East West University and UNFPA organised a rally on World AIDS Day-2010 at the campus on December 1. The aim of this rally was to raise awareness of HIV in Bangladesh. With a slogan "prevent HIV, protect you, protect others...
MADRID, Dec 4 (agencies):A wildcat strike by Spain's air traffic controllers has grounded flights across much of the nation, stranding hundreds of thousands of travellers.About half of the controllers showed for their shift Saturday morning but most refused to work,...
BANGALORE, (India), Dec 4 (AFP): French President Nicolas Sarkozy began a four-day trip to India Saturday, pitching for new nuclear energy contracts while stressing his hosts' increased power in world affairs.Sarkozy, accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni, is the latest...
LONDON, Dec 4 (AFP): A cold snap across Europe has claimed at least 60 lives, authorities said as snow disrupted transport in Britain and serious flooding forced thousands of people to be evacuated in the Balkans.Seventeen people died from the...
BAGHDAD, Dec. 4 (Xinhua): A series of bomb attacks across Baghdad Saturday killed 14 people, including six Iranians, and wounded some 100 people, 30 of them Iranians, an Interior Ministry source said.The first car bombing targeting Iranian pilgrims hit a...
KABUL, Dec. 4 (agencies): US President Barack Obama told US troops Friday in the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan that progress has been made in Afghanistan but slow.At the beginning of his speech, Obama expressed his gratitudes for US troops...
World leaders have voiced their support for Ivory Coast opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara, saying he is the true winner of a presidential run-off, reports BBC.The country's Constitutional Council has overturned results to declare President Laurent Gbagbo the winner - he...
UN offers help to battle Israel fire UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday offered to mobilize international help for Israel to battle a major forest fire which has killed at least 41 people, diplomats said....
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Saturday said that judges must provide justice to the people with honesty, neutrality and professional attitude, reports UNB.She said that justice for the people depends solely on the wisdom of the judges. A wrong decision...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Dec 4: In a bid to keep the industrial wheels moving undisrupted the authority has commissioned the industrial police in the port city of Chittagong. The Chittagong contingent of the industrial police has been launched with 386 policemen.Home...
FE ReportSpeakers at a workshop urged the parliament members to address the issues that still prevent girl from accessing education in Bangladesh and take steps to establish gender equality in all spheres of society. The call was made at a...
A day before Parliament goes into session, the Speaker held a closed door parley with the Chief Whip of the Opposition Saturday to resolve the current impasse caused by BNP' s boycott of the House, reports UNB.Speaker Advocate Abdul Hamid...
The government has taken a plan to form a big cultural circle in the city aiming to protect the traditional cultural heritage of the country, reports BSS.Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Abul Kalam Azad said this while inaugurating a five-day...
Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shawkat Ali Saturday urged the people of all spheres to come forward in preventing woman repression in the country, reports BSS.Women repression is a social crime and it should be stopped, he told a...
SHERPUR, Dec 4 (UNB): Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury Saturday urged the farmers to play their role in strengthening country's economy through proper utilisation of agricultural credits.She also urged the farmers to repay the loans in time for ensuring future access...
GAZIPUR, Dec 4 (UNB): Jubo League activists went berserk at Boronagar on Kaliganj bypass as a bus hit the car of Begum Meher Afroz Chumki MP, at Taltia in Kaliganj Upazila Saturday morning.They vandalised a bus of Chalanbeel Paribahan and...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Dec 4 (BSS): Shaheed Rafique Jabbar Hall for the male students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was inaugurated on its campus Saturday.Shaheed Rafique and Shaheed Jabbar were two language heroes of the country. Adviser to the Prime Minister, Prof...
Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, women front of BNP, formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club Saturday to protest 'police assault' on its leaders and workers during the November 30 countrywide hartal, reports UNB.Leaders demanded resignation of the...
BARISAL, Dec 4 (UNB): Four rooms of Debendranath Ghosh Student Hostel adjacent to the city's BM College were gutted in a fire Friday evening.Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit at a room of the...
FE ReportProper implementation of right to information can reduce corruption in the society, said Minister for Information and Cultural Affairs Abul Kalam Azad at the ICAB Award giving ceremony 2010 at Dhaka Reporters' unity in city Saturday.He said media can...
An incident of misappropriation of about Tk 650 million (65 crore) was unearthed at the state-owned Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), reports UNB. A section of PGCB officials, including some top ones, were allegedly found involved in the embezzlement...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 4 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here today emphasized the need for boosting agricultural production besides ensuring food security.In this regard, they expressed views that many of the grassroot level farmers become disheartened when they fail to fetch...
The 'Textbook Day' will be observed on January 1, 2011, across the country, reports UNB.Textbooks will be distributed among the students of primary and secondary level on this day.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the disclosure while addressing a review...
Two Bangladeshi lawmakers participated in a parliamentary hearing titled 'Towards Economic Recovery: Rethinking Development, Retooling Global Governance' held in New York Friday, reports BSS.International Parlia-mentary Union (IPU) office of the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations organized the...
SYLHET, Dec 4 (bdnews24.com): Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif has termed Muhammad Yunus a 'corrupt' and said he has no right to undermine Bangladesh abroad."It's proved again that he (Yunus) is a corrupt," Hanif told reporters here Saturday,...
A laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of the Dhaka University (DU) was named Saturday after its late professor Dr HKM Yusuf to recognise his immense contribution to research on human nutrition and brain development, reports UNB.DU Vice-chancellor AAMS...
Preparations are underway to launch the International Mother Language Institute (IMLI) officially, an education ministry official said Saturday, reports BSS.A legal basis has been created to establish a full-fledged IMLI after passing the IMLI Act-2010 in the parliament.Additional Secretary (development)...
Three small factories and 42 rooms housing low income people were gutted in a fire at Chawkbazar thana area in the city early Saturday, reports UNB.Police quoting local people said the fire originated from a factory housed on the 2nd...
NARAYANGANJ, Dec 4 (UNB): SAF Games gold medalist Mahbub Alam was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Kanchpur in Sonargaon Saturday.Mahbub Alam (35), the fastest man of Bangladesh, won the first gold medal for Bangladesh in 200-metre...
KHULNA, Dec 4 (BSS): Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque today said utilisation of information technology (IT) should be expanded for building digital Bangladesh."We have to ensure utilization of information technology in all spheres of life to move...
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