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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

The Amar Ekushey Book Fair, on Saturday, was touched with Spring mood on the occasion of Pahela Falgun. Marking the day, people of all strata of life, especially youngsters, decorated themselves with colourful traditional dresses. The fair drew huge crowds and were seen buying books at different stalls since the morning as

Speakers say at a seminar Speakers at a seminar yesterday said aggressive marketing and business of breast milk supplements, including instant cereals and powdered milk, need to be controlled in order to promote breastfeeding, which is the ultimate solution to malnutrition of children. They pointed out that only Tk 17 crore is needed annually to ... Read more

Reveals study The prevalence of consuming chewing tobacco is almost double than smoking tobacco in the country, revealed a study yesterday. At the dissemination programme of the research findings at the National Press Club in the city, it was also revealed that women are taking more chewing tobacco than

Off-track titles are on high demand at the month-long Ekushey Book Fair on the Bangla Academy premises, according to publishers. Robin Ahsan, owner of Shraban Prakashan, found that there has been a revolutionary change in readers mindset and they have become more critical and analytical on any issue and that has been reflected in their

The fourteenth ‘Pran Frooto-Viquarunnissa Noon Science Festival’ began in festive mood on the main campus of the college yesterday. Inaugurating the festival at noon, Prof Dr Anwar Hussain, Chairman of the Micro-biology Department of Dhaka University, said that standard of science education in our country is not appreciable. He also noted that, in

The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination 2010 begins tomorrow across the country under strict measures against any trouble or copying at the important public exam. Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on movement of people, except examinees, within 200 yards of examination centres in