Main Eid congregations in city

September 9, 2010

Preparations have already been made to hold Eid-ul-Fitr jamaats in the capital and other districts across the country.
The main Eid congregation will be held at the National Eidgah in the High Court premises at 8:30am on Eid day.
Five jamaats will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, scheduled at 7:30am, Read more

Some to seek blessings, some to beg alms

September 9, 2010

Eid Congregation
Some to seek blessings, some to beg alms
City dweller heading to the mosque or eidgah with family members early on the Eid day morning to attend the Eid congregation is a common scenario. Thousand of beggars go there too, but with a different purpose altogether.
They gather in front of different mosques in numbers not to pray, but to beg. From the early Read more

Teachers’ recruitment exam result published

September 9, 2010

The results of assistant teacher and headmaster recruitment examinations for government primary schools were published yesterday.
Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) published the results in its website at www.dpe.gov.bd.
At least 30,712 examinees succeeded for the post of assistant teacher and 1,852 Read more

Int’l Literacy Day today

September 8, 2010

International Literacy Day will be observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere around the world today with the theme — Literacy and women’s empowerment.
The day is being observed with girls still accounting for more than a half of the 6.75 crore out-of-school children in the world and with females accounting for two-thirds of the 79.6 crore Read more

Online Dhaka University admission site launched

September 8, 2010

Dhaka University on Tuesday launched its online admission site as the authorities aims to digitalise its admission process.
The admission seekers can download and submit their application forms from the site between September 27 and October 14, official sources Read more

Bela notice to stop three Savar canals’ pollution

September 6, 2010

Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) yesterday served a legal notice on different ministries and government offices asking them to stop pollution of Dholaibil, Bilbaghil and Karnapara canals in Savar.
Industries mostly dyeing, spinning and textile, and dairy farms situated by these three canals dump toxic wastes in the canals polluting their water, the legal notice read, adding that locals are suffering Read more

NU master’s final results published

September 6, 2010

The results of Masters final part examination of 14 subjects held in 2007 under the National University were published on Sunday.
The departments are Bengali, English, sociology, statistics, marketing, geography, home economics, Arabic, Pali, Sanskrit, psychology, library and information science, soil science and Read more

Rajshahi market swarm with Eid shoppers

September 5, 2010

Eid-shopping in Rajshahi markets has picked up with people rushing to the shops, shopping centres, markets, business centres and makeshift shops on roads.
A huge number of people of different ages from every walk of life are coming to the market to buy dresses, clothes and others products for celebrating Eid, sellers Read more

Newspaper holiday on Sept 9-11

September 5, 2010

Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) members will observe holiday on September 9, 10 and 11 on account of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Therefore, no newspaper will be published on September 10, 11 and 12, said a press release here yesterday.
If Eid is celebrated on September 11, holiday will be observed on September 12 as well, in Read more

Mobile court fines five business houses Tk 5.75 lakh

September 5, 2010

An anti-adulteration mobile court on Saturday fined five business houses and seized a huge quantity of papaya and destroyed 1,500 kilograms of dates at Shyambazar and Waizghat in the Dhaka city.
The mobile court, led by executive magistrate Muhammad Al Amin, also awarded two months’ imprisonment to a fruit wholesaler Russell Enterprise’s manager Jahirul Islam. Later, Jahirul was Read more

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