The Dhaka South City Corporation has handed over Tk 5 lakh and a plot of land in the city’s Dhalpur area to Sajida Foundation for construction of a poverty reduction centre to be used for educating around 10,000 homeless pavement-dwelling children and improving their quality of life. The assistance in cash and kind will be used ... Read more
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Immediate steps demanded to spot risky buildings in Sylhet
Discussants at a programme in Sylhet called for taking immediate steps to identify risky buildings in the city to demolish or rectify them without any farther delay to avoid casualties in incidents of collapse. They also stressed the need to form a taskforce
CCC asks people to move from foothills as rain disrupts life
The Chittagong City Corporation and the Chittagong district administration on Sunday began making public announcement asking people to move from their households at city foothills which are vulnerably because of downpour. Mohammad Shamshuddoha, secretary of the CCC,
4-day int’l IAS confce begins today
The four-day 19th International Conference of Islamic World Academy of Sciences begins in Dhaka today. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will inaugurate the conference at the city’s Sonargaon Hotel.
DU students urged to apply for Sumitomo Corpn scholarship
The Japanese Sumitomo Corporation officials on Sunday called on the Dhaka University first year students of 2011-12 session asking them to apply for its scholarship. The passed students of 2011 higher secondary and equivalent examinations could apply for the scholarship, said a press release. The regular students would get the application
Hefajat men block road in Ctg
The Hefajat-e-Islam activists barricaded the Chittagong-Khagrachhari road at Hathazari, suspending traffic in protest at the clashes with the law enforcers in Dhaka Sunday night. Liakat Ali, officer-in-charge of Hathazari police station, said the Hefajat men put barricade at three points of the road from Al Jamiatul Ahlia Drul Ulum Moinul Islam
2 killed in Ctg road mishap
A primary schoolgirl and an unidentified man were killed on Sunday in road accidents at Patia and Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong. Disha Dey, 5, student of a primary school and daughter of Shanti Dey of Muripara was killed when a jeep hit her while she was crossing the road in Doulatpur Eidgaon
City waterbus service to resume on May 15
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation plans to put six waterbuses in operation on the Dhaka circular waterway from May 15. The waterbus service, however, will resume only on the Sadarghat-Gabtoli section of the Sadarghat-Gabtoli-Ashulia-Tongi-Purbachal-Demra-Kanchpur-Mir Kadeem-Fatulla-Sadarghat circular route. Officials said as the
JUTA asks VC to resign in 24 hours
Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association on Saturday issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Anwar Hossain to resign as the vice-chancellor of the university or to face tough agitations. The association leaders issued the ultimatum seeing Anwar at his office after a general meeting of the association held at Jahir Raihan auditorium seminar room.
Classes at Malibagh section suspended
The South Point School and College has extended the suspension classes at its Malibag section till Monday as it is yet to get the report of an expert team that has surveyed the building which has cracks in it. The school suspended the classes for four days
Japan keen to build local nurses’ capacity
The Japan government is keen to provide assistance to Bangladesh for building capacity of the country’s nursing system through providing various kinds of skill development training as well as institutional support to nurses. The Japan government is planning to provide its
CNG auto-rickshaw owners threaten strike May 26-27
CNG-run auto rickshaw owners on Saturday threatened to call a 48-hour strike May 26-27 in the Dhaka metropolitan city if their 10-point demand is not met before the date. The demands include raising economic life of the CNG-auto rickshaw to 15 years from existing 11 years; raising deposit money to Tk 900 from Tk 600; ... Read more
DU Economic Research Bureau opens new web site
The new official website of Dhaka University Economic Research Bureau was inaugurated on Saturday, said a DU press release. DU vice-chancellor professor AAMS Arefin Siddique launched the website www.berdu.ac.bd at a ceremony at its seminar hall, the release added.
Minor girl burnt to death, 3 injured in Ctg fire
A minor girl was burnt to death and three of her family members were injured as a fire broke out in their house at Kalurghat of Chandgaon in Chittagong Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Rodela, 4, and the injured were her father Zakaria, 35, mother Nasreen Sultana, 25, and brother Mostakin, 2.
Downpour disrupts civic life, businesses in Ctg
The port city of Chittagong and different parts of the district experienced a moderate to heavy rainfall in past 24 hours disrupting city life as well as business activities. The rain continued intermittently since Friday night causing inconvenience to city dwellers and hampering business activities.
BCC forms body to detect vulnerable buildings
The Barisal City Corporation authorities have formed a five-member team to detect vulnerable buildings in the city. Abu al-Masud Mamun, chief assessor of the city corporation, said slack enforcement of the existing laws and lack of public awareness have made a big number of multi-storey buildings in the city vulnerable to accidents like fires or ... Read more
Locals block highway in Sylhet for power supply
Local people blocked the Sylhet-Tamabil Highway for more than four hours in the Sylhet city Thursday night in demand of resumption of power supply. The people said power supply to the Shah Paran Gate, Khadimpara, Shantibag, Nipaban, Bahubal, Kallagram and Majortila of the city was suspended
DEMU train service yet to be in full swing
The Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit railcar commuter service between Dhaka and Narayanganj has not yet started in full swing. Although the Bangladesh Railway had planned to run the new train for 16 trips, up and down, at present it runs only six trips.
Seven drug peddlers held in Ctg
Seven drug peddlers, including two women of a smugglers’ gang, were arrested in separate drives in port city of Chittagong Thursday night. The police also recovered a car, a microbus, one air-gun, a pistol, 12kg hemp, number palates of car and Tk 1,94,700 from their possession.
World Press Freedom Day observed in Barisal
World Press Freedom Day 2013 was observed in Barisal on Friday with the theme ‘Safe to Speak: Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media’. Participants in a rally, after a procession brought out on the occasion, highlighted issues of safety of journalists, combating impunity for crimes