Governments fail to mobilise funds in 13 years The fate of the Dhaka Integrated Flood Control Embankment-Eastern Bypass Road Multipurpose Project or the Eastern Bypass Project seems uncertain due to unavailability of funds nearly 13 years after it was approved. Water Development Board (WDB) officials said over the years, they had to revise the massive
Month: November 2010
Aila-affected students want govt help
Students affected by the cyclone Aila formed a human chain in the city on Friday carrying textbooks tied with black ribbons to press home their demand to the government to take effective steps to help them carry on with their studies. The Youth in Action on Climate and the Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood jointly
College girl dies taking poison
Another fighting for life A female student died while her hostel roommate was fighting for life at a city hospital after they took poison at Malibagh in the capital early Friday. The deceased was Tarana Shirin alias Jeny, 18, a resident of Chatkhil in Noakhali. Tarana was an intermediate student of Siddheshwari Degree College
Beggars’ census on the cards
Tk 12cr scheme taken for their rehabilitation In an attempt to rehabilitate beggars and offer them a better living, the government is going to conduct a comprehensive census in the capital. The Tk 12.47 crore scheme aims to provide accommodation to disabled paupers while the healthy ones would get opportunity for self-employment in their districts ... Read more
Dhaka thru’, Barisal only just
Final to be held tomorrow Dhaka’s 79-run win over Barisal yesterday took them to the final of the National Cricket League’s one-day competition, but their opponents would only be identified after authorities confirmed with the playing conditions. Dhaka, Rajshahi and Barisal were all equal on ten points but according to the by-laws, “the team
Bangladesh opens campaign with five disciplines
Bangladesh will formally open their campaign in the Asian Games that got underway on Friday in Guangzhou, China with five disciplines – shooting, weightlifting, chess, wushu and billiard. Already eliminated in football, Bangladesh athletes will also compete in 10 other disciplines in archery, athletics, boxing, cricket, football (already eliminated), golf, hockey,
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Pakistan vs West Indies As it was early days for limited overs cricket with teams still finding their feet in the format, a lot of the matches were woefully one-sided. There was one match though, that would have had current viewers of thrill-a-minute T20 matches gnawing through their nails. It was the only match in ... Read more
Media cricket cup is Daily Star’s Destiny
In his famous play Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare observed that there is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. After yesterday, The Daily Star would surely concur. Just a month after they bagged the DRU-Rapid Securities football title, and a day before they
Siddik continues to impress
Siddikur Rahman, the top professional golfer of Bangladesh, was impressive again in the rain-interrupted second round of the Barclays Singapore Open on Friday. At the Serapong golf course in Singapore, Siddik started the day on a bad note hitting a boggy at the third hole but came back strongly to hit three
BCB U-17s win series 3-0
BCB Under-17s took the series 3-0 against the visiting CAB Under-17s as they posted a 51-run victory in the third one-dayer at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium yesterday. Salman hit 65 as BCB Under-17 scored 257 runs for nine after deciding to bat first. Javed was the other notable scorer with 39 while Mosaddek added 37 ... Read more
Sales in city cattle markets yet to get momentum
Selling begins in city’s cattle markets before the schedule Defying the office order, selling of sacrificial animals in the city’s 12 makeshift cattle markets, along with the permanent cattle market at Gabtali, has already started with four days left for Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two major festivals of the Muslims. Though the Dhaka City Corporation ... Read more
My Bhutti Adventure
Tangents My Bhutti Adventure I love reading about adventurers searching for mysterious animals. For example, distinguished American writer Peter Mathiessen went searching for the elusive snow leopard in the Himalayas. Without finding it, he nevertheless wrote an insightful book about his great adventure: The Snow Leopard became a travel classic. Redmond O’Hanlon, a
Women seek divorce more than men, say DCC records
50,000 divorce-seeking petitions in last 3 months; extra marital affairs, torture main reasons The incidence of divorce (dissolution of marriage) is increasing significantly in the city as 50,000 divorce-seeking petitions were recorded at the Dhaka City Corporation’s (DCC) marriage and divorce section in last three months. Now women seek divorce more than men for various ... Read more
Barisal schools charge extra from SSC examinees
Secondary schools in Barisal, both public and private, are charging extra fees from the secondary school certificate exam candidates, putting strain on the guardians. The poor guardians are under a financial strain in managing such a big amount of exam fee for their wards by either selling or mortgaging their property or
RUET admission test results published
The results of admission test for first year bachelor’s degree courses under the 2010-11 session at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology was published on Friday. The vice-chancellor of RUET, Professor Sirajul Karim, told New Age that the admission test was held peacefully and the results have been published in short
Schoolboy murdered
Ashraful Haque, a student of class seven, was killed at Alimabad village in Muladi upazila early yesterday. Police said Ashraful, 12, engaged in a quarrel with his cousin Tofazzal over use of a mobile phone. At one stage, Tofazzal and some others called Ashraf out of the house at night. Later, Ashraful’s body was found ... Read more
Police stand in the way
Hoarding removal drive Police stand in the way The Dhaka City Corporation could not yet remove illegal hoardings and police boxes set up on road islands in the city and the corporation officials attributed the reason to ‘non-cooperation’ from the police. City corporation officials said apart from about 2,000 illegal hoardings in the capital, there ... Read more
Unions digitised
PM cuts digital ribbon to open info service centres across country Bangladesh launched Union Information and Services Centres in 4,501 unions across the country to disseminate information and deliver government services to all citizens. The union parishad based information centres, equipped with computers and wireless Internet, will offer various online and offline services to people ... Read more
Apparel workers rally for wages, festival allowance
Apparel workers and their leaders rallied at the National Press Club and continued doing so at Ashulia in Dhaka on Thursday to push for their six-point charter of demands, which include immediate implementation of the new wage structure and longer festival holidays. Two labour rights groups formed human chains and held rallies at the press ... Read more
Mobile courts jail 4 for harassing girls
Stalkers attack Rajshahi school over protest Four were jailed for varying terms by mobile courts on Thursday on charges of harassing girl students in Shariatpur, Jhenaidah and Gopalganj. Mobile courts against harassment of girls and women started functioning on the day. Stalkers, meanwhile, attacked the Chandipur High School and beat some students at Bagha in