“I was scared and crying as I washed away the blood.” Shanto, aged twelve, was petrified when a Rab official forced him at gunpoint to wash the blood of bullet-hit persons from a bridge during Saturday’s clash at Rupganj in Narayanganj. Thousands of angry villagers had fought with law enforcers a fierce battle over a
Month: October 2010
Biman flight cancelled for pilot shortage
Bangladesh Biman yesterday cancelled a Dhaka-Chittagong flight due to shortage of pilots, officials said. Meanwhile, the airline served show-cause notices to its four pilots for holding a press conference last week defying a directive of the authority. A number of scheduled flights of the national carrier were disrupted yesterday on the
Results of admission test today
Medical Colleges Results of admission test today The results of admission test of 61 public and private medical colleges will be published this afternoon. A total of 43,644 candidates competed for 2509 seats in 18 public colleges and 3550 seats at 43 private colleges this year, said Prof Khandaker Shefayet Ullah, medical education director
Minimum RMG worker wage revised for 4 grades
The minimum wage board made small increases in the wages of apparel workers of certain grades at the request of the government, labour ministry sources said. An increase in the ranges of Tk 98–Tk 120 was added to the gross minimum wages for workers of Grade 3, 4, 5 and 6. Apparel workers demanded some ... Read more
DCC delays repairs to city roads for ECNEC nod
The Dhaka City Corporation is yet to start repairing 237 kilometres of roads, drains and footpaths while the work was supposed to begin in July 2010. Two months ago, the corporation officials told New Age that they were hoping that the project, named ‘Improvement of damaged roads, drains and footpaths of Dhaka City Corporation,’ would ... Read more
People have no respect for law for poor execution system
Says HR body chairman People have lost respect for the rule of law as its execution in the existing system is poor, said National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Dr Mizanur Rahman yesterday. Hinting at the recent murder incidents he said, “Though people hesitate to kill birds and animals, they do not hesitate to kill ... Read more
Human rights violated as justice delayed
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman yesterday said human rights are being violated due to long delay in disposal of cases. Cases should be disposed of quickly so that litigants can get justice in short time, he told reporters after a meeting with Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque at his Supreme Court ... Read more
Badhan celebrates 13th founding anniversary
Voluntary blood donors’ organisation Badhan celebrated its 13th founding anniversary on the Dhaka University campus on Sunday. At around 9:30am, they brought out a procession, opened by the university vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique and joined by around 400 members of Badhan. The procession paraded different
Schoolboy shot
A schoolboy was shot and two others injured at Rainkhola in Mirpur yesterday. Mohammad Sujon, 11, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital with bullet injuries in his right hand along with Mohammad Sohel, 12, with injuries in his head. The third injured is Ashik, 15. Police said six to seven teenagers armed with ... Read more
Female journos face stalking at workplace
Reveals study The number of women joining the profession of journalism is increasing notably though they face some barriers like stalking and harassment at places of work, says a research on the state of women in journalism. Female journalists face problems in getting maternity leave and assignments, according to their skill and merit, but their ... Read more
Road crashes kill four
At least four persons were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Jhenidah, Barisal and Cox’s Bazar on Saturday and yesterday. Our Correspondent from Jhenidah reports: A motorcyclist, student of Islamic University, was killed and another injured under the wheels of a truck on JhenidahKushtia highway at
JU students to get free internet access from Nov
Jahangirnagar University students will get free internet facilities on the campus from November this year. JU vice-chancellor Shariff Enamul Kabir told this to the newsmen on Saturday. The university authorities recently increased the connection limit to 8 MBPS while earlier this was only 2 MBPS, he
Lubana gets first prize
Lubaba Nawar, a student of class eight of Rajuk Uttara Model College, received books worth Tk 1 lakh as she became first in the Oitijya Gollachhut Prothom Alo story-writing competition 2009 arranged for school level students. Publication organisation Oitijya and daily Prothom Alo organised the competition for
Abahani, BU first semi today
Dhaka Abahani will face Brothers Union in the first semi-final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 5:00pm today. The match will be transmitted live in BTV. Brothers Union have displayed a good brand of football thanks to their overseas players’ performances. They arguably have the most attractive set of foreign recruits ... Read more
Kamal’s dramatic U-turn?
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal subtly moved from his refreshing ‘professionalism’ stance yesterday, suggesting the position of the chief executive officer (CEO) could soon become history. During a press conference after the Annual General Meeting at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,
Where is Nimbus money?
There were many issues on the agenda during the press conference after yesterday’s annual general meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) but the subject that brought it to life was one word: Nimbus. The groundbreaking six-year deal, penned in July 2008 (after the Head of Agreement of the contract was signed in November 2006), ... Read more
Women’s h’ball gets underway
Holy Cross School and College recorded a 3-1 win over Central Women’s College in the opening match of 13th Delta Life Women’s College Handball Tournament at the Handball Stadium yesterday. The first-half of the game was locked at 1-1. In other matches, Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, Eden Women’s Collage (Junior),
Google Chrome 7 Download Now Ready
Google has released the Google Chrome 7 browser. This newest and latest version contains a number of bug fixes as well as a few new features that improve the browsing experience for users. New features included are aimed mostly at developers which include AppleScript support for Mac OS X users which allows for UI automation ... Read more
Falling in love only takes about a fifth of a second: Study
Some believe in love at first sight, some think it is nothing more than literary trope. But if you were looking for a scientific argument to believe in it, researchers have come up with numbers ― it takes a fraction of a second to fall in love. A team of researchers from Syracuse University has ... Read more
Falling in love comes at the cost of losing two friends
The cost of falling in love is two close friends, according to a study by researchers at Oxford University. It showed that one family member and one friend are usually distanced in order to accommodate the new lover. Researchers talked to 540 people, aged 18 and over, about how their inner core of friends changed ... Read more