At least 41 people, including two policemen and an Air Force sergeant, were killed and 305 injured in separate road accidents in Bagerhat, Rangpur, Manikganj, Narsigndi, Noakhali, Faridpur, Gazipur, Khulna, Kushtia, Lalmonirhat, Jhenaidah, Dhaka and Mymensingh between Thursday and Monday. Government Eid holiday spanned three days beginning
Month: September 2010
Big earthquake risk, little preparedness
Most essential buildings for providing earthquake victims with support, shelter and treatment are still vulnerable to moderate tremors indicating the authorities will be in real trouble after a disaster. The government has so far failed to take initiative to retrofit vulnerable buildings like hospitals, schools and fire stations which would be used for victims’ treatment, ... Read more
Three quakes jolt Dhaka, other places
Three earthquakes, with two having their epicentres close to Dhaka, jolted the capital and parts of Bangladesh within a span of 14 hours on Friday night and Saturday, according to news agencies bdnews24.com and the United News of Bangladesh. The Met Office had said the first earthquake, measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale, was
Tiger beaten to death in Khulna village
A three-year old male tiger was beaten to death in Jorsingh, a village adjacent to the Sundarbans Thursday morning. The village is under Koyra upazila in Khulna district. Villagers said a fish hatchery worker, who first spotted the straying tiger at the village bazaar by the side of a pond of the hatchery early in ... Read more
Bangladesh buys 10 tonnes of gold
Plans to procure more, says BB governor Bangladesh is going to boost its official reserve of gold, buying 10 tonnes of bullion worth about $400 million from the Internatio-nal Monetary Fund. A decision in this regard was taken as part of Bangladesh Bank’s plans to diversify its reserve, said the BB governor, Atiur Rahman.
Tamim ruled out of Kiwi series
Ashraful ommited, Nafees recalled Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal will miss the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand as he underwent a surgery in Australia while former skipper Mohammad Ashraful was left out of the 14-member Bangladesh squad, announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday. Opener Shahriar Nafees got a national recall after two ... Read more
Rubcic sees finishing as weakness
Robert Rubcic, the new Croatian football coach, pointed out a lack of finishing and not performing off-the-ball duties well as the major weaknesses of Bangladesh footballers and vowed to work hard on the flaws on Monday. Rubcic, who roamed around the Dhaka city during the three-day vacation on occasion
Abahani move into final
Bangladesh League champions Abahani Ltd moved into the final of the Bordoloi Trophy with a 1-0 win over Shillong Lajong (U-19) in the second semi-final at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati, Assam, on Monday. After a barren 90 minutes of regulation time the game went into extra time and experienced forward Alfaz struck the all-important ... Read more
How much water to keep body well-hydrated
The human body is over half water, and in the summer more than ever we need to make sure we keep hydrated. The exact figure depends on health, sex, age, lifestyle and the climate we live in, but on average, our bodies are 65% water. And each day we lose around two and a half ... Read more
Breastfeeding mothers lose more weight than bottle-feeding moms
It’s well known that breastfeeding is best for the baby. Breast milk is a living fluid made individually for each baby, providing her with the most nutritious and healthy food available. Besides providing a solid base for your baby to grow on, breastfeeding helps mom naturally lose weight. She doesn’t even have to jump on ... Read more
Eid-special programmes
This Eid-ul-Fitr, TV viewers are in for a treat. BTV, ATN Bangla, Channel i, ntv, Ekushey TV, Banglavision, Rtv, Desh TV and others are offering an array of special TV plays, feature films, tele-films, musical and variety shows on the occasion of Eid. The programmes will be aired throughout the week and will feature noted ... Read more
Beauty parlours facing an unusual rush
Beauty parlours, facing stiff competition, are offering discounts to its Eid time customers. Beauticians said that despite a rapid growth in parlours they are finding it difficult to cope with an unprecedented rush of customers, with more and more beauty conscious women visiting them ahead of Eid. A growing interest in glamour and fashion are ... Read more
Ntv airs special telefilm ‘Je Jibon Phoring-er’
On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, Ntv is going to air special telefilm “Je Jibon Phoring-er” on the third day of Eid-ul-Fitr at 2:30 pm. Written and directed by Masud Hasan Ujjal the cast of the film includes Aupee Karim, Ripon and Shoeb. The story of the telefilm follows a seemingly slacker named Mudra. One day ... Read more
Mad rush home before Eid
All roads leading to the three inter-district bus terminals, Kamalpur railway station and Sadarghat launch terminal in the capital experienced long tailback on Wednesday as thousands of people headed home with Eid holiday beginning on Friday. Congestion tailed back from Sadarghat till the Purana Paltan crossing in the morning while vehicles near the bus terminals ... Read more
PM opens Shikalbaha Power Plant : Will there be gas supply to keep it running
As many as 150-MW electricity was added to the national grid as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the Shikalbaha 150-MW peaking power plant in Chittagong yesterday. She opened the power plant built at a cost of Taka 777.98 crore by unveiling its plaque. Of the amount, Taka 553.15 crore is foreign currency and 21.71 ... Read more
4-lane project stuck in consultancy row
Dhaka-Chittagong Highway 4-lane project stuck in consultancy row The launch of Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway may be delayed by one year as the scheme is stuck in consultancy glitches and frequent changes of project directors. This unexpected delay might make the highway one of the most impossible roads to negotiate with as the number of vehicles ... Read more
Workers finally return to work
Cheated, Abused in Libya Workers finally return to work The Bangladeshi workers in Libya finally went back to work for the company yesterday, which they had left a week ago protesting abuse and non-payment of salaries. “The workers joined work on Wednesday morning,” Ahsan Kibria Siddiqui, first secretary of Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, told The ... Read more
Yunus receives SolarWorld Einstein Award
SolarWorld this year honoured Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus by presenting him 2010 SolarWorld Einstein Award. Prof Yunus received the award in Valencia, Spain, in recognition of the work of “Grameen Shakti,” a company he founded in 1996 for providing solar energy to rural homes throughout
Two-thirds of Internet users hit by cyber crime: Norton
About two-thirds of Internet users globally and nearly three-quarters of Web surfers in the U.S. have been victims of online crime, according to a study to be released on Wednesday. The top countries as far as reported victims are China, Brazil and India tied for second, and then the U.S., according to the findings of ... Read more
Rubcic sets lofty goal
Newly appointed head coach of Bangladesh national football team Robert Rubcic announced his intention to take Bangladesh thirty places higher in the FIFA rankings within the next year. The 47-year Croat, who arrived in the capital last morning after travelling 24 hours from Zagreb, stated his aim at a crowded press conference at the BFF ... Read more