Jahangirnagar University is going to celebrate its 42nd anniversary on January 12 amid much enthusiasm and festivity on the campus. The university authorities have planned a daylong programme on the occasion, termed as the JU Day, says a press release of the university on Thursday while the decision has been taken in an
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Two arrested with 6,000 Yaba pills in capital
Detective Branch of Police, in two separate drives, arrested a bus driver and a woman with about 6,000 Yaba tablets from the capital’s Kamalapur and Sabujbagh areas early yesterday. Jasim Chowdhury, 51, driver of Shyamoli Paribahan, which runs on the Dhaka-Teknaf route, had 5,000 pieces of the banned drug in his possession
Hatirjheel-Begunbari road opens to public
BGMEA Bhaban yet to be pulled down The Hatirjheel-Begunbari road opened to public on Wednesday after the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, inaugurated the Integrated Development Hatirjheel Area, Including Begunbari Khal, Project. Traffic on the road, however, was restricted to facilitate public viewing of the spectacular spot, the project officials said. People in their hundreds poured into ... Read more
College of Leather Technology comes under DU
Bangladesh College of Leather Technology has started its journey anew as a full-fledged institution under Dhaka University’s Faculty of Engineering and Technology. The institution started operating as the Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology after an agreement was signed on January 1 in this regard at the
Women not safe until men change attitude
Say rights activists Safety of women cannot be ensured until men change their attitude, said speakers at a programme yesterday. Women will be victims of sexual, psychological and physical violence until the patriarchal attitude of our society gives the way to a more tolerant outlook, they said. They were speaking at the 27th founding anniversary ... Read more
CJ reshuffles 25 benches, no bench given to Justice Nizamul
The chief justice has reconstituted 20 two-judge and 5 single-judge High Court benches without allocating a bench for Justice Md Nizamul Huq, who resigned as International Crimes Tribunal 1 chair on December 11 after his Skype conversations with a Brussels-based Bangladeshi expatriate about war crimes
Fire mars first day of DITF
5 stalls burnt At least five stalls were burnt after a fire broke out at the Dhaka International Trade Fair at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Tuesday, the first day of the month-long fair. The fire originated at stall no 283 on the west side of the control room at the DITF at about ... Read more
Number of diabetic children on rise: Doctors
More than four lakh children suffering from type-1 diabetes in the country are dependent on supplemental insulin, and the number is increasing every year, said doctors and experts at a programme on Monday. They made the remarks at a day-long New Year celebration programme organised by Bangladesh Diabetic Samity (BADAS), Novo Nordisk and World Diabetes ... Read more
REHAB fair begins today
The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh will begin its five-day housing fair in the city today. The five day ‘REHAB Fair 2012’ will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre from January 02 to January 06. The fair will remain open from 11:00am to 08:00pm today and 10:00am to
45pc children underweight
Says survey The prevalence of underweight children at national level is about 45 percent in both boys and girls, shows a demographic survey. It finds that the prevalence of stunting is 40 percent in both boys and girls, and that it is five percent higher in rural areas than in
Prof Murshid was teacher of society
Say eminent citizens Prof Khan Sarwar Murshid was an ideal teacher who was not only a teacher for his students but also a teacher for society, eminent citizens said yesterday. “To become an ideal teacher it is very necessary to refrain from some things which he maintained,” said Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman,
Music-rapt teenager run over by train
With music playing on his headphones, a teenage boy failed to hear the sound of an oncoming train and died after subsequently being run over at Kuril rail crossing in the capital yesterday morning. The deceased 17-year-old Sabbir Hossain Tufan, a resident of the capital’s Uttar Badda, was scheduled to appear in the SSC examinations ... Read more
Yaba smuggling on rise: DNC
Smuggling and usage of contraband Yaba tablets, among illegal drugs, are alarmingly increasing in the country, said Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) yesterday. More than one lakh people are engaged in smuggling and trading of the illegal drugs while more than 50,000 people are arrested each year in connection
First Bangladesh made warship launched
The first-ever warship built by Bangladesh was launched by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni through a ceremony at Khulna Shipyard yesterday. The warship, categorised as a patrol boat, was built by Khulna Shipyard at a cost of Tk 58 crore and will be handed over to Bangladesh
Rimi takes oath as lawmaker
Ruling Awami League candidate Simeen Hussain Rimi, who won the Gazipur-4 (Kapasia) by-polls, took oath as a lawmaker yesterday. Speaker Abdul Hamid administered oath to Rimi in his office in Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Rimi’s mother Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, a number of AL leaders and officials of the
13 killed in road accidents
Thirteen people were killed and 31 others injured in road accidents in Munshiganj, Manikganj, Comilla, Chittagong, Naogaon and Rangpur on Saturday and yesterday. Our Munshiganj correspondent reports, four people were killed and eight others injured as a bus hit a pickup from the opposite direction in
Increase JS women’s reserved seats
Says Mahila Parishad Bangladesh Mahila Parishad placed a 13-point recommendation, including raising the number of reserved seats for women in parliament to 100 and holding direct elections to those seats. The parishad placed the suggestions at a meeting in the capital’s Cirdap auditorium yesterday. Pointing out the attack on the Buddhists, Maleka Banu, general secretary ... Read more
Yaba tablets seized, 4 arrested
Detective Branch of police arrested four young drug traders with 7,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 24.50 lakh from the capital’s Khilgaon on Thursday. Police also seized Tk 3.5 lakh, five mobile phones and a microbus from their possession. They are Md Aminul Islam alias Amin, Md Ayez, Md Ilias, and Noor Mohammad,
35 get certificates on TV news presentation training
Participants of training course on “TV News Presentation” were awarded certificates at a function at Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) in the capital on Saturday. Maasranga Television Chief Executive Officer and Chief Editor Syed Fahim Munaim as chief guest distributed certificates among the
South Asia Regional Art Exhibition starts in capital
It was an afternoon where artistes and photographers from eight South Asian nations brought their visions about the future, together they created their own respective ideas of future that is not at all bypassing the existing real world. A total of 25 young artistes, born after 1975, sketched their thoughts that ranged from river