The second reunion of the Dhaka University Rokeya Hall Alumni Association will be held at the hall premises on December 28. The hall’s former students have been requested to become member of the association by October 15 to attend the programme, said
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New plant in Munshiganj to treat Padma water
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is going to set up a water treatment plant at Jasholdia point of Munshiganj, with a capacity of supplying 45 crore litres of water per day. An agreement was signed yesterday between Dhaka Wasa and China CAMC Engineer Com Ltd in this regard. CAMC will construct the plant ... Read more
Housewife found killed in flat
A housewife was found dead with stab wounds at a rented house in the capital’s Dakkhinkhan early yesterday. Police and locals suspect that Emon Hossain killed her wife Liza Akhter, 18, sometime on Saturday and went into hiding. Police recovered the body from the second floor of their Fayedabad residence around
Mob beats up two women mistaken as child traffickers
A mob beat up two women mistaking them as child traffickers in the capital’s Dania yesterday. While Firoza Begum, 50, and Rahima Begum, 32, were talking to a boy at noon, local people beat them up. On information, police rescued the women and admitted them to a local hospital. Firoza and Rahima claimed that they ... Read more
Implementation of anti-tobacco law demanded
Speakers at a seminar in Rajshahi on Monday called for protecting the non-smokers from passive smoking through creating a smoking-free environment everywhere in society. The law against smoking in public spots should be strictly implemented to free all the public places and transport from smoking
Registration deadline for RU convocation extended
The Rajshahi University authorities have fixed October 18 as the deadline of registration for the 8th convocation of the university in spite of October 6, says a press release on Monday. Earlier, the registration began on September 7. The convocation was scheduled to be held on December 2. The authorities in a press release said ... Read more
Babita wins lifetime achievement award
Dream girl’ of Dhallywood’ Babita was honoured with lifetime achievement in her mid 50s in a colourful award giving ceremony on Sunday evening at Fair Park in Singapore in presence of thousands of Bangladeshi expatriates. Her peers like ‘Nayak Raj’ Razzak, renowned actor Faruk, and celebrities like Ferdaus, Purnima, Misha Sawdagar, Rizia Parveen, Mahfuz Ahmed, Chanchal Chowdhury,
Hatirjheel road opens Dec 15
Hopes public works state minister With only 10 percent work remaining, the peripheral road along the capital’s Hatirjheel-Begunbari canals will likely be opened to the public on December 15, said State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan yesterday. With the works satisfactorily progressing, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be able to
Greens call for more cycles on city roads
World Car-Free Day 2012 Greens call for more cycles on city roads Green activists at a cycle procession on Thursday urged the government to promote cycling and reduce the number of private cars to ease the capital city’s stifling traffic congestion. Dhaka Cycling Club, Bangladesh Gana Sangskriti Dal and World Active Society held the procession ... Read more
Housewife ‘kills herself’ in city
A housewife allegedly committed suicide hanging herself from a ceiling fan in the capital’s Shyampur area yesterday. The deceased, Ratna Begum, 22, was wife of Obaidur Rahman, assistant sub-inspector of police (Dhaka Range). Quoting relatives of the victim, Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of
Bus kills tea-stall owner
A tea-stall owner was run over and killed by a bus while crossing a road in the capital’s Sayedabad area yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Shahabuddin, 65, a resident of Sayedabad. Quoting witnesses, victim’s son Monir Hossain said his father was crossing the road in
Domestic help killed after ‘rape’
A twelve-year-old domestic help’s body was found with her throat slit after she was allegedly raped in her employer’s residence in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur Thursday evening. The victim Sarufa was the daughter of late Sohrab Ali of Kawamara village in the upazila. In connection with her death, police arrested Sarufa’s employer Md Benjamin Hossain,
RAJUK needs greater authority: chairman
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha and its chairman should be empowered to control and regulate all planning and development activities in the capital city, RAJUK chairman Nurul Huda said on Thursday. Speaking at workshop he said that RAJUK and its chairmen needed greater authority to carry out their assigned responsibilities
Int’l conference on Bangladesh to be held at Harvard
An international conference on “Achieving Edge for Bangladesh” will be organised at Harvard University in the United States on October 13. The conference will discuss “Sustainability of Good Governance” and “Management of Strategic Resources” in reference to Padma Bridge and
Govt urged to ensure rights of child domestic workers
Child domestic workers on Tuesday urged the government to ensure their basic rights and proper implementation of compulsory primary education for them. Over 750 child domestic workers took part in the Child Domestic Workers Convention 2012 and shared their experiences in their respective
Physician sent to jail for sexually abusing patient
A physician in Barisal was sent to jail on Tuesday for allegedly sexually abusing a female patient. Shaheduzzaman, officer in charge of Barisal Kotwali police station, said Shah Alam Chokdar lodged a case on Monday night under section 10 of the act for prevention of torture against women and children against Jahangir Alam Selim, former
US gives three ambulance boats to Bangladesh
The US government yesterday handed over three metal shark ambulance boats to the Bangladesh Coast Guard in Chittagong to help provide treatment to the people in coastal areas. US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena handed over the metal shark boats to the Coast Guard at a ceremony at the headquarters of Coast Guard East ... Read more
Two women get heavy vehicle driving licence
Only two women in Bangladesh took licences for driving heavy vehicles and two others for driving medium vehicles all over the country, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority chairman Mohammad Ayubur Rahman Khan said on Tuesday. Speaking at a function for promoting women in driving profession he said that
Unidentified miscreants set fire to a bus at RU
Unidentified miscreants set fire on bus of the students of Rajshahi University early on Tuesday on the campus. Two night guards— Saidur Rahman and Obaidur Rahman— said that they suddenly saw flames and smoke coming out of the bus parked at the university bus stand at 12:10am. On information, fire service vehicles rushed to the spot ... Read more
Greens call for protecting biodiversity
Rights and green activists on Monday alleged that two of the country’s main crops — rice and favourite vegetable brinjal — had fallen prey to the multi-national companies because of introduction of seeds of African NERICA rice and Bt brinjal. They made the allegation at a discussion on ` African NERICA rice and Bt brinjal ... Read more