Biplob Hossain, students of electrical and electronic engineering department, invented the machine.
Slum dwellers get Tk 2.23cr in Rajshahi
Slum dwellers in the Rajshahi city on Tuesday received Tk 2.23 crore for their settlement improvement along with uplifting living and livelihood condition. The grants were disbursed among 67 Community Development Committees of 11 clusters under the project of Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction (UPPR).
Jabbarer Boli Khela begins April 25
The 104th Abdul Jabbar Wrestling Competition, popularly known as Jabbarer Boli Khela, is going to begin on April 25 at the historic Laldighi Maidan in the Chittagong city. The century-old historic wrestling competition and celebrations of the Bangla New Year are organised every year with much enthusiasm and cultural zeal.
DSCC administrator urges employees to be more accountable
The Dhaka South City Corporation administrator Mohammad, Nazrul Islam, on Tuesday urged the corporation officials and employees to be more accountable to fulfil their duties. He also ordered the officials and employees concerned to take immediate action for accelerating the services of providing birth, inheritance and citizenship certificates.
NSU wins best team title at UN youth summit
North South University won the title of ‘best delegation’ at the ‘Global Young Leaders Summit’ organised by the United Nations at the UN Headquarters in New York recently. Over 600 students representing renowned universities of 64 countries attended the gathering and the debate on the UN programmes.
Fall in groundwater level causes water crisis in Khulna
Fall in the groundwater level as well as frequent power outages have triggered an acute water crisis in the Khulna city, causing sufferings to the city dwellers. According to managing director of Khulna WASA Md Abdullah, about 15 lakh city dwellers are being supplied with 4.9 crore litres of water against the daily
Water crisis dogs Sylhet city life
Sylhet city dwellers are in extreme woes as water crisis is going from bad to worse here with the onset of summer. Scarcity of pure drinking water amid extreme heat is making life of the townspeople unbearable and the situation is getting worse gradually.
RMCH employees go on indefinite strike
The assistant nurses and employees of third and fourth grades went on an indefinite strike at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital on Monday, demanding transfer of the personal assistant to the RMCH director. Hundreds of protesting employees seized the office
Fellows continue protest
Agitated students of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology on Monday continued with boycotting classes and examinations, protesting at ‘brutal’ attack one of their fellows at the dormitory. They demanded arrest of the attackers who stabbed
Chain-shop employee mugged in Sylhet
Miscreants snatched Tk 13 lakh from an official of Swapna, a chain-shop, after stabbing him in the Sylhet city on Monday. The victim was identified as Muminur Rahman, junior finance executive of the city’s Shahjalal Upa-Shahar branch of Swapna, sources in the institution said.
DSCC turns blind eye to illegal wall writings, posters
The city authorities turn a blind eye to the vandalism of spraying graffiti and pasting posters on public and private property in the city which is prohibited under the law. The Dhaka South City Corporation, run by bureaucrats, never cared to enforce the law which came into force on April 1, 2012.
Police halt lungi-clad bikers’ procession
Police on Saturday foiled a procession of bikers towards Baridhara brought out in protest against a reported ban on lungi-clad rickshaw pullers in the city’s one of the ‘posh’ areas. The lawmen, led by Kazi Mainul Islam, an inspector of Banani police station, stopped more than 200 lungi-clad bikers near Banani playground when
Bangla search engine Pipilika launched
The country’s first search engine for Bangla contents on the internet — Pipilika.com — was launched on Saturday. The Pipilika was jointly developed by students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, and GPIT Ltd.
Barisal central jail guards ordered to vacate quarters
The prison directorate has asked families of 35 Barisal central jail guards to vacate their makeshift quarters within 72 hours. The jail guards last month were given 15 days to vacate their premises and at last have been given three days as they failed to follow the previous order.
HSC examinees rally against hartal during exams
Higher Secondary Certificate examinees of different educational institutions held demonstrations Saturday noon protesting at hartals during HSC examinations in the country and demanding reschedule of examination routine. They asked the authorities to defer their physics examinations