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Most of the country’s rivers have been encroached upon by influential people and numerous institutions, destroying the entire ecological balance and natural beauty. Unabated grabbing and filling of banks change the flow of rivers and cause severe floods during the monsoon, experts said.Althoug...
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Rampant extortion from sand and stone traders at different points of Sunamganj-Dhaka river route is raising the prices of the construction materials taking heavy toll on development works, traders said.They said the price of per cubic feet (CFT) of sand and stone triples or quadruples due to extorti...
Academic activities are being hampered and students are being deprived of quality education due to the absence of teachers at different public universities of the country. Experts said that the teachers remain absent as they do not need to take proper approval for leave, lack accountability, an...
Half of the canals in Dhaka, which were once the lifeline of environmental protection and natural drainage system, have deadened while remaining ones are struggling for their survival. Grabbing and dumping of garbage into the canals have been attributed to their loss of existence, exposing the city ...
City people’s sufferings will worsen further in the upcoming days as indiscriminate road digging and channel grabbing continue giving rise to fears of severe water logging in the coming monsoon.With a sorry state already prevailing across the city with dilapidated roads dotted with potholes, c...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Wednesday decided to hold public university admission test in four separate clusters, departing from uniform admission. The four clusters include Science and Technology universities, Agriculture universities, Engineering and Technology universities and gener...
In the wake of the recent increase in air and dust pollution, the government is going to take special measures to save the city dwellers from the harmful impact of the pollution in the capital. As part of the move, the local government ministry has planned to purchase about 47 sweeping machines for ...
With the advent of summer, the Turag river, one of the lifelines of capital Dhaka, has turned into a canal, continuously emitting foul odour across the banks, thanks to mindless dumping of wastes and unabated encroachment. Environmentalists said that in addition to decades of carelessness, continuou...
The Padma Water Treatment Plant, which was supposed to meet all the water supply demands for millions of Dhaka city dwellers, has recently started supplying water. The plant has a capacity of supplying more than 45 crore litres of water per day, which substantially removes the existing water crisis ...
The mighty river Buriganga, once the lifeline of Dhaka, is now on the verge of extinction due to unabated grabbing, rampant dumping of waste and pollution. Recently, a shoal (Char) has emerged at the bank of Buriganga which is located just next to the Sadarghat Launch Terminal.Experts said that if t...
Indiscriminate opening of honours and masters courses without ensuring quality of education and required environment at different government and non-government colleges under the National University (NU) has drastically degraded the quality of the country’s higher education.Concerned teachers ...
The election campaigns of the two City Corporations in capital Dhaka have reached the peak as candidates from ruling Awami League (AL), BNP and other parties are exercising their full force in electioneering. They have done their best to impress the voters through their personal presence as well as ...
The adaptation process of more than 12,000 teachers and officials of 302 colleges has been delayed due to various complexities.According to the Prime Minister’s declaration, non-government schools and colleges have been made public, but the teachers of these educational institutions still rema...
Mayoral candidates of Awami Leage and BNP conducted their electioneering amid peaceful and festive environment on Monday. Although candidates from both political blamed of obstructing each other’s election campaign, no mentionable violence or clash was reported on the day. Candidate...
Bangladesh is expecting a huge foreign investment this year as many countries across the globe are increasingly showing interest, said experts. They said the foreign investors feel comfort and secure to invest in Bangladesh as business friendly environment and stable situation are now prevailing in ...
The Housing and Public works Ministry has taken an initiative to change the particular Detailed Area Plan (DAP) formulated in 2016 for Hatirjheel, sources said.In 2016, the ministry prepared a particular DAP in order to protect the beauty of Hatirjheel, one of the aesthetic areas of Dhaka city.Accor...
Like the previous years, textbook festival was celebrated through gleeful programmes and distributing textbooks among the students on Wednesday, the first day of 2020 across the country. Mirth and merriment gripped the school goers as well as their guardians during the book distribution ceremonies o...
As education aspires to create perfect citizenry, the government continued to implement and map out various ambitious projects in the outgoing year to ensure overall development of the country’s education. The country’s education section witnessed a remarkable progress in 2019, playing a...
To the utter conveniences of the people, National Information Service Helpline-333 has started serving the people of all strata through providing them multi-dimensional services.Through this online service, citizens are getting information regarding land related documents, weather update, passport, ...
With the onset of winter, waters of rivers, canals and lakes surrounding Dhaka are becoming heavily polluted and spreading foul odour all around. The pollution level of all the water reservoirs in the capital has reached a very high level and emitting such an unbearable stench that pedestrians ...
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