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Eid-shopping in Rajshahi markets has picked up with people rushing to the shops, shopping centres, markets, business centres and makeshift shops on roads. A huge number of people of different ages from every walk of life are coming to the market to buy dresses, clothes and others products for celebrating Eid, sellers

Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) members will observe holiday on September 9, 10 and 11 on account of Eid-ul-Fitr. Therefore, no newspaper will be published on September 10, 11 and 12, said a press release here yesterday. If Eid is celebrated on September 11, holiday will be observed on September 12 as well, in

An anti-adulteration mobile court on Saturday fined five business houses and seized a huge quantity of papaya and destroyed 1,500 kilograms of dates at Shyambazar and Waizghat in the Dhaka city. The mobile court, led by executive magistrate Muhammad Al Amin, also awarded two months’ imprisonment to a fruit wholesaler Russell Enterprise’s manager Jahirul Islam. ... Read more

Bangladesh Army is going to replace its contingents at United Nations Mission in Sudan. A total of 315 members of two contingents BANEN-GINEER-10 (Demining) and BANEN-GINEER-11 (Construction) will be deployed in Sudan by two flights, said an ISPR release. In the first flight, a total of 165 army personnel including officers led by Lt Colonel ... Read more

The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology authorities are going to hold a reunion of former students of the university for the first time after two decades of its inception in 1991. The authorities have also formed an advisory body and the 1st reunion observation committee for carrying out the preparatory

This year the sales are much less than that of the previous year, claimed sellers of attar (fragrance), surma (kohl), caps and rosaries at the Baitul Mukarram Mosque Market and on the surrounding footpath on Friday. Although it seemed a busy day at the market with a good number of customers bargaining and buying with ... Read more

From now on, visually impaired people who have internet access can listen to news of daily Prothom Alo by logging into a new link of its website. Prothom Alo yesterday launched the web link named “Prothom Alo Sruti” where they can listen to its audio Bangla news uploaded using a Bangla language processing

Dhaka, the country’s ever expanding capital city, would soon become uninhabitable, if encroachment of rivers, canals and wetland in and around the city continues at the present pace, a top urban planner has warned. Sarwar Jahan, president of Bangladesh Institute of Planners, feared there would be no wetland in Dhaka metropolitan area by the year ... Read more

Registration for admission in the honours courses at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology begins today. The students willing to get admitted in the graduation courses in the 2010-11 education year can register their names till October 15 and the admission test will be held on November 6, sources

Dhaka University went into a 19-day vacation on Tuesday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, Jumatul Wida, Shab-e-Qadr and Janmashtami. The classes of all departments will remain closed from August 31 to September 16, official sources said. During the vacation, both male and female dormitories will remain open, said university

THE month-long Rajshahi garment, loom products fair and hena festival at Green Plaza of the city corporation is drawing a huge crowd which peaks every day evening after ifter when the city dwellers and people from the city suburb crowd the fair for Eid shopping. The sellers said a good number of people were coming ... Read more

Eid shopping has peaked at different shops, shopping centres and markets in the Khulna city, with female buyers outnumbering their male counterparts. Sales of saris, garments, footwear and cosmetics are now remarkable at New Market, Aarong, Western Plaza, Daulatpur Market, Save and Safe, Khulna Shopping Complex, Malek Chamber,

The authority of Rajshahi University (RU) has prepared for a 16-days vacation from September 1 on the occasion of Eid- ul- Fitr. The classes and examination will resume on September 18. The classes of the different department will remain closed from September 1 to September 16, official sources said

Operation of the Adventure World, a private amusement park near Osmani International Airport in the Sylhet city, resumed on Sunday, 16 months after its closure following a directive of the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation. The park authorities in a press conference at the Sylhet Press Club in the afternoon

Government appointed Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed, a renowned nuclear scientist, as the next Chairman (current charge) of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), on effect from September 24, 2010, says a BAEC press release. Dr Ahmed was born in December 31, 1954 at Kathalia Upazila in Jhalakathi. He

Prof Dr SM Nazrul Islam of Mechanical Engineering department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has been appointed the vice chancellor (VC) of the institution. A reliable source at the education ministry confirmed The Daily Star yesterday afternoon that procedure of appointing Prof Nazrul to the post has been

WiMAX operator Banglalion Communica-tions Limited launched its operation in Barisal on Saturday. On the occasion, a press conference was held at BDS auditorium in the city. Banglalion offers packages starting from 128Kbps to 5Mbps at the monthly payment of Tk 600 to Tk 15,000. It has also announced a special package for students and media ... Read more

Foreign Transport experts prefer construction of monorail instead of underground metro rail for Dhaka city as the subways will be less feasible and will cost one billion dollar more than the sky-trains. They said approximately 2.6 billion US dollar will be required to build the country’s underground metro railway but will cost one billion dollar ... Read more

Post and Telecommunication Minister Raziuddin Ahmed Raju on Thursday said every upazila of the country would be brought under broadband internet facilities through fiber optic cable by 2012 in line with realizing the government’s pledge to build digital Bangladesh. “We have already signed an agreement with Malaysia to make laptop computer

Suggest senior journalists Editors and senior journalists from different print and electronic media suggested taking measures against polluters, loggers and land grabbers to save the country’s environment even if the decisions go against the ruling party men. They requested the state minister for environment to take measures to save the