SUST celebrates Pitha Utshab
December 13, 2011
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet celebrated its 14th anniversary with Pitha Utshab (rice cake festival) on December 8 in its campus.
The day-long festival began with the delectable Pitha Utshab. The event drew hundreds of people including students, teachers and many others. The students attended the Utshab with their variety of traditional pitha such as Chitai, Teler Pitha, Bhapa Pitha, Pati Sapta Pitha, Koli Pitha, Nakshi Pitha and more, with the aim to Read more
Aspirants weave dreams in CU’s picturesque beauty
November 30, 2011
Admission tests, which otherwise correlate with hours of continuous stress, couldn’t be more relaxing if not for the campus that has a perfect touch of God-gifted scenic beauty, so say admission seekers about Chittagong University (CU) campus.
Thousands of aspirants from all over the country came here to sit for admission tests for the 2011-12 academic sessions that started on November 26 and will continue till December 1.
The university campus, covered in dense forest hugging serpentine Read more
ICT fair kicks off, with focus on tech in daily life
November 22, 2011
The fourth BCS ICT World 2011, an exhibition of information and communication technology, kicked off in Dhaka yesterday with a slogan for technology in education and daily life.
The exposition that pulled in 50 local and foreign companies showcases ICT innovations at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka.
The five-day expo organised by Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) was inaugurated by Finance Minister AMA Muhith. BCS Read more
English language fair generates enthusiasm
October 13, 2011
The premises of St Joseph Higher Secondary School echoed with loud cheers and much jubilation with the participation of around 700 students in an English Language Fair that kicked off in the city yesterday.
Under English in Schools (EIS) programme, The Daily Star and Robi jointly organised the fair in coordination with the education ministry to improve secondary school students’ proficiency in English.
Adcomm Ltd is the creative and event partner of the fair.
Prof Noman-ur-Rashid, Read more
Happy on clean Ctg streets
October 12, 2011
Omar Faruk, an A-level student of Sunshine Grammar School and College, looked very pleased yesterday as he along with a hundred mates just finished a clean-up campaign on different streets that surround their school compound in the port city.
“I am satisfied as I have performed my duty as a citizen of the country,” he said.
The college boy said they not only made the streets free of trashes but also tried to make people aware about their duty as citizens to clean their environs by themselves. A hundred Read more
DCC to introduce solar street lights
September 30, 2011
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has chalked out a Tk 3.90crore programme to introduce solar street light at Arambagh area initiallyon an experimental basis.
If the programme is successful, the streets in the wholeDhaka city will be brought under solar lighting system, said DCC Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka in an interview with The New Nation.
The DCC has to pay electric bills to the tune of Tk 20 lakhevery month for street lighting alone. A huge amount of money will Read more
Keep cars at home once a week to cut pollution
September 23, 2011
Speakers tell cycle procession
Speakers at a cycle procession yesterday urged authorities concerned to take necessary steps so that car owners keep their cars at home once a week to reduce environment pollution, traffic congestion and dependency on fossil fuels.
Only five percent of the city’s people ride cars which occupy around 70 percent of the roads and highways, creating heavy traffic congestion, they said.
The rally was organised by Save the Environment Movement in front of the city’s National Museum.
Citizens’ rights activists Read more
Double delight from Pizza Hut
August 30, 2011
To celebrate the Eid, the world’s favourite pizza restaurant, Pizza Hut, has introduced a double stuffed crust “Cheesy-sausage Crust” pizza from yesterday.
This special pizza will be available with peoples’ favourite versions of pizza including Chicken Classic, Pollo Heaven, Spanish Delight, Chicken Italia, Spicy Chicken, Florence Chicken, Rustica, and Latin Spicy Hot, says a press release.
For the last eight years, the Pizza Hut has served 6 lakh customers with great food and wonderful dine-in experience. Besides Read more
Moon ride on Ctg streets
August 24, 2011
Residents suffer as rain leaves port city roads potholed, waterlogged
“Where is the government now? Doesn’t it see our sufferings?”
This was HSC student Suchitra Chowdhury’s reaction when her rickshaw turned turtle while going over a pothole near Chawkbazar in the port city on Sunday. She was injured and missed an important day at college.
Like Suchitra, many people suffer every day as the main thoroughfares of this city are in a worn-out condition due to waterlogging.
Incessant rain for the last Read more
Ugly hoardings bury scenic port city
August 18, 2011
Thousands of haphazard billboards have buried the scenic beauty of Chittagong city.
The billboards on the sides of roads and medians have made the port city an eyesore decreasing the visibility of the commuters as well as the city dwellers.
These visually polluting hoardings are standing with advertisements of different commercial concerns in their bodies to cover the scenic beauty of the city which has grown up in the lap of hills.
Chittagong city is one Read more
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