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The High Commission of India yesterday announced introduction of mandatory online submission of visa applications for nationals of all countries applying for visa with Indian Visa Application Centres (IVACs) Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong with effect from

More than 90 per cent kindergarten and non-government English medium primary-level educational institutions in Sylhet are running without approval in the absence of monitoring by the authorities concerned. No specific data about how many of such institutions are running in the city and on

Prof Amena Mohsin, former chairperson of Dhaka University’s International Relations Department, yesterday said intensive courses and seminars are needed to help Bangladeshi students face academic challenges in other countries. She said viewed from a global perspective, local universities, especially

The Chittagong City Corporation drew up a budget of Tk 741.51 crore for 2010-11 fiscal year with a surplus of Tk 1.78 crore and without imposing new tax on city dwellers on Thursday The CCC Mayor M Manjur Alam announced the budget at a general meeting at the corporation auditorium Thursday noon when

The government has appointed Imtiaz Ahmed, current Bangladesh ambassador to Sweden as the next ambassador of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of Bhutan, according to an official announcement yesterday. The relation between Bhutan and Bangladesh has always been positive since the former

The preliminary tests of 30th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations will be held today. Over 1.31 lakh applicants will sit for the first-round exams in 110 centres across the country from 10:00am, competing for 2,572 posts of various cadres, said Public Service Commission (PSC)

Saarc Food Bank’s fourth meeting will be held on October 27-28 in Dhaka, which is likely to clear the way for making the bank operational to address any food crisis in South Asia. The Ministry of Food and Disaster Management at a meeting on Tuesday fixed the date for the meet

Two youths were caned and fined Tk 50,000 on Tuesday in an arbitration at Khadimpara on the suburb of the Sylhet city for harassing a schoolgirl. Local arbitrators declared the verdict against Rezaul, 21, son of Mostafa Miah, and Abdul Kaiyum,

The Group of Liberal Debaters Bangladesh of the Rajshahi University unit arranged a four-day inter-department debate championship and debaters’ hunt-2010 from Wednesday at the university deans’ complex. At around 11:00am, the university unit GOLD Bangladesh started its opening ceremony for

Speakers at a Khulna divisional advocacy meeting on Saturday suggested giving more autonomy to the city corporations so that they can do their works freely. They also suggested promoting regional products for proper development of the country as

A human chain was formed on Saturday to urge the government to take necessary steps for the protection of Wise House and other important archeological sites from land grabbers, as also to save the country’s cultural heritage and tradition. The human chain was jointly organised by Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts (BAFA) and

The food and disaster management minister, Mohammad Abdur Razzak, on Saturday inaugurated Bangladesh Scouts’ national course on emergency help during disasters. Fifty rover scouts, five trainers and 10 observers from different parts of the country took

An exhibition of more than 50 photographs by 20 adolescents began at the Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry auditorium in the Rajshahi city on Saturday. The Adolescent Development Programme, an education plan of non-governmental organisation

A three-day Annual Science Fair of the Bangladesh International School (BIS) ended on the school premises in the city yesterday, said a press release. Out of the 46 science projects exhibited at the science fair, two projects titled ‘Effect of human

Autistic children’s works on display at Drik Gallery A special exhibition of more than 60 paintings by 30 children with autism began at Drik Gallery in Dhaka on Friday. HELLOW’s Association of Neophyte-Students in cooperation with Surf Excel organised the weeklong show titled ‘Emerged from Unknown II’ to create awareness of autism among general

Says a BBC documentary Bangladesh Army has turned into one of the biggest conglomerates in the country over the years following its engagement in different types of commercial businesses, according to a BBC documentary. The first episode of the nine-part documentary titled “Fouji Banijjo” (Military in business) was

Environmentalists yesterday urged the government to take necessary measures to stop the use of tannery waste in poultry feed to avoid health hazards. They made the call while addressing a roundtable on ‘Preparing poultry feeds by poisonous tannery

Fifty-seven percent tenants in the  city have to pay almost half their monthly income as house rent, a recent survey conducted by Nagorik Sanghati, an NGO, has revealed. Most tenants come from low-income and middle-low income  groups, it was

A group of 48 Korea Internet Volunteers (KIV) from National Information Society Agency (NISA) of the Government of Republic of Korea have arrived in Dhaka to provide one month of voluntary service in different government and private organisations here, says a

Like the previous years, Citibank, NA Bangladesh is holding the Gaan e Gaan e Gunijon Songbordhona tomorrow (Saturday) at 4:30pm at the Radisson Water Garden Hotel to honour artiste Ms Sabina Yasmin for her immense contribution to promote the country’s cultural arena, says a