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The viva voce of Rajshahi University admission tests under the 2010-2011 academic session will start Wednesday, a press release of the university said. According to the release, the viva test of A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A6 will be held on November 24 and 25 and B unit viva test on November

Selling begins in city’s cattle markets before the schedule Defying the office order, selling of sacrificial animals in the city’s 12 makeshift cattle markets, along with the permanent cattle market at Gabtali, has already started with four days left for Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two major festivals of the Muslims. Though the Dhaka City Corporation ... Read more

Tangents My Bhutti Adventure I love reading about adventurers searching for mysterious animals. For example, distinguished American writer Peter Mathiessen went searching for the elusive snow leopard in the Himalayas. Without finding it, he nevertheless wrote an insightful book about his great adventure: The Snow Leopard became a travel classic. Redmond O’Hanlon, a

50,000 divorce-seeking petitions in last 3 months; extra marital affairs, torture main reasons The incidence of divorce (dissolution of marriage) is increasing significantly in the city as 50,000 divorce-seeking petitions were recorded at the Dhaka City Corporation’s (DCC) marriage and divorce section in last three months. Now women seek divorce more than men for various ... Read more

Secondary schools in Barisal, both public and private, are charging extra fees from the secondary school certificate exam candidates, putting strain on the guardians. The poor guardians are under a financial strain in managing such a big amount of exam fee for their wards by either selling or mortgaging their property or

The results of admission test for first year bachelor’s degree courses under the 2010-11 session at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology was published on Friday. The vice-chancellor of RUET, Professor Sirajul Karim, told New Age that the admission test was held peacefully and the results have been published in short

Ashraful Haque, a student of class seven, was killed at Alimabad village in Muladi upazila early yesterday. Police said Ashraful, 12, engaged in a quarrel with his cousin Tofazzal over use of a mobile phone. At one stage, Tofazzal and some others called Ashraf out of the house at night. Later, Ashraful’s body was found ... Read more

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has worked out its security arrangement for the celebrations of Eid-ul-Azha, which falls on Wednesday. The police will conduct drives to remove illegal cattle markets set up in some city places, the DMP commissioner, Benazir Ahmed,

Childhood pneumonia, which claims lives of 50,000 under-five children in the country every year, can be fought through exclusive breast-feeding, vaccination and proper timely treatment. Ahead of the World Pneumonia Day today, paediatricians said this at a media dialogue organised by Save the Children, UK at the National Press Club in the city

The ministry of establishment has launched a Performance Improvement Programme in collaboration with Coalition against Pollution to reduce sound pollution and traffic congestion in the Dhaka city. The Performance Improvement Programme of Managing at the Top 2 under the BPTC of ministry of Establishment was inaugurated at the Bangladesh Sheikh Mujib Medical University auditorium in

At least four people were killed and six others injured in separate road accidents in Pabna, Jhenidah and Chandpur on Wednesday and yesterday. Our correspondent from Pabna reports: One person and his son were killed in a road accident when a speedy bus hit their motorbike on Pabna-Kashinathpur highway at

Cabin tickets of both public and private sector motor vessels plying on Barisal-Dhaka-Barisal route have already been sold out before starting special trips for Eid. About eighty per cent cabin tickets of Eid special private launch services, for five days both before and after Eid day, on Barisal–Dhaka-Barisal route have already been sold out

Police recovered bodies of a mother and her two children from a deep well in Juri upazila of Moulvibazar yesterday. The deceased were identified as Rani Lohari, 31, wife of tea garden labourer Prem Chand Lohari, her son Dipto Lohari, 7, and daughter

About one thousand cleaners of the Rajshahi City Corporation are exposed to serious health hazards as they are unprotected against germs and sharp objects while cleaning municipal wastes. The cleaners complained that they contract various skin diseases and sustain injuries in the legs and hands from glasses, sharp woods, metals and

NGO’s Support Against Stalking Victims to get instant help over phone As stalking is going unabated, an NGO along with a call centre operator has come forward to help victims throughout the country with mental and legal supports over telephone. The victims can get instant support from the law enforcement agencies or those who have ... Read more

A ten-day special launch service on the Barisal-Dhaka-Barisal route from November 14 by private launch operators and a 14-day BIWTA special launch service on 22 route s from November 12 have been announced. Saidur Rahman Rintu, vice-president of the Barisal launch owners’ association, told New Age that they would give extra trips with 12 triple-deck ... Read more

In line with the present government’s vision to build Digital Bangladesh, 4,501 union information service centres (UISCs) will be inaugurated across the country today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to open the UISCs from her office at 11.30am through video conferencing, official sources said

Interview of successful candidates under Kha unit admission test at Dhaka University will start on November 27. A total of 400 candidates will be interviewed everyday according to the merit list from 9:30am to 5:45pm till December 2

A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Manora of Manikganj Sadar upazila in Manikganj yesterday. The victim was identified as Mohamad Mohsin, son of Hossain Foraji at Muljal village in Sadar Upazila. He was a final year student of Government Devendra College in the

Three people were killed as a bus rammed into their motorcycle on Faridpur-Barisal highway at Mostafapur in sadar upazila yesterday. They are Palash Shah, 30, of Amgram village in Rajoir, Aku Ali Matabbar, 50, of Telekandi village of the same upazila, and Mamun, 30, of Chamugria village in