Reclaiming Turag River BIWTA takes down illegal building, walls A Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) team in a drive yesterday knocked down a building and six boundary walls and detained nine workers from seven dredgers and a sand carrying vessel in the Turag river. Dhaka district Magistrate Abu Sayeed of the team also seized ... Read more
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Ataus Samad laid to rest
Journalist Ataus Samad, who died in Apollo Hospitals at the age of 75 on Wednesday, was buried in his father’s grave in the Azimpur graveyard on Thursday afternoon. Before the burial, the body was taken to the National Press Club where hundreds of people from political, cultural, academic and media arenas pay their last
Biman to start Hajj flights from Ctg
Amid demand from local travel agencies and passengers, Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start operating direct Hajj flights on Chittagong-Jeddah route from Shah Amanat Airport on Monday, officials said yesterday. Biman’s District Manager of Chittagong Dilip Kumar Chowdhury said they got approval for
32nd BCS (special) written test results published
The Public Service Commission yesterday published the written test results of the 32nd (Special) Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations with a total of 2,788 candidates coming out successful. The results are available on www.bpsc.gov.bd. The viva-voce of the candidates is likely to be held on October 31, said
SSC maths exams in creative system from 2015
The students, who will take the Secondary School Certificate examinations in 2015, will have to answer the question for mathematics and higher mathematics in creative question method instead of the century-old descriptive-type. The education ministry on Thursday issued a circular, signed by education secretary
World Tourism Day observed
The World Tourism Day was celebrated in Bangladesh on Thursday to make it a tourist destination. ‘Tourism and Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development,’ was the theme of the day this year. To mark the day, Bangladesh Tourism Board organised a roundtable discussion at the National Press Club. Speaking at the session civil aviation and tourism ... Read more
Astronomy festival begins Oct 1
An astronomy festival featuring a photography exhibition, painting competition, and workshop is going to begin in the capital on October 1. The events in the Sputnik Festival 2012 will take place over the next three months. It marks the 55th anniversary of first man-made
Japan gives grant to Islamia eye hospital
The Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh will provide US $122,093 grant to Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital to ensure better surgeries. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Shiro Sadoshima and the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer Dr Steven P Roy signed the grant contract on behalf of their respective sides at the
BIWTA knocks down illegal structures
Freeing River Turag from Grabbers BIWTA knocks down illegal structures Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authorities (BIWATA) yesterday knocked down 23 tin-made makeshift structures and seized two sand-unloading dredgers, 100 cubic metres of unloading pipes and 10 piles of sand from the bank of the Turag river. In a bid to make the river free from ... Read more
Promoting PPP projects for ultra poor underscored
Rights activists on Wednesday urged all concerned to promote public-private partnership to improve health, education and livelihood for the ultra poor, particularly to ensure their food security. The call was made at a national workshop on ‘sharing evaluation findings and lessons learnt: health, education and livelihood support programme for ultra poor households project’ at
ADB to give $50 million loan
Improving Primary Healthcare ADB to give $50 million loan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $50 million to finance a project which aims to help improve primary healthcare services for the urban poor. Iqbal Mahmood, senior secretary to the Economic Relations Division (ERD) and M Teresa Kho, country director of ADB’s Bangladesh Resident Mission,
Wetland Destruction : Dhaka faces disaster
Fear urban planners The ongoing reckless destruction of wetlands in and around the capital will lead to environmental disasters and urban flooding, said urban planners at a workshop yesterday. Dhaka will face a large scale disaster if water bodies, canals and ponds are destroyed through earth filling at the present rate, said Prof Sarwar Jahan ... Read more
Ministry to set up body for online media policy draft
The information ministry on Wednesday decided to set up a committee involving online media stakeholders to work out a draft of the online media policy. The information secretary, Hedayetullah Al Mamoon, said that they would set up the committee to draft the online media policy. ‘Previously we made the talking point. But that was not
People’s participation stressed to ensure civic services in Rajshahi
Participation of mass people is vital to ensure civic services for the poor and marginalised communities and children, said development activists and journalists at a workshop in Rajshahi on Wednesday. They viewed that participation of the mass people was essential for transparent and accountable delivery of the services. The district level workshop titled ‘claiming rights of ... Read more
Journalists’ grand demonstration on October 15
Demanding arrest of killers of Sagar, Runi Journalists’ grand demonstration on October 15 Journalists cutting across the opinion lines would hold a grand demonstration in the city on October 15 to press the demand for the arrest and trial of the killers of Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi and other colleagues. Journalist couple Sagar and Runi ... Read more
Sayeed Iskander laid to rest
Sayeed Iskander, younger brother of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, was laid to final rest at Banani army graveyard in the capital on Wednesday. Iskander, who was a member of BNP chairperson’s advisory council and former lawmaker, died at a hospital in New York on September
Cultural function on Meena Day held in Kurigram
Around 350 working children in Kurigram district attended a cultural function on September 24 at Shadhinater Bijoy Stambho premises in Kurigram town to observe Meena Day-2012. The programme included a gathering, colourful rally, discussion and cultural function. Bangladesh Shishu Academy and NGOs Save the Children (EU) and
School dropout rate higher in three hill districts: Study
Due to linguistic barriers and improper academic curriculum, school students of the three hill districts are being deprived of quality education, which causes high dropout rate in the region compared to the national level dropout, a study has revealed. While the average dropout rate is around 30 percent at primary schools at national
DoE fines six companies for polluting rivers
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined six industrial groups and two brick fields Tk 1.1 crore on charges of polluting and grabbing rivers around the capital. The penalised industrial groups are — Pran Group, Akij Group, Niki Dying, Atlantic Industries Ltd, ARS Washing Ltd, PA Knit Composite, and the
BSRM fined Tk 40.5 lakh
The Department Of Environment fined Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills Tk 40.5 lakh on charge of cutting hills at Jorarganj in Mirsharai upazila of the Chittagong district on Wednesday. DoE divisional director Jafar Alam said six acres of hilly area hade been turned into plain land at Mastannagar of Durgapur and they found BSRM responsible for ... Read more