The Rajshahi Railway Police on Friday night took in, and later released, some Rajshahi University students on charges of vandalising the railway station and damaging government property. The GRP sources said that they took in only three students for questioning. The police said some university students asked the loco-master and other staff of intercity
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New makeshift shops on city footpath
Intense traffic congestion feared Before the capital’s shimmering shopping malls to turn buzzing with shoppers, its footpaths wore a busy look with small traders and hawkers occupying footpaths even two-days ahead of Ramadan. It is a common scene in the capital that footpaths turn too much crowded occupied by small traders and hawkers during Ramadan, ... Read more
‘One crore suffering from Hepatitis B, C in country’
Around one crore people have been suffering from Hepatitis B and C virus in the country, experts said at a seminar yesterday. On the occasion of the World Hepatitis Day different organisations arranged programmes to make people aware of Hepatitis B and C virus, the leading cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, which are ... Read more
Hopes sparked as parents learn to handle autism
Workshop on autism ends today When Dooye was three years old and his mother found that he had problem speaking and communicating, the mother rushed to different doctors, but they took long two years to identify it as Autism. “Still I think, if it was diagnosed earlier, the chance of his improvement would increase”, said ... Read more
95pc Libya returnees face debt: Survey
Some 95 percent migrant workers, who returned recently from Libya, are burdened with debt, and almost half the returnees remain jobless, according to a survey report. The debt size keeps around below Tk 50,000 to over Tk 3.5 lakh, said the report of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU),
Top 20 under Dhaka Board in HSC Exams
City colleges dominate list The educational institutions in the capital dominate the list of top 20 institutions in this year’s HSC examination results under Dhaka Board published yesterday. Only five colleges outside the capital have secured positions in the list of top 20 colleges, prepared by the education ministry, on the basis of five
Fate of 100000 students uncertain for seat crisis
University Admissions Fate of 100000 students uncertain for seat crisis Around 100,000 students who have passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations this year would not be able to get admitted into the country’s public and private universities due to lack of sufficient seats. A total of 574,261 students—310,849 male and 263,412 female—came ... Read more
168 teachers leave JnU
A total of 168 temporary appointed teachers of Jagannath University (JnU) are about to leave the campus as the Supreme Court Appeallate Division on Sunday rejected their prayer of being a permanent employee of the institute. With this decision, five and a half years long fight has finally got a solution. Court sources said the ... Read more
Cox’s Bazar flooding improves as rain stops
The flooding situation in Cox’s Bazar has improved slightly as it stopped raining Friday after four days of incessant downpour that began on Monday and inundated at least three upazilas, leaving “2000 families” homeless, say officials. Mohammad Joynur Bari, deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar, said some 2000 families are estimated
Counter bus service opens in Ctg city tomorrow
Counter city bus service is going to be launched in the Chittagong city on Monday. The announcement was made at a press conference Saturday morning at the Chittagong Press Club. Chittagong District Transport Owners’ Association organised the press conference, with Abul Kalam Azad, secretary general of the association, in the
BRAC to aid Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre
BRAC and Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre (BYLC) signed a memorandum of understanding on July 20, 2011 at BRAC, whereby BRAC will fully finance refurbishment of BYLC’s new leadership training centre in Baridhara, Dhaka. The deal is seen as a significant step forward in the development of the first leadership institute in Bangladesh
Traffic Congestion: Strict management can improve situation only 25pc
Speakers tell discussion Planned management of the existing roads and its strict enforcement can resolve only one-fourth of the horrendous traffic problem in the city, said noted engineers and planners at a discussion yesterday. Only a multi-modal transport system including roads, waterways and railways can provide a long-term transport solution to make a metropolitan city ... Read more
Sylhet bottled water cos flout BSTI rules
The bottled water marketing companies in Sylhet, excepting three of them, do not have approval. Even the authorities of the three companies, whose licences have already been renewed by the BSTI, do not follow the guidelines of the International Standard Organisation. Sources in the Sylhet divisional office of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution said they
Prime Bank-NDDC debate contest ends
The Prime Bank-NDDC 23rd National Debate Competition 2011 ended amid festivities and cultural programmes yesterday. Thirty-seven clubs of different educational institutions (schools, colleges, and universities) took part in the contest that began with the theme “divide and
No exact figure of autistic children in Bangladesh
Int’l Autism Conference Begins Tomorrow The two-day international conference on “Autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities in Bangladesh and South Asia” begins in Dhaka tomorrow (Monday) to raise awareness on the neuro-development disease. President of Indian Congress Party Sonia Gandhi will grace the inaugural session, to be held at
Road crashes kill 4, injure 13
Four people were killed and 13 others injured in separate road accidents in Moulvibazar, Satkhira, Gaibandha and Manikganj yesterday. Our Moulvibazar correspondent reports: One man was killed and another injured as a Kulaura-bound microbus collided head-on with a speedy truck coming from opposite direction on
Ensure sale of safe iftar
Green activists urge govt Green activists demanded the government to take all necessary steps to ensure sale of safe iftar and other food items at reasonable prices during Ramadan. They made the call at a human chain programme in front of Institute of Fine Arts at Shahbagh in the city yesterday organised by Poribesh Bachao ... Read more
Suicide of Schoolgirl in City
Stalker’ arrested in Dinajpur Police arrested a youth from Dinajpur early yesterday on allegation of stalking the schoolgirl who committed suicide in the city on July 19. A joint team of Motijheel police and Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police made the arrest of the youth Mohammad Selim Ahmed Prince,
River Fair Starts at JU
Protect rivers from land grabbers A three-day long national river fair-2011 titled “Chhoto Nodi Chhoto Noy” began at Jahangirnagar University (JU) in Savar yesterday. Freedom Fighter Ferdousi Priyovashini inaugurated the fair while Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Sharif Enamul Kabir spoke as the chief guest
RU journalism dept marks 20th anniv
The two-day programmes marking the 20th founding anniversary of the mass communication and journalism department of Rajshahi University began on the campus on Saturday. Planning minister AK Khondoker inaugurated the programme as chief guest at around 9:00am while vice-chancellor Professor Abdus Sobhan presided over the inaugural