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The president, Abdul Hamid, urged all concerned on Thursday to introduce scout movement to all primary and secondary level public and private educational institutions for making the youth self independent and well educated. ‘It is needed to form a scout team at every educational institution for building our gradually increasing youth community as worthy

The government of Japan will provide an amount of 500 million Japanese yen (equivalent to approximately Tk 41.95 crore) as grant for the “Primary Education Development Programme-3 (PEDP-3)”. An agreement was signed to this effect between the governments of Bangladesh and Japan on Thursday. Economic Relations Division secretary Abul Kalam Azad

The physicians of Khulna Shishu Hospital observed a two-hour work stoppage on Thursday in protest against the attack on the hospital’s residential medical officer, Shah Muradur Rahman, by the police. The victim says four constables of the Khulna Metropolitan Police stopped him on the Khanjahan Ali road under the Sadar police on Wednesday night while he ... Read more

The state-owned Khulna Hardboard Mill has suspended production amid a severe financial crisis. The officials have said the mill does not have fund since Monday evening to purchase furnace oil needed to continue production works. Hardboard worth Tk 3 crore produced by the mill has remained unsold in its warehouse since last two years, which led

Optimum treatment and necessary healthcare facilities towards the mentally sick people is very vital to get back to their normal life, said speakers at a view-sharing discussion in Rajshahi on Tuesday evening. They viewed that collective effort is urgently needed as all mental diseases excepting the schizophrenia are curable and so social awareness alongside

Drug Price Hike by Nearly 50 Percent Pharmaceuticals using political violence as diversion Janashastha Sangram Parishad rally told Taking advantage of the distraction created by the political violence, profiteering pharmaceutical companies have arbitrarily increased prices of many widely used lifesaving drugs significantly, hoping that it would go unnoticed, speakers told a protest rally yesterday. The ... Read more

Science fiction writer Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and his wife Yasmeen Haque on Wednesday withdrew their resignations after the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology administration decided to restore the combined admission tests with Jessore Science and Technology University. An emergency meeting of the university academic committee on

The Barisal University authorities declared the rescheduled date of the BU admission tests Wednesday after a meeting of the admission committee in the afternoon, said a university press release. According to the new schedule, the tests will be held on December 7, Saturday which were supposed to be held on November 28 and later were ... Read more

The Chittagong University’s biological science faculty and marine science faculty admission tests under 2013-14 session have been postponed because of the ongoing political unrest of the country. The tests were scheduled to be held on November 28, and the rescheduled date was fixed on December 7, said a CU press lease signed by the deputy

The results of the written tests for admission in the Dhaka University’s bachelor courses under ‘Ka’ unit in 2013-14 academic sessions were published on Wednesday. DU vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique at a press conference at the registrar building announced the results of the tests held on November 22.

Regional cooperation among three countries — Bangladesh, India and Myanmar that makes up the Bay of Bengal – can boost hilsa reserve in the Bay, says a study of London-based International Institute for Environment and Development. The research focuses on hilsa and a scheme, implemented by the Bangladesh government, to compensate fishing communities that

A woman and her two children were burnt to death when a fire broke out at their house at Panchpukuria village in Fatikchhari upazila of Chittagong early yesterday. The deceased are Sumi Nath, 25, wife of Milan Nath, an expatriate in Dubai; their daughter Barsha Nath, 3, and one-and-a-half-year-old son Shrabon Nath.

BRAC Bank Limited has distributed warm clothes among 26,000 poor people in the Northern region ahead of winter. Three teams of BRAC Bank distributed 3,500 blankets, 6,000 sweaters and 17,000 warm clothes in three areas in the Northern districts – Bhurungamari in Kurigram, Dimla in Nilphamari and Harivasha in Panchagarh, says a press release. The ... Read more

Customs officials early Tuesday seized at least 220 gold bars weighing around 27 kilograms at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital and Shah Amanat International Airport in the Chittagong city. None was, however, arrested in these connections. In the capital, the officials seized at least 160 bars

The British government has brought a change to the existing passport services for its nationals living abroad including Bangladesh. “From Monday (November 25), the application process will be centralised and British nationals living in Bangladesh should submit their applications to the British High Commission in Dhaka,” a press release of the British High Commission

With their own efforts and initiatives, the elected women representatives in reserved seats in the local government institutions should attain political empowerment for building their working capacity, said speakers at a discussion. They should also build necessary capacity of strengthening their decision-making activities for eliminating all sorts of discrimination

President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday underlined the need for a nationwide campaign for eye donation. ‘The religious leaders can help in conducting such kind of motivational campaign for increasing eye donation,’ he said when a delegation of Sandhani National Eye Donation Society led by its president Ali Asgar Morol made a call on him at Bangabhaban ... Read more

Bangladesh has achieved substantial progress in the health sector in spite of many challenges such as widespread poverty and frequent natural disasters, said Michael McGrath, country director of Save the Children on Tuesday. The country director was addressing the “GSK and Save the Children Healthcare Innovation Award” at the conference room of BRAC Inn

The body of a schoolgirl found from a paddy field at village Kapastola under Laksam upazila in Comilla on Tuesday morning. The Laksam police officer-in-charge, Abul kayer, said the girl went out of her house in the morning as a neighbour, Delowar Hossain, called her and did not return. Later the family informed the police

A trial court in Barisal on Tuesday afternoon sentenced a residential hotel manager to life term imprisonment for drug peddling. The accused was Sujan Chandra Gharami, 26, son of the late Nakulesh Chandra Gharami of Ichhapur under Bakerganj in Barisal and former manager of Hotel Multi Plaza at Katpatty Road in the city. Ali Haidar, judge of ... Read more