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The finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said the government has taken a plan to reconstruct the Sylhet central Shaheed Minar following the design of Dhaka central Shaheed Minar. ‘We have planned to reconstruct the Sylhet central Shaheed Minar following the design of Dhaka central Shaheed Minar,’ the minister said while exchanging views

Local leaders of different political parties of New Paltan area of Azimpur at a human chain on Thursday called on the government to take steps for widening the road near the Azimpur old graveyard. The leaders and the people from all walks of life formed the one-hour human chain at Azimpur at 11:00am.

Jahangirnagar University went into a 13-day vacation on Thursday, said a press release of the university. All regular classes and examinations will remain suspended from August 2 to 15 for Eid-ul-Fitr vacation while the administrative activities would remain suspended from August 7 to 12, JU registrar Abu Bakkar Siddque confirmed. Meanwhile, the administrative

The Rajshahi City Corporation has planned to conserve 53 natural water-bodies in the city in order to retain its surface water resources for protecting the environment from further degradation. The city corporation has adopted a Tk 206.24-crore uplift project titled ‘Natural Water Bodies Conservation and Development in Rajshahi City’ to attain the

At least 10 people went missing as they jumped into the sea from a trawler off Sandwhip upazila on Thursday for fear of vessel capsize. Five of the missing people are Jahid Chowdhury Bhutto of Sandwip Poura area, Rasheda Begum, her two daughters – Pinki, 5, and Liza, 7, of Mogdhara,

Lack of initiatives to remove illegal encroachments on the historic ‘Buckland Bund’ of the capital has almost ruined the beauty spot. Though the river saving taskforce on August 2012 instructed the authorities concerned to clear the ‘Buckland Bund’ from Shyampur to Sadarghat of illegal structures, in the last one year poor initiatives were taken to free ... Read more

The president, M Abdul Hamid, and the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday called for creating awareness about breastfeeding for good health and development of children. They made the call in separate messages on the eve of World Breastfeeding Week-2013 from August 1 to 7. In his statement, the president said all essential elements for ... Read more

Organisers of Lal-Sabuj, a monthly magazine of Barisal for children and juveniles, initiated ‘Project Eider Hasi’ to purchase new dresses for the street children on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Barisal deputy commissioner Shahidul Alam and acting mayor of the Barisal city Alataf Mahmud Shikdar inaugurated the programme on Wednesday, donating to the

A schoolboy was abducted for ransom at village Madubpur in Burichang upazila of Comilla district on Monday evening. The abducted was Habibur Rahman, 10, son of Harun Mia of the village. He is a student of Class III of Nimser Primary School. Family said on Monday evening an unknown person, introducing himself as a villagemosque committee secretary, took

A teacher of Orbit Cadet School and College at Jamal Khan road in Chittagong was arrested by police on Tuesday over child abuse. The arrested was identified as Osman Ghani, 30, from Maheskhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar. ‘We arrested him following the complaints made by the guardians,’ said Atikul Islam,

Shoppers and businessmen in Barisal are not yet happy about the Eid market, with the shoppers blaming higher prices and the businessmen putting it to inclement weather. Traffic on city commercial areas is still normal owing to the absences of shoppers’ rush this year, even after more than two thirds into the month of

Some 100 people illegally residing at Dhaka University’s Jagannath Hall were ousted Monday midnight. The university authorities, led by the hall provost Ashim Sarkar, also sealed a total of 13 rooms in the hall during the drive at Govinda Chandra Bhaban. The drive began at around 10:30pm and continued till

Jahangirnagar University teachers under the banner of General Teachers Forum on Tuesday announced demonstrations demanding resignation of vice-chancellor Professor Anwar Hossain. Teachers announced the fresh programme including protest programme today and on August 1 from 12:00 to 2:00pm in front of administrative building. The agitation programme also

About six thousand electricity supply-line poles worth Tk 2.5 core are lying without any maintenance and care at different Palli Bidyut Samity offices under Rural Electrification Board in different parts of the Barisal region. REB sources said there are six thousand poles lying unused

The Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association on Monday called off their month-long protest, showing respect of the High Court order issued on last Wednesday. JUTA had been besieging the university administrative building for 38 days started on June 20, demanding the resignation of vice-chancellor Professor

Speakers at a discussion meeting on Monday said absence of system to protect natural habitats of tigers, unbridled infiltration of poachers, food crisis, conflict between tiger population and human beings are main factors that now stand in the way for conservation of the endangered species The west wing of Sundarban Forest Division and the

The Dhaka University campus wears a festive look at sun set as numerous students and visitors arrange iftar parities to break their daylong fasting together. ‘It was very special moment for having iftar with senior and junior fellows and teachers,’ a linguistic student Sohan Mia told New Age after his department arranged

The orange and vermicelli sold in the Dhaka city markets are all treated with formalin, said a test report by green rights activists on Sunday. The report says formalin has been detected in 82 of mangoes, 91 per cent of bananas, 59 per cent of apples, 95 per cent of grapes, 77 per cent of ... Read more

The unbridled price hike of essential commodities has led the low-income, poor and extremely poor people in the Rajshahi city to lead a miserable life. Their woes intensify even further when they fail to afford new clothes and goof foods for their families with Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of

Rajshahi University students on Sunday staged protest against transport crisis. Witnesses said, more than hundred students blocked the university’s transport system at 2:00pm as the authorities, without any prior notice, cancelled the scheduled student buses. Later, the students called off their demonstration as the proctor Professor Tariqul Hasan