Weekend
Staff shortage plagues Sylhet public library
Acute shortage of manpower and other facilities has plagued the divisional public library in Sylhet depriving the people of proper reading environment at the library. The library is running with only six staff including chief librarian, assistant librarian and book sorter against the sanctioned posts of 25 employees, library sources said...[ + ]
DU holds manuscripts exhibition
An exhibition of rare manuscripts organised by the Dhaka University Central Library was held at the Senate Bhaban of the university on Monday. The vice-chancellor of the university, Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique, inaugurated the exhibition in the morning. In his inaugural speech, the vice-chancellor called on the students to know about the languages and culture of different nations across the world by reading manuscripts kept in the DU Central Library...[ + ]
BCB trims T20 WC squad to 21
The selectors have whittled down the preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup to 21 from the initial 30-member team as Bangladesh are set to begin their preparations from today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Tarek Aziz, Hannan Sarkar, Marshall Ayub, Dollar Mahmud, Shahagir Hossain, Rony Talukdar, Nasir Hossain, Arafat Sunny and Rabiul Islam have been excluded from the squad that was announced on April 4...[ + ]
‘Still a lot to improve’
National football coach Edson Silva Dido expressed satisfaction with the victory of the national football team in Nepal but at the same time apprehended that the expected level is still too far to achieve. Dido was conducting training session at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. The national team, who beat Nepal Police 1-0 in Katmandu, returned home on Sunday...[ + ]
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Way out of humanitarian imbroglio
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