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Bangladesh Chhatra Union Dhaka University unit held its 29th council session on Sunday, with a call for resisting the trend of ‘commercial orientation and communalism’ in the education sector. Freedom fighter Shirin Banu Mitil inaugurated the two-day programme at Aparajeya Bangla of the university, hoisting the national and the organisation flags.

Dhaka University’s department of accounting and information science on Sunday distributed scholarships among its 62 students of bachelor’s and Master’s levels. The state minister of science and technology, Yeafes Osman, distributed the scholarships at a function held in the morning at the faculty conference hall and presided over

The fortnight-long Barisal divisional tree fair started on Bangabandhu Udyan premises of the city Sunday. The fair was aimed at raising awareness of tree plantation and social forestation in the region.

Waste dumping and poor safety measures made the city’s Hatirjheel- Begunbari twin lake unsafe to visitors. The twin lake, separated by the Tongi Diversion Road, was hastily opened to public six months ago even before the development plans around it could be completed.

One of the three robbery suspects wounded in a ‘gunfight’ near Golap Shah Mazar in the capital on July 2 died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Saturday. The victim, Mohammad Yasin Bapari, 27, of Madaripur died at about 1:00pm while he was kept under observation after a surgery at the hospital, the hospital ... Read more

Rajshahi University on Saturday celebrated its 60th founding anniversary amid festivity and fanfare mood on the campus. The day-long programme included colourful processions, discussions, cultural events, debate competition and tree plantation.

A construction worker fell to death while working at an under-construction building at city’s Lalkhan Bazar under Khulshi police station in Chittagong Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Shukkur Ahmad, 35, hailed from Gopalpur upazila of Tangail district.

Customs officials recovered 217 bars of gold weighting 25.310 kilograms kept abandoned in a Bangladesh Biman aircraft at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday. ‘We recovered the gold bars based on intelligence information,’ airport customs assistant commissioner Golam Mostafa Kamal told New Age.

Government officials and development activists at a workshop in Rajshahi on Saturday stressed the need for strict monitoring to stop the misuse of foreign aids. They said that due to the lack of proper monitoring system the foreign funds were being misused depriving the grassroots people.

Post and telecommunication minister Sahara Khatun on Saturday said information communication technology-based services should be introduced to the postal department for its survival. Services of the postal department should go online through utilising ICT, she told a function in Dhaka, an official release said.

Diploma engineers staged a demonstration in Chittagong on Saturday pressing for their two-point demands. The students of private polytechnic institutes also joined the demonstration at SholoShahar in the city.

Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan on Friday expressed its deep concern over the construction of different establishments in Suhrawardy Udyan, which it thinks will spoil the place. The environmental organisation expressed the fear while presenting a report at a press conference at Moni Singh Memorial Trust Auditorium in the capital.

A woman was stabbed to death by a robber in her residence in the Barisal city early Friday. The victim was identified as Dil Afroza Shimu, 40, lecturer of Bangladesh Open University and wife of Mahmud Al Jalal, a teacher of Amrita Lal Dey College in the city. The Kawnia police officer-in-charge, Mahbubur Rahman,

The Rajshahi district police on Friday organised a daylong workshop emphasising people’s knowledge of law for stopping unexpected police harassment. The workshop was held at Kaisar Rahman Auditorium of Rajshahi Medical College in the city.

Rajshahi University is celebrating its 60th founding anniversary today. The authorities have chalked out different programmes including colorful procession, discussion and cultural programme to celebrate the university day amid festivity and enthusiasm. Academic buildings, residential halls and main streets

Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation on Friday was awarded the national award by Nawab Bahadur Syed Ali-Hasan Ali Foundation in recognition of its significant contribution to tourism at Dhaka University Senate Building. The foundation president, Akbar Uddin Ahmed,

Chittagong University on Friday approved its annual budget for the year 2013-2014. It was approved at the 25th annual senate meeting. The budget was for Tk 1338.10 million with a deficit of Tk 8 millions for the next fiscal year. The budget meeting was chaired by vice-chancellor

A mobile court on Friday jailed for three months the managers of two drinking water producing factories at Tejgaon in the capital. The court, jointly launched by the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution and the Dhaka administration, and led by magistrate Md Saiful Islam, awarded

Sets a target to use 52pc of revenue income as expenditure The Dhaka South City Corporation on Thursday announced its Tk 1,876.08 budget for 2013-14 fiscal, of which about 69 per cent would come from government grants and donors. This year budget is Tk 94.4 crore higher than that of the past fiscal ended on ... Read more

The time for the National Tree Fair 2013 has been extended by one day in response to the demands of the visitors. The fair, near the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital, was scheduled to end on Thursday.