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Government officials and experts in a programme on Wednesday stressed extending safe drinking water and basic sanitation facilities to the rural and lower-income group-inhabited areas to ensure improvement health and hygienic status of the citizens. The programme titled ‘national sanitation month October-2013’ was held at the office of the deputy commissioner

Mosquito nuisance has added to the sufferings of the city dwellers in Dhaka, already dogged by multifarious problems, in absence of drives to check the breeding of the insect. Residents of different city areas have alleged that they saw no measures taken to control the mosquito breeding in October. Officials of the two city

The Khulna City Corporation has stopped the renovation work of 40 damaged city roads because of insufficient fund. The KCC started this renovation project for 80 damaged roads involving Tk 200 crore in the last financial year. The work orders were issued in February and March this year after completing the official formalities through inviting tenders

The government would show zero tolerance to negligence in duties of field level officials at the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution in monitoring food items and manufactured products, industries minister Dilip Barua said in Dhaka on Tuesday. ‘We want to show zero tolerance to negligence in duties of BSTI officials. Legal action would be taken against

The residential halls at Rajshahi University reopened on Tuesday amid tight security and the regular classes will resume today after the vacation of Eid-ul-Azha and Puja. The security measures have been tightened through deploying additional police at the halls and on the campus to avert any untoward situation.

Says study; blames unplanned industrialisation, city corporation’s lack of financial autonomy Narayanganj city’s land use pattern is changing fast due to unplanned industrialisation coupled with a new city corporation having no financial autonomy and constrained by the central government’s bureaucracy, says a study. The urbanisation rate is 3.5 percent in Narayanganj city while the national rate ... Read more

The Sylhet City Corporation authorities have taken a step to set up a total of 150 closed-circuit cameras at 35 main points in the city in a bid to ensure the citizen’s security and address traffic congestion in the city. Tender will be invited soon to start the work of installing the CC cameras that is ... Read more

Speakers at a conference in Rajshahi said wide-ranging community participation was very important for making the community policing forum effective and meaningful for the sake of building crime-free society. In the wake of gradually rising trend of social crimes especially addiction to drugs and its trafficking and trading, they viewed only the

The Jahangirnagar University authorities on Monday gave a written permission allowing permanent entry of police administration into the campus. The JU vice-chancellor, Anwar Hossain, confirmed the matter at his office after an emergence syndicate meeting on the day. ‘The authorities made

The Savar police yesterday arrested a bus driver and his assistant on the charge of attempting to rape a female garment worker in the moving vehicle on the Dhaka-Aricha highway. The driver, Shamim Hosen, 20, of Sherpur district, and his assistant Hanif Miah, 25, of Sirajganj district, were detained near Bangladesh Public Administration

The registrar of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology was relieved of his duty on Monday. Meanwhile, the suspended registrar, Abul Basar, alleged that the vice-chancellor Professor Mortuza Ali gave the order illegally in violation of the university rules. Abul Basar told newsmen on Monday that

The government has taken steps to halt hunting of guest birds and ensure their safe, free movement for all varieties of guest birds in the country, Environment and Forests Minister told Parliament on Sunday. “In winter season, we see arrival of some 230 types of guest birds in our country. The present government has taken ... Read more

Bangladesh national cricket team skipper Mushfiqur Rahim has been engaged with Zannatul Ferdous Monty at a simple ceremony in the city on Sunday. Mushfiq, who hails from Bogra and passed his MA in history from Jahangirnagar University, engaged with sister-in-law of another cricketer Mohammad Mahmdullah Riyad, who in fact is the vice-captain of Bangladesh

Women in both rural and urban areas of Nilphamari district are becoming self reliant as they have engaged themselves in different income generating activities to fight poverty. They have taken short and long term training from the Department of Youth Development and Women Affairs to get engaged in income generating activities. The women across of

Barisal Education Board has decided to upgrade 56 junior secondary schools to secondary schools. Mustafizur Rahman, deputy director of secondary and higher secondary education directorate and member of school grants committee in Barisal, said the decision was made in a meeting of the committee held on October 21 and it would be effective from the upcoming

The Rajshahi University residential halls reopen today after a 15-day vacation from October 12 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha and Puja. According to a university press release issued on Sunday, the halls will be reopened by 8:00am and the residents are asked to carry the university’s identity card to be allowed to enter the hall. ‘No guest ... Read more

Plantation Jobs in Malaysia 100 more to leave today  One hundred more Bangladeshi workers will leave Dhaka today to join plantation jobs in Malaysia under state arrangements. They will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12:40pm by a Malaysian airline, said Zahidul Islam, assistant director (immigration) of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) yesterday. On Friday, ... Read more

Scholarship money was distributed among the meritorious school-going children of Patuakhali-based journalists under joint initiative of BRAC Bank Limited and Patuakhali Journalists Development Trust (PJD Trust). A total of 40 students received scholarship money in a ceremony held at Dr. Atahar Uddin Auditorium at Patuakhali Press Club recently.

The authority of IFIC Bank handed over a cheque of Tk 10 lakh to Biswashahitya Kendra at a simple ceremony at the Biswashahitya Kendra near Bangla Motor crossing in the city on Sunday, says a press release. President and Chief Executive of Biswashahitya Kendra Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed received the cheque from Managing Director and ... Read more

Dhaka is probably the only city in the world where the residents don’t know who to approach for the documents or certificates they need. They have been confronting the crisis since November 2011, when the historic city was split into Dhaka North City and Dhaka South City and two city