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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

Sanctity of Shaheed Minar The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule upon the government and the Dhaka University authorities to show cause within 10 days as to why they should not be directed to take appropriate steps to protect the sanctity and honour of the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka. The court also asked ... Read more

The Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd, better known as CityCell, has been served a show cause notice by the telecom regulatory authorities on Monday, asking the cell phone operator to explain why it was selling unauthorised connections. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission sent the notice after lawmaker

The Summerfield International School has celebrated its 36th anniversary recently with two-day programmes, including science fair, art competition, cultural activities and Summerfield Debating Championship, says a press release. Maple Leaf International School won the debating championship and Scholastica became the

Ninety-five new titles hit the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on the Bangla Academy premises in the city yesterday. With yesterday’s new titles, 791 new books hit the month-long annual fair in the first seven days as against 606 in the first one week of the fair last year, academy sources said. Twenty-nine collections of poems, ... Read more

Experts at the Department of Environment have classified three rivers in the capital as “biologically dead.” Laboratory tests have proven that the water in most parts of the Buriganga, Turag and Balu rivers contains no dissolved oxygen and is therefore totally devoid of aquatic life. A senior DoE scientific official said, “According to official standards, ... Read more

Says US Under Secretary Judith A Mchale Visiting US under secretary of State Judith A McHale on Sunday assured Bangladesh of providing more assistance from her country. He also praised the programmes of the present government for overall development of the people as well as the country. Judith gave the assurance and appreciated the works ... Read more

Experts at a seminar yesterday termed chronic kidney disease as a major public health concern in the country as its 90 percent people are unable to bear treatment cost. About two crore people are somehow suffering from the disease, while 40,000 die of longtime kidney failure a year in the country, they

RU students agitate Students of oriental arts at Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday laid a siege to the administrative building demanding recruitment of teachers for the subject. Scores under 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 academic sessions also blocked the building’s main gate for an

The Dhaka City Corpo-ration (DCC) polls will be held in May if the writ petition filed with the High Court (HC) seeking demarcation of the DCC wards based on the latest census is settled within the time, the Chief Election Commi-ssioner (CEC) said, reports The Financial Express. CEC ATM Shamsul Huda disclosed the plan while ... Read more

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said that computerization of the government activities is very much needed to establish good governance and also to curb corruption in the country. He noted that to fulfill the dream of Digital Bangladesh, digitization process should be ensured in every sphere of life, which would lead to the establishment ... Read more

The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to give jobs within three months to the 652 civil service candidates who passed the 27th BCS examinations in 2005 but were later disqualified. The High Court bench of Justice Miftahuddin Chowdhury and Justice Abu Bakar Siddiqui gave the order after pronouncing judgment on four petitions filed ... Read more

Says Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman The two-day ‘Citizens’ Rights Fair’ kicked off on Friday at Shilpakala Academy in the city organized by an alliance of 57 grassroots development organisations working across the country. Former chief adviser to a caretaker government Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman inaugurated the fair. There is no alternative other than building a ... Read more

DHAKAMIRROR.COM Three-day ZOOM Laptop Fair- 2010 will be held tomorrow at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, organized by Maker Communication. Mobile phone operator Citycell is the title sponsor of the fair while, Acer, Asus, HP and Lenevo are the co-sponsors.  Bdjobs.com is the online partner, radio ABC is the radio partner and bdnews24.com is the news