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Information Commission and Grameenphone are searching for ways to utilise the vast clientele of mobile phones for awareness building on Rights to Information (RTI) Act 2009, informed Chief Information Commissioner Ambassador

The Barisal City Corporation on Wednesday placed its budget of Tk 197,72,35,784 for the 2010-11 fiscal and  the revised budget of Tk 101,21,141,202  for the 2009-10 fiscal. The corporation has not imposed any fresh taxes on the city dwellers and implementation of

The government has planned a Tk 2,523.5 crore programme to conserve the country’s biodiversity with special focus on forests, wildlife, coastal, hilly and agro ecosystems, much of which is on the wane. The ten-year plan has been revealed in the “Biodiversity National Assessment and Programme of

Saarc Ministers’ Meet Next Month Nepal meet to discuss conservation of tigers South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) will hold a meeting of environment and foreign ministers in Nepal next month ahead of the heads of state and government’s global Tiger Summit scheduled for September in

50th Anniversary Of IRRI Today ‘BRRI has so far developed 51 new varieties of rice’ Bangladesh celebrates today the 50th anniversary of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), which played a key role in developing new varieties of rice to feed our ever-increasing population. Marking the anniversary, the Ministry of Agriculture and IRRI jointly organised a ... Read more

A mobile court of the Department of Environment on Monday sealed off a polythene bag manufacturing factory in Dhaka and seized 239 rolls of polythene and 54 bags of ingredients. The factory, Amir Plastic Industries, was being operated on the ground-floor of a five-storey building on

Sister Mary Prema, superior general of Missionaries of Charity, German, was given a reception at Saint Placid’s School Auditorium in the Chittagong city on Sunday. The Chittagong Catholic Diocese organised the civic reception attended by the newly elected

Chemicals have taken over from natural ice in the port city. With chemicals now replacing ice for preservation of perishable food products, ice factories in Chittagong are looking at the bottom of the barrel as their business suddenly seems gone. Formalin, an injurious substance generally used in morgue and laboratories to preserve bodies or

Goethe Institute, Bangladesh, is honouring German artist Sigmar Polke, one of the country’s foremost painters and successful representatives of contemporary art who died recently. The Goethe Institute would bring collection of 40 original gouaches to Bangladesh. This exhibition titled ‘Music from

World Population Day observed The World Population Day was observed in the country on Sunday with a call to ensure supply of contraceptive materials to every eligible couple to contain the present population growth of 1.39 per cent. Various government and non-government organisations and universities organised rallies,

Surgical services at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital have remained suspended for the past 13 days in the absence of anaesthetists, causing immense sufferings to the patients. According to sources at the RMCH, the problem ensued following the transfer of five out of six anaesthetists of the anaesthesia department to other places after their

Pop guru and freedom fighter Azam Khan will be taken to Singapore tomorrow (Tuesday) for better treatment as he is suffering from cancer of oral cavity. Azam Khan will be admitted to the Mount Elizabeth Hospital there, said Ershadul Haque Tinku, close aide of

Some eminent litterateurs yesterday urged the Bangla Academy authorities to publish dictionary of ‘Bangla dialect’ to complete the unfinished work of the country’s noted educationist Dr Muhammad Shahidullah. They made the call while addressing a discussion meeting organised by the Bangla Academy to mark the 125th birth

A week-long Thai food and cultural festival begins at the Radisson Water Garden Hotel in the Dhaka city today. The Royal Thai Embassy, Thai Airways and Radisson Water Garden Hotel have jointly organised the festival, said a news release. Two visiting master chefs from Thailand will prepare some Thai cuisines in the festival. Renowned Thai ... Read more

The Business Studies Faculty of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has introduced a system of evaluating class performance of teachers by the students, says a press release. Dean of the Business Studies Faculty Prof Abdul Bayes, introduced the new system to the faculty and handed over the

The Logistics Management System of Department of Livestock Services (DLS) has been brought under digital system to ensure its faster and effective activities. At the launching ceremony of the system yesterday, Director General of DLS Dr. Sunil Chandra Gain said computers with necessary accessories, Internet connectivity, etc. have been provided to all the 64 district ... Read more

At least 6,000 people lost their lives in 535 vessel accidents during the last 25 years in the country, said a study of Safe Water Way Implementation Movement. The study also revealed sheer negligence of the authorities concerned, tendency of making extra profit of the vessel owners, corruption of some government officials and ignorance of ... Read more

University Press Limited (UPL) yesterday launched a book on the current condition of women empowerment in South Asia. The book is focused on the enabling factors and barriers on three aspects of women empowerment such as women’s voice, work and bodily integrity in Bangladesh, India and

Speakers at a field-visit ceremony here on Wednesday underscored the need for serving nutritive diet to the destitute pregnant mothers for ensuring maternal and newborn health for the national interest. They viewed that the improved diet could reduce the existing rate of mother and infant mortality during giving birth to

‘A good meal, complemented with a good dessert, gives a feeling of satisfaction,’ with this slogan, Nando’s opened a new door to exotic Portuguese desserts for gourmet at Gulshan in the capital city on Tuesday. Restaurant chain Nando’s for the first time has brought to Bangladesh the true taste of desserts with a homemade food