Speakers tell seminar Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed on the need for shutting down rental and quick rental power plants and repairing national power plants to meet the country’s power demands. They also suggested taking initiatives and setting up big power plants to increase energy production locally rather than depending on multinational companies
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Tagore’s philosophy vital to resolve crisis
States Prof Anisur Rahman Resorting to the philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore is now essential to overcome the environment and humanity-centered crisis in the earth, said an authority on Rabindranath Prof Anisur Rahman yesterday. “Rabindranath initiated a social movement to enliven the unity between human beings and the environment,” said the acclaimed economist and Tagore singer ... Read more
Teachers living miserable lives
Discussions marking World Teachers’ Day told Teachers in Bangladesh are living miserable lives and their socio-economic conditions, compared to those living in other South-Asian countries, are poor, said speakers at programmes in the capital marking World Teachers’ Day yesterday. Providing the country’s students world-class education requires a world-class
2.20 lakh to vie for 2500 seats at JU
Around 88 aspirants will compete for one seat in the intake tests of the bachelor’s degree courses under academic session 2012-13 at Jahangirnagar University, scheduled to be held in October 13-20. More than 2.20 lakh aspirants sent their applications against 2500 seats available for which admission tests will be conducted under six units and two
2 Bangladeshis win bronze
Int’l Olympiad in Informatics 2 Bangladeshis win bronze Two Bangladeshi students bagged bronze medals in the 24th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) hosted by Italy in Lake Garda from September 23 to 30. The worldwide competition’s tasks are of algorithmic nature with contestants of high school level having to show basic IT skills such as ... Read more
DNCC to set up three new cattle markets before Eid
The city authorities have decided to lease out three new temporary cattle markets at the northern part of Dhaka for facilitating the trade of sacrificial animals ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will host temporary cattle markets at Uttara Sector-11, Baridhara Block-J and Eastern Housing Maath at Mirpur Section-6 in ... Read more
Lawyers unleash unprecedented hatred against Adivasis
In an unprecedented manifestation of hatred, the lawyers of Joypurhat Bar Samity asked Jatiya Adivasi Parishad (JAP) to replace 26 water glasses which some Adivasi people used to drink water on Thursday. This has deeply hurt the entire indigenous community in Joypurhat. “The incident was unexpected in a modern civilised society,” said JAP Secretary
Agora steps into 12th year
Agora, one of the largest chain of superstores in the country, has stepped into its 12th year. The superstore have announced some offers for its clients on the occasion. A great number of attractive price offers has been announced. The special offers will be available from October 5 to October 20, 2012, in all the ... Read more
Downpour disrupts life in Ctg, Sylhet
Heavy rainfall in different parts of the country strained people’s life, with people of Chittagong and Sylhet facing severe water stagnation on Thursday. The Met Office in Sylhet recorded 233.2mm of rainfall in 24 hours till Tuesday evening, the highest in the region in 42 years. The downpour
Couldn’t happen without intelligence knowledge
Attack on Buddhists Couldn’t happen without intelligence knowledge Says NHRC chief Head of National Human Rights Commission Prof Mizanur Rahman yesterday said the attack on Buddhists in Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong was pre-planned and could not take place without prior knowledge of the intelligence agencies. “The government must investigate the incident, as the violent attack ... Read more
No cattle market on roads, highways before Eid
Decides inter-ministerial meeting The government yesterday decided not to allow makeshift cattle markets on roads and highways to avoid traffic gridlock ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two largest religious festivals of Muslims. The decision came at an inter-ministerial coordination meeting, to ensure safe and smooth passenger movement centring the festival, in the capital’s Institution of ... Read more
Condemnation of Ramu violence continues
Political parties, rights and cultural organisations and personalities on Wednesday continued to vent their condemnation of the arson attacks on Buddhist monasteries at Ramu in Cox’s Bazar and Patiya in Chittagong. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in a statement condemned the attacks and expressed his
Majority for compulsory marriage registration
Says RIB survey Some 91.3 percent respondents, 74.5 percent of whom were women, of a survey conducted by Meghna Guhathakurta, executive director of Research Initiatives of Bangladesh (RIB), demanded a system to make marriage registration compulsory. The study, “The necessity and importance of Hindu marriage law”, was disseminated in a
Pedestrians suffer without footpath in Patiya
The absence of a footpath along a one kilometre stretch of road from Thanar Mor to Primary Training Institute (PTI) of Chittagong’s Patiya upazila is causing immense suffering to pedestrians. Hundreds of public and private vehicles ply on the road from dawn to midnight as it is a part of the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Highway
Abducted schoolgirl rescued in Chittagong
The police rescued an abducted schoolgirl and arrested five kidnappers from Madam Bibir Hat area under Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong on Wednesday. The arrested were identified as Anwar Hosen, 22, Mohammad Hanif, 20, Nur Alam, 22, Abu Bakkar Siddique, 22, and Mumin Ullah, 20
Adivasi long march concludes
Hundreds of Adivasis participating in a two-day long march demanding a law and a national commission on indigenous affairs reached Rajshahi yesterday. The marchers headed for Rajshahi from Chapainawabganj on Tuesday morning. They pressed for a four-point demand, which also includes formation of a land commission for
Unexplained death of a housewife
A housewife who was recovered from the capital’s Shahjahanpur Jhil in a senseless condition died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) early yesterday. The deceased was Jinnat Sultana Sonia, 35, wife of Manir Hossain Badal, of Khilgaon area. Quoting Manir, Shahjahanpur Police Station Sub-Inspector Masud Alam said Sonia committed
Deprived children share life stories
Children’s Rights Week Deprived children share life stories Many disadvantaged children gathered in the auditorium of the National Museum in the capital yesterday and shared their stories of struggles and successes in life. Marking children’s rights week 2012, Aparajeyo Bangladesh, an organisation working for disadvantaged children, arranged the gathering
Gen (retd) Gomes appointed envoy to the Philippines
The government has decided to appoint Major General (retd) John Gomes as the new Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines. General Gomes was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army as an infantry officer in 1977 and retired as a Major General in
UK visa: Documents only from designated financial institutions
The UK Border Agency in Bangladesh has announced a list of financial institutions from which only it will accept documentation in support of visa applications to be made under the points based system, in short PBS. This list will come into effect for PBS visa applications to be submitted from