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An eleven-day book fair, marking the month of victory, commenced on Wednesday on DC Hill premises in Chittagong. Jatiya Sangsad speaker Abdul Hamid inaugurated the fair at around 5:30pm. The fair will continue till December 25

Speakers at an international seminar yesterday said nursing, as a profession, should receive more recognition socially and financially in the country for its development. There is an acute shortage of nurses in the country and abroad. So we have to produce nurses who meet the international standard to catch the global market

The lottery for the admission seekers in Class I of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College will be held on December 21 and December 22, said a press release. The lottery for admission seekers under quota of all branches and Bashundhara morning and day shift will be held at 9:30am on December 21, Dhanmondhi branch at ... Read more

Speakers at a campaign yesterday called for united action to combat pervasive child malnutrition in the country. Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), a year-long communication campaign, was launched at Osmani memorial auditorium in the

An unidentified body was recovered from near Dhirasram Railway Station at Tongi in Gazipur yesterday. Abul Khair, sub-inspector of Tongi Railway Police Camp, said on information they recovered the body aged about 18 from the spot at about 12:00pm. Police suspected the youth was killed in a train

At least two people were killed in separate road accidents in Thakurgaon and Pabna on Tuesday evening and yesterday. Our correspondent from Thakurgaon reports: A youth was crushed under the wheels of a power-tiller at Rahmanpur village under Sadar upazila

A girl allegedly committed suicide at Dakkhinkhan in the city on Tuesday. Reshma Akter Bina, 14, a cleaner of a private company AK Traders at Airport, was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside her room at Ashkona in the evening. Talking to The Daily Star, Hamida Begum, aunt of Bina, claimed that a colleague ... Read more

The Dhaka City Corporation is yet to make use of 45 out of 100 environment-friendly vehicles, given by the Japan International Corporation Agency, for solid waste management because of poor coordination among the authorities concerned. The unused and used vehicles are not being properly maintained and they have been kept in

The High Court yesterday asked the authorities of Kings College at Segunbagicha in the city to relocate the college from its present premises within six months. The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain gave the verdict following a writ petition challenging

At least ten people were injured and 50 shanties and five shops gutted in a devastating fire at Fazilpur in Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon. Police said around 2:30pm suddenly the fire originated from a fuel shop and soon engulfed the adjacent slum houses and shops

Some ex-students of Chittagong University in a statement yesterday said Nobel laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank are pride of Bangladesh. CU Ex-Economics Students Association (CUEESA) also urged people from all walks of life to uphold the image of the country as well as the image of

Three people were killed and another was injured in separate road accidents in Narsingdi and Chittagong yesterday. A correspondent from Narsingdi reports : Two people were killed and another was injured in a road accident when a passenger bus collided head-on with a covered van on Dhaka-Gazipur

Police yesterday arrested two alleged robbers while trying to commit a robbery in a rented house at Uttara in the city. They are Majedul Islam Manju, son of Abdus Salam of Amtoli of Barguna and Mohammad Joshim, son of Abdul Malek of Rangabali of

A teenage girl was hacked to death by criminals yesterday only five days ahead of her marriage. The incident occurred at village Kulbari under Harinakundo upazila. VictimHazera Khatun,18, was daughter of Rafi Uddin of Kulbaria village under Harinakundo upazila. Hazera was an SSC examinee

The Sammilita Sangskritik Jote on Monday began their four-day festival to mark the 40th Victory Day, and called for completion of the war crimes trial immediately. Forty freedom-fighters who received awards for gallantry inaugurated the festival at the Central Shaheed Minar by laying down garlands on the Minar. Children

Little has been done to face the aftermath of an earthquake, food and disaster minister Abdur Razzak said Monday. Experts identified approximately, 250,000 buildings in the three major cities of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet as extremely vulnerable to

Threaten legal action Bangladesh Police Service Association (BPSA) came down heavily on TIB, raising questions whether its recently published report was prepared after interviewing militant operatives or addicts. BPSA also rejected Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)’s repot, which showed the police most corrupt institution, and termed the report “non-realistic, partial and

Human Rights Watch, the international human rights organisation based in the United States, described the shooting of Bangladeshi civilians by the Indian border force as a ‘de facto shoot to kill’ policy for which there was no justification. At the launch of its report, ‘Trigger happy: Excessive use of force by Indian troops in the

Result of Bangladesh Dental Surgeons (BDS) admission test under the session 2010-11 was published yesterday. A total of 11,851 students sat the exam against 210 seats. The admission test was held on Friday (December 10). There are 100 seats at Dhaka Dental College while Chittagong and Rajshahi Dental Units have

Channel-i will arrange a daylong film fair styled ‘Cute-Channel-i Chalachchitra Mela’ at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on December 19 to mark the 55th anniversary of the release of first Bangla talkie, Mukh O Mukhosh, said a press release on Monday. It said the organisers will honour renowned actress Anowara with lifetime achievement award