Agencies Beirut: Love him or loathe him, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has earned himself celebrity status – at least on Facebook, where a good 20 forums are dedicated to the Lebanese leader. Many are favourable to Nasrallah but others are extremely hostile to the controversial figure, whose organisation is claimed by Israel to have a ... Read more
Month: August 2009
Salman Khan gifts 25,000 to beggar
MUMBAI: Actor Salman Khan may be a brat, but the brat has a heart of gold, and this, we must say is proven time and time again. The actor while shooting for Boney Kapoor’s ‘Wanted’ at Bandra Fort seemed to recognize a beggar on the street. He went up to him, and asked him if ... Read more
Swindling in the weirdest way
Man marries off wife to expatriate ; manages flat, money, jewellery in the process Real life sometimes supersedes the fantastic plot of a movie script. A man has been accused of arranging the marriage of his own wife with an expatriate man to extract money from
Outages could worsen as Ramadan looms
The severe load shedding situation is likely to worsen further during Ramadan because demand will increase considerably in hot and humid weather. The demand for electricity during Ramadan will be higher compared to last year as the Muslim fasting month coincides with Bhadra,
Most Teknaf villages have no schools
45,000 children deprived of education, engaged in work About 45,000 children are being deprived of education in Teknaf upazila as 77 out of 143 villages in the upazila bordering Myanmar have no government or non-government educational institutions. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Tofael Islam said in absence of any school in the villages, a large number ... Read more
Remittance gives confidence to economic prosperity: Muhith
Overwhelmed by the contribution of foreign remittance by around 7.5 million non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs), Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday said no one can resist Bangladesh’ s economic progress. “No one can
CUFL’s existence under threat for long closure
Aug 10: The existence of Tk 12,000 crore Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Limited (CUFL), one of the major fertiliser producing factories of the country, is now under threat due to its shutting down for a long
Inflated travel bills drain public coffer
Foreign ministry officials take out extra on air tickets Foreign ministry officials withdraw air fares two to four times higher than the original ticket prices, flouting financial rules and causing huge loss to national exchequer every year, an official investigation
Bangladesh play second ODI today
High flying Bangladesh will take on hosts Zimbabwe in the second of five-match GrameenPhone Cup ODI series today at Bulawayo’s Queen’s Sports Club ground with an aim to take a 2-0 lead. The match will start at 2:30pm Bangladesh Standard Time. TEN Sports and Bangladesh Television will telecast the game
Shortfall causes sugar price 28-year high in int’l market
The price of raw sugar has increased to its highest level since March 1981, as supply concerns grow, BBC reported. Raw sugar futures added 3% on Monday, to 21.55 cents a pound. “The main problem is a deficit in sugar supplies,” said Nick Penney, a trader with Sucden, a firm that focuses on sugar
EC having brainstorming for more restrictions
The Election Commission (EC) has taken initiative to ban the guarantors of the loan defaulters from contesting elections. As per the existing electoral law only the loan defaulters are not eligible to contest to an
500 children a year abducted from Britain
Almost 500 children were abducted from Britain and taken abroad last year, the Guardian newspaper said Monday, highlighting Pakistan as a hotspot. An estimated 470 youngsters were abducted in 336 separate cases reported to authorities in 2008, a 20 per cent increase on 2005
Syndicate taking bribes from teachers for MPO enlistment
The education ministry has received numerous allegations of the taking of bribes by a ‘syndicate’ for including the teachers of new educational institutions in the list of those who will get salaries from the public exchequer, said officials
Dhaka tourism fair begins tomorrow
The 3rd Dhaka Tourism Fair-2009 (DTF) begins at Plaza Center of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on August 12 to promote tourism industry of Bangladesh as a thrust sector. This was stated at a press briefing at the National Press Club in the city yesterday organised by Weekly Parjatan Bichitraa, also
Govt plans to import 1500 mw electricity from India, Bhutan
The Government has plan to import 1,500MW of electricity under cross boarder trade from India and Bhutan, sources in Ministry of the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources said. Under the cross border trade, a team of power division had already talked with the Indian counterpart to import electricity
3 outlaws killed brutally
Three suspected operatives of outlawed Biplobi Communist Party were brutally killed by their rivals in Kushtia. The severed heads of Ayub Ali, 35, of Boritupi, Joad Ali, 27, of Bangshitola under sadar upazila, and Abdul Kaiyum, 45, of Bhabanipur
Nepal widows dismiss marriage cash incentive
About 200 Nepalese women gathered in the capital Kathmandu on Monday to protest against government plans to pay men to marry widows. The government said last month it would introduce a 50,000-rupee (650-dollar) grant for marriages involving a
Five more army camps withdrawn from CHT
Five more army camps were withdrawn from Chittagong Hill Tracts on Monday following the government decision to pull out troops from the region in implementation of the CHT peace treaty. Of the five camps, one was dismantled in Khagrachhari while four in Rangamati, UNB correspondents quoting security sources reported from the two hill
Some politicians helped Lashkar put down roots
Investigators learned about the patrons following 2 key captures Besides the local chapter of Huji, some political leaders have been helping Pakistan-based militant organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to operate in Bangladesh. Investigators learned about the political patrons from two recently-detained LeT operatives and Indian nationals–Mufti Obaidullah and Moulana Mohammad Mansur Ali. They are now working to ... Read more
Coco, his lawyers face forgery charges in HC
Row delays hearing of writ petition The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule against the younger son of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, Arafat Rahman Coco, and his two lawyers– Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Advocate Taherul Islam Tawhid-to show cause within three weeks as to why a direction should not be given to investigate ... Read more