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
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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
Gulshan Lake, Hatirjheel to be linked
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha has planned to connect the Gulshan Lake project area with Hatirjheel with a service road, officials said. Rajuk’s executive engineer Nurul Islam said that a four-lane, two-way road would be built from Baridhara Circle connecting Hatirjheel at the Police Plaza Concord via Marium Tower, Shahajadpur
Three killed in city traffic accidents
At least three people were killed in traffic accidents in the capital’s Mirpur, Kuril and Khilkhet area on Wednesday. At Mirpur, a contractor was killed after a bus hit him at around 4:15pm in front of Mirpur Diagnostic Centre near Mirpur-10 intersection. The deceased was Zahirul Islam Nipun, 39, was from Ujirpur in Barisal. He was
BCS Digital Expo opens in Jessore
A five-day day digital exhibition organised by the Bangladesh Computer Samity began in Jessore town on Wednesday morning. Jessore Science and Technology University vice-chancellor Abdus Sattar inaugurated the expo as the chief guest. Jessore deputy commissioner Mostafizur Rahman and Jessore municipality mayor
Two Buet students get geography fellowship
Nasa and Association of American Geographers (AAG) has jointly honoured two students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) with Geography Fellowship in South Asia, said a press release yesterday. The students — Yiaser Arafat of civil engineering department and Bayes Ahmed of urban and regional planning department — will participate in the
3-day e-trade fair begins today
A three-day e-trade fair will begin today on Public Library premises in the capital. Computer Jagat, a monthly magazine, has organised the fair. The Computer Jagat assistant editor, MA Haque, at a news briefing at the National Press Club Tuesday evening said that the fair had been arranged to encourage people for shopping through
Book lovers brave hartal
Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Tuesday witnessed a big crowd despite the dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami. Though the fair premises was almost empty of visitors when it opened at 3:00pm, the scenario just reversed within a couple of hours, when people poured into the fair ground in their hundreds. The fear of violence by the Jamaat-Shibir ... Read more
Schoolgirl raped by trucker, 3 cohorts
Victim rescued from resort Police rescued a 15-year-old rape victim from Emang Resort and Restaurant in Alutila tourist area in Sadar upazila of Khagrachhari yesterday. She was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital after receiving first aid from Khagrachhari Adhunik Sadar Hospital, said hospital sources
Cultural soiree, book exhibit thrill enthusiasts
Chittagong residents were treated to a book exhibition and a concert yesterday as part of the “Boat technology and culture in Chittagong and Bengal” festival. Jointly hosted by The Daily Star and Alliance Française de Chittagong, the event is a sequel to The Daily Star-Odommo Chattagram festival, organised last year
Convocation of Primeasia University held
The second convocation of Primeasia University was held at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre Tuesday morning. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, chaired the ceremony and distributed certificates as representative of the president, who is also chancellor of the
Students panic, fall sick
Fire at School Building Students panic, fall sick A fire broke out at a room on the 9th floor of a 12-storey building of a school in the capital’s Malibagh yesterday, creating panic among students, teachers and guardians. At least 10 students of South Point School and College fell sick while rushing downstairs from the ... Read more
Novels lead tally of new books
Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 Novels lead tally of new books Fans rush for Humayun’s books Novels led the tally of the new titles that appeared on the third day of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Sunday. Of the 95 new arrivals, 25 are novels and 15 books of poetry, followed by seven collections of ... Read more