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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

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