Fake licences claiming lives on streets How much does it cost to buy a license to kill in Bangladesh? Apparently about Tk seven thousand – the amount needed to obtain a driving license in a country where people are rarely punished for killing on the roads. “I had never been in the drivers’ seat of ... Read more
Month: February 2010
Rice prices remain high despite OMS
The open market sales (OMS) of rice have not yet contributed in lowering rice prices due to inadequate supply of rice in the areas where mostly the low-income people live. In the wake of rising rice prices, the Department of Food on January 20 started selling rice at Tk 22 a kilogram under the OMS ... Read more
EU food team unhappy over quality control, lab standard
A European Union Food and Veterinary Office (EU FVO) team that visited the country’s fish and animal feed and hatchery projects last month, expressed its dissatisfaction over compliance of rules relating to quality control and reliability of laboratory test
Govt to build over 1,000 low-cost flats
In a bid to reduce the acute accommodation crisis of low and middle income groups of people in the capital city the government will construct 1,020 flats at Block-F at Mohammadpur. Some 17 buildings, each of them 16-storied, will be constructed on 5.51 acres of land for
Hercules Salman Pedals ‘Being Human!’
Galloping ‘Veer’ is gonna have the ride of his life. On a Hercules bicycle, if you please! Mumbai will host India’s largest cycling event together with ‘Being Human’, Salman Khan’s NGO which aims to elevate facilities in education and healthcare. The Mumbai chapter of the ‘BSA Hercules India Cyclothon’ (Feb 21,2010) is being touted as ... Read more
Vivek Oberoi’s new girl
Vivek Oberoi seems to have had a ball shooting for Kookie Gulati’s ‘Prince’. His closeness to co-star Neeru Bajwa was rather talked about but it now looks like he’s also quite intimate with Aruna Shields, the lead actress of Prince. The duo got intimate after they filmed for a kissing scene in Prince. According to ... Read more
NICOLE Kidman and Keith Urban to fund a school in Haiti
NICOLE Kidman and Keith Urban are to fund a school in Haiti. The Oscar-winning actress and the country singer — who have a 19-month-old daughter Sunday Rose — are keen to help the earthquake-stricken nation by giving money to an education facility. “We’re actually going to be funding a school down there for the next ... Read more
Dhaka, Delhi sign MoU for power sector cooperation
The government yesterday signed a MoU (memorandum of understanding) with the Indian government with a provision of unlimited import of power from the Indian private sector. According to MoU, Bangladesh will import 250 megawatt (MW) of power at government level while
Nation set to pay homage to martyrs to language
The nation pays homage to the martyrs of the language movement as the clock strikes one minute past midnight today amid heightened security at and around the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on the occasion of Amar Ekushey, which is also International Mother Language Day, reports NewAgebd. The president, Zillur Rahman, is expected to place ... Read more
Service-seekers face hassle at BRTA
Withdrawal of 200 volunteers worsens situation Suffering of service-seekers at Mirpur BRTA has multiplied after the recent withdrawal of around 200 yellow-jersey volunteers, who used to assist 30 officials and staff at the understaffed office. Officials at the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) said work is now piling up
The Daily Star celebrates 19th founding anniversary
The Daily Star yesterday celebrated its 19th founding anniversary through a programme attended by country’s leading personalities, including ministers, politicians, academics, celebrities, businesspersons, and members of the diplomatic corps, the media and the civil
State language still neglected in courts
Bangla, which is the state language of Bangladesh, is still neglected in courts even 58 years after the language movement of 1952 as only one of the High Court benches conducts its procedures, including the delivery of verdicts and orders, in Bangla and English continued to be used in proceedings in
Shaheed Minar loses 6 trees for Ekushey celebration
Branches of six Palash trees on the Central Shaheed Minar premises in the city have been chopped off for ensuring easy telecast of the Language Movement Day programme in the early hours of February 21. Visiting the spot yesterday afternoon, this correspondent found the six trees standing without any
Shaheed Minar will be built in Rome
Italy has donated a prime piece of land in the heart of Rome to construct a Shaheed Minar, a foreign ministry official said. ‘After a lot of effort the Italians have given us a site near our embassy to construct a permanent Shaheed Minar,’ the official in
RMG workers beat up traffic policeman
Garments workers beat up a traffic policeman on duty at Banani Chairman Bari in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. Witnesses said the workers of Shika Garments, located at Banani, beat up constable Rafiqul Islam who allowed a car to go allegedly in exchange for bribe from the vehicle owner after the car had dashed one of ... Read more
27th BCS qualifiers demand employment
The deprived candidates of the 27th BCS in a press conference yesterday demanded implementation of the High Court verdict over their appointment. They said in the press conference at the National Press Club that the High Court had earlier on November 11 passed an order directing to appoint the
Mosquito menace beyond control
Lack of anti-mosquito drive blamed Vexed by the sudden spurt in mosquito menace in the capital, the city dwellers alleged that the menace has gone beyond control for lack of regular anti-mosquito drive by the Dhaka City Corporation. ‘The situation has become so alarming that even during day time anti-mosquito spray needs to
Asia begins 2011 World Cup countdown
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council on Friday marked a year’s countdown to the World Cup by promising a successful event in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, reports dawn.com. The 14-nation showpiece event, held every four years, opens on February 19, 2011 with India taking on Bangladesh at the Mirpur stadium
Kiwis beat Tigers by 121 runs
Hamilton: Despite a brilliant maiden century by captain Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh lost to New Zealand by 121 runs on the fifth and final day of the only Test match here at the Seddon Park on Friday. Shakib batted with great responsibility to resist against hostile bowling by the Kiwis. He occupied the crease for ... Read more
Second Padma bridge at Paturia gets nod
Estimated cost Tk 13,121cr; tender for Dhaka elevated expressway next month The government is going to construct a second bridge over the Padma River in Paturia at an estimated cost of Tk 13,121 crore or $1.9 billion with private initiative and without foreign assistance. The cabinet committee on economic affairs at a meeting approved in ... Read more