Around 52,000 diploma students from the 93 polytechnics institutions in the country have received stipends under the Skills and Training Enhancement Project financed by the World Bank. Nearly nine per cent of the stipend-recipient students are female. Out of the 93 polytechnics, 43 are public and 50 are private institutions, according to a World Bank ... Read more
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Nat’l Film Day to be celebrated today
Different government and private organisations will celebrate the National Film Day today holding a variety of colourful entertainment. Last year the government declared April 3 as the National Film Day, marking commemorating placement of the East Pakistan Film
Solar panel yet to power any city traffic signals
The authorities have not yet installed any solar panel at the existing 70 signal posts in the capital even about four years after the project was initiated. The installation of solar panels at 70 old signals posts is scheduled to be completed in May while the construction of 30 new signal posts, along with the ... Read more
Book fair mourns death of Rajib
Amar Ekushey Book Fair Book fair mourns death of Rajib The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair on its 16th day mourned the killing of blogger Rajib Haider, an activist of the Shahbagh movement demanding death penalty for war criminals. Both the visitors and the representatives of different stalls were deeply shocked with the death of ... Read more
Greens for climate change adaptation under UN
Greens on Saturday called for taking action on the ground to promote climate change adaptation under UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Speaking at a consultation at National Press Club they urged the fast developing countries to take more mitigation initiative so that the Least Developing Countries like Bangladesh would require
Guardians want quality books for kids
Ekushey Book Fair Guardians want quality books for kids Parents taking their children to the Ekushey Book fair on the the Bangla Academy premises on Friday sought quality books. The earlier part of the day dedicated to the children also witnessed a huge crowd. Many guardians, however, on the day expressed concern over the quality of ... Read more
Love leads book fair to new height
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair assumed a different look on Thursday, with the visitors presenting each other with books as a token of their love on Valentine’s Day. Both the young and old couples, parents and kids grabbed the occasion to pour out their hearts to each other. ‘We have presented our favourite people with ... Read more
Pahela Phalgun adds colour to book fair
The celebrations marking Pahela Phalgun, the first day of spring according to the Bangla calendar, added a new dimension to the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, with young people, in colourful dresses, roaming the fair premises. Thousands of young people, the boys in traditional pyjamas and punjabis and the girls in yellow saris, crowded the fair and ... Read more
Publishers sell pirated Indian books
Amar Ekushey Book Fair Publishers sell pirated Indian books More than a dozen publishing houses are displaying and selling pirated Indian books and those of other publishers in Amar Ekushey Book Fair, breaching the fair guidelines. The fair began this year with a vow to resist the sale and display of pirated books and books ... Read more
Book fair offers part-time jobs for many youths
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair has been an income source, besides being a means of gathering experience, for many young people. There are a few stalls among a total of 274 participating publishing houses where young people, mainly students of bachelor and masters
Book price pinches publishers, readers
Both the publishers and the readers feel the pinch of increased prices of books in Amar Ekushey Book Fair as most of the readers are turning away from books because of the price hike, leaving the publishers with little turnover. Talking to New Age, owners of different publishing houses said prices of books have been
Rajuk conducts drive at Gulshan Lake
The city development authorities, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, conducted a drive on Sunday at Gulshan 1-Badda Link Road to reclaim the Gulshan Lake area from encroachment. An enforcement team of Rajuk, led by its executive magistrate Rokon-Ud Dowla, conducted the drive. Rajuk executive engineer Nurul Islam said during the drive that they demolished some
REHAB fair begins Feb 13 in Ctg
The ‘REHAB Fair Chittagong-2013’ will begin on Wednesday at Chittagong Zila Krira Sangstha gymnasium in the city. Real Estate and Housing Association, Chittagong zone is organising the four-day fair. A total of 64 stalls of different housing companies including nine co-sponsors are participating in the fair, said the organisers at a news briefing at the Chittagong Club ... Read more
Exhibit on dolphins, whales starts at coastal villages
An exhibition on dolphins and whales is being held at 14 coastal villages to educate people about the species of cetaceans and to introduce effective efforts to conserve these animals. Titled “Shushuk Mela”, the interactive, touring exhibition features the diversity of cetaceans (the scientific grouping of dolphins, whales and porpoises) living in the rivers, estuaries
Children enjoy first Shishu Prahar
Amar Ekushey Book Fair Children enjoy first Shishu Prahar Children on Friday enjoyed the first Shishu Prahar (children’s hour) at the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 on the Bangla Academy premises in the capital. Selling of books for children was also better on the day than that of the previous days since the beginning ... Read more
Ekushey Padak goes to 13
Twelve eminent personalities and an organisation have been named yesterday for this year’s Ekushey Padak in recognition of their contribution to different fields. The recipients are MA Wadud (posthumous), Prof Ajit Kumar Guha (posthumous), Principal M Kamruzzaman (posthumous) and Tofazzal Hossain for language movement, and
House rent hike adds to Sylhet people’s plight
Uncontrolled house rent hike is adding to the sufferings of the Sylhet city dwellers in the absence of any specific rule regarding house rent. According to data available with the Sylhet City Corporation, there are around 52,000 houses that include multi-storey buildings and apartments in the city, a home of some eight
Urs being held at Anwara Park flouting HC order
A two-day urs began at Anwara Park at Farmgate in the city flouting a High Court order. Kutubbagh Darbar Sharif covered the entire park, facing Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, and put up a big stage damaging trees and the environment of the green space. The organizers blocked the park to store materials for last for or ... Read more
Number of new books falls
First Week of Book Fair Number of new books falls Quite unusual with the Ekushey Book Fair, the number of new books arriving at the fair in the first week of the month-long even fell because of political unrest. A total of 490 new titles hit the stalls in the fair during the first week ... Read more
Expert calls for saving Halda
Odommo Chattagram Expert calls for saving Halda The country’s largest fish spawning ground, the Halda river, is being destroyed for construction of unplanned structures and brick kilns on the banks and discharges from adjacent power plants, Halda expert Manzoorul Kibria said yesterday. “The Halda is not only a river, it is a heritage,” he said, ... Read more