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Dhaka University is to establish the ”centre for genocide studies” and the ”department of educational psychology”. The university’s academic council made the decisions at a meeting yesterday. DU Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Sidique said the centre for genocide studies will initiate

Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital will provide free treatment during Bijoy Mela organised by private television station channel-i at Tejgaon in the city. The hospital sources said freedom fighters, sector commanders, Swadhin Bangla Football Team members, artists of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, editors,

A man was killed allegedly by his wife and her lover at village Panchnal of Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira on Sunday night. The deceased was Nur Mohammad, 42, son of Abdul Khaleque of the village Panchnol. The police and local people said the killing incident was a sequel to quarrel between

A man died in mass beating in the Munshiganj district headquarters on Sunday. The deceased was Mohammad Nizam, 45, a resident of Guherkandi in the district. The police and witnesses said Nizam, a wanted thief of the area, was caught by local people near the Eidgah area of village Makuhati Sunday noon. They beat up ... Read more

A domestic helper was allegedly beaten to death by house-owner at Gournadi in Barisal on Sunday. Witnesses said the house-owner, Sankha Banik, a resident of Batajor at Gournadi, mercilessly beat the victim, Rabindranath Bepari, 20, on Sunday as he had gone to enjoy a folk song programme and failed to attend the Sankha Banik on

Women rights leaders urge all Women rights leaders yesterday called all to stand against sexual harassment and stalking as an alarming 4186 incidents of violence on women took place between January and September this year. Among them 458 women were raped, 82 of them were gang raped and 52 women were killed by the rapists, ... Read more

Police recovered the body of a female garment worker hanging by the neck from a tree branch at Botanical Garden in the city yesterday morning. The deceased Sharmin Akter Julia, 19, daughter of late Jalal Khan of Rupnagar tin shed colony, was a worker of Banga Garments at section seven of Pallabi in the

At least three people were killed and another injured in separate road accidents in Madaripur, Gopalganj and Khagrachhari on Saturday night and yesterday. A correspondent from Madaripur reports : A local Sechchhasebok League leader was killed in a road accident when he lost control of his motorcycle and fell into a

The government is seriously considering the formation of a separate land commission to deal with land disputes of the ethnic minorities of the plain lands. Food minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Friday assured the Garo community at Madhupur in Tangail that the government would not make any move to evict them from the forests lands ... Read more

RU meal charge hike Students form action committee The resident students of Rajshahi University formed a committee on Saturday to intensify their agitations against the authority’s decision to raise the meal charges. Hundreds of resident students gathered under the banner of ‘Food Security Movement Committee’ and submitted a memorandum to the vice chancellor M Abdus ... Read more

Contestants in a parliamentary debate yesterday stressed moral education to prevent stalking instead of enforcement of laws The debate was on “Laws alone will not prevent stalking, ethical education is necessary”, participated by 32 universities of the

At least five people were killed in separate road accidents in Munshiganj and Brahmanbaria districts early yesterday. Our correspondent from Munshiganj reports : Three people were killed as a bus rammed into a village market on Dhaka-Maowa highway at Srinagar upazila in Munshiganj early

The comprehensive early childhood development policy and early learning and development standards (ELDS) will be incorporated in the National Child Policy which is under review now, says a press release. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, state minister for the ministry of women and children affairs, told the closing session of the three-day South Asia Regional ECD ... Read more

Rajshahi University folklore department celebrated its 12th anniversary of inception among enthusiasm, festive mood, fanfare and participation of present and past teachers, students and staff of the department on Saturday. A few hundred students and teachers bought out a procession carrying festoons and banners

Muktijuddher Bijoy Mela, a 22-day fair marking Victory Day, began at the Outer Stadium in the Chittagong city with the slogan ‘Muktijuddher Bijoy Bir Bangaleer Ahanker’ on Friday. The state minister for liberation war affairs, AB Tajul Islam, inaugurated the fair by lighting the victory flame at MA Aziz Stadium Gate as chief guest at ... Read more

Physicians warn skin diseases from use of fake cosmetics Adulterated cosmetics have flooded markets to such an extent that the sellers themselves are unable to distinguish between the original and the adulterated. Wholesalers claim it has become impossible to identify the pure commodity before use. They also say a number of manufacturers are defunct, but ... Read more

Indian film icon Shah Rukh Khan on Friday took Dhaka city by storm as more than 25,000 people watched him and fellow actors Rani Mukherjee and Arjun Rampal perform live at the Army stadium. The ‘Shah Rukh Kahn Live in Dhaka’ show, organised by Antar Showbiz, began at around 8:00pm, nearly three hours behind schedule

Air link between capital Dhaka and Turkish largest city Istanbul will be established on the last week of this month. “Initially the Turkish Airlines will operate Dhaka-Istanbul flights four day in a week from this month,” Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Shafique Alam Mehdi told the news agency

Rights activists on Friday said one in every two women in the country is tortured within the family while domestic violence is still widely considered a private affair. They at a press conference at the National Press Club cited an international survey which put Bangladesh in the fourth position as regards violence against women

A forth-year-student of Dhaka Medical College on Friday committed suicide at Dr Fazle Rabbi Hall in the city’s Bakshibazar. The deceased, Nehal, hailed from Habiganj, was a resident of room A/8 at the hostel. The hostel sources said Nehal was found unconscious sedated by anti-histamine tablets at about