Though the mud crab is considered as one of the nature’s “ecosystem engineers” for its ability to facilitate habitats and nutrients to other species, a significant proportion of its population is being wiped out every year due to its indiscriminate collection along the coastal belt, particularly in the Sundarbans. The export of this crab has ... Read more
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Char dwellers denied health, edn services
Education for the children of the people of chars (landmasses that has emerged from the riverbed) of the Godagari upazila of northern Rajshahi district ends at the primary level as they cannot go to high schools located in other places due to risky and troublesome communication. Besides, health services remain elusive for the people of ... Read more
Laxmipur Govt Women’s College faces problems
Campus Corner Laxmipur Govt Women’s College faces problems Education of students is being hampered at Laxmipur Government Women’s College due to shortage of teachers and lack of academic building since long. Sources said that there are three tin-shed buildings for a large number of students that are not sufficient to accommodate the huge number of ... Read more
Maasranga Television turns one
Maasranga Television turns one today. Marking the occasion, the channel has arranged special programmes including music, adda, drama and much more today. Seasoned singers Syed Abdul Hadi, Farida Parveen, Sadi Mohammad, Fatema-Tuz-Zohra and Rafiqul Alam will perform songs in the programme titled “E Lagan Gaan Shonabar” that will be
Students go on rampage over substandard food at RU
Residential students at 16 halls, 11 for males and 5 for females, of Rajshahi University are being served ‘unhygienic and substandard’ foods in the dining halls. Many students have alleged that stale foods are served while dust and insects are often found in the foods. A number of residential students said that despite repeated complaints, the
Hepatitis-B kills 4.18 pc people in villages
A recent survey, conducted in the country’s rural areas, shows that about 4.18 per cent people in the remote villages are infected with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and about 0.5 per cent others are suffering from Hepatitis C virus (HCV). The study was released on the occasion of the “World Hepatitis Day,” organised by Bangladesh ... Read more
Pavements perpetuate pedestrians’ misery
Narrow, battered and occupied pavements in the capital city continue to pester the commuters with hardly any effort by the agencies concerned to improve the situation despite repeated orders by the Supreme Court. Except a few well-paved footpaths with good width scattered in different parts of the city, almost all the walkways are broken and ... Read more
2 students of Kushtia Medical College drown
Two students of the newly established Kushtia Medical College drowned in the River Gorai in the town on Friday. The victims were Rifat, 18, and Milon 19. Both of them were first year students of the college. Rifat hailed from Comilla and Millon from Dinajpur. The police said 10 students, five male and five female, of ... Read more
Charge sheet submitted against RAB-7 officials
Anwara shrine robbery case Police on Thursday submitted a charge sheet of the Anwara Talsara Darber Robbery case accusing seven officials of the RAB-7 including its former chief Lt Colonel Zulfikar Ali Majumder. Officer in-charge (Investigation) of the Anwara Police Station Abdus Salam submitted the charge sheet to the court of chief judicial magistrate in ... Read more
Meena to be aired on ABC Radio
For the first time, popular cartoon characters Meena, Mithu and Raju gone live on radio today (Friday) with the presenters interacting live with other children. This initiative, the first of its kind, led by Unicef Bangladesh in partnership with ABC Radio FM 89.2, has been taken to provide a platform for children, especially vulnerable and ... Read more
QUBEE Summer Laptop Fair starts June 7
A three-day ‘QUBEE Summer Laptop Fair 2012’ begins on June 7 at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital. Event management organisation Maker Communication is organising the fair with the slogan ‘Enlighten up the Technology’ for the 11th time in Bangladesh, the organisers said at a press briefing at city’s Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Saturday
Rony DUJA new president, Zayeef GS
Daily Ittefaq Dhaka University correspondent Mahbub Rony and Ahmed Zayeef of the daily Protham Alo were elected as president and general secretary of DU Journalists’ Association respectively. The election for the term 2012-2013 was held at its office at Teacher-Student Center of the university on Wednesday
4-day digital fair begins
A four-day Digital Innovation Fair began on Wednesday in Sylhet city to make popular the internet services in the society. Prime minister’s private secretary Nazrul Islam Khan, also project director of Support to Digital Bangladesh, inaugurated the fair
Strategy for Community Radio installation, broadcast and operation launched
A national policy strategy for the implementation of community radio installation, broadcast and operation was launched on Wednesday. The Government of Bangladesh, with technical support from UNICEF, hope that their vision for the growth of community radio will be
4000 teacher posts vacant in 251 govt colleges
Special BCS sought to save the situation Education in the 251 government colleges of the country suffers a setback for severe teacher shortages with some 4000 posts lying vacant, prompting demands for holding a special BCS examination to overcome the crisis. According to sources, the situation is so desperate that many departments of 88 colleges are ... Read more
Bangladesh observes Safe Motherhood Day today
Bangladesh observes Safe Motherhood Day today in the backdrop of 194 mothers still dying per 100,000 births each year as over 68 per cent of them still give birth unattended by trained personnel, according to a recent nationwide demographic health survey. The day is being celebrated this year on the lofty theme of ‘Safe delivery ... Read more
NICVD docs successfully control drug-resistant hypertension
For the first time in Bangladesh, a team of doctors of National Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases yesterday successfully operated on a patient to control drug-resistant hypertension. Typically, the arteries in the kidneys of such patients have bundled nerves. The doctors reach the kidney through a catheter and administer a medicated heat injury in such nerve
Nazrul’s birth anniv celebrated
The 113th anniversary of the birth of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, who pioneered the poems of rebellion espousing the spirit of revolt against orthodoxy and oppression, was observed with various programmes across the country on Friday. Nazrul, a poet, lyricist, composer, dramatist, short-story writer, revolutionary
100 more post offices to function as e-centres
As part of the government’s plan to upgrade 8,500 post offices into e-centres during its tenure, 100 more post offices will start functioning as e- centres by July. About 2,000 post offices have already been computerised, a reliable source at the ministry of Post and Telecommunications told The Independent on
White Panel sweeps DU syndicate polls
The White Panel, backed by teachers loyal to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies, on Monday swept the syndicate elections of Dhaka University, winning five out of the six posts. The Blue Panel, a pro-Awami League teachers’ platform, won only one post. DU treasurer Professor Mizanur Rahman conducted the elections with candidates