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The government will ask the doctors at upazila level to visit all schools in their respective localities to protect students from swine flu infection. Officials of the education ministry Thursday told New Age that they requested the health secretary in a

Warrant issued for third time as they do not show up in court A Brahmanbaria court yesterday re-issued arrest warrant against five Rid Pharma officials for not showing up at the hearing of a case filed against them for producing toxic paracetamol syrup that claimed

Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday suspended nine officials including a general manager of its Khulna branch on charges of involvement in smuggling out torn notes worth about Tk 28 lakh from the

HC appoints 3 amici curiae The High Court (HC) yesterday appointed three amici curiae for their expert opinions on the legality of formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate into corruption allegations against the former

Group of blind people team up to plant trees along Nilphamari road since 2007 They can’t see the world and all its treasures because of their visual impairment. Yet they’ve all the eagerness to do their bits in making the globe

Sumiya waits to get back her lost vision Thirteen-year-old Sumiya Akhter frequents the Sandhani National Eye Donation Society (SNEDS) with the hope that a corneal transplant will restore her lost

6 divisional centres to control affiliated colleges The high-powered committee in a report on National University (NU) reform has recommended decentralisation of the university by forming six regional centres in six divisions and bringing the

Rescuers today retrieved the bodies of a powerful Indian politician and four others whose helicopter crashed in dense jungle in southern India during a pounding

Thirteen workers fell unconscious at a cold storage at Gudaraghat Farashganj in the city’s Sutrapur early yesterday due to accumulation of a huge quantity of ammonia

A migrant worker annually remit Taka 101,595 on an average in four to five instalments which is 2.4 times per capita GDP (gross domestic product), a World Bank study

A total of 1,66,000 urban working children, including 60 percent girl, are being provided with quality life skill education by the government to help them get rid of risky and hazardous

The country will soon get the first ever digital pre-paid cash card as the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to allow the commercial banks to issue such a modern facility in line with the vision for digitalising Bangladesh

A woman died in Dhaka Medical Hospital 17 days after being burnt allegedly by her husband for dowry at Ulipur in Kurigram. The deceased was Zobeda Begum, 26, daughter of Zahurul Haque of Purba Balakandi at Rajarhat in the

Plight of pedestrians mounts as addicts, vagabonds rule city underpasses Though the subways of Dhaka city are meant to facilitate pedestrians, they have instead emerged as shelter for drug addicts and vagabonds to the sufferings of city

Final report on education policy placed to govt The National Education Policy Formulation Committee has suggested extension of free primary education up to class VIII and secondary education up to

Criminals, toll collectors are prime targets A massive crackdown on extortionists and criminals engaged in collecting tolls and other crimes on different highways across the country, is likely to be launched any time soon with a view to ensuring round-the-clock vigilance on

Around 300,000 sharecroppers of the country are expected to get agriculture credit of Tk 500 crore during the current fiscal year. Brac, a non-government organization, will disburse the loans through their 150 branch networks in 150 upazilas in 35 districts under

US Deputy Secretary of State James B Steinberg on Tuesday said Bangladesh is a model in South Asia and has the potential to become a middle-income country

A parliamentary watchdog has finally given backing to two of the proposed routes for the Asian Highway Network through Bangladesh, amid continued opposition from

12 fresh swine flu infection reported The government’s swine flu management system seems to have failed to keep pace with the increasing number of patients as most of the 15 hospitals brought under the system are yet to set up separate corners at their