Participants of a three-day long training workshop and seminar of teachers in Barisal on Sunday stressed on reality and moral values based teaching for quality education.
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ACC grills ex-state minister Alamgir Kabir
Dhaka – The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday interrogated former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Alamgir Kabir on graft charges.
Housewife confesses torturing Aduri
A Dhaka court on Tuesday recorded the confessional statement of housewife Naurin Jahan Nadi, 25, in a case filed for repressing her domestic help Aduri.
2,415 kg Hilsa seized in Satkhira
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 2,415 kilograms of Hilsa fish worth Tk13 lakh from a truck at Bankal Bridge in Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday morning.
Businessman shot dead at his city home
Gunmen stormed into the house of a businessman in the city’s Mirpur area on Saturday afternoon and gunned him down.
40 years of Bangladesh-Vietnam diplomatic relations
Speakers at a seminar in the city yesterday underscored the need for greater cooperation between Bangladesh. The seminar was organized by the Nawab Salimullah Academy to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Indian intruder handed over to BSF after jail term
An Indian national was returned to the authorities of that country by the Bangladesh authorities on Tuesday after completion of his jail term in the district jail for intrusion.
12 BD boys back home after languishing in Indian jail
Twelve Bangladeshi boys returned home on Monday night after languishing for two years in an Indian jail.
Fake ACC official apprehended
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday detained an alleged fraud who was demanding money from a businessman, claiming she is an ACC official.
58 tin-shed houses gutted in city
A devastating fire gutted 58 tin-shed houses near Rony Market in the city’s Kamrangirchar area on Saturday afternoon.
Crane collapse kills 2 workers in city
Two construction workers were killed as a crane collapsed while bringing down embroidery machines from a multi-storied building in the city’s Sutrapur area early Friday.
Engine breakdown snaps Dhaka’s train links with Ctg, Sylhet
Train communications of the capital with Chittagong and Sylhet remained suspended from Thursday evening as the locomotive of an express train went out of order at Dewpara in Kaliganj upazila.
Border Brutality: Felani’s case no exception
62 killed in Kurigram frontier alone There is nothing new in the brutal killing of Felani Khatun by Indian border guards. Such violence along the Bangladesh-India border is routine and arbitrary.
BSF takes away 34 cattle
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) took away 34 cattle from Bangladesh territory in Tentulia upazila on Sunday.
BSF picks up Bangladeshi man from Chuadanga border
Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up a Bangladeshi citizen from Benipur border in Jibannagar upazila early Tuesday.
Border Brutality: Felani’s case no exception
62 killed in Kurigram frontier alone .There is nothing new in the brutal killing of Felani Khatun by Indian border guards.
SUPRO for 6pc GDP allocation in education
Sushashoner Jonno Procharavizan (SUPRO), a civil society network, on Sunday demanded the government allocate 6 percent of GDP to the education sector to improve the quality of education.
RMG workers’ grand rally on Sept 21
A grand rally of garment workers will be held at city’s Suhrawardy Udyan on September 21 demanding fair wages for them and revival of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP).
Asia Foundation organises book donation programme
DHAKA: The Asia Foundation Bangladesh observed International Literacy Day 2013 by organising a book donation event and children’s book fair on Saturday at the Rayer Bazar Playground, Sadek Khan Road, Rayer Bazar, featuring 15 exhibitors from local children’s book publishing…
Bangladeshi youth hurt in BSF firing
A Bangladeshi young man was injured as Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire on him on Molani border in Haripur upazila of the district on Friday night.
7 DU students among 30 hurt in city clash
At least 30 people, including seven students of Dhaka University, were injured in a triangular clash at Ananda Bazar market in city’s Chankharpool area on Thursday.
Muggers kill Banglalink official at Tongi
Armed muggers shot an official of private mobile phone operator, Banglalink, to death and snatched Tk 2.5 lakh from him at Tongi here on Thursday.
Youth dies in ‘police custody’ in city
A youth who was under custody of Shahjahanpur thana police died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Thursday morning.
261 missing in Rana Plaza collapse: Army
Bangladesh Army, which led the rescue operations at the site of Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, has said 261 people have remained untraced.
Army person killed by snatchers’ sedatives?
Corporal Tajerul Islam Taj, 35, was found unconscious under Khilkhet flyover on Thursday night, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner (media) Masudur Rahman told journalists.
DU admission tests shifted to Nov
The written tests for admission to first year honours courses of Dhaka University for the session 2013-2014 will begin on November 1 instead of October 11 as the university authorities changed the schedule on Thursday evening.
Lack of land for substations hampers power supply to Gulshan
The scarcity of land for setting up new substations is impeding a move of Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (Desco) to improve the power supply system in the city two posh areas — Gulshan and Banani.
Improved Tilapia Germplasm to private hatcheries to improve quality
WorldFish through USAID funded Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia in Bangladesh (CSISA-BD) project distributed improved Tilapia (From 60 Families of 14 generation) germplasm to the hatcheries as an initiative taken by the WorldFish for improving production of quality fish…
India-Bangladesh border conference begins
Agartala: The India-Bangladesh joint border conference began here Thursday to settle various disputes along the border shared by the two neighbours, officials here said.
Khaleda condoles Justice Kemaluddin’s death
BNP Chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia on Wednesday expressed profound shock at the death former Chief Justice Kemaluddin Hossain.