Independence Day Special
Weekend
Diarrhoea situation improves with rain
The number of diarrhoea patients has come down in different hospitals, including the ICDDR,B hospital, in the capital following rain, an ICDDR,B scientist said. Dr Shahadat Hussain, head of the short stay unit of the ICDDR,B and a scientist there, told New Age on Monday, ‘The number of diarrhoeal patients has started to come down from Saturday with the change in the weather. When the temperature goes up, people from all sections drink water and the poor people have no access to pure drinking water.’...[ + ]
SUST students boycott
classes today
The students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology will observe class boycott and refrain from taking the scheduled examinations today, protesting at the increase in tuition fees. They announced the class boycott programme at a rally held in front of the central library of the university on Monday, according to campus sources...[ + ]
Ctg plans its
own IPL
In bid to rejuvenate the local cricket, the Chittagong Divisional Sports Association has planned a mega Twenty20 cricket tournament just like the Indian Premier League, said the officials The CDSA on Monday informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board about its plan to hold tournament from April 29 to May 10 involving eight teams – four top finishers in the Chittagong Premier League and four corporate houses...[ + ]
Cash boost for booters
In a bid to boost the national footballers the Bangladesh Football Federation has decided to spend Tk 25,000 on each of the 25 members of the squad. The players passed their second day with the new Brazilian coach Dido on Monday. Though the camp started on Saturday, Dido started the real training on Monday, when the players went through an extensive physical training session and with-the-ball programmes...[ + ]
Editorial
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Enforce and update laws to raise the cost of
electoral law violations
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Small pockets of
great fear
Op-Ed
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An election
made in heaven
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Provide a humane incentive for all
people to move
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