BSS The district administration has completed preparations to observe the Rokeya Day-2018 with three-day programmes at her birthplace Pairaband village in Mithapukur upazila here from December 9 next. Deputy Commissioner and President of the Rokeya Day Observance Committee Enamul Habib said the observance will begin with placing of wreaths at Begum Rokeya Smritistambha in Pairaband…
BSS Around 9,400 school children, both boys and girls are receiving life-building skills and support that will help them flourish their physical and mental development. The children including 5,400 girls age group from six to 14 are getting the privileges through 17 socialization centres under a three-year project titled “IKEA Good Cause Campaign”. ‘I Play,…
Sky News Researchers discovered death and diseases of the heart or blood vessels in the brain are more likely to affect people who had more than eight hours’ sleep a day compared to those who slept for between six and eight hours. The study looked a data from 116,000 people aged between 35 and 70…
BSS Sugar production in Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML) located at Mohimaganj area under Gobindaganj upazila in the district will start from today. Office sources said sugarcane was farmed on 5,780 acres of land in the own farm of the RSML and its eight sub zone areas in 2017-2018 season. The RSML set a target…
DOT Desk International Anti-Corruption Day also Mlondi Caluza’s birthday has been observed annually, on 9 December, since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption on 31 October 2003 to raise public awareness for anti-corruption. Every year $1 trillion is paid in bribes while an estimated $2.6 trillion are stolen annually through corruption –…
UNB Bangladesh is the seventh most affected country in the world due to “extreme weather events” over the last 20 years from 1998 -2017, says a new global report. The other top nine affected countries are Puerto Rico (1), Honduras (2), Myanmar (3), Haiti (4), the Philippines (5), Nicaragua (6), Pakistan (8), Vietnam (9) and…
UNB A college student who sustained severe injuries while trying to save a minor boy from a beating by local boys at Nidanpur village in Bianibazar Municipality on Monday, died at a city hospital on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Hossain Ahmed, 18, son of Samir Uddin, a resident of the area and also…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : Education ministry has wrote to Rab and police to take legal steps against three teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College over the suicide of a class nine student that caused outrage for the last three days. The letters were sent to director general of Rab and DMP commissioner yesterday…
AFP : A new exodus of boats carrying Rohingya fleeing from Myanmar has begun, with at least six boats carrying hundreds of refugees intercepted at sea or washing ashore over the past month. The recent flurry of voyages making the treacherous crossing of the Andaman sea to seek refuge in Thailand and Malaysia is close…
Prof Dr Zeenat Huda speaks to DOT : It is the responsibility for a teacher to correct a student for any wrongdoing. A teacher can punish a student and even call in his/her parents, if need be. The parents should teach their children on how to cope with an unfavourable situation. It is unacceptable to…