Human Impacts on Nature European hemeroby approach for appropriate measuring Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman Nature conservation anchors a discourse that articulates a nexus of nature-culture-artificiality-stability-biodiversity. The concepts of human disturbances have been enjoying increasing popularity in the discussion of biodiversity conservation. Anthropogenic behaviour that harms nature” or “human activities contrary to nature” leads to unnatural ... Read more
Month: January 2010
Top Internet passwords can easily be hacked
Data security firm Imperva has analyzed the attack on RockYou that took place last year. Imperva found out that, not only do people choose easy-to-guess passwords, they reuse those passwords across multiple services. For example, someone may be using “12345” as their Facebook password as well as the security key to a private office intranet. ... Read more
Strong local government system imperative to ensure citizens’ rights
Says Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman The two-day ‘Citizens’ Rights Fair’ kicked off on Friday at Shilpakala Academy in the city organized by an alliance of 57 grassroots development organisations working across the country. Former chief adviser to a caretaker government Justice Muhammad Habibur Rahman inaugurated the fair. There is no alternative other than building a ... Read more
Kaif co-star, Chopra ex-star!
The industry was all abuzz with the casting coup! Abbas Mustan had practically accomplished the impossible for their new “Indianised” version of The Italian Job, managing to get together warring idols Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif together in their flick. Not any longer. And reportedly, it’s a Rohan Sippy flick that’s caused a rift! The ... Read more
Kareena is the highest paid actress!
MUMBAI : Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra may be ruling Bollywood today, but it is Kareena who has toppled the other two by being the highest paid actress. She has been signed for a whopping Rs 7 crore by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd for their next, Golmaal 3, directed by Rohit Shetty. ... Read more
Bishwa Ijtema begins today
40 lakh devotees expected The three-day Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after hajj, begins today (Friday) on the bank of the River Turag at Tongi in Gazipur district, some 22 kilometres away from the capital Dhaka, amid tight security, reports The Independent. As many as forty lakh devotees from home and ... Read more
GP propels DSE index over historic 5000-mark
For the first time, the stock market reach to a new high with the benchmark index crossing 5,000 points on Thursday following the news of Grameenphone setting up a subsidiary company. The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange gained 96.62 points, or 1.93 per cent, to close at 5,095.21 on the closing trading day of ... Read more
Mushfiqur sparkles but India win
Chittagong: Despite Mushfiqur Rahim’s crowd-pleasing maiden test century, Tigers could not escape defeat against the number one ranked Test team in the ICC ranking, as India won the first Test of the Idea Cup series by 113 runs on Thursday. Bowlers Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma shared seven wickets in India’s 113-run victory over Bangladesh ... Read more
Dhaka City expansion plan revealed in JS
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament said that her government has a mega-city plan to expand the areas of Dhaka city, reports The Daily Star Hasina also said her government had taken massive initiatives to digitise land survey records in efforts to build modern land administration. The government is seriously considering giving approval to ... Read more
StanChart participates in ‘Last Hour Campaign’
Staff of Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh participated in the “Last Hour Campaign” that was launched by the banking group across its markets. This is a voluntary campaign where the staff donated their last hour’s worth of salary in 2009 to Seeing is Believing (SIB), a sustainability initiative that helps to restore sights of visually impaired ... Read more
IPL matches to be broadcast live on Youtube
Cricinfo The IPL’s 2010 season will be broadcast live on YouTube, following an arrangement between the league and Google, owners of the internet channel. The deal – under which all 60 games will be shown live or on a short delay on a dedicated YouTube channel – will apply across the world, except in the ... Read more
Bangladesh 67 at stumps on the fourth day
Chittagong: Chasing a victory target of 415 runs, Bangladesh were 67 for the loss of two wickets at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test against India here on Wednesday. Tamim Iqbal (23) and Mohammad Ashraful (16) were at the crease when stumps were drawn due to bad light. Earlier, India had declared ... Read more
ZOOM Laptop Fair starts tomorrow
DHAKAMIRROR.COM Three-day ZOOM Laptop Fair- 2010 will be held tomorrow at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, organized by Maker Communication. Mobile phone operator Citycell is the title sponsor of the fair while, Acer, Asus, HP and Lenevo are the co-sponsors. Bdjobs.com is the online partner, radio ABC is the radio partner and bdnews24.com is the news
Govt moves to open VoIP
Cabinet decides to issue more licences to stop its illegal use The government has decided in principle to issue more VoIP licences for handling international calls to trigger a price war and bring illegal VoIP operators under a legal framework. As per an amended policy, illegal VoIP (voice over internet protocol) operators will get a ... Read more
Swimmers expect four golds
Bangladesh swimming squad at ongoing ‘Meet the Team’ programme on Monday expected four gold medals in different events in the upcoming 11th South Asian Games to be held in Bangladesh from January 29 to February 9. Combining experience with youthfulness, Bangladesh Swimming Team targeted three gold medals in the men’s 50m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly and ... Read more
Airtel brand eyes Bangladesh mobile market
Dhakamiror.com India’s largest wireless service provider, Bharti Airtel is set to introduce its acclaim ‘Airtel’ brand in Bangladesh after acquiring a majority (70 percent) stake in Warid Telecom, the fourth largest player in the country out of six. Before eying Bangladeshi telecom market Bharti Airtel launched its 2G and 3G service in Sri Lanka one ... Read more
Bangladesh U-19 lose last-over Thriller
Jr. Tigers lost their 2nd Group D match of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup as they lost to West Indies by a single run at Fitzerbert Park in Nwe Zealand on Sunday. Chasing 250 to win, Bangladesh needed two runs from three balls with one wicket in hand, but Shaker Ahmed’s run-out sparked wild ... Read more
Shakib, Shahadat put India under pressure in 1st Test
Chittagong: Shakib Al Hasan and Shahadat Hossain shared six quick wickets to put India under pressure in the first Test against Bangladesh here on Sunday. Left-arm spinner Shakib took 3-28 and paceman Shahadat bagged 3-34 as India slipped from a comfortable 79 for no loss to 160-6 in their first innings at tea on the ... Read more
Indo-Bangla first test begins today
Bangladesh will face India in the first Test match of the Idea Cup two-Test match series, which begins today at 9.30 am at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, the port city of the country. Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live from the stadium everyday. Bangladesh will include spinner Enamul Haque (Junior) instead ... Read more
‘Bangladesh are an ordinary side’ – Sehwag
Bangladesh are an ordinary side. They can’t beat India because they can’t take 20 wickets.” That was Virender Sehwag’s pre-series shooter on Bangladesh on the eve of the first Test in Chittagong. A journalist asked the obvious question – can Bangladesh surprise India? “No. They can’t beat us in Test matches,” Sehwag said. “They can ... Read more