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Dhaka University yesterday decided in principal to launch a new masters course on environmental education to build expertise on environment in national and international levels, says a press release. Prof Bishal K Sitaula of Norwegian University and Associate Professor Laxman Ganwali and Parbat Dhungana of Kathmandu University of Nepal called on DU

Results of terminal examinations of the students of Class V and ebtedayee (madrasa) for 2010 will be published today. The results will be available on the website of the primary education directorate http://www.dpe.gov.bd/ and website of the primary and mass education ministry http://www.mopms.gov.bd/ . Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Amin will announce the results ... Read more

East West University Photography Club will organise a five-day long ‘Bangla-Lion 6th East West University Photography Exhibition-2010’ at the city’s Drik Gallery from today. University board of trustee head Prof Farashuddin Ahmed will inaugurate the exhibition at 4:30pm, while its Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Mohammad Sharif will chair the inaugural session, says

The victory fair in Chittagong crowded round as several thousand people from all walks of life stream into the fair in the Chittagong city everyday. The fair organisers said the sale of various items in the stalls, especially handicrafts, also soared as the number of visitors increased in last few

Finds a 2-year research As many as 18 women die from cervical cancer and more than 35 others are diagnosed as having the fatal disease in the country every day, oncologists and gynaecologists told a research report dissemination session on Thursday. Cervical cancer is transmitted by virus and, in most cases, is related to sexually

A team of Chittagong Divisional Forest and Animal Preservation Department recovered at least 21 different species of birds and one mongoose here on Wednesday. Among them, three were common parrots, two Black Maynaes, 13 munias, one White Parrot, two Yellow Parrots and a mongoose

The festival on traditional Dhaka food started yesterday to conclude the celebration of the 400th year of Dhaka as capital. Dhaka Kendra and Spellbound jointly organised it on a Kalabagan sporting club ground with the assistance of city group, says

A drug addict youth stabbed a schoolgirl in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur district while stalkers injured a housewife and two of her relatives when they tried to save her sister-in-law from kidnap attempt by the4 delinquents at village Manirampur in Magura Sadar upazila on Tuesday evening. Seriously stabbed by a drug addict pervert in Birganj ... Read more

Eleven people were killed and 34 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Gaibandha, Brahmanbaria, Pabna, Netrakona and Gazipur on Tuesday and yesterday. Our Sirajganj correspondent reports: A truck rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Hatikumrul on the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge at about 7:30am, killing four people

The two-day 33th national council session of the Bangladesh Girls Guides Association started in Barisal Wednesday morning with a call to prevent stalking. The Barisal mayor, Shawkat Hossain Hiron, opened the programme by illuminating 33 lamps at Barisal Govt Girls School and participated in the anti-stalking human chain in front of the

A three-day screening of the film, Runway, of Tareque Masud begins in Sylhet today. Two cultural organisations — Shrutichitra and Prantik Parshad — in association with Chokh Film Society and Moviana Film Society, have taken the initiative to show the film along with Narasundar, a movie based on the story of War of Independence, at ... Read more

Pran Group plans a musical concert programme to be held in 10 cities and towns across the country from December 25 to April 14 with the slogan ‘Take Pran Up in hand and prevent sexual harassment’. The programme is aimed at raising social awareness on preventing eve teasing and violence against women, the group’s brand ... Read more

A teenage boy was crushed under the wheels of a running train at Amhati near Natore Rail Station yesterday. The deceased is Suruz Ali son of Yanus Ali of Chukirpar area of the town. Railway sources said a Goalonda-bound mail train from Santahar ran over Suruz at about 9:30am,leaving him dead on the

A two-day international conference on mechanical, industrial and energy engineering will begin here today at the auditorium of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (Kuet). Organised by the mechanical department of Kuet, over a hundred eminent research scholars and engineers from 10 countries of the world are expected to participate in the conference. They will

Group of Liberal Debaters (GOLD), a debating organisation at Rajshahi University (RU) will organise a three-day debate festival on the campus from December 28. With the slogan of ‘Tarunner Budget Hok Agamir Ongikar’, the festival will be held at the university Kazi Nazrul Islam auditorium in association with Gonotantrik Budget Andolon. The organisers said that ... Read more

The lottery system for the admission in Class I at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and some city government schools has drawn mixed reaction from the guardians. Those whose children got chance to be admitted hailed the system, while guardians whose children did not get chance criticised the system saying it ignores the merit of

Some 11,000 children took admission tests for class V and VI at eight government schools amid a tough contest in Chittagong city yesterday. Thousands of people accompanying the admission aspirants contributed to a long tailback in the city choking up the thoroughfare when the exams

Speakers at a roundtable discussion in the Rajshahi city on Tuesday stressed the need for mass awareness of HIV/AIDS issues to check the spread of the deadly disease. There is still a wrong notion about the infection and spread of the HIV/AIDS in the absence of adequate information and thus the youths, representing a big ... Read more

A three-day long computer and information technology (IT) fair titled “Banglalion Chittagong Digital Expo 2010” will be started at Woodland Park in the port city today. Speakers at a press conference held at the auditorium of Chittagong Press Club yesterday disclosed the information

South Korea has established a medical training centre in Gazipur to train paramedics so that they can provide basic eye cares in different hospitals. Taiyoung Cho, Korean ambassador to Dhaka; and Lee Jung Wook, resident representative of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA),