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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.

Leaders of the Television Peshajibi Oikya Parishad met the information minister, Hasanul Huq Inu, at his secretariat office on Sunday. Tushar Khan, Dipankar Dipon, Golam Sohrab Dudul, Choinika Chowdhury and Tanvin Switee along with  a number of artistes were present during

Seven civic groups on Saturday called for need-based utilisation and effectiveness of the Green Climate Fund. The demand was made in a press conference jointly organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan, Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, Climate Finance

Labour rights activists on Saturday urged the government to recognise domestic workers in the amended labour law and ratify ILO Convention 189 to ensure the rights of domestic help. At home and abroad there are 20 lakh domestic workers and 80 per cent of them are women and children, said speakers addressing a press conference.

Price monitoring teams on Saturday fined 28 businessmen Tk 2.04 lakh for making extra profit by selling essential commodities at prices higher than those fixed by the government and for preparing food in unhygienic condition. Two teams of the National Consumer Right

CIVIC amenities have not improved as expected in the Rangpur city even four years after it was made a divisional city in 2009. The city dwellers have been facing manifold problems for long. Rangpur became the seventh administrative division

The autobiography of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman contains a number of basic concepts about the country and also its history, said education minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Saturday, terming it as ‘an asset to the future generation’. He made the comment while unveiling a book

Speakers at a programme on Saturday said eminent poet and columnist of Chittagong freedom fighter Idris Alam was a brave and honest personality in the real sense of the term. They said this while speaking at a ceremony marking the unveiling of the cover of a book of memoirs on the country’s war of liberation ... Read more

Many privately-owned CNG-run auto-rickshaws are continuing to operate commercially in the Dhaka city in defiance of a High Court order and without permission from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority. Some drivers of such vehicles told New Age that

Anti-tobacco campaigners on Friday demanded that the government should impose 70 per cent tax on chewing tobacco products to discourage tobacco consumption. They expressed their dissatisfaction as they said the finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, was silent over imposing tax on the smokeless tobacco in the

Several hundred visitors on Friday thronged the premises of the National Tree Fair 2013 showcasing tree saplings of different species. Simi Mehnaz, a banker who came to the fair from Uttara of the capital, bought saplings of rose, china rose, marigold, hasnahena, mango and chilli from the fair.

ABOUT a half of the total number of student buses at Rajshahi University have worn out for lack of repairs for years. The students are suffering for transport crisis as there has been no addition of new buses to the transport sector of the university in the last few years.

Pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party ‘White Panel’ teachers of Dhaka University on Friday demanded unconditional release of the daily Amardesh acting editor, Mahmudur Rahman. The opposition-backed teachers’ panel convener Sadrul Amin in a written statement on the day made the demand