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The South Asian University (SAU) will begin its first academic session from a temporary campus in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in August with 50 students in two masters courses. The students will be taken from the eight member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), official

Speakers tell seminar Speakers at a seminar yesterday said Dhaka city requires a long-term environmental master plan and political will for its implementation. They said it is urgent to introduce the plan in order to save the city from total system collapse and possible abandonment. They urged all to consider the amount of economic loss ... Read more

A three-day national fruit fair will be held in the city from June 16 under the auspices of the agriculture ministry. Besides, a fruit tree planting fortnight would be observed from June 16-30 at district and upazila headquarters. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate both the programmes here on June 16,

The ‘Year End Award Ceremony’ of International Turkish Hope School was held at Shilpakala Academy Auditorium in the city on Saturday, says a press release. State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Motahar Hossain attended the ceremony as the guest of honour and University Grants Commission Chairman Prof Nazrul Islam and

Speakers at the opening session of a two-day programme on Sunday demanded the participation of forest-dependent people and use of indigenous knowledge in Sundarban forest management. Coastal Environment Upakuliya Paribesh Surakkha Nagarik Manch organised the programme to observe World Environment Day 2010 at Public Hall auditorium in the

Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) has been providing Speech and Language Therapy since 2009. Around 60 lakh people in the country are in need of speech and language therapy, who could easily get the service from the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed, speakers said at an advocacy

Eminent personalities yesterday urged the government to establish a commission immediately to ensure conservation of heritage and archaeological sites in the country. Many archaeological and historic sites and establishments are being destroyed and antiques and historic relics trafficked because of neglect on the part of the authorities concerned, they said at a

‘Digital TV Expo,’ an exposition of mainly latest television technology and allied products for home users and business clients, drew huge crowd on the second day of the fair at Sheraton Hotel in the city yesterday, says a press release. Event management firm EventPro has organised this visual items’ fair for the first time in

Popular private FM radio station, ‘Radio Aamar’ won eight awards in the Prime Bank-BPS FM Radio Award 2010. The award was announced in an award giving ceremony held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka recently. The categories in which ‘Radio Aamar’ received awards include ‘Best Interactive Radio’, ‘Station

The government should introduce mass commuter services in the capital to ease the nagging traffic congestion, a roundtable was told on Wednesday. Speakers at the discussion observed that the bus rapid transit or BRT, an integrated system for at quicker urban mobility based on buses or specialised vehicles on roads and dedicated lanes, is the

The government will construct two flyovers – from Golapshah Mazar to Babubazar and from Kuril to Airport – at a cost of Taka 600 crore to ease traffic jam in the city. Besides, link roads would be built from Karwan Bazar Railway Crossing to Mohakhali, from Indira Road to Panthapath and from extended Madani Avenue ... Read more

Speakers at a dissemination seminar yesterday said 79 percent of the returnee migrant workers have no knowledge of modes of the HIV transmission that increases the risk of their being infected with the virus. Currently around seven million Bangladeshis are working as migrant worker at around 100

Declaring Bangabhaban a smoking-free zone president Zillur Rahman has called for keeping all government offices and educational institutions free from smoking. “Smoking is very bad habit,” he told a delegation of noted physicians, led by national professor Brig Gen (retd) Dr Abdul Malek that called on him at

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority is to offer a three-month special service for driving licence seekers from July. The plan, aiming to simplify the process will make way for fake licence holders to legitimise their documents, officials at the BRTA

Luxury ship Keari Cruise and Dine, a sister concerned of Keari Tours and Services Ltd, has started journey with modern facilities for visitors enjoying the picturesque natural beauty of Ashulia. This initiative will provide pleasure to the visitors who want leisure for few hours with fresh air and modern facilities, organiser told the journalists at ... Read more

World No Tobacco Day was observed on Monday in the country as elsewhere in the world with a call to raise awareness about harmful effects of smoking, especially among the women. ‘Let there be all days free from smoking’ was the slogan of the day this year in Bangladesh while the global theme was ‘Gender ... Read more

Voters of Chittagong City Corporation elections would be able to text to a certain number and know which polling station they are supposed to cast their votes at. Voters in Dhaka City Corporation will also have the same facility in the DCC polls, Humayun Kabir, secretary to the Election Commission Secretariat, said

The results of the 28th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations under Public Service Commission (PSC) will be published on Thursday, according to source at the PSC. “The results will be published within this week,” said an official, adding that all members and chairman of the PSC held a meeting on Monday to finalise the quota

Century-old ‘puthis’ and manuscripts, rare books, newspapers and periodicals printed in Bangladesh during the last century have been wearing out at the Dhaka University central library for lack of proper preservation and proper materialisation of the exiting resources. The authorities had taken hardly any measures to preserve these rare documents even after being

The National Vitamin A Plus Campaign-2010 will be held across the country today with a view to preventing childhood blindness, reducing child mortality rate and strengthening immunity. Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque formally inaugurated the campaign at Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) at Mahakhali in the city yesterday morning by feeding