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A two-day gender fair, organised by Democracywatch to raise awareness of gender issue among the young generation, began in the Dhaka city on Wednesday. Twelve rights organisations including NGO Forum, Transparency International Bangladesh, International Organisation for Migration, ICDDR,B, Nari Maitri, Karmajibi Nari,

The professional sweepers, widely known as Harijans, are facing hard times as city corporations and different government offices are replacing them with mainstream population depriving them of the only occupation they have done for more than one hundred years. Highlighting the social discrimination against them at a press conference yesterday, Bangladesh

May 12: The sultry weather coupled with extreme power outage, water and gas crisis is causing untold sufferings to the people in the port city. The suffering of the people has intensified mainly due to the frequent power outage.  Power Development Board (PDB) sources said that they could only supply half against the existing

The orientation programme of the newly admitted students for Summer 2010 in MBA, EMBA, MBM and MDS programmes of East West University was held at the university auditorium on Tuesday at 5pm. Jalaluddin Ahmed, president, board of directors, East West University graced the occasion as the chief guest while Prof Dr Mohammed Sharif, vice chancellor ... Read more

Reception ceremony of the freshers of arts faculty of Dhaka University (DU) was held yesterday at the Teacher Student Centre (TSC) auditorium of the university. A large number of students from 17 departments under the faculty took part in the ceremony. Addressing the ceremony as chief guest DU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique ... Read more

The government is planning to turn more medical colleges into universities in the country aiming to improve the quality of medical education and create high quality doctors. “Initially, the oldest medical college Dhaka Medical College (DMC) and Chittagong Medical College will be turned into universities,” health and population affairs secretary of the ruling

Speakers at a meeting stressed the need for more proactive role of the Barind Multipurpose Development Authorities to boost agricultural production for sustainable socio-economic development in the country’s northwest region. Besides, the region needs more other need-based programs to face the adverse impact of the

The construction work of the 1.5km Bahaddarhat Flyover in the port city is to begin in July, a senior official of the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) said yesterday. CDA is going to invite international tender for construction of the Tk 86 crore flyover within this month, he said adding that CDA has already completed the ... Read more

Elite force boss Hassan Mahmood tells  From The Daily Star  The elite force Rab is now laying emphasis on gearing up its capacity and modern training to combat any form of probable technology-based terrorist activities in Bangladesh. Director General of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Hassan Mahmood Khandker suspects that there is possibility of cyber ... Read more

Major General Mohammad Rafiqul Islam joined Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) as its new Director General on Sunday. He took over from Major General Mainul Islam who returned to the Bangladesh Army the same day, said an official release from the BDR headquarters yesterday. Deputy DG, directors and senior officers of BDR welcomed the new DG when ... Read more

The inauguration programme of the Higher Education Reform project of Jahangirnagar University was held at Senate Hall on May 9. Citycell came forward to support this project of Jahangirnagar University. The project focuses on the capacity building of the English department and is sponsoring the Digital Lab of the department of English in this regard. ... Read more

At least five million people of Dhaka should be rehabilitated outside the city, as it is the second most vulnerable city to earthquake in the world, Director General of Fire Service and Civil Defence Abu Nayeem Mohammad Shahidullah said on Sunday. He made the remark while answering to questions from journalists during a two-day workshop ... Read more

American International University of Bangladesh (AIUB) and Eastern University have launched rural marketing course as part of the curriculum for BBA and MBA programs, says a press release. Minister for Commerce, Muhammad Faruk Khan was the chief guest of the ceremony held on Saturday. This is the first course of its kind among all the ... Read more

PM to inaugurate the new services The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is going to launch 100 more CNG-run brand-new buses on different routes of the capital on Tuesday in a bid to expand the state-run transport services, said a top official. ‘The prime minister will inaugurate the new services by swiping a integrated circuit card ... Read more

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent Dakhil and SSC (vocational) examinations held under ten educational boards will be published simultaneously on May 15 through e-mails. Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Dhaka has taken a special initiative to publish

The long-awaited and ambitious Saarc University will begin its academic session in August this year, aiming to transform the university into an institute of South Asian studies, which will focus on issues and challenges facing South Asia. The university, intended to be state-of-excellence, will start functioning on a temporary campus in

Saving Karnaphuli River The three-day campaign for creating awareness to save the Karnaphuli River from pollution and encroachment ended in Chittagong yesterday with a ‘sampan rally’ in the river. Several hundreds of sampans, traditional boats, joined the rally, which drew a large crowd on both sides of the river, once known as the lifeline of ... Read more

Protection of 2 City Lakes HC asks Rajuk to submit report on steps by June 2 The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to submit its report by June 2 on what steps it has taken to protect Gulshan-Baridhara and Gulshan-Banani lakes in the city following its verdict delivered in

Journalists and employees of Jamuna Television yesterday  urged the relevant authorities to take steps for quick disposal of the court case.  If the verdict goes against them, they could think of alternative sources of employment, they said. They said this at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club   following a human chain held in ... Read more

The World Press Freedom Day 2010 will be celebrated in the country and elsewhere across the globe today (Monday). The theme of this year is ‘Freedom of Information: the right to know’. As part of the international programme, different socio-cultural and journalist organizations of Bangladesh will observe the day in a