Draft law proposes pictorial warning on products, more tax and increased fine for smoking in public The government is moving to amend the tobacco control act and introduce powerful pictorial warnings on cigarette packets and other tobacco items in a bid to reduce tobacco consumption drastically. The Ministry of Health is drafting the amendment to ... Read more
Month: December 2010
‘Robber’ beaten to death
An alleged robber was beaten to death by a mob in Ashulia on the outskirt of the city early yesterday. The deceased Alamgir Hossain, 32, hailed from Faridganj upazila of Chandpur. Dewan Kaushik Ahmed, sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Station, said locals chased a gang of 6-7 people while they were attempting a robbery at Nutupara ... Read more
400 RMG workers sued in Gazipur, 28 held
The police arrested 28 workers of Hachong Sweater Factory in Hijal Hati area under Kaliakoir upazila of the district on Thursday and Friday on charge of ransacking the factory. Police and factory sources said the workers of the factory on Thursday staged a demonstration in demand of production bonus as per the old pay scale. ... Read more
Girl dies in pir’s spiritual healing process
A college girl died in Sylhet early Friday after she had been dipped into cold water frequently at night as part of a spiritual healing process advised by a so-called female pir. The police detained the son of the pir, Tafura Begum, and a domestic help of the girl’s house for interrogation in this connection
Hat-trick hero Razzak
Bangladesh ace left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak once again crowned his career with a unique hat-trick and a five-wicket haul in the second ODI of the five-match series against Zimbabwe on Friday. Razzak had Prosper Utseya caught by Naeem Islam at long-on for 32 in the last ball of his ninth over and then returned to ... Read more
ICC Cricket world cup history
Cornered tigers roar The 1992 World Cup. held in Australia and New Zealand, saw many innovations that had appeared in the intervening period between the last tournament and the current one. Most of the 39 matches were day-night affairs, with players wearing coloured uniforms that had the players’ names emblazoned on the back. For the ... Read more
Chigumbura blames batsmen for defeat
Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigum-bura lashed out at his careless batsmen for throwing their wickets after losing to hosts Bangladesh by six wickets in the second of the five-match ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday. They were bundled out for a modest 191 runs in 46.2 overs as the spinners of Bangladesh
Sakib set to finish year on a high
Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan is set to finish the year as leading one-day wicket-taker after he grabbed 4-39 against Zimbabwe on Friday. His third four-wicket haul took his tally to 42 from 25 matches, making him already the most successful one-day bowler in the calendar year. He overtook Ryan Harris of Australia, who
TT players training hard
The International Table Tennis Federation has started a camp from December 1 to 10 at Paltan wooden floor gymnasium with the participation of twenty-two top paddlers, twelve men and ten women, to improve the standard of the national team. Another three-week long camp will begin with twenty-six emerging players including six girls
Who’s saying what about FIFA’s decision to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tournament to Qatar:
‘I think it was the wrong decision.’ US President Barack Obama after America lost out to Qatar for 2022. ‘I think the bid team have done everything possible, we couldn’t have got a better bid.’ David Beckham after England’s doomed 2018
Siddikur in 32nd place
Siddikur Rahman was placed 32nd on the leaderboard with a par score of 144 and six shot off the leaders after two rounds of play in the Hero Honda Indian Open at the Delhi Golf Club yesterday. Siddikur scored par in both rounds of the 72-hole tournament. However, the first round score had him in ... Read more
Division-II football
Garpara Association emerged champions in the Second Division Football League with a convincing 3-1 win over Kowri KCH Muslim Sporting Club at the Shahid Miraz-Tapan Stadium in Manikganj yesterday. Chanchal gave Garpara a 17th minute lead before Arif levelled for Kowri KCH Muslim Sporting in the 33rd minute. However, two minutes later, Garpara went ahead ... Read more
State-run Pragati starts assembling Pajero jeeps
Each to be sold at Tk 60 lakh, import price now Tk 1.2 crore Pragati Industries Limited (PIL), the lone state-run automobile assembling industry of the country, has started assembling Mitsubishi’s most modern Pajero jeep in Bangladesh. PIL has already completed assembling of two jeeps in its own plant in Chittagong on experimental basis and ... Read more
Low turn-out at Dhaka Int’l
Book Fair at weekend The Dhaka International Book Fair witnessed a low turnout on Friday, the first weekend after the fair began at the Dhaka University playground on December 1. Visitors at the fair said absence of new titles and lack of publicity of the fair were the main reasons for the low-key state of ... Read more
Cycle journey to save nature
A cyclist in his odyssey on pedal from Teknaf to Tetulia in 65 days is now in the city with a message to “save the nature.” Sulal Barua Chunni, 30, from Chittagong has pedalled over 530 kilometres (329 miles) in 20 days to the city. “I plan to cycle around the country and spread my ... Read more
Greens demand quality and safe food
Green activists on Friday urged manufacturers to stop mixing toxic colours, chemicals and preservatives in food and soft drinks. They also demanded government steps to ensure quality and safe food and soft drinks to protect the consumers’ rights at a discussion meeting, said a press release
BCS qualifiers seek early recruitment in non-cadre post
Qualifiers of the 28th BCS recruitment test on Friday demanded they should be appointed in non-cadre positions before the publication of the results of the 29th BCS test. They began fast-unto-death at the Central Shaheed Minar in the morning to push for their demands. In the 28th BCS examinations, 5,105 examinees qualified for appointment in ... Read more
Cultural Diversity Festival draws huge crowd
Traditional foods and items like handloom made by ethnic minority people from the hills and plains of Bangladesh were the attractions at the four-day Cultural Diversity Festival that began at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka on Thursday. Aimed at introducing traditional goods to mainstream people and to exhibit cultural activities like
Musa Ibrahim on web
The world from now on can learn about the story of Musa Ibrahim’s Everest triumph and his activities from his personal website. Former adviser to the caretaker government Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury inaugurated the website, http://www.musaibrahim.com.bd/, at the Alliance Française de Dhaka
Rajshahi Univ to provide internet facilities to residential halls
The Rajshahi University authorities are going to provide internet connection to sixteen residential halls of the university so that the students can use the technology to further their academic activities. The authorities are also going to provide Radio Frequency Identity Card for all teachers, students and employees of the university