Wasa disowns 70pc of total sewage in Dhaka A year after the High Court directed Dhaka Wasa to seal off sewage outlets into the Buriganga, Wasa says 70 percent of the capital’s sewage is illegally dumped into the Buriganga. Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) said it had no sewage lines of its own ... Read more
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BUET crisis lingers
Students rigid in their demand for removal of VC The situation in the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology took a turn for the worse due to the rigid stance adopted by anti-vice chancellor students and top administrative figures of the university. Agitating BUET students were uncompromising in their demand for the removal of the ... Read more
JS session begins without opposition
Speaker asks MPs to speak gently as children may be watching Speaker Abdul Hamid on Tuesday asked the lawmakers to be guarded in their speech in the House to ensure that their words would not have a negative impact on the minds of the children who watch the sessions on TV. The speaker made the ... Read more
Fitness certificate scheme up against a wall
Only 41 BRTA inspectors to examine more than 15 lakh vehicles Worn out public vehicles are plying on city streets with gusto, owing to a palpable lack of parity between the number of such vehicles and that of transport inspectors. Also, an attempt to outsource vehicle fitness certificates through motor workshops has hit bureaucratic hurdles, ... Read more
Theatre fest to celebrate Lucky Enam’s 60th birthday
A six-day theatre festival to celebrate the 60th birthday of actor-director Lucky Enam begins today at the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Enam’s troupe Nagarik Natyangan in association with Shilpakala Academy will arrange the fest that will feature six plays directed and performed by her. Six well known journalists
Samsung Galaxy Y top selling entry level smart phone: research
The handset usage trend in Bangladesh has taken a sharp turn as users are getting more inclined to using smartphones. Among the top choices, users are more interested in using the entry level smartphones because of their affordable prices. Recently, one of the biggest research organisations in the world GfK Group conducted a
Standard DNA profiling possible in Bangladesh
Claims NFDPL chief The chief of National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory (NFDPL) yesterday refuted claims that DNA profiling of murdered journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi was not possible in the country. The NFDPL chief, Prof Sharif Akhteruzzaman, said they read about the claims from recent newspaper reports. He was addressing a press conference ... Read more
The enemy within
Inside the bank, it was in the air that something grossly wrong was going on at three Sonali Bank branches — Ruposhi Bangla, Gulshan and Motijheel local office — regarding loans to a powerful company named Hall-Mark. It was also in the air that some influential political figures were involved in the still unknown scams ... Read more
BUET Pro-VC to resign, decision on VC later
Steps taken as edn minister holds crisis management meeting Pro-vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Habibur Rahman will be removed and cases filed against BUET teachers and students withdrawn as steps to resolve the protracted crisis in the university. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid announced the decision to reporters at 1:15am
Shaju Khadem Out of the box actor
Shaju Khadem had his first taste of stage acting in 1997, when he started working with Nagorik Natyangon. He worked in several productions, learning all the tricks of the trade from the theatre troupe. He also directed a drama with the group, titled “Super Glue”. Khadem terms his involvement with the stage as a turning ... Read more
Time to go vertical as land shrinks
High-rise Construction Time to go vertical as land shrinks Construction of high-rise buildings is on the rise in Bangladesh as developers are eyeing vertical expansion to offset the decline of land in urban areas. Soaring urban land prices, technological advancement and population growth are some of the reasons behind the growing preference for tall buildings ... Read more
BUET protests on
Resignation deadline extended BUET students on Sunday continued holding protests, giving the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor a fresh deadline of 11:00am today to resign. Activists of the disbanded university unit of the Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League-backed student organisation, meanwhile on the day, faced off the students, who were rallying for the removal
BUET students give VC, pro-VC till 10am today to quit
BUET students on Saturday gave the university vice-chancellor, SM Nazrul Islam, and the pro-vice-chancellor, Habibur Rahman, till 10:00am today to resign. They said that they would, otherwise, wage a tough movement to push for the removal of the two top officials of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Univs running without elected representatives
Govt-appointed partisans occupying top positions and making vital decisions Public universities are being run by non-elected and government-nominated vice-chancellors, without elections of students unions and with unelected representatives of registered graduates in the Senate. No election to the vice-chancellor panel in the Chittagong University has been held for the last 20 years, in Rajshahi University ... Read more
A new formula for polls time government
Unveils citizens’ body The next parliamentary election cannot be free and fair if held under the present government and without dissolving the incumbent parliament. And the Election Commission, no matter how strong it is, alone will not be able to hold free and fair polls with the administration
Minister sits with admission-seekers today
Medical, Dental Course Admission Minister sits with admission-seekers today The health minister, AFM Ruhal Haque, will sit with representatives of medical admission-seekers, who have been rallying for about 20 days against a government decision on holding no intake test, in his office at 9:30am today to discuss the issue. The government on August 12 decided ... Read more
DU suspends 2 for harassing female students
Dhaka University yesterday suspended two students for two years each on charges of harassing four female students on the campus. The two, both master’s students, are Md Habibullah Belali of Institute of Education and Research and Imdadul Islam of management
BUET stalemate takes new turn
No classes held after Eid holidays; now students prepare to stage demo for removal of VC and pro-VC The deadlock at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) appears to deepen further as the students resume demonstration today demanding removal of the vice chancellor and his deputy. Meanwhile, even though the Buet authorities insist the ... Read more
Bishwa Sahitya Kendra awards 583 for reading books
Students need to read creative literary books along with text and academic books for realisation of life, said founder chairman of Bishwa Sahitya Kendra and noted litterateur Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed yesterday. He said this at a prize giving ceremony of the third “Citi Agamir Alo Protijogita” jointly organised by Bishwa Sahitya Kendra and Citi ... Read more
Three mobile cos deposit Tk 2,372cr in fees, VAT
Licence renewal fee installment Three mobile cos deposit Tk 2,372cr in fees, VAT Mobile companies Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink on Thursday gave a total sum of Tk 2,372 crore to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission as the second instalment of licence renewal fee, spectrum charge and VAT. However Citycell submitted an application to the BTRC ... Read more