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Most of the adolescent girls in rural areas are to spend their days in homes and marry off at an early age, said a group of girls at a press conference here yesterday. The adolescent girls from rural areas said most of the girls tend to drop out of school early and have a little ... Read more

A daylong job fair for the fresh graduates was held at Dhaka University yesterday. Dhaka University Alumni Association and Dhaka University Career Club jointly organised the fair. Prime Minister’s Adviser for Health Prof Syed Modasser Ali inaugurated the fair at the alumni floor of the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate

The Department of Environment has fined three factories Tk 1.3 million for water and air pollution. The factories were Concord Ready-mix & Concrete Products Ltd, Fish Processing Ltd and Export Pack Ltd. DoE director (enforcement) Munir Chowdhury told bdnews24.com they were fined for polluting water and air through their

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation, in cooperation with the launch owners’ association, has arranged an eleven-day special launch service from September 6 on 22 major river and coastal routes to reduce pressure of home-bound passengers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. The special launch service will continue for five days after the Eid festival, said ... Read more

Ailing Bangla pop guru and freedom fighter Azam Khan will return on Monday after a month-long treatment in Singapore, his family has said. The pop-song pioneer has been suffering from mouth cancer and flew to Singapore on Aug 14 for better treatment. The operation on him was done successfully at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in

In a bid to projecting the significance of the 1971 liberation war before the young generation, the Liberation War Museum authorities have planned to build a fully-fledged museum with modern facilities in the Dhaka city. The LWM sources said Tk 60 crore has been earmarked for building the six-storey building on 0.82 acres (over 2.5 ... Read more

The lottery draw organised by Bangladesh Scouts will be held on September 24, says a press release. The earlier scheduled date was August 11 but was postponed for inevitable reasons. Sale of the lottery tickets was formally launched on June 8 at national headquarters of

The golden jubilee of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) was celebrated with due festivity and elaborate programmers on its campus yesterday, says a BAU press release. Marking the 50th founding anniversary, the BAU authorities chalked out a day long programme including hosting of national and university flags, colourful rally, tree plantation, seminar, farmers’

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling advance tickets from August 31 on the occasion of Eid-ul- Fitr. The BR took the decision considering the convenience of homebound Eid passengers. Md Shajahan, Joint General Manager (Operation) of BR, yesterday told the news agency that advance tickets for different destinations would be sold from Dhaka, Chittagong and ... Read more

Half of the rural people, who make up over 70 percent of the country’s total population, do not seek treatment for their illnesses from anybody because of poverty, ignorance, distance barriers and cultural shyness, reveals a study of ICDDR,B. The study conducted by the center’s Social and Behavioral Sciences Division in rural

Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) yesterday observed the 39th death anniversary of martyred Flight Lieutenant Bir Shrestho Matiur Rahman with due solemnity. On the occasion, milad mahfil was held after Jumma prayer at the central mosque of all BAF bases with special prayers seeking divine blessing for the

After the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, the Dhaka City Corporation on Thursday launched anti-adulteration drive in the city’s vegetable and fruit markets to stop the marketing of adulterated fruits or vegetables that were treated with toxic chemicals. The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution was continuing from August 10 a

The two-day 23rd Australian Education Exhibition began at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel Thursday. Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) and IDP Education have jointly organised the exhibition with a view to facilitating potential Bangladeshi students with all admission-related information, says

Industries Minister Dilip Barua on Wednesday said the pride of Muslin that has gone astray could be regained by modernising the design of the traditional Jamdani. “I believe Jamdani saree and handlooms of Tangail will ensure its global acceptability through bringing modernism into its design and fashion,” he said, while addressing the inaugural ceremony of

Private universities, which failed to shift to their own campus will no longer be allowed to open further departments. According to the Private University Act, it is mandatory to own a campus within five years of opening, a condition which only nine out of 54 private universities managed to

The High Court yesterday directed the government to immediately stop piracy through properly enforcing the copyright law, and confiscate all the pirated copies of audio and video CDs from markets. The court also declared piracies of audio music, video films and documents illegal. An HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and

Three institutions of South Asia will jointly carry out a three-year study on water security and related issues that surfaced due to increasing urbanisation and global climate change. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), Nepal Engineering College and India-based South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies will

A month-long garment, loom products exhibition and hena festival was launched at the Green Plaza of the Rajshahi City Corporation Tuesday noon. Amra Rajshahibashi, a voluntary social organisation working to protect local tradition, arranged the programme. The Rajshahi mayor, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, inaugurated the programme at

A two-day international education fair begins tomorrow in the Dhaka city’s Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel. A total of 45 foreign education consultant organisations will take part in the fair organised by the Foreign Admission and Career Development Consultants Association of

The Dhaka Collegiate School Alumni Association will observe its 175th founding anniversary on December 17 and 18 this year at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city. Former students and their wives will participate in the function on first day and the current