Five hurt in Gazipur factory fire
A fire broke out at a sweater factory housed in a high-rise commercial building at Signboard of Gazipur, leaving four workers and a firefighter injured on Tuesday morning.
Book fair gets off to a dismal start
About 100 stalls yet to open, still many more incomplete, lax security and dust in the air left Ekushey Book Fair in disarray on its opening day on Monday.
SSC, equivalent exams begin
A total of 6,826 candidates were absent on the opening day of the Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations that began across the country on Monday. The education ministry control room also said that seven students were expelled on the day for adopting unfair means in the exam.
11 receive coveted Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday handed over the prestigious Bangla Academy Shahitya Puroshkar to 11 personalities in recognition of their contributions to their respective fields.
Govt to prepare inspection checklist for all factories
The government has prepared a draft checklist for inspecting all of the industrial sectors in the country with the aim of developing an effective inspection system in line with the labour act.
1,000 CNG auto-rickshaws sued in Chittagong
Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a drive on Monday filed nearly 1000 cases against the owners of CNG-run auto-rickshaws for plying without metres.
Jatiya Party presidium for quitting cabinet
Most of the presidium members of the Jatiya Party, led by HM Ershad, on Sunday preferred that party leaders should quit the Awami League-led cabinet, but empowered Ershad to make the decision.
RMMRU-WORKSHOP : ‘Reshuffle education curricula to emphasise vocational training’
University teachers and migration experts on Sunday called upon the government to strengthen vocational education by reshuffling the country’s education system.
Univs should concentrate more on research activities
President Abdul Hamid underscored the need for expanding the area of research in universities, saying that research helps create new knowledge that contributes to building knowledge-based society.
Export orders soar to Tk 235cr at DITF
The month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair 2016 ended on Sunday with a robust growth of spot export orders to Tk 235.17crore from Tk 95 crore in the year of 2015, a growth of 147.54 per cent.
