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Green activists on Tuesday demanded proper management of wastes which would be generated from sacrificial animals during Eid-ul-Azha. The traditional makeshift cattle market system, unhygienic method of removing hides from slaughtered cattle and dumping wastes here and there

Common people and different political party activists formed a human chain on Tuesday in the Khulna city, demanding arrest of the killer of a female student of Government BL University College. The victim was Tanima Biswas Poly, daughter of Shibnath Biswas of village Shibnagar under Abhoynagar upazila. She went missing on September 27 and later ... Read more

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation starts an 11-day special steamer service tomorrow from the Dhaka end on occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja. Eid-ul-Azha of the Muslims would be celebrated in October 16-18 and Durga Puja of the Hindus in October 10-14. The special service of BIWTC vessels

The Sylhet City Corporation authorities started initiatives on Tuesday to reclaim encroached canals to address city water-stagnation. The authorities, led by the city mayor, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, began demarcating the grabbed lands of Goali Chhara and identifying the illegal encroachers in Sonarpara,

The Forum of Election Management Bodies of South Asia has chosen the logo submitted by Bangladesh Election Commission for the organisation, according to a press release of the EC. The South Asian forum in its fourth annual general meeting held at Thimpu from October 2 to 4 finalised the logo for the newly formed organisation.

Ahsan Habib Kamal took charges as the Barisal city mayor on Tuesday with the vow to transform the city into a developed one. The acting mayor, Altaf Mahmud Sikdar, handed over the charges to Kamal in a programme held at Nagar Bhavan at noon. In a press briefing following the programme,

Teenagers on Tuesday said awareness and use of foot bridges was important to ensure road safety. From a campaign conducted at Mirpur 10 in the city, they also said road safety finally ensures accident-free country. The campaign was organised by BRAC Kishor Kishori Club while about 150 teenagers participated in the programme with the slogan ... Read more

The 4th year honors examination under National University of the year 2011 begins today. At total of 1,03,792 examinees from 205 colleges around the country  are scheduled to take part in the examination in 135 centres. A control room was set up at the Gazipur campus of the university to run the examination smoothly. The ... Read more

THE Rajshahi Metropolitan Police have taken four-tier security measures in the city areas to avert any untoward incident during the two big religious festivals of the Muslims and the Hindus. Durgapuja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus, is scheduled to be held between 10 October and October 14 while Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest festivals ... Read more

Lifebuoy’s ‘Help a Child Reach 5’ campaign told The simple habit of washing hands with soap before a meal and after using the toilet can save over one crore lives every year. If taken up by children, the practice can significantly reduce child mortality, helping the government reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Aiming ... Read more

The LabAid hospital authorities have admitted their negligence in the treatment of a Dhaka University student in the wake of protests against them. Mostafizur Rahman Masum, a fourth-year student of political science, was diagnosed with tumour in February this year and he was receiving treatment

A book on orthopedics and trauma titled ‘A color atlas of limb lengthening, surgical reconstruction and deformity correction by Illizarov technique’ was launched on Monday in the capital. The Russian envoy in Dhaka, Alexander A Nikolaev, Green Life Hospital Ltd and Medical College chairman Shamsuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Orthopedic Society secretary

Female students of two Dhaka University halls feel insecure due to the continuous sexual harassments on the campus.  A group of students from Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall and Bangladesh-Kuwait Moitri Hall on Monday formed a human chain protesting at the recent sexual harassment of their fellows on the hall premises. Some local outsiders Saturday afternoon assaulted

The Barisal city mayor-elect, Ahsan Habib Kamal, is going to take charges of the city corporation from acting mayor Altaf Mahmud Sikdar today. The city was decorated with the colourful billboards and photos of the mayor-elect on this occasion. The acting mayor, Altaf Mahmud Sikdar,

A total of 47 students will fight for a seat in the honours first year admission tests at Rajshahi University under 2013-14 academic session. A total of 1,68,224 students registered for taking the test against 3,601 seats under 8 units, the university’s deputy registrar, AHM Aslam Hossain, said.

Illegal establishments, including half-brick houses, tea stalls, rickshaw garage and steel mills, have been set up on most of the pump house premises of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority. City dwellers have blamed negligence of DWASA whereas DWASA held responsible influential people for establishing the illegal establishments at the DWASA pumps.

Booking Clerk Murder No process, no arrest yet The police have yet to arrest anyone in connection with the killing of a booking clerk that took place at the Kamalapur railway station early Saturday. They are also yet to find any clue. Booking clerk Israfil Hossain, 60, was found strangled inside the booking office early ... Read more

BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed was admitted to hospital on Sunday afternoon after he had complained severe chest pain. Moudud’s personal assistant Shahidul Islam said that he had been admitted to United Hospital in the capital. Hospital officials about 4:30pm said the Moudud

Advance train tickets for journey on October 11 and onwards and most of bus tickets for journey on October 10 and onwards have been sold out in the capital while many people are yet to get any tickets to leave the city to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja. The Bangladesh Railway began selling

Smokers continue to violate the tobacco control law by smoking at public places in Rajshahi city as the government law enforcement agencies are inactive in this regard. Following the demands of the anti-tobacco campaigners, the previous government enacted an anti-tobacco law in 2005 to bring smoking and drug