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President asks PSC to gain people's confidence

President Md Abdul Hamid asked the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) to work with more accountability and accuracy to gain people's confidence, reports UNB.He made the call when a 13-member PSC delegation, led by its Chairman Dr Muhammed Sadique, met him to hand over the PSC's annual report-2017 to the...

Bangla Academy chalks out spl progs to mark Language Day

Bangla Academy has taken some special events marking the International Mother Language Day on February 21, reports UNB.The month-long book fair (Amar Ekushey Boi Mela), which is already well underway, is taking a different look as some special events will be organised there in rich tribute to language martyrs of...

Stunting in urban slums 60pc higher than non-slums: BBS

State of child well-being remains much worse in city slums than that of non-slums and municipalities in other areas, undermining the government's efforts to achieve SDG 11 related to city, a latest official survey reveals.The survey titled 'Child Well-being Survey in Urban Areas of Bangladesh' released on Tuesday also showed...

WHO for scaling up health services in Rohingya camps

The vulnerable populations, including native and Rohingyas, are at risk of several diseases and in need of critical services for survival, said World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday, reports UNB.Six months after the start of the refugee crisis, the WHO through media release called for continued efforts to further scale...

Address underlying problems in Rakhine

Diplomatic missions in Myanmar have urged the Myanmar authorities to address the underlying problems, including security, freedom of movement, access to livelihoods, health and education, and citizenship issues, reports UNB."We expect the government will now focus as well on addressing the underlying problems," said the statement of the diplomatic missions,...

Eight on remand in Khulna

KHULNA, Feb 20 (UNB): A court here on Tuesday placed eight people, including four SSC examinees, on a three-day remand each for their alleged involvement in the leakage of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) question papers.Khulna Metropolitan Children's Court Judge Dilruba Sultana passed the order after they were produced before it...

53 to contest for each seat in CoU admission test

COMILLA, Feb 20 (UNB): As many as 53 students will vie for one seat in the first year honours admission test of the Comilla University (CoU) under the academic session of 2017-18.The university authorities have sold 54,809 application forms against 1,040 seats under six faculties, said university registrar and admission...

Five to die for murder

CHANDPUR, Feb 20 (UNB): A court here sentenced on Tuesday five men to death for killing a young man in 2008.The convicts were identified as Md Yamin Bepari (24), son of Abdul Rahim Bepari of Dakkhin Lodhua village of Matlab Uttar Upazila, Md Selim Majhi (22), son of Abdul Kashem...

BD researcher wins OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards

A Bangladeshi scholar of BRAC university won the 2018 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for her work in nonlinear partial differential equations, says a press release.Dr Hasibun Naher, associate professor of mathematics at the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the university, achieved...

WEATHER-21-02-2018

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and the region of Kushtia in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), reports UNB.Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country.Light...

Young Entrepreneurs Products Fair 2018

Visitors throng a stall of the Young Entrepreneurs Products Fair 2018 at the Women's Voluntary Association (WVA) auditorium in the capital Tuesday. — FE Photo