Three international tradeshows — ‘BACE Expo 2011’, ‘Big Expo Bangladesh’ and ‘Elprotech Bangladesh’ — began on Wednesday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. The fifth edition of the four-day electrical products, raw materials and machinery trade show ‘Elprotech Bangladesh 2011’, supplementary power trade show ‘Big Expo Bangladesh’ and
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Digital innovations on show
Schoolteachers even in the remote areas of the country now develop classroom contents for their students with the help of textbooks, websites and YouTube videos. Not only that, they also share the contents by signing up into blogs, said Md Mofakkharul Islam, a system analyst of the education ministry. He was giving a description of ... Read more
Women reaching heights
With the dream to familiarise foreigners with her beloved country’s flag, Wasfia Nazreen, a Bangladeshi female mountaineer, sets off early morning today in her journey to climb the seven highest mountains of the world’s seven continents. Wasfia will be the first female mountaineer of Bangladesh to climb Europe’s Mount Elbrus, Africa’s
Rumana flies for Canada with some hope for her eyes
Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur, who was blinded by her husband Hasan Syeed who tried to gouge out her eyes when he attacked her on June 5, flew back to Vancouver in Canada on Tuesday with a faint hope of regaining her vision, said family members. A scholar of the University of British Columbia, Rumana, ... Read more
Int’l photo exhibition starts July 8
The 7th International Inter University Photography Exhibition 2011, organised by North South University Photography Club (NSUPC), will begin July 8 at Drik Gallery in the city. Photos of 152 photographers from 28 local and 15 international universities will be exhibited this year. North South University Vice-chancellor Dr Hafiz GA Siddiqi will attend the inaugural ceremony ... Read more
Digital innovation fair begins tomorrow
The Digital Innovation Fair-2011 begins in the city on July 6 as part of government efforts to build a digital Bangladesh by 2021, reports BSS. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the three-day digital fair as the chief guest at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre at
Accommodation crisis leads to subhuman life at Barisal jail
The Barisal Central Jail is crammed with prisoners more than double its capacity, pushing the inmates to lead a subhuman life. Crises of solitary cells for the death row inmates, separate ward for children and juveniles and shortage of jail guards have become acute
Fake doctor held at Dhaka Medical College Hospital
The Shahbagh police in Dhaka on Sunday arrested a young man impersonating a doctor at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The police said Moshiur Rahman Samrat, 24, from Patuakhali was primarily caught by on duty Ansar members when he was trying to treat some patients at ward number 212 in the
Safia, Afia recover from mental illness
The mentally imbalanced young girls who, along with their father, were rescued from a Sylhet city residence on Saturday, were shifted to a cabin from the surgery ward at Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital on Sunday to ward off the flocking visitors. The hospital sources said the two girls and their father were under the ... Read more
Road blockade by students halts traffic movement
Traffic movement on Chapainawabganj-Sonamasjid land port highway in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila remained suspended for two hours on Sunday due to road blockade by students. The police said that Palli Bidyut authorities on Wednesday disconnected power supply to Chapainawabganj Polytechnic Institute on charge of not paying arrear power
ICAB training course on IFRS begins
A training course on IFRS organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has begun at ICAB auditorium in the city on Friday. Dr. Atiur Rahman, governor of Bangladesh Bank, inaugurated the training course as the chief guest, says a press release. Jamal Uddin Ahmad, past president of ICAB and conducted the course ... Read more
‘One falls victim every 4 days’
Extrajudicial Killing ‘One falls victim every 4 days’ At least one person on an average becomes the victim of extra-judicial killing in every four days, a human rights watchdog reveals in a report. Odhikar, the rights organisation, on Friday, disclosed the report prepared on the basis of news published in the country’s 12 dailies, says
College girl dies of snake bite
A female college student died from a snake bite followed by wrong treatment in the city’s Meherchandi area yesterday. The victim Jamila Akhtar Jhuma was in her first year at Arabic department of Rajshahi Government College and daughter of rickshaw-van puller
Tour for Sundarbans on caravan of cars begins tomorrow
A fourty-day tour for Sundarbans on caravan of cars will begin on Friday for publicity of the world’s largest mangrove forests in the world, reports UNB. Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation and Bengal Tours Ltd. have jointly organized the program, titled ‘Caravan Tour for Sundarbans‘
Maitree Express schedule refixed
The schedule of Dhaka-Kolkata direct train “Maitree Express” has been revised with effect from July 1 in response to popular demand in Bangladesh, says an announcement of Indian High Commission in Dhaka. The train will now start from Dhaka on Wednesdays and Fridays and will depart from Kolkata on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The time for ... Read more
Water factory owner jailed
A mobile court yesterday fined Tk 3.5 lakh to the owner and manager of a mineral water producing factory and sentenced tits owner to 15 months imprisonment for running the plant without BSTI license. The court also ordered to forfeit equipment and a pick-up van of the company in favour of Bangladesh Standards and Testing ... Read more
English medium schools pocketing money
In the name of teaching English medium schools pocketing money English medium schools across the country are allegedly collecting excessive money from the students of all classes. Although higher class families can bear the high cost easily, the middle and lower class families can ill afford such high expenses for the study of their wards ... Read more
Robbery on passenger train
A Dhaka-bound passenger train from Chittagong came under attack by robbers in Brahmanbaria Monday morning. The police fired six rounds warning shots to drive the robbers out of the Dhaka Mail train. The Rail Police, quoting passengers said a gang of 20 to 25 armed robbers got into the train at
Govt allows phased new power connection until December
Power utilities would provide new connections in phases until December to the applicants who pay all the dues by June, a senior power division official said on Sunday. But he said that those who applied for connections of two kilowatts or more would have to install solar panels. Officials said that 8,30,000 applicants have been ... Read more
BSMMU opens own medicine shop
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday inaugurated its own medicine shop in the hospital compound. The shop, located in front of the cabin block, remains open round the clock. Medicine and other medical materials would be available here at a