The environment and forest minister, Hasan Mahmud, on Tuesday opposed the installation of a 50MW power project near Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong, saying that the project would harm the environment. At a press briefing marking World Environment Day
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Carjackers held
Police arrested four suspected carjackers and recovered 10 CNG-run auto-rickshaws from different parts in the capital and its outskirts Keraniganj. A team of Kafrul thana police conducted simultaneous drives in city’s Shewrapara, Postagola and Keraniganj from Sunday night to Monday evening and arrested
World Environment Day today
National Tree Plantation campaign begins today World Environment Day is going to be observed in the country as elsewhere across the world today, with a call to reduce food waste and save the environment from degradation. The theme of the day ‘Think, Eat and Save’ is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign. UN Food ... Read more
RAJUK orders demolition of tilted building
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakha on Monday ordered demolition of a three-storey building that titled towards a six-storey building near it at Demra in Dhaka. The officials of the city development authorities said ‘Eva Manzil’ at Purba Hazinagar started slanting towards an adjacent six-storey building on Sunday.
Greens urge govt to save environment to ensure food safety
Environmentalists on Monday urged the government to save the environment from all kinds of degradation and pollution to ensure food safety. At present one in every seven people sleeps without having any food and more than 20,000 children (under 5) die every day in the world for want of food,
Sujan fears influence of money in Khulna city polls
Sushasaner Janno Nagarik, known as Sujan, on Monday feared influence of money in the electioneering for the upcoming Khulna City Corporation polls as a good number of businessmen are contesting the polls. ‘Some 95 out of three mayoral, 137 councillor
Notre Dame College starts issuing admission forms
Notre Dame College started issuing admission forms for grade eleven on Monday following a High Court ruling. Hemanta Piyush Rozario, principal of the college, said forms were being issued from 3:00pm to 6:00pm on Monday.
Medical interns call off strike at CMCH
The medical interns on Monday called off their indefinite work abstention after being assured by the Chittagong Medical College Hospital authorities. The Intern Doctor Association called off their strike after a join meeting, held with the college authorities, police, Bangladesh Chhatra League and CMC Student
Teachers’ training workshop held in Barisal
A three-day training workshop and a seminar on improving teaching standard for quality education ended Monday afternoon in Barisal. The seminar was organised and funded by Caritas Barisal region under regional education commission of Chittagong Catholic Diocese at the Pastoral Retreat
Sylhet printing houses pass busy days as SCC polls near
Printing shops in the Sylhet city are up to their ears in work, bringing out posters, leaflets and others polls related materials as the city corporation elections are drawing closer. Market sources said the owners and employees of the publishing houses in the city are now working round the clock for meeting the demand of ... Read more
Cut in internet price demanded
Several information and communication technology organisations in Rajshahi on Sunday formed a human chain and declared continued protests including sit-in, if internet prices for end users were not reduced. The human chain was formed at Shaheb Bazar Zero
One-third of Bangladeshi women iron deficient: seminar
Iron deficiency causes death of 3,000 women every year in Bangladesh because of severe anaemia during childbirth and iron deficiency anaemia is a common problem among Bangladeshi women. These were revealed at a scientific seminar organised jointly by Singapore General Hospital and Chittagong-based Surgiscope Fertility Centre on the Chittagong
CMCH interns continue indefinite strike
Intern doctors at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on Sunday continued their indefinite strike protesting against attack on a colleague, former president of the medical college unit Chhatra League, pushing the patients to suffer. While visiting the CMCH at noon, gates of
Fake food factory sealed off in Sylhet
Sylhet Metropolitan Police on Monday morning unearthed a factory producing fake food, drink and vitamin products from a house on the city outskirts. The detective branch of police also arrested the managing director and an employee of the factory. During a two-hour drive from 7:00am to 9:00am,
UGC chairman calls for foundation training for quality education
University Grants Commission chairman Professor AK Azad Chowdhury on Sunday said training, especially foundation training, is very vital for the young university teachers for producing quality faculty members at university levels. ‘Depth of knowledge is essential for the teaching
Rapist gets life-term in Ctg
A Chittagong metropolitan magistrate court on Sunday sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment and fined him Tk 50,000 for violating a female student in Chittagong. The convict was identified as Nur Mohammed, 32, son of Abul Kashem, resident of Shah Mirpur area under Karnaphuli police station in the district.
Student killed in Ctg
A college student was killed early Sunday at Alkaran under Sadarghat police station in Chittagong. The deceased was identified as Rintu Ghosh, 25, a second year student of Gachbaria Government College under Chandanaish upazila in the district,
Experts stress decentralisation to ‘save’ Dhaka
Amid the mounting pressure of population on the sprawling Dhaka city, experts have said it is not mega structures but decentralisation can help solve the city’s growing problems. Talking to UNB on Saturday, the urban and local government experts said decentralisation can help ease many problems of the mega city, paving the way for overall
Arrest of Sylhet businessman’s killer demanded
Sylhet Bouddha Samiti, an organisation of the Buddhist community, formed a human chain at Sylhet on Saturday, demanding arrest of the killers of Ringku Barua, a businessman of Surma Market of the city. The Chittagong Samiti Sylhet, local unit of
BSMMU opens haematology evening outdoor
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University expanded its evening specialists’ consultation services with the addition of haematology department in the service from Saturday. Professors and associate professors will see patient at the department from Saturday to Wednesday evening, said BSMMU vice-chancellor Pran Gopal Datta