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MNA Career & Education Desk: Bangladesh Agricultural University Career Club (BAUCC) organised the grand finale of the most auspicious event of their calendar ‘TrailBlazer 2.0’ on October 20, 2019. TrailBlazer is an intra-university business planning competition which has become an awaited event in the BAU campus. Followed by the previous edition, it comprised three rounds: a) project proposal submission, b) business plan submission, and c) final pitch. There were nearly 70 teams who submitted their business proposal for the first round and among them, 15 teams got selected for the second round. In the second round, BAUCC organised a workshop ...

MNA Editorial Desk: The High Court in a ‘landmark’ decision on Sunday, declared that any persons who encroach on rivers will be barred from contesting in elections and receiving loans. Soon after declaring Dhaka’s Turag River a ‘legal person’ in an effort to conserve rivers, streams and other water bodies, the High Court also announced the formation of a national river conservation commission to serve as their ‘legal guardians’. It also instructed the government to amend existing laws and assign ‘harsh punishments’ to offenders so that the river conservation commission can play a significant role in protecting water bodies, reports ...

MNA Sports Desk: Usain Bolt delivered on his top billing by winning the 200 meters at the London Diamond League on Friday. Bolt, running his first 200 meters contest for a year in his last outing on the track before the Olympics, struggled for his normal rhythm as he labored to victory in 19.89 seconds. But the Jamaican was upstaged for once as American sprint hurdler Kendra Harrison broke one of the oldest world records in the book. She earned some consolation – as well as a $50,000 bonus – on Friday with a fabulous world record. After bringing a ...