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The 23rd anniversary of Khulna University will be observed today in a festive manner through arranging different programmes on the campus. The programmes include daylong blood donation and campaigning, a colourful procession in the morning, special prayer at the university mosque

After her husband, the woman who sustained severe burn injuries as the couple was set on fire in Lalpur upazila early Saturday, died at a Rajshahi hospital early Sunday. Sufia Begum, wife of Habibur Rahman of Kujipukur village in the upazila, succumbed to her injuries at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. Habibur Rahman

Ailing artist Murtaja Baseer has been undergoing treatment at the capital’s United Hospital since Friday. The condition of the 82-year-old painter suffering from cardiac and lung related ailments, was critical, his elder daughter Munira Baseer told The Daily Star quoting doctors. Earlier he had been admitted to Central Hospital.

An unidentified sexagenarian died after a train hit him in the capital’s Kamalapur yesterday. The accident occurred underneath the Kamalapur over-bridge when the man was crossing the rail tracks around 2:45pm, said police. He died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He was wearing a checked shirt and a lungi,

Health experts on Saturday called for collaborative efforts of all disciplines to stop adulteration in food because of the use of chemicals and pesticides, which pose a serious health hazard in Bangladesh. They said without food safety different emerging diseases would never be controlled only by curative measure. They were speaking in the concluding session of

Three people including two Indian nationals were detained in separate hauls on Saturday with 11 gold bars weighing over six kilograms. The customs authorities early Saturday detained two Indian siblings — Dinesh Kumar Jain and Suresh Kumar — aged around 40, with six gold bars

The University Centre compound of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology was not opened for use one year after the formal inauguration of the complex. Though the university authorities did not take step to allot rooms of the center to the enlisted organisations of teachers and students, an entire

Written test for admission into first year honours courses under 2013-2014 session under Cha unit of Dhaka University was held on Saturday. Vice-chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique, dean of the faculty of fine art and coordinator of Cha unit admission test Professor Syed Abul Bark Alvi

The authority of Khulna University has chalked out an elaborate program to celebrate its 23rd founding anniversary on November 25. The KU campus will be illuminated and improve diet will be served at all dormitories on the day. Khulna University was launched with 80 students under four departments in 1990-91 academic years. The KU authority celebrated

Victims of Savar Rana Plaza tragedy who turned disabled received artificial limbs from BRAC Limb and Brace Centre on Saturday. BRAC at a simple ceremony in Dhaka also provided a fixed deposit of Tk 100,000 for each 11 victims as part of a long-term rehabilitation support. Following the tragic incident in Savar Rana Plaza

Amid rising concerns of public health experts, the department of livestock is proceeding to commercially introduce the poultry vaccine against avian influenza virus from December, officials said on Thursday. Livestock department officials said that they had sent the draft proposal to the ministry of fisheries and livestock for approval by the national

The poachers catch birds and then sell them in local markets openly. Indiscriminate poaching of birds by a section of local people has started in the wetlands of the southern region, including Khulna, barely with the advent of winter this year. Both with a callous disregard for ecology and greed for money and meat of ... Read more

At least three siblings were injured as miscreants looted cash money, a motorcycle and a gold chain in Sylhet on Thursday evening. The victims were identified as Shahadat Khan Dabir, 35, son of the late Kutub Khan of Noapara at Akhalia area in the city, and his sister Lucky Begum, 30, and brother Kabir Khan, 25, ... Read more

Some 15 fruit shops were burnt in a fire that broke out at Bansh Bazar in the city’s Shanirakhra area Friday morning. Fire service sources said the fire originated from a cigarette butt at a shop around 8:00am and it soon engulfed the adjoining ones. On information, three firefighting units

A construction worker died on Friday after falling from a 10-storey building at Mugda of the capital. The deceased was identified as Md Ali, 25. Dhaka Medical College Hospital police outpost inspector Mozammel Haque said Ali fell from the sixth floor of a ten-storey under-construction

Dumping of untreated wastes in an open filed of the Sylhet city has exposed public health and environment to severe threat for more than two decades. Local people have complained that garbage, including household and clinical wastes, is not only creating public nuisance, but also putting adverse

Physician Killing In Khulna 72-hr given for arrest of killer Physicians at a rally in Khulna on Thursday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the law enforcement agencies to arrest the killer of physician Gouranga Das. If otherwise, they warned that they would launch tougher agitation programmes from a general meeting to be held on November ... Read more

The intake test of the third batch of Barisal University will be held on November 28. The 120-mark written intake test in MCQ system will be held in three shifts at 11 centres including temporary and permanent campus of the university, four government colleges and two government schools, one government technical institute, two private colleges ... Read more

A CNG driver was killed in a road accident in the cantonment area of the capital as miscreants left the driver on the road after drugging him and hijacking his valuables. Cantonment police subinspector Kamal Hossain said the deceased, Jahangir Hossain, 35, was drugged by muggers as they snatched the CNG and

World Philosophy Day was observed on Thursday at Dhaka University with the theme ‘united society, sustainable planet’. DU philosophy and Dev Centre of Philosophical Research organised the daylong function, inaugurated by DU vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique. Marking the day, a colourful procession