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An expert meeting to help strengthen cyber security and prevent cyber attacks was held at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) yesterday. Two separate committees were formed to formulate two policies — one for ensuring cyber security and the other for taking necessary steps if a cyber

A three-day online ‘virtual’ event called Global Pulse 2010, organised by the U.S. Agency for International Development, began on Monday. According to a US embassy news release, Global Pulse 2010 will provide an opportunity to voice opinions, share ideas, and create innovative solutions to

The education ministry yesterday asked Rokeya Akter, who was earlier removed by the governing body, to continue as the acting principal of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College until further notice. The ministry at an emergency meeting decided that Rokeya would carry out her duties as the

A three-day international conference on ‘Recent Advances in Physics’ began at Dhaka University on Saturday. University teachers and scientists at the inaugural session of the conference emphasised technological development in all sectors to make the digital Bangladesh

Mar 27: An old building, apparently constructed during the Mughal reign, has been found sub-merged under the river Padma near Bagha upazila of the district. Villages have recovered a number of mementos including wooden window and door panes, old bricks, utensils and parts of humna skeletons from inside

Families gather to mourn deaths in road crashes Sufia Kamal Auditorium of the National Museum was plunged into a sombre mood yesterday with the arrival of family members of road accident victims. They were sobbing uncontrollably and some of them were trying to choke back tears as they recounted how their near and dear ones ... Read more

The three-day-long second ‘Share Bazaar Mela 2010’ will begin tomorrow at the Winter Garden of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister G M Quader will inaugurate the event. Earlier the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel successfully organised the first “Share Bazaar Mela-09, displaying its event management

A group of hijras (hermaphrodites), who were engaged in raising extortion money from different houses by intimidation, attacked a house at Uttara sector 5 yesterday and injured two security personnel. The group, consisting five to six hijras, was chased away by the local people with canes and brickbats. During the short chase, one hijra was

The elections to the syndicate, dean, academic council, finance committee and planning & development committee of Rajshahi University (RU) would be held on April 12. In a syndicate meeting, the university authorities took the decision on Saturday night with RU Vice-Chancellor Prof Abdus Sobhan

World Meteorological Day will be observed today in the country with due enthusiasm like the other member countries of the world. The theme of this year is “60 years of Services for Your Safety and Well-being,” said an ISPR release. It said, to facilitate international collaboration in meteorology, including coordination in

Genetically modified foods or crops should not be classified as food at all, as they are liable to cause various health problems affecting the liver and kidney, and hence unfit for human consumption, said a noted agriculturist, reports UNB. Dr Mohammed Ataur Rahman of International University of Business Agriculture and

The Rajshahi City Corporation has planned to sell bottled water by using all of its four idle water treatment plants when the city’s one-third population, mostly poor, are out of its water supply network. The RCC circulated a notice on March 2 in this regard, seeking proposals from interested

Jatka Preservation Week Begins Today Additional 4.8 lakh tonnes of hilsa produced in 6 yrs An additional 4.83 lakh tonnes of hilsa worth Tk 12,075 crore has been produced in the last six years since the government started implementing jatka (hilsa fry) preservation programme. Around five lakh fishermen are directly involved in catching hilsa in ... Read more

Around 2.5 lakh children die from easily preventable causes in Bangladesh a year before they reach the fifth birthday, speakers at a national consultation on newborn and child survival said yesterday. Save the Children organised the consultation to launch a five-year worldwide campaign titled

MA Muhit, a Bangladeshi and a member of Bangladesh Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC), is set to start an expedition to the Mount Everest next month. If he can make it, Muhit will be the first Bangladeshi to conquer the Everest, the 8850-metre (29,035ft) giant lying across the Nepal-Tibet

Qatar has pledged $100 million assistance to rejuvenate the River Buriganga by diverting water from the River Jamuna. The chief of planning of the Bangladesh Water Development Board, Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan, told BSS that a eight-member delegation from Qatar led by the international relations minister, Mohammad Al Atiyah, made the

CHITTAGONG, Mar 16: Malaria Research Group of Bangladesh in collaboration with Tanzania and Ghana won British Medical Journal (BMJ) Group Award- 2010 for the best scientific research publication. BMJ Group Award, an international unique recognition for service in research and

Green activists have held the drastic fall of water flow, caused by the constructions of dams and barrages by upper riparian India, responsible for the dire state of the country’s rivers. They were addressing the participants of a public rally jointly organised by the Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan and the National River Protection Movement, in

Two new areas in the city — Purbachal-2 and Uttara-3 — will be freed from electric poles, overhead wires and cables. The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources yesterday directed the Dhaka City Corporation and Rajuk to take necessary steps to install all types of cables and pipes of all utility services in an ... Read more

Shortage of teachers, officials and staff is seriously hampering the academic activities at Sylhet Agricultural University. According to sources of the university, more than 60 per cent approved posts of teachers and 78 per cent posts of officials and staff have remained vacant since the university started its journey in