Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Daffodil University student killed in Savar road accident

A private university student was killed and her husband was injured yesterday after an unidentified bus hit their motorcycle at Savar in Dhaka. The deceased was identified as Israt Jahan Esha, student of Daffodil International University, reports our local correspondent quoting Atikur Rahman, officer-in-charge of

Highway management set to improve

RHD to introduce country’s first road operation unit The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is going establish a dedicated Road Operation Unit (ROU) for the first time to manage and monitor a national highway efficiently. The unit will include three ROU field offices and a headquarter in Dhaka, three axle-load control stations (ALCS) and Intelligent Transport

Nearly 50 lakh vehicles plying in Bangladesh: JS body

At present there are 49 lakh 91 thousand 75 different types of vehicles in the country, according to the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources. Of these, 41.73 lakh (83%) run by gasoline (octane/petrol), 5.39 lakh are powered by diesel, 2.38 lakh are powered by CNG, 6,278 vehicles are powered ... Read more

Girls outshine boys, 79,337 pass in 2021-22 MBBS admission test

As many as 79,337 candidates have passed the MBBS admission test for the academic year 2021-2022. Among them, 55.13% are girls, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said while announcing the results at the health department this afternoon. A total of 1,39,742 candidates appeared for the MBBS entry

Chhayanaut to celebrate Pahela Baishakh at Ramna Batamul

Chhayanaut will celebrate Pahela Baishakh organising cultural programmes at Ramna Batamul in the capital on April 14 after a two-year hiatus. The cultural organisation celebrated Pahela Baishakh in 2020 and 2021 organising online programmes due to the Covid situation. This year, the celebration programme will begin at 6:15 am. The announcement was made at a ... Read more

Ensure water, air quality

Speakers tell workshop Waterkeepers Bangladesh Consortium held its second data validation workshop, where it presented pollution data on noise, water and air, portraying a grim scenario for the three important components of human life. The workshop was held yesterday at the auditorium of Stamford University in the capital. Prof Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder of the university’s ... Read more

Climate Change : National adaptation plan in offing

Bangladesh in a draft National Adaptation Plan has proposed TK 7,306 billion investment in 15 climate programmes till 2050. The programmes included nature-based and eco-engineering interventions, agricultural investment, water sector and marine resource management in short, medium and long