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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

Adulteration Drive in City 300 litres of fomalin-mixed milk seized A mobile court dumped around 300 litres of fomalin-mixed milk seized from the milk wholesale market on Rathkhola Road in the capital’s Nababpur yesterday. One was arrested in this connection and sentenced to six months in jail. The arrestee was Badsha Miah, a milk trader ... Read more

The Department of Environment fined a steel mill Tk 9.11 lakh at Nasirabad industrial area yesterday as the factory is polluting air by emitting toxic smoke. A team led by Munir Chowdhury, director (enforcement) of DoE in Chittagong, penalised Messers Multi Steel Casting Ltd in a drive to prevent environment

Workplace Accident 213 killed in seven months Highest number of deaths in construction sector Some 213 workers died in 160 workplace incidents across the country in the last seven months from January to July this year, says a rights body’s report prepared based on the reports published in the newspapers. Safety and Rights Society, an ... Read more

Bangladesh Railway will add about 100 extra coaches to its inter-city and main train services for safe and smooth transportation of homebound passengers during the holy Eid- ul-Fitr. BR Director General (DG) M Belayet Hossain told BSS that the authorities would add one to three coaches to every inter-city, mail and express train depending on ... Read more

Rumour of Child Abduction in Ctg Mob kills mentally challenged woman A mentally challenged woman was beaten to death as a child abductor suspect in Masterpole area of the city on Tuesday night. Sources said the unidentified woman around 40, had been living in the area since long. Locals caught her around 10:30pm on Tuesday, ... Read more

The Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have taken an initiative to launch digital system for the first year honours admission test from the 2010-11 academic sessions. The admission test is scheduled to be held from October 30 to November 2. The decision was taken at a meeting on Saturday night with the university vice-chancellor,