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President calls for use of IT in edn to face global challenge

KHULNA, Apr 4 (UNB): President Abdul Hamid emphasised on the use of information technology at every stage of education to face the challenge of globalisation, reports UNB.Addressing the third convocation ceremony of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) on Wednesday, the President said "We have to face the future...

Minister cautions against autism fund misuse

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor cautioned on Wednesday against misuse of public fund in the name of establishing institutions for special children, reports UNB.The minister said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is giving priority to autism but some dishonest people are active to take the advantage and trying to misuse government...

Why not Tk 10m compensation to Rajib who lost arm for reckless driving: HC

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why directives should not be given to provide Tk 10 million (1 crore) as compensation to Govt Titumir College student Rajib Hasan who got his right arm lost being pressed between two buses...

Crop protection embankments’ work in haor areas nearing end

SYLHET, Apr 4: Water Resources Minister Anwar Hossain Manju said the government has given the highest- ever allocation for the construction and reconstruction of the crop protection embankments in the haor areas with a view to saving the vast crops land from the early flood and excessive rains.Besides, the government...

Miscreants loot house making nine inmates unconscious

NARAYANGANJ, Apr 4 (UNB): Miscreants looted valuables from a house after making its nine inmates, including the landlord, unconscious allegedly by tenants at Jelepara of Fatullah on Tuesday night.The victims are Ali Ahmed (65), owner of four-storey building, his wife Amirunnesa (50), their daughter Zahura Begum (35), daughter-in-law Kamrunnahar (30),...

Three get life term for rape in C'nawabganj

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Apr 4 (UNB): A court here on Wednesday sentenced three people to life term imprisonment for raping a woman at Hossain Dying area in Sadar Upazila in 2015.The lifers are Sohel Babu (27), son of Kasimuddin, Dabir Ali (28), son of Bishu Khalifa and Aminul Islam, (23), son of...

North Korean envoy calls on DU VC

North Korean ambassador in Bangladesh Ri Song Hyon called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman at the latter's office in the city on Wednesday, reports UNB.During the meeting, they stressed the need for strengthening academic and cultural exchange programmes between the Dhaka University and different universities of North...

WEATHER-05-04-2018

Rain/thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Khulna divisions in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB.Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, the Met Office...

Road digging by an utility agency

Road digging by an utility agency going on at Nawabpur in the city on Wednesday impeding vehicular movement — FE Photo