The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed the launching of a new innovative Magic Scheme in WFP supported schools with a view to promoting its feeding programme and helping students to develop positive health behaviour. The launching of the magic scheme has been made possible with the support extended by the
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Thai diplomat dies in Tangail road crash
Princess Sirindhorn returns to Dhaka hrs earlier Thai Minister Counsellor Pannee Lickanajule, also the deputy chief of Thai Embassy in Dhaka, was killed in a road accident at Mirzapur in Tangail yesterday. As an entourage of Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Pannee was returning to Dhaka from Gaibandha. She was in a microbus of the
Fair outside Bangla Academy draws crowd
Sales of various goods including flowers, dolls, festoons, paper balloons and food items outside the Bangla Academy premises have added to the flavour of Amar Ekushey Book Fair this year. A large number of makeshift shops have been set up at roadsides on the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue outside the periphery of the Ekushey Book ... Read more
US universities keen to take more Bangladeshi students
The US universities are keen to take more students from Bangladesh, said Lauren H Lovelace, director of the American Centre, US Embassy in Dhaka, yesterday. Presently only 2700 Bangladeshi students are in the US, but there are scopes to increase the figure to 20000, she
The week the Knight will remember
No doubt this week is one of the happiest and most memorable occasions in the life of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. He received a knighthood from Prince Charles on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of England on Tuesday. It is an occasion Sir Abed is unlikely to forget and we wish him all
‘DNA profiling can revolutionise crime investigation scenario’
DNA profiling has the potential to revolutionise the country’s crime investigation scenario, North South University (NSU) Foundation Chairman MA Kashem said yesterday. He was speaking at a seminar on DNA technology in criminal investigation jointly organised by the Department of Life Sciences and Life Sciences Club at
Fresh unrest flares up at Konabari RMG belt
30 factories suspend production Authorities of nearly 30 garment factories at Konabari in Gazipur have suspended production in the face of rowdy protest by workers paralysing the industrial hub Thursday, police said. Hundreds of ready-made garment (RMG) workers had been staging demonstration since
Inter-bank money market enters into digital system
Bangladesh inter-bank money market has entered into Digital arena as 42 banks and non-banking financial institutions (FIs) have made successful dealing of call money worth about Tk 500 crore through DhakaMoney-2009 digital system of Dhakabiz.com under a 3-day Trial Dealing Program that
Regulator moves to cool GP, Marico shares
The stockmarket regulator has placed shares of Grameenphone (GP) and Marico in the spot market from next Monday in an effort to rein in the two companies’ stocks prices, which reached an abnormal high. Share trading of the companies will continue in the spot market, instead of normal trading board,
US proposes TIFA’s alternative
US Trade Show begins The United States said it could set up a bilateral economic forum with Bangladesh which might be an alternative to the much-talked-about Trade and Investment Framework Agreement which was proposed earlier. ‘While we remain interested in this proposal [TIFA], an alternative could be a US-Bangladesh Economic and
High growth in subscription of BTCL broadband internet
The introduction of new high speed broadband internet packages through asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) by the state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) has paid off, as evidenced in a 158 percent rise in the subscription in December 2009 compared to a month
Gas crisis goes on
Holiday staggering system fails to improve situation The city dwellers have got little respite from persisting gas crisis despite some government initiatives including holiday gas staggering system, reports The Daily Star. Residents of different areas of the capital alleged that the crisis remains almost the same, and they continue to suffer for this. The areas ... Read more
DSE continues bull run riding on GP
Grameenphone shares continued to drive the index at the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Wednesday when price of the largest listed issue shot up with huge transaction. The DSE index rose to a new high at Wednesday’s closing, crossing 5800-point mark when prices of GP shares increased by 7.38 per cent to reach Tk 387 from
Stopgap measures to meet April 1 deadline
Machine-readable Passport, Visa Stopgap measures to meet April 1 deadline The government is desperately looking for a temporary measure to start producing machine-readable passports and machine-readable visas from April 1, deadline set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation. However, the temporary measure, whatever it may be, would deal with urgently-needed
Massive withdrawal of groundwater may cause earthquake in capital
Prime minister tells parliament Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina forewarned that earthquake could strike the capital city as the groundwater table here is going down 2-3 meters gradually due to massive withdrawal of the water. In reply to a question from Nasimul Alam Chowdhury (Comilla-8), she said the subsiding of the underground water level is causing ... Read more
No English version textbooks yet
The government is yet to start printing English-version textbooks for four lakh secondary and primary students, more than a month and a half inside the beginning of the academic session, reports NewAge. Finding no other means, some students have collected one or two copies of used books, had them photocopied, or bought some old versions ... Read more
Court awards police with post facto promotions
Four retired police officers have been awarded post-facto promotions to the rank of Inspector General of Police (IGP) by a court after being held back by the previous BNP-led government. The court awarded them full compensation, ruling that the officers had been denied promotions for
Abed conferred knighthood
Brac founder and chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed was knighted on Tuesday in a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London for his contribution in tackling poverty and empowering poor. The investiture ceremony was held by Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles represented Queen Elizabeth II in the
Thai princess passes busy day in Gaibandha
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and other members of the advisory board of Bloomburg School of Public Health of John Hopkins University, USA passed busy time in the district on the second day. Today Thai princess Maha along with other delegates went to Kamarpara area under Sadullapur upazila in the district and visited the
UK student visa ban partially lifted from Bangladesh, Nepal
Students from North India, Bangladesh and Nepal wishing to study in a higher education course will from 1 March 2010 again be able to apply for an UK student visa. This will help thousands of students who have been unable to apply for a student visa since 1 February 2010, according