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The British Council extended its educational services here at the port city Chittagong by opening two resource centres in partnership with the Shishu Academy and Chittagong City Corporation-run Premier University. Students (children to university goers) and professionals of the port city now can be more

Lack of anti-mosquito drive blamed Vexed by the sudden spurt in mosquito menace in the capital, the city dwellers alleged that the menace has gone beyond control for lack of regular anti-mosquito drive by the Dhaka City Corporation. ‘The situation has become so alarming that even during day time anti-mosquito spray needs to

Sales of various goods including flowers, dolls, festoons, paper balloons and food items outside the Bangla Academy premises have added to the flavour of Amar Ekushey Book Fair this year. A large number of makeshift shops have been set up at roadsides on the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue outside the periphery of the Ekushey Book ... Read more

The US universities are keen to take more students from Bangladesh, said Lauren H Lovelace, director of the American Centre, US Embassy in Dhaka, yesterday. Presently only 2700 Bangladeshi students are in the US, but there are scopes to increase the figure to 20000, she

No doubt this week is one of the happiest and most memorable occasions in the life of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. He received a knighthood from Prince Charles on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of England on Tuesday. It is an occasion Sir Abed is unlikely to forget and we wish him all

DNA profiling has the potential to revolutionise the country’s crime investigation scenario, North South University (NSU) Foundation Chairman MA Kashem said yesterday. He was speaking at a seminar on DNA technology in criminal investigation jointly organised by the Department of Life Sciences and Life Sciences Club at

30 factories suspend production Authorities of nearly 30 garment factories at Konabari in Gazipur have suspended production in the face of rowdy protest by workers paralysing the industrial hub Thursday, police said. Hundreds of ready-made garment (RMG) workers had been staging demonstration since

Colourful bookstalls at the children’s corner at Amar Ekushey Boi Mela yesterday witnessed vibrant presence of a large number of children. Booksellers said they are getting good response from children and their parents. Most children are interested in buying books on comic and cartoon

Only three out of 51 private universities have their own campuses on at least 5 acres of land as per the Private University Act 1992, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told the House yesterday. According to the Act, a private university will have to establish its own campus and enough infrastructures at least on five ... Read more

Experts tell conference Developing new technologies and sharing of knowledge among the countries vulnerable to climate change are an urgent need to face the impacts of today’s climatic phenomena, experts from home and abroad said yesterday. “In Bangladesh, half of the farmers are not literate, but they are wise. They produce food

Encroachers, backed by local influential persons, have grabbed 186 plots under two housing estates under the National Housing Authority in the Khulna city. Official sources in the housing authorities said a total of 408 kathas (673 decimals) of land of 186 plots of the Khlasihpur Housing Estate and

Machine-readable Passport Contract signing today The contract signing ceremony of a project for introducing machine-readable passport (MRP) and machine-readable visa (MRV) for Bangladesh will take place today at the office of the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP). The contract signing will take place between DIP and Malaysia-based IRIS Corporation

“I will talk and learn in my mother tongue’ this slogan is of all indigenous communities of the country. On Tuesday, they want their children to get education through mother tongues and integrate with the main stream of development”, reports BSS. This was observed by Dhaka University Professor and noted researcher

Books on independence war saw a good sale in Amar Ekushey Grantha-mela, known as Ekushey Book Fair, on Monday, with forty-two books on the topic released on the day. Publishers said they witnessed a good demand for books on independence war this year, and this was one of the main reasons that a good number ... Read more

Ekushey book fair Few books by women writers hit stalls A small number of books by woman writers have hit the stalls in this year’s Ekushey Book Fair, although some popular publishers do not have books by women writer this year. Osman Gani, publisher of Agami Prakashani, said they brought to the fair two new ... Read more

Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate said that the 9th parliament was playing an important role and has already become the focal point of hopes and aspirations of the people. He was speaking at a meeting between the visiting seven-member delegation of European Parliament and

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on Sunday directed the concerned authorities to develop the Saint Martin’s Island as a more environment-friendly zone, reports BSS. The directive was issued at a meeting of the committee held at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban with

At the tender age of four, when most kids can at best play only games on computer, Wasik Farhan Roopkotha is talented enough to operate Windows XP, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access, Adobe Photoshop and surf the internet like a veteran, reports UNB. The born genius, a resident of Gulshan in the city, unbelievably ... Read more

Book-lovers in their thousands, mostly young couples, on Sunday visited the Ekushey book fair waiting in long queues much before the fair was opened, reports BSS. As it was February 14, St Valentine’s Day, couples were busy exchanging gifts and novels, especially love stories, which topped the tally of their

The government has decided to set up 19 more regional passport offices in the country soon to ease traveling abroad, and reduce public sufferings and harassments in getting passports, official sources said here on Sunday, reports BSS. Additional 1,050 officers and employees would also be recruited for those offices mostly at