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President asks CCB to work for labour maket expansion

President Abdul Hamidon urged the members of Consular Corps in Bangladesh (CCB) Tuesday to work for expanding country's labour market abroad, reports UNB.President Hamid made the call while a delegation of the CCB called on him at Bangabhaban in the city.The CCB is a non-profit representative body of Honorary Consuls...

NCPSRR terms proposal for VIP lane illogical, unethical

Terming the proposal for introducing a separate lane for VIPs in the capital 'illogical, unethical and unacceptable', National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) demanded on Tuesday that the government withdraw it, reports UNB.NCPSRR president Mohammad Shahid Mia and general secretary Ashis Kumar Dey made the demand in...

Thrust on digitisation of ACC monitoring system

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Iqbal Mahmood said on Tuesday it is a must to initiate an IT-based monitoring system in the Commission to complete its enquiry and investigation within the stipulated time.He also said it is among the priorities of the Commission to digitise the activities related to...

Govt working to enhance quality of tech, madrasah edn, says Keramat

The newly appointed State Minister for Technical and Madrasah Education Division of Education Ministry Kazi Keramat Ali said Tuesday the quality of technical as well as madrasah education would be enhanced in the near future as the government is restlessly working to improve the standard of vocational and madrasah education...

BRACU holds presentation on photograph

A photograph can read as a text and the interpreter's ideology reflects in the narration, meaning one description can be very much different from another, said Professor Malavika Karlekar of the Centre for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi, India recently, says a statement.She was giving a presentation on "Re-visioning the...

Book-lovers at a stall choosing books

Book-lovers at a stall choosing books of their favourite writers at the Ekushey Book Fair in the city Tuesday. — FE Photo

B’desh opens hotline for citizens in Maldives

Bangladesh has opened a hotline for its citizens living in the Maldives after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency for 15 days, reports bdnews24.com.Bangladeshis in Male have been asked to call the embassy on +9603320859 for any support. The embassy also asked them not to stay outside unnecessarily...

Police arrest four teachers in Faridpur

FARIDPUR, Feb 6 (UNB): Two cases have been filed against four teachers for their alleged involvement in the leakage of the question papers of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) in Boalmari Upazila.Md Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Boalmari Police Station, said centre inspector Sudip Biswas of George Academy centre filed a case...

Kidney donor flees with BD patient's cash, gets caught in Kolkata

KOLKATA, Feb 06: A Bangladeshi businessman, who brought his critically ill son to Kolkata for a kidney transplant last week, landed at East Jadavpur police station on Saturday after the donor -- a brother-in-law also brought from Bangladesh -- fled with all the cash and documents needed for the procedure,...

Four to die for killing auto owner

GAZIPUR, Feb 6 (UNB): A court here sentenced four people on Tuesday to death for killing a CNG-run auto-rickshaw owner in 2012.The convicts are Kamrul Islam of Narsingdi, Shawkat of Gazipur, Mizan and Shaheen Miah of Netrokona.Gazipur District and Sessions Judge AKM Enamul Haque pronounced the verdict in the morning.The...

Worker dies in city wall collapse

A worker died and another was injured as a wall nearby Dhaka Customs House at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport collapsed on them on Tuesday, reports UNB.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP media) of Armed Police Battalion Tarique Ahmed said a construction...

WEATHER- 7-02-2018

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), reports UNB.Moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the river basins and light to moderate fog elsewhere over the country during mid-night till morning, the Met Office...

Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Dr Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman speaking

Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Dr Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman speaking as the chief guest at the Anthropologist Dr Helal Uddin Khan Shamsul Arefin Memorial Speech-2018 at the university in the city Tuesday.