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President for tech-based agri production method

President Md Abdul Hamid urged on Wednesday the country's agriculturists and researchers to invent sustainable technology-based and environment-tolerant agricultural production method using their knowledge, reports UNB."At present, the risk and cost of agricultural production have seen a rise. Traditional knowledge and technology-based agricultural production system doesn't work now. So, we've...

Ministry not alone to blame for question leak: ACC chief

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Wednesday said students, guardians, teachers, and officials are also to be blamed alongside the Education Ministry on the incidents of question leak.He also called upon the administration, teachers, education officials and public representatives to work together to ensure proper education in the...

BD garment workers abroad least benefited due to language problem

Bangladeshis, working in garment sector abroad, are the least benefited in comparison to the workers of other Asian countries due to lack of their awareness and bargaining capacity, speakers said at a workshop on Wednesday.Language problem is a big barrier before them to be aware about their benefits abroad, they...

BSMMU Pro-VC Dr Zakaria passes away

Professor Dr ASM Zakaria Swapan, Pro-Vice chancellor (Academic) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), died of prolonged illness at BSMMU at 11.45 am on Wednesday, reports BSS.He was 55, family sources said, adding he was suffering from liver cancer for long.Dr Zakaria left behind his wife, a son, a...

Balia-Warsi-Mirzapur Road opens to traffic

The Roads and Highways Department has opened for traffic the Balia-Warsi-Mirzapur Road and a bridge over the Bangshi river, aimed at easing communication between Dhaka and northern part of the country through Tangail.Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the 3.5 kilometre road and 216 metre Bangshi bridge in...

DoE fines 13 brick kilns in Magura

MAGURA, Feb 14 (UNB): Department of Environment (DoE) in drives with district administration on Tuesday fined at least 13 brick kilns Tk 6.5 lakh for illegally burning woods.Ilias Hossain, officer-in-charge of Magura Sadar Police Station, said a team of DoE led by Khulna DoE executive magistrate Iqbal Hossain and Maruga...

Nahid urges students to develop moral values

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid urged on Wednesday the students to acquire knowledge on modern education as well as developing moral values aiming to build an economically developed country, reports BSS."It is urgent to build an ideal nation through providing global standard education to make the students efficient workforces," he...

Rivals beat schoolboy to death in Satkhira

Satkhira, Feb 14 (UNB): A schoolboy was allegedly beaten to death by rivals at Bokchara intersection in Sadar upazila in a dispute over a trifling matter on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Shakib Hossain, 16, a class-X student of Satkhira Police Lines School and son of Nazrul Islam, a...

Police-villagers' clash leaves 25 injured during eviction drive

HABIGANJ, Feb 14 (UNB): At least 25 people were injured, including 10 with bullets, on Wednesday in a clash between police and villagers during an eviction drive in Bahubal Upazila of the district.Local administration said when police conducted the drive to free a government land (which was leased out to...

Chemistry Olympiad's final round tomorrow

The final round of the 8th Bangladesh Chemistry Olympiad organised by Bangladesh Chemical Society will be held tomorrow (Friday). The event will be held at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. A total of 334 participants picked from the preliminary round from 11...

Gas cylinder blast kills two in Cox's Bazar

COX"S BAZAR, Feb 14 (UNB): Two people, including woman, were killed in a gas cylinder blast at Adinath Temple in Moheshkhali upazila on Wednesday morning.Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The duo was selling gas balloons in front of the temple where a seven-day fair was being...

'Robber' dies in Laxmipur gunfight

LAXMIPUR, Feb 14 (UNB): A suspected robber was shot dead in a gunfight between two groups of robbers in Berirmatha area in Char Shahi union of the district early Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Jabed Mintu, member of inter-district robbery gang and son of Hossian Ahmed, a resident of Itkhola...

WEATHER-15-02-2018

Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, having chances of light rain/drizzle at one or two places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB.Light fog may occur at places over the river basins of...

Columnist Syed Abul Maksud speaking at a civic gathering

Columnist Syed Abul Maksud speaking at a civic gathering in front of the National Museum in the city Wednesday. The programme was organised by the National Committee for Saving the Sundarbans and Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) marking the Sundarbans Day. — Focus Bangla Photo