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The Rotary Club of Sylhet Valley held a daylong free treatment and blood donation programme in at Sonarpara in the city on Monday. A total 145 patients were given treatments along with free medicines and 12 units of blood were also collected from the donors in the daylong campaign, the organisers said. Doctor Jamil A Chowdhury Tamim, Nusrat Shammi

The government should promote women drivers by providing them with jobs at its different offices, said experts on Sunday. Speaking at the programme for promoting women in driving profession, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority chairman Mohammad Nazrul Islam informed that about 350 women had professional driving licences at present all over the country. The function was jointly

Human rights activists in Rajshahi have expressed grave concern as law and order situation, especially crimes against women and children in the district, is deteriorating day by day. They said torture against women and children were increasing in the district because of negligence of the law enforcement agencies. In August, a total of 13 crimes

Students of twenty-five schools and human rights activists formed a human chain and held a rally on Sunday, protesting against the killing of a schoolgirl. The programme was organised by Bangladesh Shikkhak Samity, Barisal regional branch. The rally was held in front of Barisal Ashwini Kumar Hall,

The activity of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court was formally launched in Sylhet on Sunday. Chief metropolitan magistrate Zahirul Gani started the formal activities of the court at about 11:00am when the district and session judge Mizanur Rahman, Sylhet’s chief judicial magistrate Abu Syed Md Dilzar Hossain, Sylhet judge court public prosecutor Misbah Uddin Siraj, ... Read more

At least 15 people were injured in a clash between Bangladesh Chhatra League and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists at Sylhet MC College on Sunday afternoon over establishing dominance on campus. The BCL activists also vandalised a motorcycle of a JCD activist during the clash, students said. Eyewitnesses said some BCL and JCD activists got

Two people were found dead in separate incidents in Sylhet city on Sunday. The two were identified as Sheikh Nafizur Rahman, 23, son of Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Baruthkhana and a second year student of Leading University, and Tanzina Zahan Liza, 22, daughter of Abdul Hannan of Manikpir Road in the city. Nafiz’s father told New ... Read more

The Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport customs officials held a man with around 876 grams of gold Sunday morning. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Matin, a dweller of village Horipur of Chagalnaiya upazila in Feni who landed at the airport from an Air Arabiya flight from Sharjah of United Arab Emirate. The Chittagong airport assistant ... Read more

A boy and a housewife were killed in separate traffic accidents on New Eskaton Road and Mirpur in the capital on Sunday. The police and hospital sources said Mehdi Hasan, 14, an employee of Baby Motors at Eskaton Road, was killed when a bus from Gulistan ran over him at about 3:00pm. After the incident, he ... Read more

The authorities of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday celebrated the 10th founding anniversary of the university amid festivity. The daylong programmes to observe the day included tree plantation, colorful procession, discussion, friendly cricket match between teachers and employees, special prayer,

The Khulna University of Engineering and Technology on Sunday observed its 10th founding anniversary on Sunday amid enthusiasm. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid inaugurated the occasion that featured tree plantation, discussion meeting, seminar, friendly cricket match between teachers and students, film show, cultural programme, blood donation, technical poster session

Hatirjheel, Begunbari Twin Lakes Failure to develop recreation facilities disappoints city Since hurriedly opening the Hatirjheel and Begunbari twin lakes to the visitors in January the authorities virtually forgot their commitment to develop the planned recreation facilities around them. The visitors do not find the promised viewing decks, games facilities for children, water-taxi terminals, footbridges ... Read more

Frequents visits of medical representatives of drug companies continue to hamper treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital although the authority had imposed restriction on their entry. The then hospital director brigadier general Abus Sabur Miya on August 4, 2011 at a meeting made the decision and asked all concerned to impose restriction on

Environmentalists and physicians on Saturday urged the government to take immediate initiative to check electromagnetic radiation of mobile phones and mobile network towers. They made the urge at a seminar on ‘Mobile phone and mobile network tower: impact on environment and public health’ organised by Bangladesh Poribesh Andolan

A restaurant on Satmasjid Road in the city caught fire on Saturday morning. Nilufar Yasmin, a duty officer at fire service, said that the fire broke out on the ground floor of the two-storey building of the restaurant, Golden Spoon, near Graphic Arts College of Satmasjid Road at around 11:45am. Three fire fighting units from Mohammadpur ... Read more

The Border Guard Bangladesh, Narcotic Control Department and the police have seized heroin worth about Tk 1 crore in City Gate area of Akbar Shah police station in Chittagong on Saturday morning. Kotowali circle police inspector Md Ibrahim Khan said that nobody was arrested in this regard as the heroin was left off in luggage ... Read more

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will visit Ashulia, a suburban area of the capital, today to lay the foundation stone of a 12-storey dormitory complex designated for woman garment workers. Last minute preparation is going on in full swing in Ashulia ahead of her visit. The PM is scheduled to address a rally on Ashulia ... Read more

The installation of solar panels to power Dhaka city’s traffic signals along with new count down timers, intended to show commuters how many seconds remain before the signals change, will be delayed until at least the end of the year. Under the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment project, which started in June 2009 with funding ... Read more

Human rights activists in Barisal city on Friday urged the government to stop enforced disappearances. They made the call from a human chain and rally organised by the Human Rights Defenders Network, Barisal unit to observe annual commemoration of International Day of the Disappeared that falls on 30 August. It was addressed, among others, by Mozammel ... Read more

The district administration has issued a public notice in regard to incorporating three more municipalities in the Narayanganj City Corporation. There will be a 30 days’ probation for the inhabitants to submit any objection against this public notice issued on Thursday. After 30 days from the day of public notice announcement,