Colourful bookstalls at the children’s corner at Amar Ekushey Boi Mela yesterday witnessed vibrant presence of a large number of children. Booksellers said they are getting good response from children and their parents. Most children are interested in buying books on comic and cartoon
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Only three private varsities have own campuses
Only three out of 51 private universities have their own campuses on at least 5 acres of land as per the Private University Act 1992, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told the House yesterday. According to the Act, a private university will have to establish its own campus and enough infrastructures at least on five ... Read more
New techs, knowledge transfer urgent to face climatic events
Experts tell conference Developing new technologies and sharing of knowledge among the countries vulnerable to climate change are an urgent need to face the impacts of today’s climatic phenomena, experts from home and abroad said yesterday. “In Bangladesh, half of the farmers are not literate, but they are wise. They produce food
‘US-Bangladesh trade to peak up this year’
US Trade Show begins tomorrow Bangladesh’s trade with the US will increase again in the current year as the latter’s importers are showing renewed interests to source more products from Bangladesh with the receding of recession, a US diplomat said. Heather Variava, the first secretary for economic and political affairs at the US embassy in ... Read more
Govt moves to release life-term prisoners to make room
The government has taken an initiative to release prisoners who were sentenced to life term and have already served 20 years in prison in order to reduce pressure on the stifling space in the 67 jails across the country. Some prisoners who have been in jail for petty crimes, including theft and pick pocketing, would ... Read more
Next SAARC Summit in Thimpu
The 16th SAARC Summit will be held at Thimpu, Bhutan on April 28-29 this year with the theme of Climate Change. This is the first time Bhutan is hosting SAARC Summit after its inception in 1985 in Dhaka. Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Bhutan and Minister of Economic Affairs Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk called ... Read more
Thai princess at remote Gaibandha char
Thailand”s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has arrived at a specially-built resort in a remote village in Gaibandha on Tuesday to learn about rural life and culture in Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com. The Thai princess is visiting Bangladesh as part of a US research team of the Bloomberg School of
200,000 Bangladesh cyclone victims till ‘homeless’
Nine months after losing their homes to a powerful cyclone, 200,000 Bangladeshis are living in “inhuman” conditions on river embankments with no resolution in sight, aid groups said Tuesday, reports AFP. Cyclone Aila, which tore through southern Bangladesh in May last year, killed 300 people and destroyed 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) of
BDF ends endorsing govt’s ‘Steps Towards Change’: $9.5b for 7000 MW power by 2013
Development partners yesterday pledged bigger doses of financial and technical assistance for the development of the country and endorsed ‘Steps Towards Change’, the revised Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP-II) ending the two-day meet. In line with the suggestions from the donors at the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) meet in the city, the government agreed to ... Read more
186 plots of Nat’l Housing Authority encroached in Khulna city
Encroachers, backed by local influential persons, have grabbed 186 plots under two housing estates under the National Housing Authority in the Khulna city. Official sources in the housing authorities said a total of 408 kathas (673 decimals) of land of 186 plots of the Khlasihpur Housing Estate and
Contract signing today
Machine-readable Passport Contract signing today The contract signing ceremony of a project for introducing machine-readable passport (MRP) and machine-readable visa (MRV) for Bangladesh will take place today at the office of the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP). The contract signing will take place between DIP and Malaysia-based IRIS Corporation
Indigenous children want to learn in mother tongue
“I will talk and learn in my mother tongue’ this slogan is of all indigenous communities of the country. On Tuesday, they want their children to get education through mother tongues and integrate with the main stream of development”, reports BSS. This was observed by Dhaka University Professor and noted researcher
Unsafe blood transfusion causes jaundice, syphilis to 100,000 per year
An estimated 100,000 people are being infected with hepatitis-B and syphilis every year due to unsafe blood transfusion both at public and private levels, according to findings of Bangladesh Health Watch 2009. The health watch report, third of its kind first launched in 2006, reveals that among the numerous hospitals and clinics in the country, ... Read more
Ekushey Boi Mela draws rural crowd
A lot of people from rural areas are gathering everyday at Ekushey Boi Mela at the premises of Bangla Academy. Delwar Hussain, aged about 28, came to the fair yesterday with his wife Poly from Jagannatpur of Sunamganj district. Delwar is now trying to leave for UK under a work permit. He said he likes ... Read more
Charges framed against 75 BDR jawans
BDR mutiny trial in Rangamati Feb 15: The BDR Special Court-4 yesterday framed charges against 75 alleged mutineers of 9 Rifles Battalion of Marishya zone under Baghaichhari upazila, adjourning the proceedings till Tuesday 1pm. All of the 75 mutineers were produced before the special court yesterday from Rangamati jail and they were also sent back ... Read more
SAARC students to get fee waiver in Indian varsities
In a major decision for the benefit of all SAARC students who are desirous of having studies in Indian university, the Universities Grants Commission, the apex Indian controlling body of higher education in India, decided to slash education fee for them in all Indian universities at par with that of Indian students with immediate
BDR, BSF exchange lists of criminals
Accord on several other issues Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) exchanged the lists of criminals of the bordering areas of the two countries at a sector commander level border coordination meeting in Panchagarh yesterday. Rangpur Sector Commander Col Mohammad Khairuzzaman led the eight member BDR delegation while an eight member BSF ... Read more
Tk 376 cr project for dredging of Karnaphuli river
After a lapse of over two decades the physical works of the capital dredging of the heavily silted areas of the River Karnaphuli is likely to begin this year. Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has finalized a Taka 376 crore project to dredge about three km rivers stretching from Sadarghat Lighter Jetty toward some 500 meters ... Read more
CSOs urge developed nations to compensate carbon debt
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) called upon the developed country representatives and donors, who are participating in Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF), to pay their carbon debt as compensation. A total of 21 CSOs yesterday formed a rally and human chain programme in front of National Press Club. A two-day-long BDF meet started on Monday. Speakers said ... Read more
Books on independence war on high demand at book fair
Books on independence war saw a good sale in Amar Ekushey Grantha-mela, known as Ekushey Book Fair, on Monday, with forty-two books on the topic released on the day. Publishers said they witnessed a good demand for books on independence war this year, and this was one of the main reasons that a good number ... Read more