Metropolitan

Says study identifying illiteracy, low contraceptive use behind the failure Fertility rate in Sylhet is 3.7 percent, 1 percent higher than the national fertility rate, due to lower use of contraceptives, finds a study. The division’s birth-to-birth interval (of 24 months) rate is also 11 percent higher than the national rate of 26 percent. Use ... Read more

Three people were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Pabna, Netrokona and Kishoreganj on Wednesday night and yesterday. Our Correspondent from Pabna reports: A minor girl was killed and two others were injured in a collision between a CNG run auto-rickshaw and a three-wheeler (Nasimon) on Sujanagar Highway at

Century-old pottery market Laksmir Hat, held during Lakshmi Puja, began in the Hatkhola Hori Mandir premises in Barisal. Lakshmi is the goddess of the Hindus for welfare, prosperity, fortune, beauty and grace and Lakshmi Puja, the worship of Goddess Lakshmi, would be held on Friday at the night of full moon in almost

The first-year honour’s examinations under the National University begin on October 24. A total of 1,88,366 examinees from 203 colleges will take the exams. The authorities have made necessary preparations to set up 131 examinations centre. Exams will begin at 9:00am every day. Sources said a control room had been set up at the university ... Read more

Admission tests for the first year graduation courses, 2010-2011 session, of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Cuet) will be held at 10:00am on November 4. The lists of qualified candidates for participation in admission examinations will be published on October 25, 2010, says a Cuet press

Jan Gerhardus De Waal has assumed office as the executive director (ED) of World Vision Bangladesh, said a press release yesterday. Skilled in management and leadership, Waal also is experienced in rural development, development studies and micro-enterprise development. World Vision, a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation, is working for children, families and other communities ... Read more

A combined MBBS admission tests both for private and public medical colleges are going to be held for the first time on Friday to ensure the minimum standard of the physicians. Candidates will get their seat planning from the website –– http://www.dghs.gov.bd/. “From this academic year, we are going to take the admission tests both ... Read more

About 1.8 crore children participated in various programmes across the country to promote handwashing with soap on Wednesday. As part of the weeklong observance of Global Handwashing Day on October 15, more than fifty thousand children gathered at a handwashing programme at the Residential Model School and

BCS information technology fair ‘BCSICTWORLD’ will be held from October 30 to November 2 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, the organisers said at a news briefing Wednesday at the BCS office in Dhaka. Mustafa Jabbar, president of the Bangladesh Computer Samity, spoke at the briefing while

Three people were killed and around nine others injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong and Jhenidah yesterday. Our Chittagong correspondent reports: a speeding truck near the 3rd Karnaphuli Bridge ploughed into five three-wheelers (locally known as tempoos) and two rickshaws standing on the sideway

Police recovered the body of a Titumir College student at Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University yesterday. Debasish Das, an honours first year student, was found hanging from the ceiling fan with a gamsa (a piece of cloth) inside the room 285 at Jotirmoy Guho Thakurta building around 3:00pm. Debasish, from Kotalipara in Gopalganj, had been ... Read more

A five-storey under-construction building has started to tilt in the city’s Kamrangirchar area, spreading panic among the locals. Shafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Kamrangirchar Police Station told The New Nation yesterday that on information, police rushed to the spot at about 8 am and evacuated the family members of

Speakers at a function in Dhaka on Tuesday said government policy and infrastructural support are necessary to raise export earnings from the continuously growing and still very potential readymade garment sector that annually fetches about 12.5 billion dollars. Good health need to be ensured for the garment workers who are the main driving force

The Dhaka-Chittagong highway was gridlocked for about one hour due to a head-on collision yesterday and the road’s dilapidated condition. Sources said traffic situation on the highway has worsened nowadays since the renovation of potholes started four days

Shortage of Gas Supply Ctg experiences 240 MW loadshedding Consumers of Chittagong Power Development Board (PDB) experienced loadshedding up to 130 megawatt (MW) during the day and 230-240 MW in the evening yesterday. “We could not go for demand generation due to shortage of gas supply,” said PDB Chief Engineer (Generation) Shibu Kumar Chowdhury

The Rajshahi University authorities have decided to introduce digital identity card for teachers, students and employees and as part of the programme on Tuesday the vice-chancellor inaugurated the ID card project. At around 9:00am, the vice-chancellor M Abdus Sobhan inaugurated the project at computer science and engineering department as chief gust while professor of the computer ... Read more

A man was killed and two others injured after their motorcycle crushed under a bus on Dhaka-Barisal highway near Kashipur in Barisal city yesterday. The deceased, Rajib, 29, and his two friends Rony, 26, and Akib, 17, were all residents of the city. Police and witnesses said the speedy motorcycle carrying the three lost control ... Read more

The government on Tuesday announced new timing for government primary, registered private and community primary schools in the Dhaka metropolitan area. According to the new timing, schools will start at 7:30am and end at 2:15pm. Earlier, the timing was from 9:30am to

Police arrested a fake traffic sergeant for providing case slips to the drivers of faulty vehicles in exchange of money at the city’s Tigerpass intersection yesterday afternoon. Emranul Haque alias Suman, 38, of the city’s CDA Residential area identified himself as traffic sergeant. Sources said a casebook of traffic department was stolen few days back. ... Read more

Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) launched bus service in the port city yesterday to ensure smooth transport for the commuters. CCC started the service with 17 buses to ply on the busy route No. 10 stretching from Bahodderhat to Patenga Sea Beach. The buses will stop at four points–Muradpur, Dewanhat,