Elevated Expressway Deal with Ital-Thai company today The government will sign a contract with Italian-Thailand Development Public Company Ltd today for construction of the much-talked Dhaka Elevated Expressway. The signing ceremony will take place at Sonargaon hotel at 11:00am in presence of ministers and senior government officials of Bangladesh and
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Feeding biscuits to 73,326 working children launched
Project to Improve Attendance at Schools Feeding biscuits to 73,326 working children launched A school feeding programme was launched at Mohakhali in the city yesterday for urban working children to improve attendance and completion rates at learning centres. Under the programme, all working children at learning centres will receive a 75-gram packet of eight biscuits ... Read more
Another Bangladeshi dies in Mauritius
One more Bangladeshi worker, who sustained serious injury in a tragic road accident in Mauritius on January 12, died yesterday, said the foreign ministry sources. Dead is Md Elias Gazi, 28, passport no F 0723931. He was son of Md Huzu Gazi of Uttar Madartak under Bahsabo in Dhaka
Villagers save tiger
A group of villagers in Bagerhat again saved the life of a tiger of Sundarbans on January 8, around one month after the same incident. On the day, a tiger suddenly came out of the mangrove forest and entered Uttar Rajapur village under its Sharankhola range and killed a cow
Prof Yunus gets bail in Mymensingh
Defamation Case Prof Yunus gets bail in Mymensingh A Mymensingh court yesterday granted Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus bail against a Tk-5,000 bond in connection with a defamation case filed against him. Nazrul Islam Chunnu, joint secretary of Mymensingh unit Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), filed the case on January 21, 2007 Yunus criticised politicians
Pre-paid gas meter designed by BUET to be launched today
The pre-paid gas meter designed by the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology will be launched in Dhaka today (Tuesday). The state minister for energy, power and mineral resources, Muhammad Enamul Huq, will launch the newly developed meter at the BUET in the
BRTC starts operating buses for schoolchildren
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation on Sunday began its new bus service for schoolchildren in a move to ease the Dhaka city’s traffic congestion. Seven buses each from Pallabi and Azimpur operated every 10 minutes with schoolchildren and some of their guardians
Operation Smile’s second mission begins
Operation Smile’s second mission for treating a hundred poor children with cleft lip began at Care Hospital in the capital on Sunday. The first mission took place at BSSMU Hospital where approximately a hundred surgeries were done. Operation Smile is a worldwide children’s medical charity recognised by UNICEF that
MoU signed to import gas from Qatar
Bangladesh and the State of Qatar yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar to meet the growing demand of gas in the country. Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources Division Mohammad Mejbahuddin and Minister of State for Energy and Industrial Affairs of Qatar Dr Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada ... Read more
24 to vie for a KU seat
Admission tests begin today The tests for admission in the first year honours course of the 2010-2011 academic year at Khulna University begin today. An average of 24.18 candidates will vie for each seat in the tests that will end on Wednesday. According to the official sources of the university, a total of 22,105 candidates ... Read more
Aminur president, Fazlul gen secy of R&H engrs’ assoc
Md Aminur Rahman Laskar and AKM Fazlul Karim (Mintu) have been elected the president and general secretary of Roads and Highways Engineer Association for 2011, says a press release. Md Mahbub-ul-Alam and Md Iftekhar Kabir were elected vice-presidents and Mohammad Nazmul Haque (Jewel) and Asma Sultana
Samsung refurbishes schools
Twenty-eight visiting members from Samsung Headquarter based in Korea and officials from Samsung Electronics Dhaka Branch Office visited Khulna from January 9 to 15 and refurbished a number of educational institutions there. As a part of its corporate social responsibility, the visit titled ‘voluntour’, in partnership
AUW 3-day int’l symposium begins Jan 20
Focus on governance, poverty, environment, security Asian University for Women (AUW) will hold a three-day international symposium in the city from January 20. Various renowned international scholars and leaders will attend the symposium titled ‘Imagining Another Future for Asia: Ideas and Pathways for Change’ at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Students, scholars and leaders from all ... Read more
Planned housing needed to save arable land
Say experts Experts yesterday suggested comprehensive planning of housing system to save arable land, which is decreasing fast and threatening food security. Plans also need to keep in mind climate change, likely to result in frequent and erratic rainfalls, flooding and cyclones, they said
Re-admission of Santal students to Christian hostel demanded
The Santal Students’ Union has demanded re-admission of their fellows at the Catholic Christian College Hostel in the Rajshahi city and an end to all kinds of discrimination against the ethnic minority students at the hall. The union put forth their eight-point demands on Saturday at a press conference in
Greens urge govt to relocate chemical factories, godowns
Various organisations on Saturday urged the government to immediately remove chemical factories, warehouses and shops from residential areas. The state minister for law, Quamrul Islam, said that everyone should be aware of dangerous chemical substances while addressing a discussion programme in the city, and pointed out that the
IUBAT founding celebration today
The 19th foundation celebrations of International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) will be held today. Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzak will inaugurate the programme on IUBAT campus in the city’s Uttara at 10:30am
DBBL donates 30,000 blankets
Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited donated 30,000 pieces of blankets to poor and floating people around the country. In this regard, the bank’s Chairman Mohammed Sahabuddin Ahmed handed over a sample blanket to Food and Disaster Management Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque at the minister’s residence in the city yesterday, says a
China to give 100 scholarships to Bangladeshi students in 2011
China will give scholarship to 100 Bangladeshi students to study in China in 2011, Chinese ambassador Zhang Xianyi said at a book launching ceremony in Dhaka Saturday. The number of students who got Chinese scholarship last year was 70. A new book on China titled ‘Revisiting China after 32 Years’ written by
Little mag fair begins at RU
A two-day little magazine fair began at Rajshahi University on Saturday. ‘Chinho’, a campus-based little magazine, organised the little fair in front the Shahidullah Art Building, marking its 12th founding anniversary. More than fifty little magazines from home and abroad are taking part in the fair, the organisers