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Only 12 out of 51 move to permanent campuses

Only 12 out of 51 move to permanent campuses
Only 12 private universities among 51 have moved to permanent campuses some 24 years after they were established, even though under the law they were supposed to move within seven years. The deadline for shifting to permanent campuses will end on January 31. Some universities have partially begun construction work on their own lands and are currently operating from tin-shed structures. A number of universities has begun piling work while others are building roofs. Some have bought lands but could not start construction, while some have not even bought specific plots of land as per the law. A few universities have been carrying out academic work on the lands belonging to their respective foundations while some are functioning from different…

Nur Hossain discloses details of 7 murders

Nur Hossain discloses details of 7 murders

Before being handed over to Bangladesh, expelled Sidddirganj thana Awami League (AL) vice-president, Nur Hossain, was interrogated inside a Border Security Forces (BSF) camp near the border by Bangladesh's law enforcement agencies in April 2016. During the grilling, Nur Hossain disclosed details…
Hawkers seek rehab law 
from government

Hawkers seek rehab law from government

Hawkers plan to march to the Prime Minister’s Office on January 27 to demand a long-term plan for their rehabilitation.  Leaders of Bangladesh Hawkers Union (BHU) announced this at a press meet at Maitry Bhavan in Paltan yesterday. They said the government must enact relevant laws for their…
Dealing with hospital waste

Dealing with hospital waste

Separation, collection, storage, transportation and disposal of hospital waste are serious and neglected issues in Bangladesh. A serious absence of responsibility and basic knowledge exists among both the doctors and the management. Hospital wastes require specific treatment and management prior to…
Ensuring the right to safe food

Ensuring the right to safe food

Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ensures that everyone possesses a right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food. Thus we can realize that the right to food is a basic human right and safe and quality food is the…
Locals demand steps to check erosion

Locals demand steps to check erosion

Thousands of people of all ages formed a three-kilometre long human chain on Tuesday afternoon at Balodmara Kheyaghat point under Roumari upazila in Kurigram demanding construction of a flood control embankment to save the upazila from erosion of the Brahmaputra, reports BSS. A discussion was also arranged…
Export earnings to exceed $60b in 2021: Tofail

Export earnings to exceed $60b in 2021: Tofail

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday reiterated that country’s export earnings would go beyond US$ 60 billion in 2021, reports BSS. “Export earning was $ 14 billion when the Awami League assumed in power this time and it reached at $ 34.2 billion in last fiscal. If the trend is…
Iraq military announces ‘liberation’ of east Mosul

Iraq military announces ‘liberation’ of east Mosul

AFP, BARTALLA, Iraq: Iraqi forces have fully retaken east Mosul from the Islamic State group, a top commander said on Wednesday, three months after a huge offensive against the jihadist bastion was launched. Elite forces have in recent days entered the last neighbourhoods on the eastern side of Mosul,…
‘Bangladesh-China Ceramic Exhibition’ underway at Zainul Gallery

‘Bangladesh-China Ceramic Exhibition’ underway at Zainul Gallery

DL desk A four-day ceramic exhibition titled ‘Bangladesh–China Ceramic Exhibition’ is underway at the Zainul Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), University of Dhaka (DU) in the capital’s Shahbag. Beginning from Tuesday, the exhibition will come to an end tomorrow. DU Vice Chancellor…
‘Fast bowlers not used to long spells’

‘Fast bowlers not used to long spells’

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said his team's inexperienced pace attack has to overcome the physical test of playing back-to-back Tests if the team is to compete as hard as it did in Wellington. Taskin Ahmed, Subashis Roy and Kamrul Islam Rabbi together bowled 99.2 overs to take seven…
‘Rural women are now achieving empowerment’

‘Rural women are now achieving empowerment’

RANGPUR: Thousands of rural women are now moving toward empowerment through achieving sustainable development in the remote areas of Rangpur region, reports BSS. “Overcoming miseries, the rural women are now educating children to make them worthy citizens though they never thought about better…
Cops ‘occupy’ family welfare centre in Urirchar

Cops ‘occupy’ family welfare centre in Urirchar

Around 30,000 inhabitants of the alienated island of Urirchar along the border between Chittagong and Noakhali districts have to go without primary healthcare as the sole family welfare centre (FWC) there has been occupied by police since 2006. The FWC now serves as an outpost of Sandwip police station.…
Trump: The unlikely president, symbol of rising populism

Trump: The unlikely president, symbol of rising populism

In the early hours of November 9, Donald J. Trump stepped into an overheated room in a midtown Manhattan hotel room, surrounded, as always, by members of his family. His youngest son, Barron, 10, wearing a suit and tie, stood by stiffly, looking a bit dazed. Speaking to an America and a world in shock,…
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