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Business in name of education will not be accepted: President

President Abdul Hamid asked on Tuesday the University Grants Commission (UGC) to play an active role to ensure the accountability of all the universities as well as the quality of education, report agencies.The president made the call while speaking at the 'UGC Gold Medal' distribution ceremony at a city hotel....

ACC detains 24 persons, seizes nine dredgers in two dists

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) detained 24 persons and seized nine dredgers from Sonargaon of Narayanganj and Cumilla for illegally extracting sand from river endangering environment and arable land.ACC conducted separate drives on Monday and Tuesday after receiving complaints through its hotline-106, said ACC public relations officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee.An ACC...

BD seeks OIC's support to Rohingya issue in UNGA

Bangladesh has requested member states of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to include their support for Rohingya issue in their engagements during the forthcoming UN General Assembly session, reports UNB.State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam made the request when a 16-member delegation of the Parliamentary Union of the...

Two-day int'l workshop on urban mobility, SUTI begins in city today

An international workshop on capacity building for urban mobility and sustainable urban transport index (SUTI) begins in the capital today (Wednesday) with an aim of improving the city's transport system. More than 125 participants, including 25 international participants from 11 countries, are taking part in the two-day workshop. The participants...

PM lays foundation stone tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation stone tomorrow (Thursday) for the first-ever super-speciality hospital in Bangladesh, reports bdnewsw24.com.The hospital will be built with South Korea's supportOnce inaugurated in 2021, the 13-storey hospital at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) will be the first place in Bangladesh where 'centre-based'...

Govt declares 45pc DA for journalists

The government has directed all the news media, including print media and news agencies, to provide dearness allowance (DA) to their staff, including journalists and other employees, under the 9th Wage Board, reports UNB.The Information Ministry issued a notification on Tuesday directing the news media to pay their staff and...

‘Temple-based literacy programme spreading light of education’

The Temple-based child and mass literacy programme has been spreading the light of moral and general education among children and illiterate senior citizens of the society, according to a press release issued by the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust. A total of 180,000 children from 6,000 temples and 6,250 illiterate senior...

Quota reformers seek gazette before BCS exam circular

Quota movement activists demanded on Tuesday of the government to publish the gazette notification on quota reform before the publication of the circular of 40th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination,, reports UNB.Bin Yeamin Mollah, joint convener of Bangladesh General Students' Rights Protection Council, raised the demand at a press briefing...

WEATHER-12-09-2018

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions, at many places over Rajshahi, Dhaka & Chattogram divisions and at a few places over Khulna and Barisal divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at...

Eid reunion programme of IUBian

Towhid Samad, member of the Board of Trustees of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and former president of Dhaka Club, and Dr Shoaib Ahmed, former adviser to caretaker government and treasurer of IUB, among others, seen at an Eid reunion programme of IUBian at Projapoti Resorts in the city recently.