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Elevated Railway DU proposes alternative route on the campus Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday proposed an alternative route for the city’s proposed elevated railway that goes over the campus from Shahbagh to Chankharpool. The railway route is planned to run from Shahbagh intersection through TSC, the Central Shaheed Minar, and Dhaka Medical College & Hospital ... Read more

Environmentalists tell conference Dhaka will turn into an unlivable city unless a plan is immediately put in place to develop a smooth transport system and stop unplanned housing, said environmentalists yesterday at a conference in the capital. Environmentalist groups Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) and Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) jointly organised the daylong conference on urbanisation, ... Read more

Impure water has caused diseases to 167 students of Maulana Bhasani Hall of Jahangirnagar University (JU) since last two weeks, though JU authorities put the number at three. According to the authorities, a significant number of students caught waterborne diseases like diarrhoea, jaundice, and typhoid two weeks

A youth beat his teenage sister to death at Baro Kumira in Sitakunda yesterday, as she had love affair with a neighbouring boy. Sources said Nur Nahar, 18, the deceased, was in love with Rubel, 22. Her elder brother Jainal Abedin alias Kala Miah, 25, on Thursday morning started beating the two

NID Programme First Round Jan 8 2.20cr children to get polio vaccine Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday launched the 19th National Immunisation Day (NID) programme to make the country free from polio and night blindness. Health Minister Prof AFM Ruhal Haque said 2.20 crore children under 5 years of age are targeted to be provided ... Read more

Rescue of Hijacked Ship, Crew No progress in talks with Somali pirates Owners of hijacked ship MV Jahan Moni claimed they could hardly make any headway over the rescue of the ship and its crew in yesterday’s conversation with the Somali pirates. However, families of several crewmembers on hostage blamed the owners for delaying in ... Read more

Daniel Afzalur Rahman has been appointed the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Radio Foorti, says a press release. He is given the charge of managing all operations of the radio station. Rahman has been with Radio Foorti since its inception in

A young woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the roof of her residence in city’s Mirpur area yesterday. The deceased was identified as Rokeya Akter Tuni alias Mousumi, 20, daughter of Abdur Rahim of Janata Housing of Mirpur-1. She was an

The Rajshahi city is experiencing serious traffic congestion because of illegal parking of unauthorised rickshaws, auto-rickshaws and human-haulers near markets, educational institutions and key installations. According to a source, there are 30,000 rickshaws, 3,000 auto-rickshaws, 1,500 human haulers are playing the city roads and most of them are unauthorised but the Rajshahi City Corporation

Several hermaphrodite people yesterday protested stalking and harassment of women at a cartoon exhibition on Dhaka University campus. “As a human being we condemn the stalkers and the people who torture women. We also want to help the government uproot the vice from the society,” said Mis Boby, executive director of

The Somali pirates who hijacked the Bangladeshi-flagged ship MV Jahan Moni were contacted again yesterday after four days. Officials of the ship’s operating farm Brave Royal Ship Management Ltd in Chittagong made the telephone contact around 4:00pm and managed to talk with the ship’s captain

Puthi path (story telling), pala (narrative songs) and baul songs would be some of the new additions to be featured in the Poush Mela this year, said the organiser yesterday. The two-day fair will start at the Ramna Batamul from next Friday and will open for all from 7:30am to 11:00am and 3:30pm to

Ali Raj became the first Bangladeshi to win the Merlin Award, the Oscar in magic, in the category of the ‘Best Family Magic Show’ given every three years by the International Magicians Society. The society’s chief executive officer and world president Tony Hassini handed over the award to Ali Raj in a ceremony at Sonargaon ... Read more

Sudden drop in temperature in the capital gave the people a feel of the winter season and made them rush to the warm clothes markets, pushing the prices and sales of the clothes up in all the city markets on Monday. The buyers at Badruddoja Super Market, a hub of fancy clothing which trickles down ... Read more

A rickshaw puller was hacked to death allegedly by a man who had extramarital affairs with the victim’s wife at Dania in the city’s Jatrabari yesterday. Police arrested deceased Obaidul Sheikh’s wife Rehena Begum in this connection. Sub-Inspector (SI) Harun-or-Rashid of Jatrabari Police Station said on information they found

Pediatric cardiologists from India will provide free treatment to children with congenital heart diseases, without the use of operation, at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) this month, says a press release yesterday. Noted pediatric cardiologist Dr Prem Shekhar would offer the service known as device closure

The Samsung Electronics Company Limited on Monday launched its first brand shop in the Dhaka city to enable the consumers to experience the latest innovations of Samsung’s all product categories. The ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Taiyoung Cho, and Samsung’s Dhaka branch office’s managing director Kanghyun Lee inaugurated the shop at IK Tower in ... Read more

Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman and noted engineer and former adviser to a caretaker government Prof Dr Jamilur Reza Chowdhury have been selected for Sheltech Award-2010. Each winner will be awarded Tk 2 lakh and a crest, to be handed over on March 12 of 2011, says a press release

Salim Ghaffar was elected president of Uttara Club Limited on December 25, says a press release. The newly elected executive committee members of the club are Nasir U Mahmud, Kazi Golam Mobin, Liaquat Hossain Moghul, Mohammad Masudul Alam, M A Hassan, Raquib Uddin Ahmed, Dr M Saidur Rahman, Shafiqur Rahman Porag, Ahmed Sharif and

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Chicago of United Stats of America to exchange new technology and research works. ‘Under the contact the pathology department experts of Chicago University will come to train