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Independent University, Bangladesh on Friday observed Alumni Campus Day on its permanent campus in Bashundhara Residential Area in the capital, said a press release. IUB Founding Trust chairman Saifur Rahman, IUB board of trustees chairman Rashed Chowdhury and IUB vice-chancellor M Omar Rahman, among others, spoke

A group of academics, journalists and political analysts on Thursday asked all political parties to find a solution to the crisis over the form of interim-government for the upcoming parliamentary elections. They made the call while addressing a seminar on ‘democracy, elections and political crisis: role of mass media’ organised by Dhaka University Journalists’

Speakers at a workshop on Thursday said there should be adequate measures for providing water supply and sanitation facilities for the slum dwellers to bring them out of the vicious circle of poverty. The number of such people is gradually increasing in the urban areas for various manmade and natural catastrophes and they need some necessary

The four-day event ‘Dhaka University National Model of United Nations -2013’ will end today at the university’s Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban. With a view to engaging young people in setting peace and prosperity across the world and negotiation and understanding among the nations,

A two-day career fair will start at Rajshahi University on September 21. The fair, titled ‘Rajshahi University Career Club Career Fair-2013’, is ogranised by the Rajshahi University Career Club, a students’ organisation on the campus, in association with the university authorities. The RUCC president, Syeed Abdullah Shaon,

Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, new mayor of the Rajshahi city, took his office on Wednesday with a vow to build a planned and model city. ‘I want to be a servant not the city father,’ he said in the charge taking programme held at Nagar Bhaban in the afternoon. Shariful Islam Babu, mayor-in-charge of RCC,

The newly elected Sylhet city mayor, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, on Wednesday vowed to keep the corporation free from the influence of any political quarter. ‘Development of any political polarisation centring the city corporation will not be allowed and the corporation will run as an institution of all citizens,’ he said.

The students of Shaheed Sohrawardy Hall at Rajshahi University went on a demonstration on Wednesday and confined the hall provost, Professor Asabul Haque, for his alleged negligence of responsibilities. Witnesses said the studentsl brought out a demonstration inside the hall at about 11:00am in front of the hall provost office protesting against his

The seven-day ‘Fourth income-tax fair-2013’, organised by the National Board of Revenue in Barisal city, drew a huge crow on Wednesday. The fair began on the Barisal Ashiwini Kumar Hall premises September 16. During the fair, the visitors were provided

A four-day income tax fair began in Sylhet on Wednesday. The finance minister, Abbul Maal Abdul Muhith, inaugurated the fair arranged by the Sylhet Divisional Income Tax Office at Mohammad Ali Gymnasium in the city’s Rikabibazar area at noon. The organisers informed that

Police evacuated inmates of a building on Akmol Ali Road under EPZ police station in the Chittagong city after it tilted Wednesday noon. People got panicked when cracks developed on the wall of the building named Sovon Monjil. Police rushed to the spot and started

A fire broke out at Jiban Bima tower in the Dhaka city’s Matijheel area on Wednesday. Fire service sources said the fire originated on the 14th floor of the 21-storey building at about 11.55am and soon spread around. On information, two firefighting units

Three celebrities have been appointed as Unicef national goodwill ambassadors to uphold child rights. The goodwill ambassadors — cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, film actress Arifa Zaman Moushumi and magician Jewel Aich — were introduced at a ceremony at a hotel in the capital yesterday. As Unicef ambassadors, they will work with the organisation

The ban on the production and sale of polythene bags has had hardly any impact, with the production of the banned item and its rampant use by the city people still going on. Users and environmentalists have blamed absence of cost-effective environment-friendly alternatives as well as inadequate drive against polythene

Bangladesh Girl Guides Association Barisal region arranged a programme at Holling Bery Syed Moazzem Red Crescent Hospital in the city on Tuesday, marking World Peace Day on September 21. On this occasion, Bangladesh Girl Guides members visited the hospital, exchanged greetings with the patients and presented health and cleaning items, dried and

Rajshahi University has introduced high technology digital Identification card for its students. Vice-chancellor Professor Mijanuddin formally opened the card at a function held at senate building on Tuesday. He termed the venture as epoch-making and said it would supplement the government endeavor to build digital Bangladesh and vision-2021.

More gender-sensitive media reporting has become indispensable to free society from gender disparity that needed to establish rights of the women, some working journalists told a meeting in Rajshahi on Tuesday. They viewed that the professional newsmen should take the responsibility of highlighting the gender-sensitive issues as objective reporting

The government on Monday decided to allow compressed natural gas refuelling stations open round the clock for nine days from October 11 on the occasion of Eid Ul Azha. ‘The CNG stations will be kept open round the clock in October 11-19,’ communications minister Obaidul Quader told reporters after an inter-ministerial

A pilot course has been introduced to develop expertise in key environmental engineering positions to address the increasing need to adhere to environmental laws and regulations in factories that produce waste water. Promotion of Social and Environmental Standards in the Industry, a joint project of the governments of Bangladesh and Germany,

Mothers of journalist couple Sagar-Runi on Monday expressed their dissatisfaction over the probe in the couple-murder and blamed the government ‘negligence’ in this regard. The journalist leaders threatened to launch a tougher movement if the killers of journalist couple were not arrested by a week. They were addressing