1,000 CNG auto-rickshaws sued in Chittagong
Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a drive on Monday filed nearly 1000 cases against the owners of CNG-run auto-rickshaws for plying without metres.
Jatiya Party presidium for quitting cabinet
Most of the presidium members of the Jatiya Party, led by HM Ershad, on Sunday preferred that party leaders should quit the Awami League-led cabinet, but empowered Ershad to make the decision.
RMMRU-WORKSHOP : ‘Reshuffle education curricula to emphasise vocational training’
University teachers and migration experts on Sunday called upon the government to strengthen vocational education by reshuffling the country’s education system.
Univs should concentrate more on research activities
President Abdul Hamid underscored the need for expanding the area of research in universities, saying that research helps create new knowledge that contributes to building knowledge-based society.
Export orders soar to Tk 235cr at DITF
The month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair 2016 ended on Sunday with a robust growth of spot export orders to Tk 235.17crore from Tk 95 crore in the year of 2015, a growth of 147.54 per cent.
PM wants S Asia parliaments to allocate budgets for SDGs
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the speakers and parliamentarians of South Asia for allocating budgets enabling the countries to fully implement the Sustainable Development Goals as it is a collective journey.
PM expects highest example of patriotism from Army
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said she expects the highest example of patriotism from Bangladesh Army as this organisation was born through the Liberation War. ‘I hope the Bangladesh Army will always remain ready for any sacrifice for the country and the nation,’ she said.
Country’s first Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis patient under treatment at DMCH
Abul Bajander, 25, suffering from a rare disease took admission at the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College Saturday.
REHMAN SOBHAN’S MEMOIR : ‘A testament of the national struggle for independence’
Speakers on Saturday termed the ‘Untranquil Recollections: the Years of Fulfillment’ a memoir by professor Rehman Sobhan, as a testament of the national struggle for independence and national identity within the historical events of Bangladesh.
All set for Ekushey Book Fair
Organisers have made all preparations for the month-long Ekushey Book Fair 2016, the biggest get-together of readers, writers and publishers, on the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises.
