At least eight stalkers were sentenced to different terms in prison yesterday in separate incidents of stalking in Dinajpur, Pabna, Kurigram and Noakhali districts. A schoolteacher was sentenced one-year imprisonment for stalking a 13-year old female student of his school at Hakimpur upazila of
Month: November 2010
More bad than good
16th Asian Games More bad than good Bangladesh had a mixed day at the Asian Games in Guangzhou yesterday with some heartening results chipping in amid disappointing ones. The most commendable performance of the day came in chess where the men’s team completed a clean 4-0 sweep of South Korea while
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Under the Packer cloud It may have been held more than thirty-one years ago, but the 1979 World Cup was played under conditions quite similar to what the cricket world is faced with today. Two years ago, in 1977, a revolution took place in Australia, the effects of which can be felt even today. Just ... Read more
Tigers start practice in Chittagong
Bangladesh national cricketers had a strenuous four-hour long practice session in Chittagong on Sunday ahead of the five-match one-day series against Zimbabwe. The practice session was attended by only 14 players out of 20 members of the preliminary squad as six players did not join them in Chittagong. Paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza was absent for ... Read more
Siddik finishes 26th at HK Open
Siddikur Rahman secured 26th position in the UBS Hong Kong Open after the completion of the final round on Sunday. Siddik started the day well and was able to avoid a double bogey at the 1st hole as he did in the first and second rounds. However, he eventually scored a bogey at the 11th ... Read more
Travel turns travails as people start returning to city
People, who left the capital to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones, are experiencing huge sufferings in their return journey. Apart from hassles in procuring bus ticket and booking berth in train or launch, overcrowded vehicles and tailbacks on almost all
Sundarbans has 425 species of wildlife
WB supports studies for sustainable development of world’s single largest mangrove forest The World Bank (WB) is helping Bangladesh carry out a series of studies to develop a holistic programme for sustainable development of the Sundarbans, the world’s single largest mangrove forest. The Sundarbans is home to an estimated 425 species of wildlife, including 300 ... Read more
3 rapists beaten up
A mob yesterday beat up three persons who allegedly raped a housewife in Gudaraghat slum area under Mirpur-13 in the capital early hours Thursday. The accused — Shahid, Al Amin, and Abul Hossain — were handed over to Kafrul police station yesterday while one of their accomplices named
One murdered
A youth was killed allegedly by the family members of his girlfriend at Sutrapur area in the city on Friday night. More than 50 local people brought out a procession in the area yesterday afternoon demanding trial of those responsible for the killing. The dead Mahbubur Rahman Robin, 23, used to run a video shop owned ... Read more
Bid to kidnap girl in city
Locals beat up two criminals yesterday as they attempted to kidnap a 14-year-old girl forcefully while she was on her way to private tutor’s house with her father at Kamarpara in city’s Turag. The locals caught the goons Nazrul Islam, 18, and Faisal Ahmed, 22 and handed them over to police after giving them a ... Read more
Man dies after wife allegedly pushes him to the floor
A man died yesterday at city’s Pallabi area when he fell down on the floor during a scuffle with his wife over money to buy drugs. The deceased was identified as Sohrab Hossain, 40, a rickshaw puller of Block-D on Road-12 in the area. Sub Inspector Ansar Ali of Pallabi Police Station said police admitted ... Read more
Warid to be re-branded as Airtel in December: reports
India’s mobile operator Bharti Airtel, which recently acquired 70 per cent of the stakes of Warid Telecom in Bangladesh, is set to change the brand name of Warid to ‘airtel’ in December, Indian media reported. Bharti officials in New Delhi on Thursday unveiled a new logo of the company, an artistically written small ‘A’ above ‘Airtel’ ... Read more
A thriller
ICC Cricket World cup history A thriller The 1979 World Cup was not an advert for close finishes, unlike its predecessor which had two cliff-hangers, both involving the eventual champions West Indies. Here West Indies swept through the tournament in an even more dominant fashion than in 1975. England, the other team in the final, ... Read more
Chess the bright spot
Women’s chess team were the only bright spot for Bangladesh as the mediocre performance by the athletes continued in the Asian Games which passed the eighth day on Saturday. In the chess team events in Guangzhou, China, Bangladesh women’s team outshone the men’s team as they beat Turkmenistan, but the men’s team were defeated
Siddik continues to shine
Siddikur Rahman, the golfing sensation of Bangladesh, continued his tremendous form in the third round of the UBS Hong Kong Open on Saturday. Although he started the third day with a double bogey just as he did at the first round, Siddik was able to make an amazing comeback hitting six birdies at holes 2, ... Read more
Large dropouts in JSC, JDC exams stun many
Teachers and guardians blamed poor preparations, lack of awareness and tight examination schedule for the large number of dropouts in the first ever Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate examinations. This year, the education ministry introduced JSC and JDC examinations abolishing the junior scholarship examinations or term final examinations for class VIII
They just disappear
No trace of 3 youths missing during Rupganj violence a month ago It has been a month since Shamsher Mollah went missing during the clashes between villagers and law enforcers in Rupganj over purchase of land for an army housing project. Most of Shamsher’s family members now seem certain that he will never return. Considering ... Read more
Girl commits suicide over harassment
A schoolgirl reportedly committed suicide in Dinajpur on Saturday after being harassed by a neighbour. The family said Shabnoor, 15, daughter of Aminul Islam, a resident of Farakkabad at Birol, had committed suicide after being harassed by Rabiul Islam, a resident of the village. She was a Class V student of the Farakkabad BRAC Primary ... Read more
Highways unsafe for poor policing
Chaotic vehicular movement, reckless driving causing frequent accidents A highway policeman with almost no logistics has to keep vigil on average over a 12-kilometre highway, meaning major parts of the 11,806-kilometre roads always remain out of law enforcers’ watch. Lack of proper vigil by highway police allows drivers to disobey traffic rules at will that ... Read more
4 of a family die in microbus cylinder explosion fire
Four of a family died in a fire caused by the explosion of the gas cylinder of a CNG-run microbus on the Dhaka–Chittagong Highway at Gazaria in Munshiganj on Saturday. The police and witnesses said the cylinder of the microbus carrying eight people exploded after the vehicle had hit the road divider when it was ... Read more