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Students and teachers of polytechnic institutes across the country on Saturday declared to boycott their final examinations of the 2nd,4th, 6th and 8th semesters, demanding immediate change in the 2008 gazette that identifies diploma professionals as supervisors, not engineers, reports UNB. The declaration of the exam boycott came from the leaders of

Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Benazir Ahmed said on Saturday that the case of torture of domestic help Aduri would be transferred to the speedy trial tribunal. ‘It’s a brutal act. We’re contacting the ministry of home affairs to transfer the case to the speedy trial tribunal so that the criminal is punished

Property worth about Tk 5 lakh was gutted in a fire at Zamilur Rahman Hostel of Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College on Saturday. Jalilur Rahman, duty officer of Barisal Fire Service Station, said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at room 210 and damaged property worth about Tk 5 lakh. M Sharfuzzaman Rubel, superintendent ... Read more

Three workers of Dye Ammonia Phosphate, a state-owned fertiliser company, were electrocuted on Saturday evening at 5:00pm in the port city. The deceased are Shahabuddin, 30, Maruf, 20 and Waij Uddin, 40. Sub-inspector of Chittagong Medical College

Students of University of Science and Technology, Chittagong on Saturday besieged the office of pro-vice-chancellor AHM Ishaque Chowdhury as the authorities concerned failed to meet their demands within the deadline set by them. The agitating students formed a human chain in front of the university in the morning and at one stage, they laid siege ... Read more

Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday arrested an alleged drug peddler in the capital’s Dhanmondi area in possession of 13,000 Yaba tablets. The RAB was interrogating the accused, Harun or Rashid, 27, to unearth details about the crime after his arrest Saturday afternoon.

‘Govt won’t harm Sundarban’ The World Tourism Day was observed in the country on Friday as elsewhere across the globe with the theme ‘Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future’. Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB), Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC), various tour operators and other organisations observed the day with elaborate programmes. The government will seriously

Kamalapur Road Accident Killer driver yet to be arrested Family members of Roksana Begum Laila, 37, killed in a road accident in front of her six-year-old daughter, demanded capital punishment of the driver who ran the bus over her. The body was kept in a fridge of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital for two ... Read more

Participants in an exchange of views held in the Barisal city on Friday urged all to be active in support of the implementation of UN charter for people with disabilities. The programme was jointly organised by the Association for Research, Development and Rights Implementation of Disabled and the

The Chittagong City Corporation is excavating a hill after rumour spread that there was hidden treasure. Some unidentified men informed the CCC men that there was hidden treasure beneath the hill mud. The city corporation is building a banglow for the city mayor spending Tk 5 crore on the Tiger Pass hill and the construction ... Read more

Speakers at a programme in Sylhet urged the parents to be caring about their children to develop social values and patriotism among them. The programme was organised by Paromita Sylhet, a local litterateur forum, at the district council auditorium at noon. The love, care and

The Bangladesh Tobacco Control Research Network, a platform of professionals, was formally launched in Dhaka Thursday night aiming to provide support and guidance to the potential tobacco control researchers in Bangladesh. The other objectives of the BTCRN are to review Bangladesh-specific tobacco control-related research activities, identify gaps

A mobile court sentenced 13 people to different terms from 15 days to three months for gambling in the city’s Hazaribagh early Friday. They are Rawshan Ali, 55, Abdul Quader, 29, Badsha, 50, Jafar Hossain, 28, Barkat, 36, Abed Ali, 42, Khairul Bashar, 42, Harun-ur-Rashid, 43,

Police arrested two youths and recovered sharp weapons from their possession in Sylhet on Friday afternoon. The arrested were identified as Shipon, 20, and Javed, 19, of Baluchar area in the city, the police said. Eyewitnesses said Shipon and Javed were quarreling in front of the Shilpakala Academy Building around 2:00pm and started fighting at ... Read more

The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is planning to initiate Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Phase III in a bid to reduce dependency on ground water. The officials said the project would help reduce the pressure on ground water when the ground water table is falling by two to three metres

Barisal Government Zilla School students blocked road in front of the school as a schoolboy was stabbed allegedly by some Barisal University students near the campus Thursday noon. The victim was Safayet Hossain Sifat, 14, a Class VII student of the school. Witnesses said some young men attacked

Field workers’ association of the health department on Thursday formed a human chain and rally in Barisal to press home their five-point demand and threatened to boycott EPI. Their five-point demand includes giving technical status to health assistants, end of discriminations in salary scale, giving Class II status to

Like many other canals in the capital, the Devdholai canal has also fallen prey to the greed of encroachers and inconsiderate dumping of household wastes while the authorities concerned, denying the allegations, have claimed that the canal still has flow of water. Encroachers have eaten up a significant part

Experts on Thursday stressed building a multi-sectoral platform to address the issue of malnutrition in a better way. They also said the 1000-days approach – the time between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s 2nd birthday – should be taken in a collaborative manner. They said this at the annual general committee

Registered graduate representative election for Dhaka University Senate would be held tomorrow at three centres on the campus. The voters having numbers from 01 to 12798 will have to cast their votes at Teacher-Student Centre, 12799 to 25524 at Physical Education