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Police assaulted two senior journalists and confined them to Farmgate Traffic Police Box under Tejgaon Police Station in the city yesterday. The journalists are Nikhil Bhadra, senior journalist of Jaijaidin and Amitosh Pal of Kaler Kantho. Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday closed three traffic police

Drive to compel the use of foot bridge opposed Civil society groups held a demonstration on Monday demanding restoration of sidewalks and reintroduction of zebra crossings in the city for pedestrians’ safety instead of compelling people to use the foot bridge. They said that Dhaka was possibly the lone city in the world to deny ... Read more

Results of combined admission test for 61 public and private medical colleges across the country for the session 2010-11 have been published yesterday. The results were posted on the website (http://www.dghs.gov.bd/). Candidates with a mobile phone connection can find their results by typing

The Dhaka University authorities early Monday handed over a young man to the police for passing himself off as a university student. The arrestee was identified as Kamruzzaman Shohag of village Shagata in Gaibandha. The university proctor, KM Saiful Islam, told newsmen that, informed by some students,

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an Ansar platoon commander with some fake fundamental training certificates and seals from his possession at the Ansar camp of Gulistan Shopping Complex in city’s Paltan on Sunday. Platoon commander Moktarul Hossain, 25, also commander of the camp, hails from

Four people were killed and 10 others seriously injured in separate road accidents in Faridpur and Narsingdi. Our Correspondent from Faridpur reports: At least two people were killed and six others injured in two separate road accident in Madhukhali and Nagarkanda upazilas of Faridpur yesterday. The deceased were identified as Nazmul Sheikh, 24, a rickshaw ... Read more

Call charges of economy international subscribers’ dialling (EISD) have been changed since last August, said a press release of Bangladesh Tele-communication Company Ltd (BTCL) yesterday. The statement said the call rates have been changed as directed by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)

A 13-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging with a rope from the ceiling at her house in Mirajnagar Paschim Para under Keraniganj Model Police Station yesterday afternoon. Police recovered the hanging body of Rozina Akhter, daughter of Afsar Ali at 2:00pm. Rozina’s mother Sufia Khatun said she went to collect grass for cows at ... Read more

The Dhaka City Corporation is yet to start repairing 237 kilometres of roads, drains and footpaths while the work was supposed to begin in July 2010. Two months ago, the corporation officials told New Age that they were hoping that the project, named ‘Improvement of damaged roads, drains and footpaths of Dhaka City Corporation,’ would ... Read more

Says HR body chairman People have lost respect for the rule of law as its execution in the existing system is poor, said National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman yesterday. Hinting at the recent murder incidents he said, “Though people hesitate to kill birds and animals, they do not hesitate to kill ... Read more

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman yesterday said human rights are being violated due to long delay in disposal of cases. Cases should be disposed of quickly so that litigants can get justice in short time, he told reporters after a meeting with Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque at his Supreme Court ... Read more

Voluntary blood donors’ organisation Badhan celebrated its 13th founding anniversary on the Dhaka University campus on Sunday. At around 9:30am, they brought out a procession, opened by the university vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique and joined by around 400 members of Badhan. The procession paraded different

A schoolboy was shot and two others injured at Rainkhola in Mirpur yesterday. Mohammad Sujon, 11, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital with bullet injuries in his right hand along with Mohammad Sohel, 12, with injuries in his head. The third injured is Ashik, 15. Police said six to seven teenagers armed with ... Read more

Reveals study The number of women joining the profession of journalism is increasing notably though they face some barriers like stalking and harassment at places of work, says a research on the state of women in journalism. Female journalists face problems in getting maternity leave and assignments, according to their skill and merit, but their ... Read more

At least four persons were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Jhenidah, Barisal and Cox’s Bazar on Saturday and yesterday. Our Correspondent from Jhenidah reports: A motorcyclist, student of Islamic University, was killed and another injured under the wheels of a truck on JhenidahKushtia highway at

Jahangirnagar University students will get free internet facilities on the campus from November this year. JU vice-chancellor Shariff Enamul Kabir told this to the newsmen on Saturday. The university authorities recently increased the connection limit to 8 MBPS while earlier this was only 2 MBPS, he

Lubaba Nawar, a student of class eight of Rajuk Uttara Model College, received books worth Tk 1 lakh as she became first in the Oitijya Gollachhut Prothom Alo story-writing competition 2009 arranged for school level students. Publication organisation Oitijya and daily Prothom Alo organised the competition for

76 students vie for each seat The admission tests for all units and institutes except ‘Kha’ (social science faculty) and ‘Ga’ unit (arts and humanities faculty) for academic session 2010-11 at Jahangirnagar University begin today. The tests begin with ‘Chha’ unit today and of the rest units, the test of ‘Ka’ unit will be held ... Read more

A grand reunion of the department of management studies of Dhaka University was held at TSC auditorium yesterday. DU Vice-chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique was the chief guest at the programme chaired by Prof Jamal Uddin Ahmed, the dean of the faculty of

The fisheries department of Rajshahi University observed on Saturday its 10th founding anniversary with enthusiasm, fanfare and participation of students, teachers and staff. Several hundred students and teachers, led by the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor, marched the major points of the university campus with the beats of drums, celebrating