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Two subjects, Bangla and Global Studies, as published by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board, will be made mandatory for the English medium schools, said Nurul Islam Nahid, who recently resigned as education minister. Nahid, while speaking at a discussion at International Mother Language Institute, announced that Bangla and Global Studies would be made mandatory ... Read more

Robbers looted a jewelry shop in old Dhaka’s Tantibazar on Monday afternoon. The Kotwali police officer-in-charge, Shah Alam, said the robbers hurled hand bombs in the area to create panic among the people and looted Mandira Jewelers’ at around 2:00pm. The owner could not estimate the measure

The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority on Monday conducted a drive to reclaim two city canals from encroachment. A DWASA enforcement team, led by magistrate Khalilur Rahman, conducted the seven-hour drive to save Kalyanpur Cha and Ramchandrapur canal. The magistrate said they started the drive near

The admission tests for the evening MBA programme at the accounting and information system department of Rajshahi University will be held on December 20. The department chairman, Subhash Chandra Shil, disclosed it at a press conference on Monday at his office. The admission seekers have to register by collecting

The Dhaka University’s Ga unit admission test results were published on Monday. A total of 3,813 examinees out of 45,883 came out successful in the test held on November 15. A total of 49,235 aspirants from business studies background in higher secondary level had applied against 1,115 seats in the Ga unit. The DU vice-chancellor,

Speakers at a programme in Sylhet on Monday said the Rotarians were playing a substantial role in assisting the underprivileged people and build up a healthy society basing on humanity and morality. They were addressing a reception accorded to the USA Rotarians including Texas State Rotarian Club’s past district governor Zeneth Holland, Paul Gasel, its

National Human Rights Commission chairman Mizanur Rahman on Sunday urged politicians to have some regard for the common people while showing respect to the foreign guests. He said, ‘We have high regard for foreign guests while we should also show due respect to the general people and do politics for their welfare.’

A 52-year-old physician was hacked to death in his chamber, Moitri Nursing Home, he owned at Phulbarigata under Khanjahan Ali police station in Khulna city Sunday afternoon. The victim was identified as Gouranga Chandra Das, 47, son of the late Dinbandhu Das of Goshgati village under Dighalia upazila in Khulna.

Delay in inviting tenders for buying fogger machine has stood in the way of launching mosquito eradication drive by the Khulna City Corporation. KCC chief executive officer Tapan Kumar Ghosh served a notice last Wednesday upon assistant conservancy officer Md Anowar Hossain,

A seminar titled ‘future of women in legal profession’ was held at Rajshahi University on Sunday. In association of USAID’s Justice for All Programme, the university law faculty organised the seminar in the conference room of RU deans’ complex at 11:00am. RU law faculty dean Professor Biswajit Chanda

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student wing of opposition BNP at Jahangirnagar University, on Sunday submitted a memorandum to the vice-chancellor Professor Anwar Hossain, demanding congenial atmosphere for holding election to the university central students’ union. JCD convener of Maulana Bhashani HallTawsif Hasnain

Women entrepreneurs at a views-exchange meeting here on Saturday called upon all quarters, including the government, to extend all-out support to them so that they can make smooth progress in business, especially in the industrial sector. Founder president of Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) Selima Ahmad in her chief guest’s

The admission tests of Chittagong University (CU) started on Saturday amid worry about their timely completion for the ongoing political turmoil. Though the Chittagong city unit BNP withdrew their hartal for Sunday, there was made no change in the fresh schedule of the admission tests. The 10-day admission battle in the university began with holding ... Read more

AHM Nouman, a Bangladeshi rights activist, won the Gusi Peace Prize International-2013 for his outstanding contribution to ‘poverty alleviation and humanitarianism’ in Bangladesh. Nouman, founder and secretary general of Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP), a national NGO, is the lone Bangladeshi to get the prestigious award, which is being

The Aila-affected poor people in Koyra upazila of the district still have little access to sanitation facilities. The entire coastal region of the country was submerged under saline water following the onslaught of cyclone Aila on May 25 in 2009. The super cyclone destroyed sources of drinking water including ponds, tube-wells and household latrines, leaving

Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital (JBFH) and Help Foundation jointly organised a free health campaign targeting low income group people of Bau Bazar, Zigatola in the city on Friday, marking the World Diabetes Day. The medical team comprised of 16 professional and 30 local volunteers including doctors, paramedics, nurses and technologists. Around 800 people

The first-ever 15-day SAARC conference on cytopathology and histopathology began in the Chittagong city on Thursday. The pathology department of Chittagong Medical College Hospital organised the conference at Dr Shah Alam Bir Uttom Auditorium. Second international conference titled CMC-Path CME also kicked off at the same

Admission To 24 City Govt Schools Form selling starts Dec 1, lottery Dec 14 The 24 government secondary schools in the Dhaka city will start selling admission forms for the academic year 2014 on December 1 and continue till December 9, officials of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, which controls admission, told New ... Read more

A fire broke out at a building in the Dilkusha commercial area of Motijheel in Dhaka around Tuesday morning. However, no major casualties were reported in the incident. The fire service control room official, Nilufer Yasmin, said the 18-storey Dilkusha Centre caught fire at about 11:00am and eight fire fighting units

Climate-induced Catastrophes Bangladesh fifth most vulnerable in 2 decades Says new CRI report Bangladesh has ranked fifth among 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change-induced natural disasters in the last two decades from 1993 to 2012, according to a new report. During the period, Bangladesh suffered damages worth US$1,832.70 million, wrought by 242 types of ... Read more