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Stop taking extra fees

The education ministry has directed private educational institutions to stop taking additional tuition and other fees immediately. The ministry issued the directive yesterday through its office order, saying the government would provide the necessary directives in this regard soon. “Different private educational institutions are realising additional monthly fees and other charges without any directives from the government. This has created adverse impact among the students and guardians,” Prof. Fahima Khatun, director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, told The Independent. “We've directed those schools that had realised additional fees to return the money. The next directives in this…

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PM to sit with striking varsity teachers today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called the leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers’…

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Navy, Air chiefs adorned new rank badges

Chiefs of the Bangladesh Navy (BN) and the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), whose ranks have been upgraded, were adorned their new rank badges at a function held at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) yesterday. The post of chief of BN has been upgraded to the rank of Admiral from the existing rank of…

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Metro

10 policemen, employees punished for corruption

Ten policemen and employees of the Barisal Metropolitan Police (BMP) have been punished after they were found guilty of creating a slush fund. The BMP Deputy Commissioner, Md Habibur Rahman, said on Saturday that 11 policemen and staff members --- former BMP Deputy Commissioner (North) Jillur Rahman,…

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Editorial

Paradigm shift for coping with climate change

Climatic change forms human destiny at large and countries with coastal proximity are in particular destined to pay the most perennially for little fault of their own. Bangladesh is among the most climate vulnerable ones, so its climate cost is being calculated in terms of trillions. The presentation…

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Op-ed

Why does the Muslim world bleed today?

Look at the Middle East today. A region mired in proxy battles, unending bloodshed, rising extremism, sectarian conflicts, collective attempts to distort the values of a great religion and mounting resentment between the countries among themselves. The region usually captures the headings of the global…

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Business

Help complete garment village

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the garment owners to supplement the government efforts to expedite the work of the Garment Village at Gazaria for further development of the garment industry in the country, reports BSS. “Our government has allocated land for establishing a Garment…

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Worldwide

Nuclear deal marks US-Iran thaw, but Saudis sulk

AFP, WASHINGTON: The implementation of the Iran nuclear deal marked a major step forward in Washington’s cautious rapprochement with Iran, but will further strain ties with Saudi Arabia. While President Barack Obama’s government insists its goal was simply to halt the spread of atomic weapons,…

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Dhakalive

Group art show by 60 local, Indian artists begins at Shilpangan

A 16-day group exhibition titled ‘Contemporary Print’ by the 60 master printmakers from Bangladesh and India is now on display at the Shilpangan Gallery, Dhanmondi in the city. Jointly organised by Shilpangan Gallery and Kibria Printmaking Studio, eminent Bangladeshi artists Mohammad Kibria,…

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Sports

Tigers want to win every match

Sabbir Rahman gave the Bangladesh another option while they are on intense search of proper combination for the T20, a format in which they often found them in vulnerable state. After scoring 46 in the first match, what turned out to be a match-winning score, Sabbir showed a flash of brilliance in bowling…

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Nationwide

Earthquake awareness stressed to reduce losses

The extent of losses of human lives during earthquake could be reduced substantially through creating awareness among the community people and adopting early preparedness with efficient emergency response systems, reports BSS. The opinion came at the inaugural ceremony of a three-day ' Basic Training…

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2nd phase Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest congregations of Muslims in the world, concluded yesterday with the Akheri Munajat at Tongi on the outskirt of the capital, reports UNB. Eminent Islamic scholar of India Moulana Muhammad Sa’ad conducted the 28-minute Akheri Munajat which began…

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Panorama

Most powerful supernova

An international team of astronomers may have discovered the biggest and brightest supernova ever. The explosion was 570 billion times brighter than the sun and 20 times brighter than all the stars in the Milky Way galaxy combined, according to a statement from The Ohio State University, which is leading…

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