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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

Every year about 1.5 lakh newborns in Bangladesh suffer from the chronic hepatitis B virus, easily preventable by vaccination, said National Professor MR Khan at a conference yesterday. “Chronic liver diseases Hepatitis B and C are easily preventable by vaccines available in all government and private health institutes,” said MR Khan at the inaugural ceremony ... Read more

Intern doctors at Dhaka National Medical College Hospital under Sutrapur finally called off their strike and joined work yesterday after 27 hours of work abstention. Following demands of interns and other employees the hospital has introduced the system of passes for attendants in order to control the number of attendants per patient, said director of

Dhaka Elevated Expressway Proposals sought from 4 bidders Proposals sought from 4 bidders The communications ministry yesterday informed the cabinet that it has sought proposals from four prequalified bidders to build the 21-km long Dhaka Elevated Expressway from Shahjalal International Airport to Demra. The government aims at completing construction work of the expressway within

Bangladesh has 155 psychiatrists and clinical psychiatrists to provide treatment or advice to all the patients in the country suffering from mental illnesses, constituting more than 16 per cent of the adult population, mental health experts said on Wednesday. Speaking at a discussion, they said that more than 18 per cent children of Dhaka division

Mahmud urges brickfield owners State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday called upon the brickfield owners to use environment friendly technology in manufacturing bricks to save the country’s environment. “It is not possible for the government alone to reduce the environmental pollution and needs your cooperation to do so,” he said while ... Read more

Keraniganj Triple Murder Selim confesses crime Selim Mallik confessed to the killings of his mother, son and a nephew in Madaripur village under Kalindi union of city’s Keraniganj before a Dhaka court yesterday. In his confessional statement before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s court, Selim, 28, narrated why and how he killed his mother Shahida Begum ... Read more

The senior reporter of the Boishakhi TV, reported missing on Tuesday, was found near Ullapara railway station in Sirajganj yesterday. Locals found Kamran Karim lying unconscious by Nagarbari-Bogra Highway around 4:15pm. DB sources said local police recovered Kamran on receiving information from locals and

A deputy assistant engineer of Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) was killed and three pedestrians were injured in a road accident at Phulbari in Dinajpur on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Md Shahabur Rahman, 30, a deputy assistant engineer of Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL), son of Md Abbas Ali of

A grand rally on the eve of the reunion of Azimpur Old Friends Association will be held tomorrow. The rally will start from the Garage Math, Party House, adjacent to the mazar in the locality at 9:30am. Important and high-ranking government officials, former residents of the area, along with the present residents of Azimpur Colony ... Read more

Academics and a senior bureaucratic on Monday underscored the need for creating public awareness to stop dowry. They also urged the government to give incentive to the families having one child to check the population boom in the

At least six people were killed and six others injured in separate road accidents in Kishoreganj, Faridpur, Chapainawabganj, Thakurgaon, and Natore yesterday and on Monday. Our correspondent from Kishoreganj reports: Two bicycle riders were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Nikli-Kaliachapra road in Nuabari of Katiadi upazila in the

Tourism magazine Parjatan Bichitra will hold a 3-day tourism fair in Dhaka from October 28 with the slogan ‘Sustainable Tourism for Development’. Parjatan Bichitra editor Mohiuddin Helal made the announcement at a press conference at the National Press Club on