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The government will be appointing 30,000 teachers for primary schools next month to reduce the teachers-students ratio, said State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Motahar Hossain yesterday. “Currently, the ratio of teachers to students in primary schools is 1:50 which makes a teacher’s job next

Two high salinity-tolerant paddy developed by Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) are waiting release for cultivation at farmers level in next Boro season. Trials of the two salinity-tolerant rice under Seed Certification Agency (SCA) have been completed and now the verities will be placed before the technical committee meeting

Salinity due to the adverse impacts of climate change has already affected around 10.56 lakh out of 16.89 lakh hectares of land in the coastal region of the country. Soil scientists disclosed this at the inaugural session of an annual technical workshop, organized by Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI), in the auditorium of Bangladesh

PM says design to be revised further Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the Jatrabari-Gulistan flyover, the biggest project taken up so far under Public Private Partnership, yesterday. The PM said she had directed to revise the design of the project to integrate with the projected traffic

Decision follows govt assurance for safety Garment manufacturers yesterday decided to reopen all factories at Ashulia today. The decision came after a series of meetings with ministers, lawmakers, worker representatives and officials of law enforcement agencies. “We have decided to resume operation upon an assurance of security from the government,”

Wishes to make ex-mayor his adviser Mayor-elect of Chittagong City Corporation Manjur Alam visited his predecessor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury yesterday morning and expressed his wish to make him his adviser. Mohiuddin received him when Manjur arrived at his Chasma Hill home around 10:20am. During the

Recalling the tragic loss of independence of this subcontinent, the 253rd anniversary of historic Plassey Day will be observed today across the country. On this day in 1757, the independence of this part of the subcontinent had been lost and British took over the power of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa defeating the last Nawab of ... Read more

No killer driver punished during last 11 years A total of 1,316 cases were lodged in  the  police stations in Tangail during the last 11 years in connection with road accidents but nobody was prosecuted. At least 1,564 people were killed and 4,054  injured in 1,316 road accidents in the district during this period, sources

Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Monday decided to keep all garment factories at Ashulia closed for an indefinite period from today. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting last night after violent demonstrations by garment workers at Ashulia all day in which more than 100 people, including 12 police men were

Govt has no record of their project -wise expenditures: Matia The government keeps no record as to how the registered NGOs spend their funds on each project, the agriculture minister, Matia Chowdhury, told parliament on Monday. Replying to a question from Md. Israfil Alam, MP, of Naogaon-3 constituency, she said that the government

Former Chittagong mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury yesterday hailed Chittagong City Corporation mayor-elect Mohammad Manjur Alam. Mohiuddin’s greetings to his successor came through a statement issued yesterday evening, three days after the CCC poll results were

All public offices in seven divisional headquarters and 64 upazilas would get computers with high-speed Internet connections through fiber optics by December this year. The Internet services at all public offices would establish connectivity with the upcoming information centers in progress at all the 4,501 unions, making a bridge of information between

The government will no longer allow construction of any building for commercial use in residential areas including Dhanmondi. The acting housing and public works secretary Khandaker Shawkat Hossain also said that there will also be changes to Industrial and commercial zones within

Most of the reputed colleges in Dhaka are charging excessive admission fees from admission seekers of higher secondary courses flouting an education ministry directive in this regard, reports NewAge. The college authorities said they needed to spend additional amount of money on providing better education but the education ministry has taken no action against such ... Read more

The election result of apex trade body Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBBCI) FBCCI came yesterday where the panel of Hameem Group chairman AK Azad won maximum number of posts of directors. Vote counting of election that held Saturday ended hours before dawn Sunday showed that 21

The government has allocated Tk 1,500 crore in the proposed budget for the next fiscal year to execute the plan for dredging country’s major rivers to improve communication, Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen told the House

Some 6,861 posts of physicians and 2,627 posts of nurses remained vacant in the public hospitals, the health and family welfare minister, AFM Ruhal Haque, said in the parliament on Sunday. ‘That is why there is a shortage of physicians in the public hospitals across the country,’ he told

The government has undertaken a Taka 10-million project to protect and develop the traditional ‘sataranji’ (handmade colourful carpet) industry. Under the project, Bangladesh Small and Cottage and Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has started the process to develop a ‘sataranji palli (village)’ with 116 families of weavers at Nishbetganj in

South African parents are celebrating their hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2010 by giving their newborn babies unique names. One baby girl was named ‘FIFA’ – all in capitals – after the sport’s governing body, while another was called ‘Ke Nako’, a World Cup slogan that means ‘it is

Students asked to vacate halls after clashes The authorities on Saturday closed Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology for an indefinite period over clashes between two batches of students on the campus. At least 12 were injured. The university authorities were scheduled to announce two-week summer vacation in a