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The Information Commi-ssion and a mobile telecommunication operator, Robi Axiata Limited, on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to create mass awareness of the Right to Information Act, 2009 among the people across the country. Under the MoU, Robi will give short message service, television scrolls, slogans and logos

BBC Janala, an English lessons, is available on compact disk on sale at retail stores throughout Bangladesh from yesterday, says a press release. Created by the BBC World Service Trust as part of English in action, the BBC Janala ‘album’ contained 24 lessons from the popular essential English series and is priced at just

Bid to Clean Gulshan-Baridhara Lake 10-day drive starts A team of government officials along with local community leaders launched a ten-day drive for cleaning the Gulshan-Baridhara Lake yesterday. Six government officials trained under Management at the Top (MAT) workshop have undertaken the participatory drive as a pilot project to make it sustainable, said Rawnak Mahmud, ... Read more

Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Ward Councillor and film actor Monwar Hossain Dipjol was remanded yesterday for two days in a case filed for ransacking and torching vehicles on June 26. Third Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ali Hussain passed the order after the investigation officer (IO) of the case produced him before the court with ... Read more

The written test for selection of candidates for the post of assistant teachers of government high schools will be held on January 7 next year. The teachers will be appointed against 1,968 posts created after the introduction of double shift in 82 government high schools across the country, an official handout

Say speakers Achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDG) would suffer a setback if education is not given proper importance during emergency periods like disaster and in the areas affected by natural calamities, said speakers yesterday. They were speaking at an inaugural ceremony of a two-day long national convention titled

Consensus among different religions, opinions and ethnicity in Bangladesh is needed for its overall development and moving ahead, said renowned academicians yesterday. There are a number of ethnic groups other than the mainstream Bangalees who have been living in the country for decades. So, it should be ensured that the rights of

Viqarunnisa School Admission Lottery for selected candidates Dec 21, 22 Lottery for the selected candidates aspiring to enrol in class I in Viqarunnisa Noon School and College will be held on December 21 and 22, says a press release. The lottery would be held in two shifts at the school’s main branch in Bailey Road ... Read more

The detective branch police arrested Dhaka City Corporation ward councillor and actor Monwar Hossain Dipjol on Sunday afternoon as soon as he came out of the Dhaka Central Jail after being granted bail. Prisons officials told New Age that Dipjol was bailed out at about 5:30pm in a case filed against him on charge of ... Read more

Sadat Hossain Salim, vice chairman of Rupayan Group, was elected president of Dhaka Club Limited for the fourth consecutive term at the yearly election of the club held on December 18. It may be mentioned that he is the 4th president to serve four consecutive terms during the club’s 99 years. He polled 684 votes ... Read more

At least three people were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in Gopalganj, Dinajpur, Gaibandha yesterday. A correspondent from Gopalganj reports : At least one person was killed and 15 others were injured in a road accident on Gopalganj-Tekerhat road at Tentulia under Sadar upazila

Mobile operator Robi on Sunday launched its Bangla web site so that people can know about the company, its products and other information in the local language. ‘Bangla is our pride and Robi is always there to uphold the national pride by standing on the side of every person across the country. Bangla web site ... Read more

The construction of Bahaddarhat Flyover Flyover by Chittagong Development Authority began on Saturday with breaking the ground at the Bahhaderhat crossing. CDA engineers said that the flyover would be completed by 2012. Speaking as the chief guest, ruling Awami League lawmaker Afsarul Amin said, ‘We want to work

Glaucoma, the preventable eye disease, is the second largest cause of blindness in the country, accounting for 3 percent of the people aged over 40 years, said experts yesterday. They were speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the 1st Annual National Conference of Bangladesh Glaucoma Society (BGS) at a city

Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) on Friday demanded of the government to formulate a law to prevent human trafficking. BNWLA and Atsec Bangladesh jointly organised a press conference on the issue at the National Press Club. Speakers at the conference said the law will ensure security for the migrant workers who bring

School Admission Guardians protest ‘irregularity’ in Ctg Angry guardians of admission aspirants to a school in the port city yesterday blocked the road at WASA intersection protesting ‘irregularity’ in the admission process. A four-kilometre long tailback was there for about two hours for the agitation that ended after police intervention

Agitated people set bus on fire At least 14 people were killed and 50 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka city, Dhamrai, Keraniganj, Chittagong, Gaibandha and Jhenaidah yesterday. Our staff correspondent reports: 10 people were killed in separate road accidents in the city, Dhamrai and South Keraniganj yesterday

Holy Cross College yesterday celebrated its 60th anniversary with different colourful programmes on the college premises in city’s Tejgaon. Hundreds of former and current students of the college took part in the programmes including discussion meeting and cultural events, participated by the former

Migrant Workers’ Rights Ratification of UN convention on cards The government would soon ratify the UN convention on migrant workers to ensure rights of the expatriate Bangladeshis, said Law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday. “The law ministry has already given its opinion about the convention. Its ratification is now awaiting the cabinet nod,” he told a ... Read more

Doctors, child care specialists and diabetes specialists said on Wednesday that the richer section of the people and development workers should come forward to provide access to diabetes healthcare for underprivileged children with diabetes. They said it at the inauguration of ‘Changing Diabetes in Children’ clinic at