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The three-day national fruit exhibition-2013 ended on Tuesday with thin turnout of visitors and customers. The Department of Agriculture Extension organised the exhibition on the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council premises in the capital.

The agitated workers of Opsonin Group vandalised Opso Pharma factory at Bogra Road in the Barisal city on Tuesday afternoon. The workers pressed 13-points demand on increasing service benefits. Other demands include appointment letter, job regularisation, yearly increment

The 16th convocation of the North South University was held on Tuesday at the convocation plaza of the NSU campus in the city. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, was present as chief guest and conferred degrees on 1,928 students.

Supporters of a winner ward councilor candidate in the Sylhet City Corporation polls allegedly hacked an opponent’s ally in the city Monday night. The victim was identified as Abdul Haque, 30, a resident of Shaheed Shamsuddin Chhatrabas Colony at Dargah Mahalla in the city.

The Chittagong Metropolitan Police arrested a snatcher from city’s GEC area in connection with the killing of shop employee Jasim Uddin Tuesday morning. The arrestee was identified as Sumon alais Pichchi, 20. Chawkbazar police arrested him on the basis of statement

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association secretary general, Kamalesh Sharma, Tuesday called on the speaker of the parliament, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, at a city hotel. The CPA secretary general said Bangladesh had achieved remarkable progress in reducing children and mother mortality rate, achieving self-sufficiency in food,

China and Hong Kong-based consultant firm China Communication Construction Company – Arup JV may submit the final report on the feasibility study on the Karnaphuli River Tunnel project to the Bangladesh Bridge Authority towards the end of this month. Consultant of the project Habibur Rahman told New Age

Security money of the mayoral candidate of Jatiya Party Shafiqul Islam Madhu will stand forfeited as he failed to poll one-eighth of the total votes cast in the KCC election as per the electoral code of conduct. Besides, 72 councillor candidates, including 18 of

Civil society representatives of different Commonwealth countries on Monday urged all member countries to show zero tolerance to violence against women and take all necessary initiatives to empower women. Though Millennium Development Goals which

The authorities of Oxford International School have extended admission fair time till June 18, on request from parents and students. The fair started on 15, with hundreds of visitors coming to enjoy live cultural show performed by the school students.

About 300 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, entered the Rajshahi University campus on Monday in a show of their strength, spreading panic on the campus. The Shibir activists entered the campus about three

A mobile court of the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution fined an ice-cream and a drinking water producing factory Tk 1.3lakh on charge of selling their products without testing quality and certification from the BSTI. During the drive at South Mugda, the mobile court

Noted author Muhammad Zafar Iqbal said on Monday that the country’s economy would really be boosted if the new generation could be turned into skilled workforce through technical and technology-based education. He said three groups of people — expatriate Bangladeshis,

Fish and fruit traders in Narayanganj on Sunday night in a meeting with the police promised that they would not use formalin in their commodities. District police administration organised the meeting at Narayanganj sadar model thana to persuade the traders not to use formalin in fish and fruit.

Academic activities at Carmichael College in Rangpur are being seriously hampered because of teacher shortage, academic and hostel accommodation crises, transport problem and dearth of books in the library. Against the total 187 posts at the college,

The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, brought out a procession early Sunday on the Rajshahi University campus after the announcement of victory of BNP-backed Rajshahi mayoral candidate Mosaddeque Hossain Bulbul. Witnesses said a hundred of leaders and activists

The secretary general of the Commonwealth, Kamalesh Sharma, called on the foreign minister, Dipu Moni, at her parliament office on Sunday . The commonwealth secretary general is now on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh to attend the 10th Commonwealth women affairs minister meeting to

A five-day ‘Madhu Mela’ began in the capital on the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation premises on Sunday. The Apiculture by Modern Technology project of BSCIC organised

A group of youths ransacked two fast-food outlets in capital’s New Market following an altercation, in which some working there were beaten up. The young men smashed the two shops – ‘Blue Sky Snacks’ and ‘Meatball Fast Food’ – on Saturday night.

A minor boy drowned on Sunday in a pond at Banasree in Dhaka. The deceased was identified as Md Shaon, 7, son of Md Faruk. The family said Shaon, along with his elder brother Shuvo, 9, went to the pond to take a bath at around 10:00am. At one stage, Shaon slipped into the pond.