Commercial jetpack looks to take flight The Martin jetpack, a commercially developed jetpack, may soon be heading to a sky near you. It is about time man flew among the birds — alone. We may not have the homes on the moon, or the flying cars that our totally reasonable childhood imaginations ensured us would ... Read more
Month: October 2010
Siddons plays down high expectations
Bangla-desh coach Jamie Siddons said there should not be any serious expectation from his side in the five-match one-day series against New Zealand, although they had a long practice and two new specialised coaches. Bangladesh players trained for nearly two months ahead of the series and during the
Vettori rues lack of warm-ups
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori expressed his shock and disappointment on Monday after both of their warm-up games before the one-day series against Bangladesh were called off. The five-match series begins today with the first one-dayer at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. ‘I think it happened to us last time as well. The conditions were not ... Read more
None can take the role of Tamim: Shahriar
Opener Shahriar Nafees will be concentrating on his own game rather than trying to step into the shoes of Tamim Iqbal as he feels no individual can fill the gap created by the absence of the dashing left-hander. Nafees made his way back into one-day side after a long hiatus following a surgery on Tamim’s ... Read more
Ash ton, Nazim 91 kicks off NCL
Two national team discards lit up the 4-day version of the 12th National Cricket League as the cricketing season kicked off in three different venues around the country. Mohammad Ashraful and Nazimuddin — both former national team players and currently in as stand-bys for the one day series against New Zealand — played two exquisite ... Read more
Women’s nat’l cricket
Rajshahi and Khulna kept their winning streak on as they won comfortably against their respective rivals Barisal and Dhaka in the Women’s National Cricket League at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. Rajshahi posted a ten-wicket victory over Barisal, courtesy of an all-round performance from Lota Mandal. Lota took four wickets for 10 runs as Barisal ... Read more
Danone Nations Cup
Young champions of Khulna and Tangail have kept their up-and-down performances in the Danone Nations Cup in Pretoria, South Africa. On the first day when Khulna won one of their games and lost the other three while Tangail lost all four of their matches. Since then Khulna have played four more and
Outages upend public utilities
With the sweltering summer heat back just when it usually starts to decline, frequent power cuts have wrecked havoc on normal life, as it triggered a domino effect on water supply. Although the government claims improvement of overall power situation, the city dwellers are experiencing repeated load shedding lashing with full weight for the last ... Read more
Environment pollution increasing : City traffic jam causes loss of Tk 20000 cr annually
Severe traffic congestion in the capital causes a loss of Taka 20 thousand crore per annum, specially in the road transport sector, sources said. Traffic jam also causes negative impact on human life. It has also been increasing environmental pollution in the city, sources added. The experts have specified some major reasons for traffic
None bound to wear veil, cap: HC
The High Court (HC) yesterday ruled that no man or woman can be forced to wear or put off any religious dress, including burqa (veil) and cap, against his or her wish in the territory of Bangladesh. “Bangladesh is now a secular country,” the HC ruled, adding that nobody can be compelled to wear a ... Read more
Low pay discourages teaching at schools
Bangladesh observes World Teachers’ Day today, in the backdrop of low pay continuing to encourage the talented among the young primary teachers to quit teaching for better paid jobs. Poor pay remains a major cause of declining standards of primary education, which is supposed to shape the young learners across the
Bangladesh-NZ 1st ODI today
Bangladesh Cricket team led by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will take on New Zealand Cricket team led by Daniel Vettori today in the first One Day International (ODI) clash of the five-match Micromax ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The match starts today at 9.00 AM BST (Bangladesh Standard Time)
JS passes bill empowering citizens to sue environment polluters
Parliament on Monday passed the Environment Court Bill 2010 seeking provisions for allowing citizens to file cases against polluters and for setting up at least one environment court in each district. The bill stipulates a maximum punishment of five years of imprisonment or Taka 5 lakh in fine or both for a person guilty of ... Read more
84 BDR troops of Dhaka indicted for mutiny
A Bangladesh Rifles special court indicted 84 troops of Dhaka sector on Monday for their alleged role in February 2009 mutiny at the BDR headquarters in the capital. The three-member special court-11, headed by BDR Mymensingh sector commander, Colonel Iftekhar Uddin Mahmud, set November 7 for the commencement of the trial, in the presence of
Environment courts get more power
3 Bills Passed Environment courts get more power Parliament yesterday passed three bills including two for increasing the number of environment courts and their authority to take stern actions against polluters, making provision for establishing a trust to tackle adverse impacts of climate change. A new bill was also placed in parliament seeking to enact ... Read more
Teenage girl dies in city
A 20-year-old junior executive of the Iffat Group was reportedly killed in the Dhaka city’s Rampura area while the police claimed that she committed suicide jumping from a high-rise building Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Shayela Sharif, daughter Sharif Uddin Biswash, but no detail was available till 10:00pm. The Rampura police claimed that ... Read more
One killed as bus rams rickshaws
One died and several got injured when a speeding bus rammed into some rickshaws and a parked car at East Shewrapara yesterday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Kazi Shahid, 40, a vegetable vendor of the local kitchen market. He was walking towards his home at Taltola for lunch, said his family members, when he ... Read more
Bipasha talks Sex
Last weekend, Bipasha Basu answered racy questions about her boyfriend John Abraham. Watch out for when host Koel Purie asked bluntly, “Have you learnt how to ride a bike? Or are you still riding John?” Any other actress would have stormed off or asked for a cut, but not Bips. She guffaws, “For me the ... Read more
Preview: Crook
Emraan Hashmi’s next release ‘Crook It’s Good To Be Bad’ is going to deal with the serious issue of racism, which had occurred in Australia recently. Mohit Suri of ‘Kalyug’ fame will be directing the movie. The director was quoted sharing an experience during one of his visits to Australia. Mohit said that he was ... Read more
The water’s lovely: 10 reasons to swim
You’ve no doubt heard that swimming is good exercise, but do you know just how good it is for you? Swimming is the perfect summer sport: when the mercury rises, what better way to cool off than to take a refreshing dip? It doesn’t matter whether it’s at the beach, river or pool, the long ... Read more