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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

Deutsche Welle (DW), a Germany-based international broadcaster, will start its second phase of test transmission in Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur today. DW-Radio will be broadcasted daily on 102.0 MHz in Khulna, 105.0 MHz in Rajshahi and 105.4 MHz in Rangpur from 8:00am to 8:30 am and from 8:00pm to 8:30pm, said a

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said e-Health schemes should be focused on providing healthcare to general public rather than using technology in ways that would not be of any help to them. Emphasis should be on ideas that would make healthcare more accessible to the general people above everything else, they

The 48th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Huq, a legendary politician of undivided Bengal, will be observed today. Fazlul Huq, popularly known as ‘Huq Saheb’ was the key national leader behind the emergence of Bengal. He was called Sher-e- Bangla (Tiger of Bengal) for his position in the politics of the

Jabbarer Bolikhela Alam Boli becomes champion Alam Boli of Teknuf in Cox’s Bazar became champion defeating Liakat Ali of the Feni town in the 101st Jabbarer Bolikhela, a traditional wrestling competition, held at Laldighi Maidan in the Chittagong city on Sunday. A total of 90 wrestlers from different parts of the country took part in ... Read more

They are Biranganas. They did not fight with arms during the Liberation War in 1971, but their sacrifices and contribution can in no way be undermined. They are rape victims — physically abused by the Pakistani military and their local collaborators. Instead of being honoured for their sacrifices, they were rather treated very badly in ... Read more

About two crore people are still drinking arsenic-contaminated water in the country, while only 53 percent of its population has access to improved sanitation facilities. However, the practice of open defecation has been significantly reduced to 7 per cent from 33 per cent in 1990, Unicef said here yesterday on the occasion of the first ... Read more

Nestle Bangladesh Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, Dhaka University (DU), recently to conduct a ‘Nutrition Awareness Programme’, which is part of Nestle Healthy Kids Global Programme, says a press release. This training module jointly prepared by Nestle and DU nutrition experts will be initially conducted ... Read more

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha expects to build in five years, beginning June, 22,000 apartments of three sizes at Uttara for mid income people, said officials. The 214-acre project, in the 2,100-acre third phase of Uttara Model Town, has been planned to meet the growing housing needs in the capital, they

The Dhaka University Rover Scout yesterday launched a signature collection campaign against eve teasing with the spontaneous  participation of hundreds of enthusiastic students. The participants carried banners with inscriptions ” No respectful man can tease girls, teasing is a mental disease, boys should stand against this curse and

Green activists on Saturday demanded immediate and effective measures to contain air pollution in the capital city as the concentration of dust has crossed the standard limit by five to ten times in the city air depending on the areas. The green activists under the banner of Save Environment Movement formed a human chain in

Deutsche Welle is going to start test run of its radio transmission in Bangladesh today. The German radio station will transmit programmes twice every day on FM band in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet, says a press release. Deutsche Welle is starting this programme as per a new agreement signed with

Bhutanese Ambassador in Dhaka Dasho Bap Kesang yesterday said his country has taken all-out preparations to hold the upcoming 16th Saarc Summit in Thimphu scheduled for April 28-29. Talking to Foreign Minister Dipu Moni at her office, the envoy briefed her about the preparations and said that climate change issue will be high on the

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

Noted economist Prof Nurul Islam on Wednesday was critical of creating Bank and Financial Institution Division under the Ministry of Finance, saying that it will undermine the supervision by the Central Bank. “The supervision of Bangladesh Bank has been recently diluted by the emergence of Bank Division of the Ministry of Finance,” he said while

Assistance to the poor and the people with disabilities and philanthropic activities by garment manufacturers may help the country attain duty-free access to the United States market, a function was told on Tuesday. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association hosted the signing ceremony of two memoranda of understanding to offer

The UK Border Agency yesterday announced the closure of the UK visa application centre in Chittagong with effect from tomorrow, said a press release of British High Commission in Dhaka. All customers in Chittagong are invited to apply for UK visas at the visa application centres in Dhaka or Sylhet. Full contact details and addresses ... Read more