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Twenty-seven students will fight for a seat in the Dhaka University admission tests for first-year honours courses in the 2010-2011 academic session, with the tests scheduled to begin on October 29. The battle has intensified this year as a total of 1,63,251 students applied for only 5,899 seats. This year, 29,222 applicants more than that ... Read more

The World White Stick Day 2010 was observed in the country yesterday. The Institute of Hazrat Mohammad (SAW) observed the day to commemorate the achievements of its visually impaired students, said a press release. The programme consisted of distribution of certificates for its 7-month Arabic Language course in

Rajshahi University (RU) is going to introduce digital identity cards (ID) for its teachers, students and staff from October 19 for ensuring security on the campus. RU administration sources said the university authorities decided to introduce the digital identity card system to check outsiders on the campus to avert any untoward

Directorate general of health services under the health and family welfare ministry received over 200 computers from Grameenphone Limited as donation at a ceremony held at GPHOUSE in the city on Thursday. The computers will be used to digitise the health management information system and providing e-health service to the people, says

Green activists, academicians and chemical experts at a roundtable on Wednesday called for bringing an end to the ship breaking operation in the country as the toxic chemicals in the ships damaged forest, seawater, fishes, and trees along with workers’ lives. The speakers also urged the government to make effective the drives against chemical

Terminal Examinations 2010 for students in the primary levels of general and madrasa education would begin on November 23 across the country, said the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) as it announced the schedule, yesterday. It is the largest public examination in the country where class-V students of both general primary schools and ibtedai madrasas ... Read more

The admission tests for honour first year courses at Rajshahi University under the academic session 2010-11 begin on October 30, with 46 students vying for one seat. According to the university registrar office, this session 1 lakh 73 thousand and 316 students have registered for the first year admission tests while the number of seats ... Read more

Experts suggest taking effective steps Academics and disaster experts on Wednesday underscored the need for taking effective steps to tackle manmade and natural disasters in the Dhaka city as the city is exposed to a wide variety of risks. The seminar, styled ‘Making cities disaster resilient: the state of Dhaka city’ and held at the ... Read more

Seventeen women victims of trafficking in Satkhira have returned to their everyday life by “speaking up” and enabling themselves under a pilot project. Another 42 victims of the district have also been benefited from “Habla Project,” the project, which encourages such victims sharing their experiences on woman trafficking and

More than seventy hotels and restaurants, including some posh ones, are running their business in the Sylhet city without licence. The district administration issued an order on October 7 in this connection asking the police for taking necessary step against the owners of the hotels and restaurants, sources in the

Bangladesh was elected a council member of the International Telecommu-nication Union (ITU) for a four-year term by a big margin of votes on Tuesday. ITU is the apex body of global telecommunication sector and a UN agency which regulates information and communication technology

The poor quality higher education in some private universities is much more dangerous than the lethal anthrax, the chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC) said on Tuesday. “Anthrax can cause harm to some animals and human beings, but poor education in higher studies can kill the prospects the entire nation,” Professor Nazrul Islam said as ... Read more

Due to globalization, more specifically due to booming of ICT, Bangladesh has already been connected with the outside world. Since the government’s goal is to make the country a digital one, building strong ICT infrastructure is must in this regard. Banglalion Communications Ltd (BCL), the leading broadband wireless access (BWA)

Activists of left-leaning student organisation Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Tuesday made a call to be united against privatisation of education and to save natural resources of the country from the imperialists. They made the call, marking the fourteenth central council of the organisation Presiding over the gathering, Fakhuruddin Ahmed, former president of the

The International Day For Disaster Reduction-2010 was observed in the country yesterday with a call to stop man-made pollution. Marking the day, two environmental organizations — Centre For Disaster And Vulnerability Studies (CDVS) and Green Belt Trust (GBT) and department of Geology of Dhaka University — arranged

The World Bank (WB) may give Bangladesh $156 million for a six-year project for developing fisheries sector to meet the fish requirement of the country, a WB press release said yesterday. WB is discussing with the government about the new project that would improve the rural livelihoods of at least 1,000 fishing communities and 2,50,000 ... Read more

A 15-member team of government officials left for South Korea yesterday to participate a training programme on solar power utilisation. Sponsored by Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica), the 18-day training started on Monday and will continue till October

Fellow artistes sing for the ailing singer Ailing singer Bipul Bhattacharya is fighting for his life at Delta Hospital, Dhaka. A platform featuring noted artistes arranged a concert at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium, Central Public Library, on October 11 for the Bangladesh Mukti Sangrami Shilpi Shangstha (BMSSS) singer. Noted artistes sang at the programme. The ... Read more

Radio Foorti has extended its support to Bipul Bhattacharya, a Shadhin Bangla Betar Kendro artiste, who is fighting for his life at a city hospital, according to a press release. Bipul Bhattacharya, a renowned folk singer, has been ailing from lung cancer for the last few months. As his condition worsened, he was moved to ... Read more

A civil engineering department student of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology committed suicide at a dormitory near the university campus in the Khulna city Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Tanvir Hossain, 22, son of Faridur Rahman of Mirpur 13 in the Dhaka city. Khanjahan Ali thana police said when Tanvir’s friends came ... Read more