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Speakers at a public gathering on Tuesday stressed the need for immediate recovery of four canals in the city from grabbers to save the environment of the capital. They also condemned lawmaker Aslamul Haque’s interference in the drive of a task force to recover a canal and criticised the government for its failure to implement ... Read more

Turkish President Abdullah Gül said direct flights between Dhaka and Istanbul will begin in December, hoping that the connectivity would definitely enhance trade and investment between Bangladesh and his country. Gül told this to the newly appointed Bangladesh Ambassador to Turkey Md Zulfiqur Rahman on Monday. Rahman met the Turkish president to present his

The Barisal Metropolitan Police is reeling under manpower, accommodation and transport crisis even four years after its inception in 2006. With a jurisdiction area of 182 square kilometres, the BMP started functioning with only old Barisal kotwali police station with three

Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) held a workshop at Lake Shore Hotel in the city on Thursday to upgrade Korea Overseas Volunteers Programme in Bangladesh. At the workshop, participants spent half the day finding better ways to boost this programme in Bangladesh. A number of dignitaries and representatives from the programme’s host organisations along

A student of a private university allegedly committed suicide by hanging with a scarf from the ceiling fan at Maddhya Pirerbagh in city’s Mirpur yesterday. The dead Mahjabeen Munni, 20, was a first year student of Presidency University. Officer-in-Charge Kazi Wajed Ali of Mirpur Police Station said Munni’s mother went to the room

King of Sweden Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus said his country is ready to support Bangladesh in its battle against climate change. The King told the newly appointed Bangladesh Ambassador to Sweden AFM Gousal Azam Sarker who called on His Majesty to present his credentials on 27 October, says a foreign ministry

Early diagnosis can cut congenital birth defects for which 4.40 lakh children die each year in the low and middle-income generating countries, including Bangladesh, said speakers at a seminar yesterday. Dr Fawzia Hossain, Bangladesh Representative of Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG), said the main causes of congenital birth defect are genetic, radiation, environmental

Admission tests for first year honours courses of 2010-11 session at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) will be held on November 6. Examinations of ‘ka’ (Faculties of social science & business studies) unit will be held at 10:00 am and `kha’ (science) unit at 3:00 pm on the

At least seven people were killed and 36 injured in separate road accidents in Dinajpur, Netrakona, Benapole and Sylhet on Saturday and yesterday. Our correspondent from Dinajpur reports: At least three people, including two children, were killed in separate road accident in the district

Some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men from Dhaka University (DU) Jagannath Hall vandalised two idols and shops at Ramna Kali Mandir in the city early yesterday over taking control of the shops. Police arrested three BCL activists in this connection. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shahbagh Police Station Rezaul Karim said some 70 to

Overhead Cables to Underground ISPs, cable operators get one month The deadline given to internet service providers (ISP) and cable operators to reroute their overhead cables to underground has been extended by one month. Power ministry officials, at a meeting yesterday, took the decision to give the service mongers time until November 31 for removing ... Read more

Archaeologists urge govt Archaeologists at a roundtable yesterday said Lalbagh Fort is under threat of encroachers and urged the government to protect the heritage site. The speakers portrayed a grim picture of the famous Mughal-era palace cum fortress. They said encroachers demolished the surviving walls on the west side, and many multi-storied

Leaders of Dhakabashi, a socio-cultural voluntary organisation, yesterday demanded of the authorities concerned to remove billboards from foot overbridges in the city so that pedestrians can see and use those bridges, preventing road accidents. Most of the bridges are covered with glittering billboards and crowded with hawkers, beggars,

Pro-Awami League Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad (SCP) sweeps the deans’ election of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) yesterday. The SCP-backed panel secured all the four faculties — medical, surgery, basic medicine and dental. BSMMU Vice Chancellor Prof Pran Gopal Datta told The Daily Star that the vote was held at

Four persons were killed and 10 others injured in road accidents in Chittagong, Gaibandha, and Satkhira yesterday. A Chittagong correspondent reports: A labourer was killed and five others injured when a wood-laden truck plunged into a ditch off Dhaka-Chittagong highway in

Countrywide Protest Call to punish stalkers Members of civil society submit a memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through Poba Upazila Nirbahi Officer demanding arrest of the stalkers who killed Natore college teacher Mizanur Rashid Different civic groups and political parties across the country yesterday formed human chains and demonstrated, demanding immediate arrest of the ... Read more

At least five people were killed and nine others injured in separate road accidents in Satkhira, Noakhali, Benapole, Kurigram and Gopalganj yesterday and on Wednesday. Our Correspondent from Satkhira reports: A four-year-old child was killed in a road accident on Satkhira-Fingri road at village Faizullapur in Sadar upazila

Environmentalists urge PM Environmentalists at a rally yesterday sought the prime minister’s intervention in saving the city’s playgrounds by removing concrete structures built on them. Lauding the prime minister’s recent instructions to recover city playgrounds from grabbers, the speakers said the government’s goodwill to help develop the mental and physical health of

Country’s largest annual ICT showcase ‘BCS ICT World 2010’ kicks off tomorrow in the city with the theme of building a ‘Digital Bangladesh for the new generation’. Organised by Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) – the national association of the ICT companies, the four-day event will be staged at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center of the

The Australian High Commissioner on Wednesday celebrated completion of “Great Aussie Rickshaw Ride”, a unique idea to raise awareness about global poverty and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through riding rickshaw across Australia. Four rickshawpullers from Bangladesh — Hazrat Ali, Abdul Khaleq, Farida Yasmin and