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The central fish fair at the city’s Ramna Batamul looked dull with a small number of visitors on Thursday as inclement weather held back the city people from visiting the fair, officials and participating traders said. The number of visitors including students and officials

A schoolboy was strangled at Kalachandpur of Gulshan in the capital Thursday mooring. The victim was identified as Tilak Augustine Palma, 15, a Class IX student of Kalachandpur High School and College. The victim’s father, Komol Patrick Palma, told New Age that

Students and cultural activists on Thursday formed human chain in the Barisal city, protesting at growing incidents of sexual harassment and rape in the country. Their other demands include speedy trial and execution of capital punishment for the rapists, rejecting bail prayers of the accused, restricting publication of

The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation said it would press 88 new air conditioned buses on long distance routes from Dhaka before Eid to cope with the growing pressure of passengers. On Wednesday, communications minister Obaidul Quader said that BRTC would press the buses into service before Eid.

The shipping minister, Shahjahan Khan, formally re-launched the waterbus service at Gabtoli Water Bus Landing Station in the capital on Thursday. He said with the launch of four more new waterbuses, the total number stood at six. Each of the two old water buses — ‘M L Buriganga’

The Dhaka North City Corporation on Wednesday announced its budget of Tk 1,984.53 crore for 2013-14 fiscal, Tk 279.32 crore higher than that of the outgoing fiscal. The DNCC administrator, Akhter Hossain Bhuiyan, announced the budget at the Spectra Convention Centre auditorium in the capital.

The modernisation work of Shaheed Hadis Park in the Khulna city has remained stalled for two months after cracks developed in the walkway pillars and other faults were detected in the construction. The Khulna City Corporation took the modernisation

Students of seven disciplines of life science school of Khulna University have threatened to go on fast-unto-death if the authorities concerned do not announce the specific date for holding term final examination by 1:00pm on July 7. They made the announcement at a press conference

A three-day university journalists’ conference, jointly organised by Rajshahi University Journalists’ Association and Transparency International Bangladesh, begins today on the university campus. The conference titled ‘TIB-RUJA 1st University Journalists’

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation resumes today its waterbus service on the Dhaka circular waterway. The shipping minister, Shajahan Khan, will put into operation four new and two old waterbuses at Gabtoli Waterbus Landing Station at 9:00am,

PASSENGERS’ SUFFERINGS Unified initiative of different ministries urged  Government officials and experts on Tuesday stressed on unified initiative of the communication, railways and shipping ministries to ease problems in the country’s communication system. ‘There is no use hoping that railways minister or shipping minister or I could separately solve all the transport related problems overnight,’ ... Read more

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology formally approved the annual budget of Tk 91,33,50,000 for the fiscal year 2013-14, a BUET press release said on Tuesday. The syndicate members on Sunday approved the budget in a meeting on, chaired by the university vice-chancellor, Dr ASM Nazrul Islam.

Dhaka North City Corporation will announce its budget for 2013-14 fiscal year today. In the outgoing fiscal year, DNCC had taken a Tk 1966.285 crore budget. Dhaka South City Corporation is scheduled to announce its budget tomorrow. It had taken a Tk 1781.68 crore budget in 2012-13 fiscal year.

Fellows and students of former Dhaka University vice-chancellor SMA Faiz bade farewell to him on the eve of his retirement from the university after a 40-year teaching career. The soil, water and environment department of the university organised the farewell programme at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban.

Journalists and non-government service providers on Tuesday said that the poor were being deprived of quality health services as the cost of such services in the country was very high. At a media dialogue USAID’s non-government health service delivery project Smiling Sun, the service providers, however, said that the poor were paying high

The three-day Eid Fashion Fair Volume 1 by women entrepreneurs will begin at the capital’s Drik Gallery on July 9. Online business platform ‘Sarans Evento’ will organise the exhibition. The participatory brands include Trendy East, Style Echo,

Child rights assembly on Monday demanded immediate implementation of Child Bill 2013 to ensure the rights of children in the country. At a press conference, they urged the government to form required boards, committees and recruiting manpower as early as possible.

A two-day intergovernmental and regional seminar on promoting cooperation for safe migration and decent work began in the capital on Monday to explore coordinated approach towards governance, protection and reintegration of migrant workers, officials said. The seminar aims at serving a platform for exchanging

At least three people died in road accidents in the capital on Sunday night and Monday. At Merul Badda, Amjad Ali, 70, a farmer from Shariatpur, died in a road accident. According to the victim’s son, Amjad Ali was hit by an oil tanker of Jamuna Oil Company on Merul Badda main road early Monday ... Read more

A fifteen-day tree fair was launched in Rajshahi city on Monday on the premises of Rajshahi City Corporation. Rajshahi Social Forest Department, in association with Rajshahi district administration, organised the fair.