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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

Ordinary tap and tube well water filled in bottles with labels of different mineral water brands are being sold at the Barisal launch, steamer and bus terminals, New Age can reveal. Criminal gangs are employing street children to bottle ordinary tap and tube well water in used mineral water bottles and selling them to the ... Read more

Green activists on Saturday demanded immediate cancellation of the Demra housing project, which grabbed ‘chhota dighi’, the only clean water source for the local people. They also urged the government to implement the Detailed Area Plan immediately at a press briefing, jointly organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan and inhabitants

Twin test tube babies (one male and another female) from the first successful frozen embryo transfer technique were born yesterday to a childless couple at Apollo Hospital Dhaka. The babies were born under guidance and care of Dr Mrinal Kumar Sarker, obstetrician/gynaecologist and infertility specialist, says a

Experts tell seminar Smoking related diseases account for death almost five times more than people killed in road accidents every year, said speakers at a seminar yesterday. Urging to stop smoking at public places, they said 12,000 people, on an average, die in road accidents while 57,000 people die due to diseases

Save the Environment Movement yesterday called upon the government to take immediate steps to protect and preserve the Lalbagh Kella (fort) in old Dhaka as per the High Court order. The demand came at a human chain programme titled “Evict the illegal grabbers of the historic Lalbagh Kella.” Save the Environment Movement and Bangladesh Scouts ... Read more

Dozens of families of the victims in traffic accidents, government officials, social organisations and university teachers in a rally on Friday said that lack of proper enforcement of the existing law was a major cause for reckless driving that took a heavy toll on human lives every year. Families United Against Road Accidents, a platform ... Read more

Green activists yesterday demanded that the dam construction on the Brahmaputra River by China be stopped saying such a project would adversely impact on environment and agriculture in downstream Bangladesh and India. China has started building a dam on the river to set up Zangmu Hydropower Station in Tibet,

The railway passengers in Rajshahi have been suffering as the intercity trains on the Rajshahi-Dhaka route are failing their schedules every day from two days before Eid-ul-Azha. The passengers alleged that the three intercity trains on the route — Silk City Express, Padma Express and Dhumketu Express — are being late five to six hours ... Read more

Photo Exhibition on Everest Mission Musa wants to plant 16cr saplings to fight climate change “When the Bangladesh national flag was flying high on Everest on May 23, 2010 at 5:16am, for the first time, I instantly wanted to jump back to Bangladesh and say look we have done it,” said Musa Ibrahim, the first ... Read more