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Bangladesh elected vice-president of AIBD general conf
Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh has been elected vice-president of the General Conference of Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) for the next two years.
The honour came at the AIBD General
Conference and Associated Meeting held in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, on July 25-27.
The conference also awarded Mostafizur Rahman, deputy regional director of Bangladesh Betar, the AIBD Radio Award 2012 for the radio programme "Development of Green Technology and Sustainable Fuel".
Bangladesh Betar celebrated the achievements at its headquarters in the capital yesterday. On the occasion, Director General of Bangladesh Betar Kazi Akhter Uddin Ahmed was congratulated for his
Changes to draft road transport, traffic act urged
Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a views exchange meeting yesterday urged the government to amend some provisions of the Draft Road Transport and Traffic Act, 2012 to ensure smooth movement of pedestrians and bicyclists in the capital.
Encouraging people to use bicycle and walk on feet could reduce traffic congestions and environment pollution, they said.
They also said some provisions in the draft act would discourage use of bicycles on roads.
Work for Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust, an environmental organisation, organised the programme at its office in Dhanmondi area.
Syed Mahbubul Alam, director of the WBB Trust, and Mohidul Haque Khan, an executive member of Poribesh Bachao Andolan, among others, spoke on
Sugar mill fined inCtg
Staff Correspondent, ctg
A mobile court in Chittagong yesterday fined a sugar mill Tk 1 lakh for dumping industrial waste into the Karnaphuli River.
The court led by Anupam Saha, an authorised officer and executive magistrate of Chittagong Port Authority, conducted a drive at S Alam Refined Sugar Industries Limited in Ichhanagar area around 3:30pm, and found that industrial waste was being dumped
Some HSC exam answer sheets in Ctg to be re-evaluated
Staff Correspondent, ctg
Chittagong Education Board has announced that 4,410 students have submitted applications for reevaluating 16,814 HSC examination answer sheets as the students feel that they have not obtained expected results in this year's examinations.
Dr Pijush Dutta, controller of the education board, told The Daily Star that the results of the re-evaluation would be announced on August 14.
The board had earlier invited re-evaluation applications from HSC examinees and they were received through mobile SMS from July 19 to July 26, he said.
“Students paid 150 taka for re-evaluation of each
ACC sues ex-customs staff's wife
Staff Correspondent, ctg
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Chittagong yesterday sued the wife of a retired customs officer for concealing information of her assets in the statement submitted to the commis-
sion on May 4, 2009.
Abdul Aziz Bhuiyan, deputy director at the ACC Chittagong-2, filed the case with Double-Mooring Police Station agaisnt Sohela Chowdhurani, wife of Jahangir Khan, a former preventive officer at
Chittagong Customs House,