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At least four people were killed and 11 others injured in separate road accidents in Chpainawabganj and Gaibandha districts yesterday. Our correspondent from Chapainawabganj reports: Two people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident on Shibpur- Porsha road at Matindor village of Patnitala upazila in Naogaon

Viqarunnisa Noon School and College will draw the admission lottery for Class I in December 21–22, authorities said. The principal, Husne Ara Begum, told New Age on Tuesday the authorities had made all the preparations for the draw

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Dhaka City Corporation ward councillor and film actor Monwar Hossain Dipjol to jail in connection with a case filed against him for assaulting a traffic police constable on November 16 in the city’s Gabtoli area. Metropolitan Magistrate SK Tofail Hassan passed the order after Sub-Inspector

citizens’ demanded Human rights activists, dignitaries of the civil society, academicians and aged people on Monday demanded official recognition of elderly people as ‘senior citizens’ and the ensuring of their rights. They made the call while addressing a consultation meeting on ‘Older persons and the achievement of Millennium Development Goals’, organized by the Resource Integration ... Read more

The Bangladesh Tourism Board at a news briefing on Monday said they would be official partner of Bollywood heart throb Shahrukh Khan live show scheduled to be held at Dhaka Army Stadium next month. The press conference was jointly organised at the Sheraton Hotel by BTB and event management company Antar Showbiz which is arranging ... Read more

European Union (EU) will finance schooling for 400,000 poor children, who are hardest to reach, with an indicative budget of € 48.5 million. This was disclosed at a consultation workshop yesterday organised by the EU delegation at the Lakeshore Hotel in the city to publicise

Criminals yesterday killed a transport worker and dumped the body into the Turag River at Salehpur’s Bashudha Housing area in the city outskirts Savar. Police detained two alleged killers of the transport worker after a mob gave the two a good beating. The deceased Mohammad Sujon, 19, of Aminbazar area was a driver’s assistant of ... Read more

The golden jubilee of Adamjee Cantonment School and College in Dhaka will be held on December 23 and 24 on its premises, says a press release. An agreement on this regard was signed between Desh TV, as co-partner of the event, Radio Today, as media partner, and the institution

A group of students from Sunbeams School in Dhaka won the ‘Most Outstanding Team’ award in a choral singing competition at Celesta International 2010 held in the Indian city of Lucknow from November 17 to 21. The team of students performed a patriotic song to win the award at the event, which provides a golden opportunity ... Read more

Speakers tell roundtable Disseminating accurate information on HIV/AIDS and their usage in daily life are the key to prevent spread of the deadly disease, panelists told a roundtable yesterday. As there is no treatment of the disease, prevention is the only way to ward off the fatal infection, they said, adding that wrong or misleading ... Read more

Places 11-pt constitutional amendment proposal A Jatiya Sangsad caucus on Sunday came up with an 11-point proposal for instituting constitutional recognition of the country’s ethnic minorities. Convener of the JS caucus on indigenous peoples Rashed Khan Menon in a written statement presented their recommendations at a news

At least 12 people were killed and another was injured in separate road accidents in Pabna, Gopalganj, Bagerhat, Chapainawabganj and Narayanganj districts on Saturday and yesterday. Our correspondent from Pabna reports: A child was killed in a road accident on Bhangura-Faridpur highway at Berhawlia village of the district on

Number of flyovers reduces while cost doubles The Chittagong Development Authority has decided against constructing two of the five flyovers it had originally planned to build to ease traffic congestions in the city. The prime minister had earlier in the year laid the foundation stones of the flyovers in different parts of the city

A new English language requirement will be introduced today for non-European migrants who, as of today, apply for a visa to go or remain in the UK as a partner or spouse of a British citizen or person settled there. Applicants will need to show that they can speak and understand English to a basic ... Read more

The British Council will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore through a four-month long festival to be held in between next February and May. The festival programmes include a fashion show, a creative writing workshop, a music show on TV and a dance drama. The British Council unveiled the festival ... Read more

Sundarbans Resources Equal rights of women demanded Speakers at a workshop demanded equal rights of women and men to the resources of the Sundarbans, pointing out that women often face attack, discrimination, and harassment while collecting the forest resources. They also demanded of the government to give state recognition to the profession of the

The Korean government is considering a grant of 7 million US dollars for implementation of two projects in the field of ICT and vocational training in Bangladesh. According to Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Bangladesh office sources, a three-member team of Korean delegation has completed

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alyssa Ayres arrived here yesterday for a five-day visit. During the visit, she will hold meetings with politicians, senior public officials, civil society groups, entrepreneurs and media, says a press statement of the US Embassy in

Result of Ga unit (business studies faculty) admission test of Dhaka University was published yesterday. The result is available on the official websites of the university — http://www.admission.univdhaka.edu/ or www.gaunit. univdhaka.edu A total of 2,893 admission aspirants have come out successfully in the examination out of

Six people were killed and 11 others injured in separate road accidents in the capital, Sitakunda and Gaibandha yesterday. In an accident, a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit Mohammad Mohiuddin, 41, of Uzirpur upazila under Barisal when he was crossing the road near Rampura Bazar in the capital at about 11:00am