Says research paper The number of students studying science is decreasing so alarmingly that Bangladesh is likely to face a huge shortfall in human resources adept in science and technology in near future, reveals a research paper. The decreasing rate of science students is 31.33 percent in the last eight years, says the study titled ... Read more
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6.6pc boys, 15.3 percent girls face sexual harassment
Reveals study Around 6.6 percent boys and 15.3 percent girls of the country experience different forms of sexual harassment by their friends, relatives, teachers, and familiar persons, a study finds. Although the incidents of harassment including rape and different penetrative and non-penetrative acts seldom come to light, the academic progresses of the abused children are ... Read more
DU online admission forms launched
Online forms for admission in Dhaka University under its 2011-12 session were made available on Tuesday. The university vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, launched the online forms in the registrar building’s central admission room at noon. The forms will be available till September 15 and the applicants have to take admit cards within
Jewel Aich, Moushumi new UNICEF advocate for child’s rights
Magician Jewel Aich and film actress Arifa Zaman Moushumi formally joined the United Nation’s Children’s Fund as the ‘UNICEF advocates for child’s rights’ through a programme in Dhaka on Tuesday. A media release issued by UNICEF on Tuesday confirmed that the celebrities would work with UNICEF to promote child rights and create awareness of child ... Read more
Agri land shrinks alarmingly
The total area of farm land inthe country continues to shrink alarmingly signalling conspicuous shortfall infood production badly needed for the growing population. The country is loosingits farm land at the rate of one per cent per annum because of unplanned use ofland, according to a recent survey report. Although the country had bumper harvests ... Read more
Repair roads right away
PM directs communications ministry, assures it of quick fund; Dhaka-Mymensingh bus strike ends Expressing annoyance over poor conditions of highways, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the communications ministry to immediately repair all dilapidated highways so that home-bound people do not face any trouble during Eid travel. “Start repair work in full swing with the ... Read more
Roads collapse, minister smiles
Transport boss high on mega projects, low on road repair As the country’s road network teeters on the brink of collapse, the communications minister stays preoccupied with ambitious projects like elevated expressway and Padma bridge. Almost nothing has been done in the last two and a half years to repair the roads and highways. Due ... Read more
Road safety directives fall on deaf ears
The government’s directives to ensure road safety seem to have fallen on deaf ears with traffic on highways becoming more chaotic and travel riskier across the country. No initiatives have apparently been taken so far to carry out the order of the prime minister and the decisions of the cabinet committee on law and order ... Read more
Graft gobbles up funds
Road Maintenance Graft gobbles up funds Misappropriation of funds meant for repair and maintenance of highways is particularly blamed for the sorry state of roads and highways. A section of engineers and contractors of the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) pocket the lion’s share of the money allocated every year for the job, insiders
False cry over fund
The communications ministry has recently claimed that it could not repair roads and highways due to fund crunch, while it failed to spend timely the money allocated for two major donor-funded road development projects. Besides the donors, the government every year allocates the ministry over Tk 600 crore for repair and maintenance of roads and ... Read more
One silver lining
Textbooks to have road safety issues The government will incorporate a chapter on road safety and road use in primary and secondary textbooks next year to raise awareness about it. The primary and mass education ministry formed a panel to prepare contents on road safety and road use for textbooks after 40 people, mostly students, ... Read more
Travel travails
Transport minister blames previous govt for battered road conditions Dilapidated road condition, badly managed intersections, disrespect to traffic rules and overwhelming number of vehicles have not only turned the country’s highways extremely dangerous but also increased travel time between the capital and the rest of the country. Most of the 20,000-kilometre network of major roads ... Read more
Jamdani fair gets Tk 117.6m export orders
A leading local company yesterday fetched over Taka 117.6 million on the spot export orders of traditional clothing – Taant and Jamdani and—at a month-long International Jamdani Taant Bastra Mela (fair) that began here on August 8. Bangladesh Weavers Product and Manufacturing Business Association (BWPMBA) organised the fair
‘Break rules’ now rules highways
About 4,000 people die in around 20,000 accidents a year for reckless driving Lawlessness and anarchy have gripped the country’s road communication with drivers wilfully violating traffic rules and exposing people to hazardous accidents every day. The scenario on roads is strikingly similar throughout the country. Drivers of buses, trucks, vans, private cars and microbus ... Read more
Lax monitoring makes highways death traps
Road crashes kill 34 every day, says WB survey Lax monitoring and non-implementation of the laws on reckless driving have made both highways and streets death traps where at least 34 people fall prey to deadly crashes every day. Road-safety experts blame successive governments for not paying heed to fatal accidents, which have claimed mostly ... Read more
Rising house rent puts tenants in distress
Tenants are going through hard times because of the spiralling costs of house rent in the capital as well as the common practice of house owners to evict tenants without giving them notices. The House Rent Contract Act 1991 is proving to be ineffective in protecting tenants as very few of them apply to the ... Read more
Hasina 7th among 12 top women
The Time magazine has listed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as one of the 12 top women leaders of the world. She has been placed seventh on the list. The top 12 women leaders are: 1) Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister of
Experts question GPS tracking feasibility
The absence of an updated road-database, appropriate infrastructure and a centralized traffic monitoring system would make installation of global position system (GPS) trackers in vehicles ineffective, experts fear. They say that given the circumstance, a big question mark hangs over the wisdom of home minister Sahara Khatun’s call on Wednesday to install GPS trackers in ... Read more
Rainfall causes water stagnation
Intermittent rainfall continued in different areas of the country on Thursday, causing water stagnation in low-lying areas already submerged by rainfall for the past four days. Less rainfall compared with that in the past few days was recorded at all places including the capital Dhaka and the port city of Chittagong in 24 hours till ... Read more
World Cup venues in shambles
In less than a year after renovating the stadiums for the World Cup Cricket 2011, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has received dozens of complaints from different venue managers. Many important areas at the five venues now need to be repaired or reconstructed as the construction firms concerned failed to maintain certain