A three-day show on agro-based products and technology starts on Thursday, with the objective to equip farmers to obtain higher yields. “The objective of the fair is to make stakeholders aware of the new technologies such that we can boost agricultural production and add
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Kaspersky launches sales offer
On the eve of the completion of five years of distribution presence in Bangladesh, Kaspersky Lab and its distribution office for Bangladesh – Officextracts – have launched an offer for IT users in the country. From Monday, Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 single-user and three-user pack buyers got a chance to participate and win six gifts ... Read more
Children’s Rights Week calls for end to child repression
Children’s Rights Week 2012 began on Monday with the theme ‘from womb to five: care me from today: to become intelligent and powerful’. Government and different non-governmental organisations have taken up various programmes to mark the week. The ministry of women and children affairs inaugurated their weeklong programmes at
Bangladesh celebrates Girl Child Day today
Bangladesh celebrates today the National Girl Child Day. The day would be celebrated this year on the theme: ‘Girl child’s progress: progress of Bangladesh.’ Besides the government, a host of NGOs would take part in the celebration. In a message president Zillur Rahman called for taking the initiative for
Breast Cancer : 17,000 die every year in country
Discussion told In Bangladesh, 22,000 women fall victims to breast cancer which leads to 17,000 deaths every year, speakers said at a discussion yesterday. At the discussion styled “International Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October 2012”, held at Dhaka Ahsania Mission auditorium
Buet admission test on Dec 1
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) authorities yesterday set December 1 for holding the first year admission test for 2012-2013 academic session. The date was fixed at an academic council meeting where Vice Chancellor Prof SM Nazrul Islam was not present showing due to illness
Nat’l child art competition held
The 8th National Child Art Competition exhibition and prize giving ceremony was held on Sunday at the Sufia Kamal auditorium of the National Museum. About two hundred children from across the country participated at the competition in three groups at the competition, organised by
Int’l Day of Older Persons observed
International Day of Older Persons 2012 was observed on Monday across the country through different programmes. The theme of the day was ‘Longevity: Shaping the Future’. Government and non-government organisations took up various programmes to mark the day. Bangladesh Probin Adhikar Forum brought out a procession from the
Tanvir Tareque: Steeped in music
Tanvir Tareq is one of the busiest music directors of this time, whose talents also expand into the realms of composing and penning lyrics. He won a Citycell Channel i Music Award (Best Music Director) last year, under the popular category. Tanvir is currently busy working on his 23rd mixed album, titled “Hridoy Ghotito”. The ... Read more
Govt, NGO partnership must to achieve MDGs
Maternal, Child Health Govt, NGO partnership must to achieve MDGs Along with government’s initiatives, a partnership between government and non-government organisations is necessary to achieve millennium development goals (MDG) regarding maternal and child health issues within 2015, said speakers at a launching ceremony yesterday. They were speaking at the launching ceremony of “Women and their ... Read more
Non-govt school, college teachers get 6-month maternity leave
The education ministry yesterday issued a circular granting six-month maternity leave for teachers and employees of non-government secondary and higher secondary level educational institutions. According to yesterday’s circular, a teacher or an employee will be entitled to the maternity leave twice in her entire professional life and she will receive full salary and allowances before
Sheltech organises a 15-day fair to sell flats
Sheltech (Pvt) Ltd, a real estate company, begins a 15-day promotional housing fair at its office in Dhaka today, eyeing higher apartment sales. The company plans to sell more than 300 apartments ranging from 805-3140 square feet (sq ft) worth around Tk 500 crore during the
Formalin-free Kitchen Market : INITIATIVE instant hit
Buyers throng market to get non-adulterated items The Malibagh kitchen market in the capital has presumably become the centre of attention since it was announced formalin free last week. Customers from faraway places in the city now throng the bazaar to buy different items, especially fish. Their enthusiasm is apparent as other markets have not taken any ... Read more
Govt to finalise policy amid criticism
Online Mass Media Govt to finalise policy amid criticism The government will finalise an online mass media policy soon to ensure objectivity in news reports, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu said yesterday. “The policy will not exert control on the freedom of the mass media. Rather it will help improve professional skills of journalists and ... Read more
BTRC tightens SIM registration procedure
Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has issued detail procedure for selling of mobile connections by the retailers after October 12 when the mobile operators will not be allowed to sell pre-activated connections. The BTRC in a notice on Thursday asked the mobile operators to complete all of their
Implement RTI act fully to curb graft
Rally told Effective implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act is essential in curbing corruption as keeping information secret leads to corruption and free flow of information resists breeding of corruption, said speakers at a rally yesterday. Tathya Odhikar Andolon (Campaign for Citizen’s Right to Information) organised the
Dhaka under salinity threat
Greens concerned over rapid decline of groundwater level Saltwater intrusion is threatening the groundwater of the capital as the level of the groundwater has gone 170 feet below the sea level due to unplanned extraction. Along with the central region, the northern part of the country is also going to face the same problem due ... Read more
Ahsan Habib Nasim: Multi-tasking comes easy
Ahsan Habib Nasim has made a name for himself by performing in a variety of plays based on short stories by Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam. He has worked in adaptations of Tagore’s stories: “Konkal” and “Shesh Puroshkar”. Besides, Nasim has also performed in “Drishtidaan”, “Shesher Ratri”, as well as TV adaptations of Kazi ... Read more
Social safety should be ensured to end child marriage: roundtable
Development activists, population experts and government high officials on Thursday said despite having preventive laws, child marriage could not be stopped in the country for lack of social protection, education and awareness. At a roundtable organised on the eve of the first ever International Day of Girl Child to be celebrated on October 11, they underscored the ... Read more
BIWTA takes down illegal building, walls
Reclaiming Turag River BIWTA takes down illegal building, walls A Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) team in a drive yesterday knocked down a building and six boundary walls and detained nine workers from seven dredgers and a sand carrying vessel in the Turag river. Dhaka district Magistrate Abu Sayeed of the team also seized ... Read more