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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

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