One hundred and eighty-six students were expelled for cheating on the first day of the primary and ibtedayi terminal examinations on Tuesday, said the personnel of the control room of the Directorate of Primary Education. They said that 174 were expelled from the primary and 12 from the
Month: November 2010
jailed for harassing girls, 1 held
Three people were jailed by mobile courts on charges of harassing girl students in Faridpur, Natore and Nilphamari on Tuesday. A mobile court jailed for six months Mithu Shiekh for harassing girls of a government child home at Tepakhola in the Faridpur town, the New Age correspondent in the district
Cricketers start brightly
16th Asian Games, Guangzhou 2010 Cricketers start brightly Bangladesh had another day of mixed results in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou yesterday as the men’s cricket team reached semifinmals beating Malaysia comfortably while women’s kabaddi team were on the verge of a semifinals spot which would ensure a medal of any colour. Besides, FIDE ... Read more
Tigers hope Ctg training will help
Bangladesh’s cricketers hoped that the three-day training camp in Chittagong that ended on Tuesday would help them to a great extent in the next month’s home series against Zimbabwe. The team returned to Dhaka in the afternoon after a rigorous training session in the nets and the newly-laid centre wicket which they said was crucial ... Read more
Coin, stamp for WC
A commemorative coin will be issued to mark the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 to be co-hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh Bank is going to release the coin valued at Tk 10 to mark the mega event. The opening ceremony of the showcase event will take place at the
SA women’s football deferred
The first ever South Asian Women’s Football tournament, scheduled to be held in December in Cox’s Bazar, has been deferred by a week, said the Bangladesh Football Federation on Tuesday. The decision was taken on the sideline of an Asian Football Confederation meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. The tournament, originally scheduled for December 4-12, ... Read more
SOMCH lacks mortuary cooler for 30 years
The Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital still lacks a mortuary cooler even 30 years after the hospital morgue was established, seriously hampering the forensic evidence preservation and post-mortem examinations. According to the hospital sources, the SOMCH was established in 1962 and the morgue of
Road crashes kill 12
At least 12 people were killed and 22 others injured in separate road accidents in Comilla, Barisal, Jhenidah, Magura, Lalmonirhat and Narayanganj on Sunday night and yesterday. UNB from Comilla reports: At least four people were killed and 16 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in
Untrained drivers rule routes
Most drivers including those of heavy vehicles on busy highways lack institutional training and knowledge of traffic rules contributing to the increasing number of road accidents. They enter the profession as transport helpers or conductors at an early age and become drivers in a few years. A large number of them obtain fake driving licences ... Read more
Boarding bridge opened at Shahjalal Airport
The Civil Aviation and Tourism secretary, Shafique Alam Mehedi, on Monday inaugurated the seventh boarding bridge at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to ensure sooth movement of the passengers. The boarding bridge was built in 30 months at a cost of Tk 14 crore with a view to ensure speedy exits and entrance of the passengers ... Read more
Srishtigarh launches cinematography courses
Srishtigarh School of Digital Film Making, a school set up in the capital for encouraging film making among the youths, is going to launch a certificate course on cinematography with 35mm adapter, lens, light and composition. The courses would start from November 26 and the basic teachings would be offered in 12
RU reopens today after vacation
Rajshahi University reopens today amid tight security after Eid-ul-Azha. Seven entry points on the campus have been given now in the charge of law enforcing agencies to avoid untoward situations, said a university release on Monday. RU assistant proctor Mustak Ahmed told New Age that the identity cards of the students and entry
3 muggers held with firearms in Ctg
Police raided different areas of the city early hours yesterday following a mugging incident on Sunday afternoon and arrested three muggers with robbed cash and firearms. Police recovered two locally made guns, five rounds of bullets, a machete and looted money worth Tk 13,000 from their possession and also seized a CNG-run
Man dies on being hit by train
A young man died yesterday evening after being hit by a train in Shamantapur area of Gazipur Pourashava. The deceased was identified as Mohabbel Hossain, 34, of Shoylapangsa village in Rajbari. He was a tobacco distributor of Abul Khair Group. Police said Mohabbel was walking on the rail tracks with his mobile phone’s headphones
Three cheats held in city
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-1) personnel yesterday arrested three alleged cheats from the city’s Uttara on charges of misappropriating money and valuables from people by identifying themselves as ‘Badshahs of Jinn’ (king of supernatural spirits). The arrestees are Kafil Uddin, 22, son of Abdul Kuddus, Abul Bashar Milon, 25, son of
4-lane sees green light
Dhaka-Ctg highway project freed of consultancy glitch after a year; new firm gets the job; govt to purchase 211 vehicles for upazila parishads The cabinet committee on purchase yesterday approved proposed appointment of a new consulting firm as a consultancy glitch already delayed by a year the upgrading of Dhaka-Chittagong highway. It gave the approval ... Read more
BERC to recommend benchmarks for power prices
CAB says BERC has favoured producers, not consumers The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission is going to submit a comprehensive proposal to the power, energy and mineral resources ministry on benchmarks for the prices and rents of power generation, transmission and distribution today (Tuesday). A top official of the commission said that they were hoping to ... Read more
Pry terminal exams begin today
The primary terminal examinations and ibtedayi terminal examinations for Class V students begin today. On the first day, the students across the country will take the Bangla examination, according to the exam schedule. The examinations will end on November
Mobile court jails youth
Controversy follows as he denies stalking charges A mobile court yesterday convicted a young man for stalking a 13-year old girl and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment in the capital, but the trial gave rise to a controversy among local residents. The victim’s father Faruque Hossain filed a general diary with Ramna Police Station on Sunday ... Read more
Police wants Dipjol’s arms licenses revoked
Police yesterday appealed to the deputy commissioner of Dhaka to cancel four firearms licenses of film actor also Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Ward Councillor Monwar Hossain Dipjol, who has been on the run to avoid arrest. Officer-in-charge of Darus Salam Police Station Abdul Malek told The Daily Star last night that