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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.

Former panel mayor Ajmol Ahmed Tapon took over on Sunday as the acting mayor of Khulna City Corporation as directed by a notification issued from the ministry of Local Government. He will hold temporary charge until the newly elected mayor Moniruzzaman Moni is sworn-in and takes over charges.

Normal life and businesses returned to the capital on Monday as the dwellers experienced sunlight Monday afternoon after four days of incessant rains in the city and the southeast regions that caused immense sufferings. There was no heavy downpour from Sunday night too.

Two students of Rajshahi University were injured on Monday over payment for snacks on the campus. They were identified as Bangladesh Chhatra League RU unit hospitality affairs secretary Alam Aninda and its activist Belal Hossain alias Bill.

Re-election to the post of councillor at ward 16 in the Sylhet City Corporation will be held on July 8 since the two rival candidates got equal number of votes in the polls held on June 15. The Sylhet district election officer, Rashedul Islam, also assistant returning officer, told New Age on Monday that they ... Read more

A seven-member committee the government set up to choose companies interested to run cabs in the capital Dhaka has failed to select any company by the deadline the communications ministry set earlier. Members of the committee said that they would select companies after further assessment. The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority on

STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Stern laws demanded Women right activists on Sunday urged the government to take stern measures for the effective implementation of existing laws and policies to stop violence against women. At a view exchange meeting, they said violence against women in the country continued though the government took some initiatives to stop ... Read more

The 158th Santal Revolution Day was observed in Rajshahi with the demand that the government recognise the national minorities as indigenous people instead of ethnic minorities in the constitution. Jatiya Adibashi Parishad and Adibashi Cultural Development Organisation separately arranged programmes to celebrate the historic day.

London Metropolitan University (Londonmet) has decided to enroll Bangladeshi students and offered partial scholarships to 20 students for the fall session. Mark Bickerton, visiting director of international office Londonmet, disclosed the information at a press conference in the National Press Club on Sunday.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday announced Tk 167.29 crore budget for 2013-2014 fiscal in its 50th syndicate meeting. The university treasurer, M Julfiker Rahman Khan, announced the budget at the meeting held at its office and presided over by its vice-canceller Pran Gopal Datta.