Month: December 2010

Millions of disabled children do not have access to normal education in the country due to failures in government policy and the attitude of the school authorities, said disability rights activists. Only the moderately disabled children are provided inclusive education, they said, when this kind of education should be provided to all disabled children as ... Read more

At least 60 geologists, geophysicists and drilling experts left BAPEX over the last ten years creating a shortage of skilled personnel in the state-run petroleum exploration and production company. Many of them left due to lack of job satisfaction as BAPEX had not been awarded any gas or oil blocks for several years

A 17-year-old welding assistant was allegedly tortured in police custody in Jatrabari, as result of which he died in the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said his family members on Thursday. The victim, Sagar Ahmed, a resident of Kutubkhali, had been employed at a workshop in Nayan Nagar, said family members

Legal notice served Violating High Court orders, shipping and environment departments have permitted 16 more toxic ships to enter the country. As of yesterday, at least 10 of the 16 ships, mostly tanker and bulker, have reached the shore for scrapping after they received no objection certificates (NOC) from the shipping department, said

The High Court on Thursday stayed for three months the government’s decision to distribute 50 per cent of hospital users’ fees among doctors, nurses and employees. The health and family welfare ministry on September 9, 2009, issued a notification increasing the ‘user fees’ in all public health facilities and on July 22, 2010,

The 19th International Day of Persons with Disabilities will be observed today in the country as elsewhere across the world with an aim to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities. The theme of the day this year is ‘Keeping the Promise: Mainstreaming Disability in ... Read more

Russia has been chosen to host the 2018 World Cup football and Qatar has been selected to stage the 2022 tournament. The Russian bid was picked ahead of England, Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium to host the 2018 event. Qatar got the better of the United States, Australia, Japan and South Korea to stage in

A stalker allegedly hacked a father to death at Bahadurpur village under Motlob North upazila of the district Tuesday night for protesting harassment of his school-going daughter and marring her off. The deceased identified as Monir Hossain, 45, of Bahadurpur village, was a fish trader at Jatrabari of the capital. Abdul Hannan, 20, son of ... Read more

The new pay structure under which more than three million garment workers are set to receive increased wages this week will not put pressure on factory owners as their income has increased sharply in recent times. Industry watchers and labour activists cautioned that habitually some factories may try to

BDR sepoy jailed, also loses service benefits for contempt A BDR special court yesterday for the first time sentenced an accused mutineer to six months in prison and dismissed him from his services on charges of contempt of court. The Special Court-7 brought contempt charges against sepoy Abdul Baset of 24 Rifle Battalion of Pilkhana ... Read more

Bangladesh’s winning streak came to an abrupt end when they lost to Zimbabwe by nine runs in the first one-day international of the five-match series in Dhaka on Wednesday. Amid a free fall of wickets, skipper Sakib al Hasan played a gallant knock to lift the side from an abyss, but his 63 off 65 ... Read more

Says health minister Two hundred and thirty-one people were diagnosed with AIDS while 37 of them died in last one year in the country, Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque has said. He said 343 HIV positive patients were diagnosed last year taking the total number of the affected to 2,088. The total number of AIDS ... Read more

Both farmers and consumers will lose, only middlemen will gain Farmers throughout the country criticised the recent government decision to import rice from the international market rather than procuring Aman paddy from local farmers, arguing that not only will they incur losses but that the consumers will also not gain. Food minister Abdur Razzaque, after ... Read more

Donors found out that Muhammad Yunus drew off nearly Tk 7 billion ($100 million) in aid for poor borrowers of Grameen Bank to another of his companies back in 1996, the Norwegian TV says. An investigative foreign TV documentary ‘Fanget i Mikrogjeld’ or ‘Caught in Micro Debt’ aired on Tuesday on the National Norwegian Television, ... Read more