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25 BUET teachers resign
Twenty-five teachers of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology resigned their positions of deans, department heads and institute directors on Wednesday expressing no confidence in the vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor. Five deans, heads of 17 departments... Full story
Govt initiates new consortium
The government has taken an initiative to float a new international consortium for funding the Padma Multipurpose Bridge after the World Bank scrapped a $1.2 billion loan for the project, officials said. Full story
UNO-upazila chairman conflict affects dev work
Deputy commissioners at their annual conference in Dhaka on Wednesday said that field-level administrations could not function properly mainly because of ‘non-cooperation’ of local... Full story
PM smells rat behind WB fund pull-out
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday said that the people who had tried to isolate her government from the people with the stigma of ‘corruption’ in the Padma bridge project had failed... Full story
Aspirants begin mass contact as EC to announce schedule before Eid
The Election Commission is likely to announce before Eid-ul-Fitr the schedule for the by-election to Gazipur-4 parliamentary constituency while it was planning to hold the polls by September. Full story
METRO
Local people attack power office in Barisal
Agitated clients Tuesday night attacked and damaged the offices of the division-2 and central control room of West Zone Power Development Company, a subsidiary of Power Development Board, Barisal city, demanding... Full story
BUSINESS
Detergent products turn costly
The prices of detergent products of different companies are on the rise on the retail markets across the country as manufacturers are hiking the prices of the items frequently, retailers said. The detergent products of the companies like Unilever Bangladesh... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Parliament in legal limbo in Egypt power struggle
Egypt’s parliament was hanging in legal limbo on Wednesday after a top court overruled a presidential decree reinstating the dissolved house, stepping up a power struggle between the president and the army. Full story
SPORTS
BFF reveals calendar for 2012-13 season
Bangladesh Football Federation on Wednesday revealed its calendar for the upcoming 2012-13 session, for the second time in the country’s history of football, that covered all the major local competitions, but it remains to be seen whether they will be able to maintain it. Full story
EDITORIAL
Prime minister needs to readily reject DCs’ request
IT IS hardly surprising that the seven divisional and 64 deputy... Full story
OP-ED
A higher education commission needed
THE government needs to establish a higher education commission to ensure quality education at the tertiary level, says Professor AK Azad Chowdhury, chairman of the University Grants Commission. Redressing the limitations of the commission... Full story
TIMEOUT
Mita Haque makes a comeback
Mita Haque, a dedicated soul of Rabindrasangeet, has initiated to programme to present Tagores songs, which are influenced by tunes of different genres of music expressed as bhangar gaan. She along with her students of the music school Surtirtha... Full story
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