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Participants in a programme in the Sylhet city on Tuesday demanded immediate step to stop the authorities from changing the name of Hason Raja Academy in Sunamganj. They strongly criticised the move to change the name of the academy to Baul academy and urged all enthusiasts of Hasan Raja’s songs and cultural

Results of the Dhaka University’s ‘Kha’ unit admission test in the academic session 2013-2014 were published on Tuesday. A total of 5,128 aspirants (13. 92 per cent) out of 36, 835 examinees passed the test against 2,296 seats of the social sciences and arts faculties. The DU vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique,

India will discontinue issuing the special India-Bangladesh Passport (IBP) from November 15. IBP was introduced as a special travel document on August 1972 to facilitate travel between the two countries. Bangladesh also used to issue IBPs to its citizens but stopped long ago because of the decline in its demand over the years. The decision to discontinue IBP ... Read more

Unhealthy Food, Slow Internet Students of three RU dorms stage protest Residential students yesterday vandalised three dormitories at Rajshahi University demanding quality food and high speed internet connectivity. They alleged that they were often falling sick for consumption of unhygienic food at the dining halls, while WiFi connections there were too slow to

The cabinet on Monday approved a proposal for recognising the transgender people as a separate gender to remove discrimination against the marginalised community in the society. Besides male and female, the transgender people, who do not have a straightforward gender identity, would be identified as Hijra, cabinet secretary

Teachers, students and staff of Jahangirnagar University on Monday formed a human chain on the campus, demanding immediate announcement of vice-chancellor panel election. Shikkhak-Shikkharti-Karmakarta-Karmachari Oikyo Forum formed the human chain on the premises of JU administrative building. Earlier,

At least eight people, including four garment workers, were killed and 20 others injured in two separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Narayanganj on Monday, the second day of 84-hour general strike called by the BNP-led alliance. In Sirajganj, four people were killed when a truck laden with drinking water bottles lost control and skidded off ... Read more

A total of 18 out of 53 examinees of Dhaka Match Industries (now Dada Match Factory) Secondary High School have so far failed to fill in the forms to sit for SSC examinations as they could not afford the money required for that purpose. These 18 examinees are sons and daughters of jobless workers of the ... Read more

A nine-day professional development discourse on ‘Technological Innovation in Organisations’, organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM), ended on Saturday at its Dhaka premises. Industries Secretary Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah attended the closing ceremony of the discourse as the chief guest, while BIM director general Khandaker Rakibur Rahman

The formation of a third political force outside the two major political alliances in the country is yet to get desirable progress. However, the leaders of the political parties concerned claimed that they have been continuing discussions among like minded parties and hopeful of emergence of such a political alliance

Responding to the call of president Abdul Hamid, the agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University withdrew their movement on Friday. ‘We’ve unconditionally called off our demonstrations showing respects to the chancellor,’ Professor Kamrul Ahsan, member secretary of JU Teachers,

Housing and Public Works Secretary Khondker Shawkat Hossain on Friday said unplanned urbanization had risen in country due to lack of proper decentralization after independence. Proper decentralization has not been made due to lack of coordination among planners, said the secretary at a programme on the eve of Town Planning Day in the city organized ... Read more

The government has taken initiatives to set up hand-run deep tubewells and water production deep tubewells in some arsenic contaminated rock-earth areas of the country to ensure supply of safe water in some selected areas of 10 districts. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has recently approved a project to this end,

Coliform bacteria, responsible for water-borne diseases, have been detected in drinking water of 77.5 per cent hotels and restaurants in the Barisal city. Mahmud Hasan, research analyst of environment directorate Barisal office, said they examined samples of drinking waters of 120 city hotels and restaurants

Members of Harijan (the untouchable) community of Barisal city started the two-day traditional Surya puja (sun worship) early Friday morning. The puja is being observed for the last 200 years by the community members. All of the six Harijan colonies and settlements

Health problems have compounded in cool, dry weather Winter will be here soon. The temperature is gradually decreasing, the south-western part of the country for the last few days. Along with the temperature, the other element on the increase is dust. Roads, houses and all other things are covered by dust which is very irritating ... Read more

Question Paper Leak Examinee jailed for two years An examinee was arrested from Government Women’s College centre in Satkhira for his involvement in leaking the question paper of the primary teachers’ recruitment examination held on Friday. The arrested was identified as GM Azmir Hossain, 28, son of GM Sharafatullah, of Tala upazila. A mobile court, ... Read more

Bus Rapid Transit Line-3 Contract signed over implementation The Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority on Thursday signed a contract with consultancy services to implement the 22.4-kilometre Bus Rapid Transit from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Keraniganj. Under the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment project, the BRT line 3 would be constructed at a cost of about Tk ... Read more

Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport has been recognised as an international airport by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialised United Nations agency. Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) Chairman Air Vice-Marshal Mahmud Hussain, representing ICAO, presented the recognition certificate, effective

Sixteen Bangladeshi workers detained in an ongoing crackdown on illegal expatriates in Saudi Arabia have been freed, said Bangladesh Ambassador to the Kingdom Shahidul Islam yesterday. “We have records of a total of 20 workers who were detained by police. Among them, 16 have been freed as their employers showed the workers’ legal