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Kamal Uddin Sabuj, news editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), and Sayed Abdal Ahmed, deputy editor of the daily Amar Desh, were elected president and general secretary of the National Press Club (NPC) on Friday. Other office-bearers are: Senior Vice President: Kazi Rounak Hossain (Sargam),

Editor of Weekly Chattala Abu Sufian and Rashed Rouf of The Daily Azadi were re-elected the president and secretary of Chittagong Press Club (CPC) in the polls held yesterday. The other office bearers are Nurul Amin, senior vice-president; Khorshed Alam, vice-president; Mohossin Chowdhury, joint secretary; S M Ibrahim, treasurer;

More than a dozen countries participating in DITF The Dhaka International Trade Fair, the biggest annual trade event of the country, is going to begin today (Saturday) to showcase a wide range of local and foreign products. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will inaugurate the 16th month-long DITF in a ground adjacent to the Bangabandhu ... Read more

Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) plans to go for two-hours strike everyday from Monday protesting the government’s removal of overhead cables. The drive was launched on December 12. Dhaka Electric Supply Company (Desco) yesterday launched the drive from Jahangir Gate to

Environmentalists urge govt Environmental activists yesterday demanded marking zebra crossings at all busy thoroughfares in the capital to ensure safe movement of pedestrians. They placed the demand after drawing a zebra crossing in front of fine arts faculty on Dhaka University campus, jointly organised by Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Save Environment Movement) and

The police recovered two bodies from the city’s West Shewrapara and Saujbagh areas on Friday. Among the deceased, one was identified as Sonia Kahtun, daughter of Kanchan Mian, a resident of Sabujbagh. The identity of the other body could not be known. The police recovered the hanging body of the unidentified man from an apartment ... Read more

Underprivileged children, 10 to 16 years, cast their votes to elect representatives in the port city yesterday. The representatives were elected for two years. The election was a part of a project named “Children’s Actions for Social Empowerment” implemented by Bright Bangladesh Forum and funded by Manusher Jonno Foundation

Speakers demanded recovery of the playgrounds from land grabbers in the port city. The demand came at a human chain and procession programme in front of Chittagong Press Club yesterday. Speakers said many playgrounds have been lost due to profit-making attitude of governments, autonomous organisations and

Faridpur: Today is the 108th birth anniversary of Palli kobi Jasim-uddin. On the occasion, Jasim foundation and different socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate progrmmes at the ancestral home at Gobindapur village in Sadar upazila of Faridpur. They will pay tributes to the poet by placing wreaths at the mazar of the poet located on ... Read more

A five-day long Baul Samabesh (assembly of spiritual singers) in the district begins on Manikganj Govt High School playground today. The organiser, Mother Foundation, will posthumously award 10 popular spiritual singers gold medal and certificates. Twenty popular Bauls will also be given crests and certificates at the

The three-day National Debate Festival-2010 concluded at Rajshahi University on Thursday night. The debating team of Dhaka University, Aparajeo Bangla, emerged champions while Sabas Bangladesh of Rajshahi University got runners up trophy in the competition. Iqbal Hasan of Dhaka University received the best speaker

Traffic congestion in the capital causes a loss of about $1.68 billion a year. The estimate was given by SM Salehuddin, additional executive director of Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB), at a seminar on Modernisation of Bus Transport in Dhaka on wednesday. “Annual loss caused by traffic congestion in Dhaka city is approximately $1.68 billion,” ... Read more

Former chief justice M Tofazzul Islam on Thursday called for maintaining transparency and accountability in every sector to materialise the spirit and ideals of the liberation war. ‘We should have maintained accountability and transparency in every field of national life after the liberation war. As we have failed to do so, I think the liberation ... Read more

Boy Killing in Tangail One sentenced to death, another life A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced one person to death and another to life in jail in absentia for killing an eight-year-old boy in ransom in March 23, 2003 under Mirzapur upazilla in Tangail district. The convict with death is Mohammad Bakul while Mohammad Selim was ... Read more

Visitors from all walks of life thronged the Rajshahi Digital Fair 2010 on its concluding day on Thursday. Modern technological devices and information and communication appliances attracted most of the visitors, said the visitors on the fair ground while asked about their interest and causes that encouraged them to join the

Say experts Ten children die across the country every hour due to acute malnutrition which can be averted mostly through proper breastfeeding and complementary feeding, according to experts. They said promotion, protection, and support in both breastfeeding and complementary feeding are a must for building a healthy nation

Daughter cry for punishment before court Sumaiya Yasmin Bithi, daughter of Sadequr Rahman and Rumana Nargis and lone witness to the murder of her parents, appeared before a Dhaka court yesterday and demanded exemplary punishment to the killers. Judge Kaniz Akhter Nasrina Khanam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 recorded her

More than 250 undergraduate students of different universities of the country took part in the Inter-University Mathematics Olympiad 2010 on the North South University campus in the capital on Thursday. The NSU’s electrical engineering and computer science department in collaboration with

Guardians formed a human chain, held a rally and laid siege to the Rajshahi deputy commissioner’s office on Tuesday as part of their continued agitation demanding fresh admission tests for Class III in city government schools. At around 11:00am, several hundred people under the banner of ‘conscious guardians’ formed

Six people were killed and 73 others injured in road accidents in Comilla, Chapainawabganj, Brahmanbaria, Lalmonirhat and Kishoreganj districts yesterday. UNB, Comilla adds: Three people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina upazila