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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,”

9,370 examinees in Sylhet apply for re-evaluation A total of 9,370 HSC examinees under Sylhet board have applied to have their answer sheets re-evaluated. The Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISE), Sylhet saw the highest pass percentage among the education boards this year. However, this year also saw the highest number

UN Peacekeeping Missions Boost support for Bangladesh’s capacity enhancement International community urged from DU conference Lauding Bangladesh’s contributions to United Nations peacekeeping missions, speakers at the inauguration of a two-day international conference yesterday called upon the international community to increase support for enhancing Bangladesh’s capacity to serve in these missions. Bangladesh’s national and foreign policy ... Read more

Over 300 Rajshahi University (RU) teachers and students yesterday observed “Student-Teacher Repression Day” marking the countrywide atrocities on their fellows from August 20 to 23 in 2007 during the military-backed caretaker government rule. On August 20, 2007, army personnel beat three Dhaka University (DU)

4,682 accused Out of a total of 4,682 people accused of acid throwing in the last 11 years only 291 of them have been convicted, said speakers at a press conference yesterday. The cases caught up in the judicial backlogs date back till 2002, when the phenomenon achieved a paramount proportion of 498 instances

A huge number of children die in drowning in the country every year. Many children die during floods that hit the country every year. Moreover, there are tidal surges in the coastal areas which also cause drowning of children. On an average, 30,000 children die in accidents in Bangladesh every year. Of them, 50 per ... Read more

Speakers at a workshop on Saturday said south-western part of Bangladesh is one of the disaster prone zones of the globe owing to its geographical location as well as natural reasons. Due to climate change the frequency and intensity of disasters are increasing, threaten lives and livelihood. A large number of people are become ultra ... Read more

Cop, Wife Murder Oishee to face court today Detective police will produce Oishee Rahman, the prime suspect of killing her parents, before a Dhaka court today after a five-day remand. On August 18, a Dhaka court granted remand for Oishee, her friend Mizanur Rahman Rony, and domestic help Khadiza Khatun Sumi in connection

The Dhaka University teachers on Friday observed black day demanding punishment of the perpetrators involved in campus violence in August 2007 during the military-backed caretaker government. Wearing black-badges, the university teachers and staff held a discussion at Teacher-Student Centre auditorium. DU vice-chancellor AAMS Arfin Siddique,

As it did not put aside land to set up adequate water pumps in the plan, the Rajuk has recently given Dhaka Wasa a space inside a park in Uttara Sector 13 to install one. Though this has made a part of the lakeside green patch ugly, there was no other space for setting up ... Read more