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
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Ctg airport gets int’l status
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
16 detained Bangladeshis freed in Saudi Arabia
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
KUET students break fast on VC’s assurance
The protesting civil engineering department students of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology broke their fast-unto-death Thursday night as the university vice-chancellor, Professor Md Alamgir, assured them of resuming their classes on November 11. Over a hundred students of the department
DU rally condemns attack on minorities
A group of Dhaka University teachers and students, teamed up as Sampradayikata Biradhi Chhatra Shikkhak Mancha, on Thursday demanded immediate arrest of the miscreants who attacked the Hindu minorities in Pabna and Lalmonirhat. They placed the demand at a human chain at the base of Dhaka University’s Aparajeya Bangla. Asking the government to
Exhibition on butterflies begins at Drik today
The 2nd photo exhibition titled ‘Chobi Dekhe Shekha – Butterflies of Bangladesh, Inventory Second Phase’ begins at Drik Gallery, Dhanmondi, in the capital today. Ishtiaq Uddin Ahmed, country representative of IUCN Bangladesh, will be the chief guest at the inaugural session while Stephen John Ball, chief financial
Dhaka Comicon begins today
DHAKA Comicon, Bangladesh’s first-ever comic book convention, begins today. The two-day event is scheduled to conclude on Saturday. The event includes live art competition, short film competition, action figure photography competition, artist corner collectors’ exhibitions,
KUET students continue hunger strike
More than a hundred students of civil engineering department of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology continued their token hunger strike for the third day on Wednesday, demanding continuation of classes which remained suspended since last six months. They laid siege to administrative building
DU ‘Kha’ unit admission test Friday
The admission test of ‘Kha’ unit for the first year honours courses in Dhaka University for the academic session 2013-14 will be held tomorrow. The hour-long admission test will begin at 10:00am. The test will be held at 72 centres in the capital.
Cloth trader killed
A trader was hacked to death by miscreants on Tuesday night at village Mizmizi under Shiddhirganj police station in Narayanganj. The deceased was identified as Russel Mia, 35, son of Babul Mia, a resident of Mizmizi village. Imran Hossain, elder brother of the deceased, claimed that some drug peddlers of their locality, who were released from the ... Read more
Acute manpower crisis criples SBMCH forensic dept
An acute manpower crisis in the forensic section of Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital is seriously hampering educational activities, medical test of women victims of oppression and autopsy of bodies as six out of eight posts in the section lie vacant. The forensic section of the hospital works
Launch journey unsafe for inadequate security staff
Travelling by launches on the Barisal-Dhaka route has become insecure in recent time for lack of adequate security staff. The water vessels plying the route are mostly manned with ansar members far less than required in number, placing the passengers always in a constant fear of sabotage at the time when the country is passing ... Read more
Jahangirnagar Univ teachers give VC 20 hours to resign
The agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University have given a 20-hour ultimatum to the vice-chancellor, Professor Anwar Hossain, to resign. They put forth the ultimatum in a press conference held on the campus on Tuesday. The convener of the General Teachers Forum,
Greens for new leadership to face climate hurdles
Green activists at a seminar in Dhaka on Tuesday stressed the urgency of creating new leadership with scientific perspective to implement the climate change strategies announced by the government. They said new leadership especially from youths and students would be better to implement the climate change strategies to cope with adverse impacts of global
Ershad Kamol among 20 journalists get DRU-GP award
Twenty journalists, including Ershad Komal Khan of New Age, have got Dhaka Reporters Unity-Grameen Phone Reporting Award-2013. Each of the winners got Tk 75,000 provided by the Grameen Phone and a crst and certificate. The speaker of parliament, Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, distributed the awards at a programme at Hotel Sonargaon in the city.
Banglalink Grandmaster-3 conducts training prog
The Banglalink Grandmaster Season-3 which was launched few months back has engaged enormous no. of students around the around the country, with above 8000 registered students in a single competition to start something new through technological advancement-specifically, mobile internet based applications that can change people’s lives. Grandmaster
Proposed landfills yet to be okayed
Officials of the two city corporations in Dhaka have yet to make any decision over establishing two landfills at Dhaka’s two corners for dumping city garbage. At present the city corporations have two landfills at Matuail and Aminbazar while there was a plan to establish two more at two other corners of Dhaka.
US Congressman Steve Chabot due today
US Congressman Steve Chabot will arrive in Dhaka today on a two-day official visit to discuss the current political challenges Bangladesh is facing over the upcoming general elections. Chabot will also discuss the Dhaka-Washington bilateral relation with Bangladesh’s top political leaders, according to a press release of the US embassy.
Acute water crisis hits Rajshahi
The Rajshahi city dwellers are experiencing acute water crisis currently as the water plants are failing to supply sufficient water. The water pumps and tube wells in the city cannot lift enough water from underground to meet the public demand. At present the Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authorities are supplying water using 70 deep tube wells
ADB okays $250m for Dhaka WASA project
The Asian Development Bank has approved US$ 250 million assistance for a Dhaka WASA project to bring 50 crore litres of water per day from River Meghna to reduce its dependency on groundwater. ADB, which is the lead financier of the project, at its board meeting held recently at its Manila headquarters approved the project assistance, ... Read more