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Illegal mango bazaars run on footpaths

A stall has been set up on the footpath in front of Basundhara City Shopping Centre in the capital, hindering pedestrian movement. The photo was taken on Tuesday. — Sanaul Haque
Most of the mango bazaars in the capital are illegal as the Dhaka South City Corporation gave permission to only four out of more than a hundred bazaars. Most of these markets have been set up on footpaths, causing hazards to the pedestrians. Full story

Research centre on Nazrul, Abbasuddin opened at IUB

The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, on Tuesday inaugurated the Kazi Nazrul Islam and Abbasuddin Ahmed Research & Study Centre at Independent University, Bangladesh. Full story

Transport crisis hits RU students

Students of Rajshahi University are facing acute transport crisis as most of the university buses have worn out. According to the campus sources, at least eight university buses, out of a total... Full story

DU to place Tk 306.20cr budget

Dhaka University is going to place its Tk 306.20 crore annual budget for the financial year 2012-13 today at the university’s annual senate session with a deficit of Tk 36.80 crore, the highest ever. Full story

Awareness needed to control TB

Speakers at a programme in Sylhet on Tuesday urged for accelerating campaign among people to get rid of misconception about tuberculosis in society. Mentioning tuberculosis is not incurable rather it is... Full story

Awareness stressed to cut drug abuse, illicit trafficking

Awareness of bad effects of drugs and tobacco products would reduce the consumption of these harmful products, educationists and law enforcers said at a rally in the capital. Full story

NU students rally for steps to cut session jam

The National University students in Sylhet on Tuesday afternoon formed a human chain to press their demands including clearing off the existing session jam. Full story

Swapna fined Tk 1.5 lakh

The Dhaka district administration and the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution on Tuesday fined super shop Swapna Tk 1.5 lakh for using formalin in preservative ice. Full story


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