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A two-day workshop on ‘Adaptation to the Impact of Climate Change on Socio-economic Conditions of Bangladesh, began in the capital Saturday. Alumni Association of German Universities in Bangladesh (AAGUB) is hosting the workshop in cooperation with the German Academic Exchange Service

Ten people were killed and 32 others injured in road accidents in the country yesterday. Our staff correspondent reports, a man died yesterday as a speeding bus hit him near the capital’s Shahjalal International Airport. The deceased was Abdul Hannan, 45. Our Brahmanbaria correspondent reports,

Enamel Paint in Bangladesh Lead levels very high  Study says Many enamel paints available in Bangladesh’s markets have levels of lead far exceeding the permissible limits in most industrialised countries, stated a study revealed yesterday. The use of lead in paint is banned in the European Union, the permissible limit in the US is 90 ... Read more

A group of scientists of Dhaka University has invented a bio-pesticide for agricultural use and a couple of bating agents for the tannery industry from a genus of bacteria known as bacillus, raising the hope of reducing dependence on chemical fertilisers. These inventions can play a vital role in cutting the use of chemical fertilisers in ... Read more

The combined admission test of honours first year first semester under the academic year of 2013-14 of Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) and Jessore Science & Technology University (JSTU) will be held on November 30. 35 students will contest for a seat at SUST while 19 students for a seat at JSTU. The ... Read more

National University rescheduled the 1st year honours exams of 2012, scheduled to be held today, on November 2 at 9:00am due to unavoidable circumstances. The time schedule of other exams will remain unchanged. The decision came from an emergency

A woman was crushed under a running train at Kashiadanga in Rajshahi city on Saturday midday. The deceased could not be identified immediately. The railway police, quoting local people, said that a Chapainawabganj-bound shuttle train hit the victim at about 12:00pm while she was crossing rail,

Only 21 projects have environment clearance Housing projects having no clearance from the Department of Environment are sprouting around the capital destroying wetlands, agricultural land, rivers and canals in violation of wetland act and High Court directive. The Department of Environment said in and around Dhaka only 21 housing projects have environment clearance and the remaining

Farming of resilient and mixed crops can help mitigate food scarcity in South Asia’s coastal areas and fight against the adverse impacts of climate change, speakers told the inauguration of a workshop yesterday. They also emphasised conserving soil nutrition and harvesting rainwater to combat challenges of irregular rainfall which has detrimental effects

Nine people were killed and 47 others injured in road accidents in Dinajpur, Tangail, Comilla, Chuadanga, Jhenidah, Bogra, Pirojpur, and Jamalpur on Thursday and yesterday. Our Dinajpur correspondent reports, a woman and her seven-year-old daughter were killed and her husband was injured as a truck hit their running motorcycle

The academic activities of Jahangirnagar University will resume today after a 15-day vacation of Eid-ul-Azha, Durga Puja and Laxmi Puja. The official activities of the university have already been started from October 22 after observing the 10-day vacation, university sources said. Most of the resident students have

Kathin Chibar Dan, one of the largest annual religious festivals of the Buddhist community in Chittagong Hill Tracts, was celebrated at a temple, Ajita Mahathero Dhyani Bihar, of Bandarban district yesterday. Thousands of devotees from Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachhari arrived at the temple where its chief and most venerable monk Bhadanto Ajita

Immediately after the end of the ban on netting hilsa, the wholesale fish market in Barisal and 19 other retail ones are now abound with the dazzling fish. Seven thousand maunds of hilsa arrived in Barisal fishery ghat on Thursday at 10.00am barely 10 hours after the restriction ended. Same thing was reported from 18 ... Read more

Ten people, including three of a family, were killed and 16 others injured in road accidents in Dhaka, Tangail, Gazipur, Netrakona, and Dinajpur on Wednesday and yesterday. Our staff correspondent reports, a bus ran over a newspaper hawker at Dainik Bangla intersection in the capital yesterday morning, leaving him dead on the spot.

Journalists and human rights activists in Rajshahi city on Thursday urged the government not to enact the recent amendment of the ICT law. They are afraid the law could easily be misused. They remarked this during a roundtable

Broken DMCH Radiotherapy Machine Cancer patients’ lives hang in the balance  A radiotherapy machine at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) worth around Tk 20 crore has been out of order since Monday morning creating apprehension among cancer patients on consequences of the interruption in their scheduled therapies. At present, 44 patients were receiving doses

Family Planning City areas, slums, remote places lag behind The government has failed to achieve success in family planning in the city corporation areas, slums and hard to reach areas as the people living in those areas are less interested to use family planning methods, health ministry high officials said on Thursday. ‘Family planning success ... Read more

United Nations Day was marked on Thursday in Dhaka with the urge for creating opportunities for the country’s young generation to assert themselves in development sector. The UN resident coordinator Thushara Fernando stressed the need for role of youth for economic growth. Inaugurating UN Day 2013 at the Bangabandhu

A three-member team of Sarus Beyond Borders, an international organisation based on Cambodia and Vietnam, called on vice-chancellor of Dhaka University AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter’s office of the university on Thursday. Founder director of the organisation Wesley Hedden is leading the team. Other members of the team are William M Orr and Sylvia Murray.

Department of Environment (DoE) on Thursday fined a private hospital and a diagnostic centre Tk 4.5 lakh for violation of environment laws, reports UNB. After a hearing at its headquarters, DoE director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir fined Salahudding Specialised Hospital Ltd in Tikatuli area Tk 4 lakh