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Some 220 different species of birds were seized from the capital’s Mirpur on Wednesday. Wildlife crime control unit of the Bangladesh forest department seized the birds during a drive at Mirpur section 13. The seized birds include tota, tia and munia, said the unit press release. Wildlife crime control unit inspector Sohel Rana

The authorities of Dhaka University and Presidency University, Kolkata are going to set up a collaborative centre of studies in culture and literature, said the universities’ high ups. Dhaka University vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique told New Age that a centre on culture and literature would be set up at Dhaka University.

At least ten activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal were injured in factional clash on Wednesday afternoon at a programme attended by the BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. The party sources said that Sylhet district unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party held its workers’ convention at a community centre in the town’s Kumarpara.

The Rajshahi City Corporation is committed to delivering its civic services in a corruption and hustle-free manner, Shariful Islam Babu, mayor-in-charge of the corporation, has said. After taking charge, the present council has brought back and ensured transparency in the administrative and operational activities, he further said.

Frequent load shedding, accompanied with extreme heat, is plaguing life at different parts of Rajshahi city as well as the whole district for past two or three days. The authorities, however, said they were not getting enough supply from national grid, so the Rajshahi people would have to suffer for few more days.

Green right activists on Monday urged Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha to stop destruction in the name of Purbachal New Township Project at Barakau and Parabartha Mouja of Gazipur area. At a mass gathering, they demanded formation of an investigation committee to measure the extent of damage and exemplary punishment

Ten students of mass communication and journalism department of Dhaka University on Monday were awarded ‘Professor Sitara Parvin Award’ for their outstanding academic feats in honours final examination, 2012. The vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, distributed cheques for the award money among the winners at Ramesh Chandra Majumdar Arts

Alliance Francaise Chittagong organised a farewell function in honor of its outgoing director Samuel Berthet on its premises Sunday evening. The farewell function was addressed by Shamsuddin Khan, president of Chittagong Alliance Francaise, Professor Sekandor Khan, vice-chancellor

Bangladesh Chhatra League activists beat up one of their classmates, who is also an Islami Chhatra Shibir activist, on Chittagong University campus on Monday. The injured was identified as Ariful Islam, a third year student of economics department and also a resident of Alaol hall. Witnesses said the victim

The principal of Barisal Model School and College in the city, entering the examination hall on Monday, cut the hair of male students reportedly to maintain dress code and discipline. Informed by the students, journalist rushed to the spot and talked to the students, guardians and institution authourities, who said that none

Speakers of a seminar at CUET focused on the time-befitting engineering education for Bangladesh to face the rising competition in the international arena. The seminar was organised by the directorate of research and extension department of CUET Sunday noon. The CUET vice-chancellor,

Shops, slums and rickshaw garages have occupied the land within 10 feet of railway lines at many points in the Chittagong city in breach of section 144 that prohibits such encroachments. Incidents of stones being hurled from these slums on the passengers of running trains have increased in the recent times, local people said, blaming ... Read more

The parliamentary committee on the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock suggested running the Dhaka Zoo by those who know animals and their food habits. Otherwise the Dhaka Zoo will suffer much, they said in a report. At the moment, the zoo is maintained by those who

Transport owners and workers will enforce an indefinite road blockade on 17 routes of Khulna division from today demanding a ban on the plying of unregistered shallow engine-run vehicles on highways. District Bus-Minibus-Coach Owners’ Association and Motor Workers’ Union will enforce the blockade as per their earlier decision taken at a meeting on Thursday.

Government plans to launch a project to impart outsourcing training to women aimed at earning online, official sources said. They said information and communication technology ministry has designed the project titled ‘Bari Bosey Borolok’ to provide outsourcing training for 13,400 women of the country. The cost of the project has been estimated at

Detective branch of Barisal metropolitan police on Sunday seized a trawler, arrested two people and recovered 52 pieces Sundari timbers smuggled from Sundarban mangrove forest. DB inspector Abdur Razzak said on the basis of a tip-off they raided a fishing trawler, FB Oli, at Lamchhari on Arial Kha River early Sunday.

A woman was hurt as a crude bomb went off in the capital’s Jurain on Sunday. The victim was identified as Ruksana Begum, 30, wife of Jahangir Alam and resident of Jurain Railway area. Abdul Halim, subinspector of Shyampur police,

Kathmandu Flight Biman, United to use narrow-body aircraft due to runway crack Biman Bangladesh Airlines and United Airways Limited are likely to use narrow-body aircrafts for Dhaka-Kathmandu flights as Nepal has banned all wide-body aircraft at Kathmandu Airport. Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal on August 18 issued a notification imposing the ban for three months ... Read more

REHAB Housing Fair New York 2013 starts on October 1 at NTV Bhaban at Astoria in New York to attract expatriate Bangladeshis to the country’s housing sector. Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh is going to organise the three-day fair which will have 50 stalls. This was stated at a press conference

Medical practitioners must stop taking commission from diagnostic laboratories and pharmaceutical companies, urged doctors at a conference of Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) in the capital yesterday. “Doctors prescribe unnecessary check-ups or unsuitable medicines to their patients just because they get a commission from the parties concerned,”