Detectives arrested five people, including two foreigners, along with fake foreign currencies worth Tk 50 lakh and equipments for making fake currency notes at Niketon in the city on Friday night. The detectives also seized a printer, two laptops, 11 bundle paper, powder and chemicals, used for making fake foreign currency notes, from possession of ... Read more
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Visitors yet to make mind over new titles at book fair
The Bangla Academy authorities were yet to bring the Amar Ekushey Book Fair premises under the internet and Wi-fi coverage on the second day of the fair on Saturday. As per the announcement by the authorities, the fair area was to be under free-internet facilitates from the very first day of the fair while it ... Read more
Govt blamed for slack monitoring over food adulteration
Agrobangla, a platform of students of different universities, on Saturday alleged that the government was trying to evade its duty to monitor food adulteration pleading lack of manpower. They said the government’s different bodies — city corporations and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution — were shrugging off their responsibility leaving the sector
Biotechnology festival held at CU
A day-long biotechnology festival was held on Chittagong University (CU) campus yesterday. Science and Technology Secretary Dr Md Rafiqul Islam, as chief guest, inaugurated the festival titled “Biotechnology Vision 2021”organised by CU genetic engineering and biotechnology department
Swedish Red Crescent Society officials visit Bangladesh
Swedish Red Crescent Society secretary general Ulrika Arehed Kagstrom, with a six-member team, on Saturday came to Bangladesh to visit their project offices. The team will stay here till February 8 and visit Jessore, Satkhira, Bhola and Jamalpur, Barguna and Patuakhali. The team landed Shahjalal International Airport at 11:00am in
Ekushey book fair set rolling
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair began on the Bangla Academy premises on Friday. With 274 stalls, the fair was inaugurated by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in the afternoon. She said that there was option but to study other languages and cultures to develop the Bangla language and asked the academy to have plans ... Read more
Ekushey Book Fair opens today
The curtain lifts on the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 today on the Bangla Academy premises, with the participation of only 274 publishing houses and government organisations and other facilities. Last year, a total of 425 institutions, approximately double that of this year, were accommodated in the fair that spilled onto the road outside ... Read more
Concern vented
Increasing Child Rape Incidents Concern vented A total of 90 children were raped and 201 murdered in the country in 2012, according to a child rights organisation. Besides, 49 children committed suicide after facing sexual harassment, 15 were victims of acid attacks and 59 were kidnapped in January-December 2012. Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum released the statistics ... Read more
Shaheed Asad Day observed
Marking the 44th death anniversary of Dhaka University student leader Md Asaduzzaman who sacrificed his life during the 1969 mass upsurge, different organisations yesterday observed the Shaheed Asad Day. Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote, Bangladesh Jatiya Chhatra Dal, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal, Jatiya Gonotantrik League, National Awami Party (NAP-Bhasani), also placed wreaths at Asad
Written test results of primary head teachers published
The results of written test for the post of head teacher in government primary schools were published yesterday with a total of 7,209 candidates coming out successful. Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) published the district-wise results on its
Prince passing lonely days
It has been more than two weeks since the male blue-gold-macaw was separated from his family–the female partner and six chicks. Hopefully his lonely days are coming to an end soon. Md Ikram Selim, owner of the male macaw named Prince, announced yesterday that he would bring him a new partner from Singapore
English teaching trade kills learning
Say academics The “business” of English Language Teaching (ELT) is “killing” the learning of English in Bangladesh, said eminent academics at a conference in the capital yesterday. Popularity of ELT in the country has enabled some teachers and experts to profit from it, while the move away from teaching grammar and English literature
Holidaymakers swarm in Rajshahi computer fair
The crowd at the Bangladesh Computer Samity Digital Expo-2013 in the Rajshahi city peaked on Friday and Saturday. A huge number of visitors, especially students, rushed to the fair venue to have an idea of the latest developments in computer. Subrata Das, lecturer at a private college in the city, who was roaming the fair venue
No alternative to improving English teaching methods
Speakers tell int’l conference With a view to developing professional skills and proactive mindsets, teachers from different countries have assembled at a conference in Dhaka, sharing their ideas and discussing the challenges and issues of English teaching. Since teachers play a crucial role in the process of language learning, there is no alternative to improving the methods ... Read more
Math Olympiad regional round ends
The regional round of 11th National Math Olympiad 2013 took place at a school in the capital yesterday. Around 1,600 students from Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Manikganj and Dhaka participated in the competition’s primary, junior, secondary and higher secondary categories. Among the participants of the competition titled “11th Dutch Bangla Bank-Prothom Alo
Fellows demand capital punishment of culprits
Acid attack on Eden student Fellows demand capital punishment of culprits Students of Eden Girls College continued their agitation on Thursday, demanding capital punishment of the culprits who threw acid on their fellow Sharmin Akhter Akhi. During a human chain, they also demanded immediate steps by the authorities concerned to ensure women’s safety so that ... Read more
USAID starts youth training programme
The USAID, an American overseas development agency, in Dhaka yesterday launched a five-year Leadership Development Programme (LDP) to engage young people in alleviating poverty, creating jobs and protecting the environment. State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar and US Ambassador
Shishu Hospital inaugurates cardiac unit
Dhaka Shishu Hospital inaugurated its cardiac unit on Thursday to render services, including operation, to children with cardiovascular diseases, said a press release. US paediatric heart surgeon Kim F Duncan, from University of Nebraska medical centre, will treat patients at the cardiac centre of the hospital till
Culprits still roam free
Acid Attack on Ankhi Culprits still roam free The family members of the acid victim, Sharmin Akter Ankhi, are spending their days in anxiousness and insecurity as her vengeful attackers are still roaming free. Ankhi’s younger brother, who wished to remain unnamed, said Tuesday’s acid throwing was not an isolated event, but a culmination of ... Read more
National Film Award-2011 announced
Guerrilla gets record number of awards The war of independence based film Guerrilla wins 13 awards in 10 categories including the best film according to government’s gazette notification of the National Film Award 2011 published on Monday. The gazette named 30 winners in 24 categories for the year 2011. Protagonist of the film Guerrilla Joya ... Read more