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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),

At least two people were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Natore Satkhira and Chittagong yesterday. A correspondent from Natore reports: One person was killed and two others injured in a road accident at Baruhat village under Singra upazila early

Say experts Random use of antibiotics causes insensitivity and inefficiency of the drugs on different microorganisms that increase vulnerability of patients, experts told a workshop yesterday. Quoting a study conducted by the University of Dhaka in collaboration with University of Nottingham, UK, speakers said frequent use of antibiotics makes different microorganisms resistant to

Real estate company Sheltech is going to organise four-day ‘winter housing fair’ at its Panthapath office in Dhaka from Thursday. The company would offer yearend discount up to Tk 5 lakh for 3-4 bed-roomed apartments in Dhaka, said Sheltech managing director Toufiq M Seraj at a briefing at his office on

Stuffing rare animals will provide opportunities for Bangladeshi students to learn the wildlife more and protect the fauna from extinction, experts said yesterday. The wildlife specialists were addressing the inauguration ceremony of a month-long workshop on taxidermy, the art of filling the skin of a dead animal to make the

Say experts Different government and non-government institutions including brokers and recruiting agents obtain hard cash from non-organised migrant workers, but they insufficiently show responsibility to the overseas employees, experts said yesterday. The sector, which now brings some US$11 billion annually, is the lifeline of the country’s

Speakers at a workshop on Monday in Rajshahi stressed the need for implementing existing law and policies concerning brick fields to tackle environmental pollution in the country. They blamed the government for not enforcing the Brick Cerement (control) Law 1989 and Brick Cerement (control) principles 1989 to protect the environment and its elements, namely air,

Second City Group Taste of Dhaka food festival begins in the capital Thursday to conclude the celebrations marking 400 years of the Dhaka city. The festival ‘City Group Taste of Dhaka-2010’ will be held at Kalabagan ground, jointly organised by Dhaka Kendra and Spellbound with the assistance of

Says Seep quoting survey Some 45 lakh working children in Bangladesh are at risk-involving labours, said Social and Economic Enhancement Programme (Seep) yesterday. Referring to a government survey, Seep officials said the number of child labourers is increasing day by day under the country’s present socio-economic