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Dhakabashi, a socio-cultural organisation of the Old Town of Dhaka, and the Bangladesh Kite Federation on Friday organised a festival marking the end of the Bangla month of Poush, aiming at popularising seasonal festivals throughout the country. The festival began with cake feast and distributing warm clothes among the poor people at

An eight-day cake festival titled ‘Jatiya Pitha Utsab 1417’ presenting numerous traditional cakes began at the Shilpakala Academy in the capital on Friday. The food and disaster management minister, Abdur Razzak, inaugurated the festival on the coffee house premises of the academy

Speakers at a convention yesterday demanded constitutional recognition, rights and use of mother tongue in primary-level education for indigenous people. They also demanded a pro-people Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Commission to end land disputes in the region

A 25-year-old man committed suicide in the Rajshahi city Thursday night. He hanged himself from the ceiling fan of his bedroom, the police said. The diseased was identified as Kausar Ali Pintu, resident of Sagorpara in the city. Neighbours said Kausar married a girl of Comilla four days ago in Dhaka without taking the

The National University (NU) authorities have asked the candidates who have passed in the admission test for first year honours course under the academic session of 2010-11 to get registered online for admission. The candidates of the first merit list will have to complete their registration by filling in application forms available on NU websites ... Read more

It is the farmers who produce food, but they cannot have enough food to eat. The question is that how long they will continue to feed others, having suffered from malnutrition for whole life. “Will they continue to be neglected by the policymakers and the urban people living on their produces? No that cannot happen,” ... Read more

Polli Sheva Society (PSS) and Green Mind Society yesterday demanded immediate steps to stop filling Dumini-Boulmari Khal (canal) in Dumini Union under Khilkhet Police Station by encroachers. PSS and the society leaders, at a token eviction drive on Dumini canal held in front of National Press Club in the city, said a land grabbing organisation ... Read more

Integrated and effective measures are essential to cope with population explosion as well as face country’s development challenges, said speakers at a dialogue on population and development challenges on Wednesday. The department of population science of Dhaka University and the United Nations

CHANDPUR, Jan 12: Believe it or not, a big piece of ice suddenly fell from the cloudy sky on a crop field in Berkey village under Royosree south union of Shahrasti upazila of the district Wednesday morning. The weight of this huge piece of ice was about 100 kg, said all the curious people. Witnesses ... Read more

Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital will provide free health services as a part of festivities of upcoming World Cup Cricket. The two-month long services will start in the Homestone Chanel I Adivasi fare in Cox’s Bazaar to be held on January 14

Classes of the newly admitted students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) of 2010-2011 sessions in Sylhet starts on January 24. “This decision came during academic council meeting on Sunday,” said Dr Abdul Gani, a council member. SUST Vice Chancellor Prof Saleh Uddin said, “The orientation and class of all departments

Students of four schools in the city’s West Dhanmondi area on Monday gathered to participate in a cultural and discussion programme to create mass awareness against stalking. Voluntary organisation Rural Health and Development Society exhibited comic books depicting the issues which would help children to easily understand the stalking and domestic

After a delay of 23 days caused by errors in answer scripts and work abstention of a section of employees, the National University (NU) authorities published result of honours first year admission test yesterday. The admission test was held on December 18 last year with some 3.36 lakh appeared at the test against 186,875 seats in ... Read more

A colourful boat race was held on the River Kirtonkhola flowing by the side of the Barisal city Monday afternoon. The Barisal City Corporation organised the programme titled ‘Mayor Nouka Baich’ to popularise traditional sports, culture and amusement and save river, water ways, water bodies from siltation and extinction. The five-kilometre race started at Shahid Abdur ... Read more

Severe cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Rajshahi and Dinajpur and mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the regions of Pabna, Bogra, Rangpur, Sayedpur, Faridpur, Jessore, Kushtia and Tangail and it may continue till 6:00pm today. Weather may remain dry over the country. Moderate to thick fog may occur over Rajshahi ... Read more

A police official was sent to jail yesterday on charge of raping his stepdaughter in the city’s Demra in December, 2009. Judge Nur Mohammad Zahangir Hossain of Second Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression passed the order after rejecting the bail prayer of Sub-Inspector (SI)

A woman was arrested from Barobagh in the city’s Mirpur Sunday on allegation of cheating people by claiming to possess spiritual powers. Police said they held Sandhya Margaret, 52, following a warrant issued by a Dhaka court after a victim filed a case against her

Shops closed at Kamrangirchar A 42-year old businessman was found dead at his business establishment at Pakapul Bazaar in Kamrangirchar, in the capital city, on Saturday morning. His wife and 12 –year old survive him. The mysterious death of construction material trader Abul Kashem of Ashrafabad in Kamrangirchar sparked strong protests among the businessman in ... Read more

Sewage now spills over into households and roads at a Rajshahi City Corporation ward in the absence of drainage, causing serious sufferings to the local people for the past seven months. Residents of ward 20 of the city corporation said sewage from their houses earlier would fall into a pond but seven months ago it ... Read more

Climate Change Dhaka needs $10b for adaptation Bangladesh needs US $10 billion for mitigation and adaptation to climate changes in the next five to 10 years, said Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, co-ordinator of the National Climate Change Negotiation Committee, yesterday. Government needs six more months to complete sector-wise assessment to know the amount