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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

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