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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

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