Category: Miscellaneous

Directive given for quick disposal of Abrar murder case, PM tells his family

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said she has directed the Law Minister to look for a way for the quick disposal of the Abrar Fahad murder case. "I’ve already asked the Law Minister to find out a way for the quick disposal of the case (Abrar Fahad killing)," she said. The Prime Minister said thi

Bengali economist Abhijit, 2 others win Nobel economics prize

Economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for their work in fighting global poverty, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Abhijit Binayak Banerjee, an Indian American economist of Bengali heritage, is the Ford Foundation Interna

World Teachers’ Day

The World Teachers’ day is being observed today In Bangladesh along with the rest of the world. World Teachers’ Day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/Unesco recommendation concerning the status of teachers. This recommendation sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibili

PM receives ‘Champion of Skill Development for Youth’ award

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has received an award titled ‘Champion of Skill Development for Youth’ for Bangladesh’s great success in youth skill development. The United Nations Children’s Fund conferred the award on the premier at a ceremony at Labouisse Hall of UNICEF House in the UN Plaza in New

Sugar Crop Research Institute bill placed in JS

Bangladesh Sugar Crop Research Institute Bill 2019 was placed in Jatiya Sangsad on Monday to conduct research on other sugar crops alongside sugarcane in the country. Agriculture minister M Abdur razzaque placed the bill and it was sent to the respective scrutiny committee. The proposed law will r

3 madrasa students found dead

An imam found the bodies of his six-year-old son and two other boys in his room at a mosque in Chandpur’s Matlab yesterday. Abdullah Al Noman, 6, Ibrahim, 8, and Rifat Hossain, 10, were madrasa students. Police termed the deaths mysterious, saying the room at Purba Kaladi Jame Mosjid, where the bod

Probe body finds no evidence of negligence against ADM - dainik shiksha

Nusrat Murder Probe body finds no evidence of negligence against ADM

The probe body formed to look into the allegation of negligence on the part of additional district magistrate and president of the governing body of Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrassah in Feni PK Enamul Karim over the killing of Nusrat Jahan Rafi did not find any evidence of negligence against h

Remove word ‘Kumari’ from Kabinnama: HC

The High Court today ruled that the word “Kumari (virgin)” cannot be used before the name of the bride in Kabinnama, the Muslim marriage deed. The word “unmarried” will be used in place of “Kumari”, the court said. The court said the words unmarried, widower or divorced -- have to be mentioned befo

Schools deserted in Indian Kashmir as parents fear more unrest

A Kashmiri girl displays a placard as she shouts slogans at a protest after Friday prayers during restrictions after the Indian government scrapped the special constitutional status for Kashmir, in Srinagar August 16, 2019. -- Reuters photo Schools reopened in Indian Kashmir's main city on Monday b

Madrassah boy found beheaded in Chuadanga

Police recovered the beheaded body of a madrassah student from village Koyradanga of Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga on Wednesday. The deceased was Abir Hossain, 11, a Class II student of Nurani Hafizia Madrassah and Orphanage, and son of Ali Hossain of Kotchandpur upazila in Jhenaidah. Police reco

DCs for sending reputed teachers to remote areas

Education minister Dipu Moni on Monday said that they were considering introducing Education Television to broadcast the classrooms of the country’s best teachers to benefit students across the country to improve the overall quality of education. While talking to reporters at the secretariat, she a

66 univ teachers slam verbal attack on Prof Faroque - dainik shiksha

ANTIBIOTIC IN MILK 66 univ teachers slam verbal attack on Prof Faroque

Sixty-six teachers of different universities on Monday condemned surge of verbal attack on Dhaka University pharmacy professor ABM Faroque by different quarters for publishing reports of his team’s research that found presence of multiple antibiotic residues in both pasteurised and non-pasteurised p

Appoint visually impaired people as resource teachers: JS body

The parliamentary standing committee on social welfare on Thursday recommended that the government should special measures to appoint visually impaired educated people as resource teachers at the Department of Social Services. The body in its 3rd meeting discussed the issue and recommended amendmen

Nusrat Murder Case: Mother faints on witness stand

Shirin Akter, mother of slain Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, fainted in the witness stand yesterday afternoon after describing to the court how Nusrat had to endure sexual harassment and was burnt to death. She had not regained consciousness until she was taken to Feni Heart Foundation Hos

UNESCO gives Dhaka one more year - dainik shiksha

STATUS OF SUNDERBANS UNESCO gives Dhaka one more year

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee on Thursday gave Bangladesh one more year to submit an updated report on the state of conservation of the Sunderbans to it to determine whether the world’s unique mangrove forest would be relegated to the list of World Heritage in Danger. According to the decision,

When an education budget has nothing to do with education policy

In October 11, 2018, the World Bank launched the Human Capital Index (HCI) which published a range of noteworthy information regarding Bangladesh’s future. HCI has been defined as “a calculation of the amount of capital (knowledge, skills and health) that a child born today can expect to attain by a

Call drops, slow internet to rise, BTRC official says

The government decided today to partially reduce bandwidth capacity of two leading private telecom operators of the country -- Grameenphone and Robi -- as the companies did not pay the due amount that was detected in audits. Thirty percent bandwidth capacity of Grameenphone and 15 that of Robi woul

Sexual assault on Nusrat: Case shifted to women repression tribunal

The case filed over the sexual assault on Feni Madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi has been transferred to Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal. Feni Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Jakir Hossain today passed the order after holding hearing on the charge sheet submitted against lone accused F

No rickshaw on three Dhaka routes

Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon on Wednesday said the movement of rickshaws on three major roads in the capital would be restricted from July 7. The three roads are Kuril to Saydabad via Rampura, Gabtoli to Azimpur via Asadgate and Science Laboratory intersection to Shahbagh. The