Japanese Sharp Corporation launched its Aquos Quattron 3D television in Bangladesh ceremonially at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on Saturday. Managing director of Sharp-Roxy sales (Singapore) H Tai and BM Nagano (Japan) group president Masami Hasegaua unveiled the model, said a
Month: January 2011
9 cops killed in Narsingdi road accident
Nine cops of Belabo police station, two of them inspectors, were killed in a road accident at Pukurpar in Shibpur upazila on the Dhaka-Sylhet high way Saturday morning, the police said. The fatal accident took the lives of Belabo police station officer-in-charge (administration) 42-year old Faruque Ahmed Khan, officer-in-charge (investigation) 42-year old
Policy against corporal punishment on cards
Mushfique Wadud The education ministry is working out a policy to give guidelines for teachers to stop corporal punishment in schools and madrassahs, the education secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury told New Age on Friday. ‘We have already drafted the policy and it is now in the final stages,’ he said as he was asked ... Read more
Youth killed, one injured in ‘crossfire’ in city
A young shoe factory worker was killed and a teenage boy was injured in what the police claimed was crossfire at West Rampura in the city in the early hours of Saturday. The police alleged that the deceased, Shyamol Bepary, a 22-year-old worker of a Savar shoe factory hailing from Kishoreganj, as well as the ... Read more
New CNG fare from today
New fare for the four-stroke CNG-run auto-rickshaw comes into effect today. The lowest fare has been set at Tk 25. As per the revised fare, commuters will have to pay Tk 25 instead of current Tk 14 for the first two kilometres (km). Also, the charge for each subsequent km will be Tk 7 instead ... Read more
Mercury to go up today
Another cold spell by month-end Temperature will rise gradually from today taming the cold wave now sweeping the country but dense fog could continue disrupting communications for the next three-four days. And the country is likely to experience another cold spell at the end of this month, Met office in Dhaka told The Daily Star ... Read more
Saarc to get first woman secy gen
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) is set to get a woman secretary general, for the first time since its inception 25 years ago. The Saarc Secretariat in Kathmandu has confirmed that former lawmaker of the Maldives Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed will be appointed Saarc secretary general on March 1, said diplomatic
Battle royal in doubt
The crucial Dhaka Premier League match between two giants Mohammedan Sporting Club and Abahani, scheduled to be held today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, has become uncertain after a dramatic decision by the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis. In an apparent move to favour Abahani, the CCDM convened an emergency meeting and
Brothers hold table-toppers
Brothers Union have yet to taste a Bangladesh League victory this season as they came back from two goals down to share the points with table-toppers Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra with a 2-2 draw at the Kamalapur stadium on Saturday. The Gopibagh side’s collection is only three points from their four outings, three consecutive
A noble gesture
Sakib al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal on Saturday assured Mizanur Rahman of financial help when the right-side paralysed student met them at the Mirpur academy and asked him to contact them on January 19. Mizanur, a second year student of political science department at the Victoria University, was afflicted with typhoid one year ago which ... Read more
Siddikur slides
Siddikur Rahman slid to a joint fourth position at the end of the third round of the Gujarat Kensville Challenge with a one-over-par score at the Kensville Golf Club in Ahmedabad yesterday. This comes on the back of a two-over-par score in the previous round after his brilliant first round score of 5-under-par 67
AUW 3-day int’l symposium begins Jan 20
Focus on governance, poverty, environment, security Asian University for Women (AUW) will hold a three-day international symposium in the city from January 20. Various renowned international scholars and leaders will attend the symposium titled ‘Imagining Another Future for Asia: Ideas and Pathways for Change’ at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Students, scholars and leaders from all ... Read more
Planned housing needed to save arable land
Say experts Experts yesterday suggested comprehensive planning of housing system to save arable land, which is decreasing fast and threatening food security. Plans also need to keep in mind climate change, likely to result in frequent and erratic rainfalls, flooding and cyclones, they said
Re-admission of Santal students to Christian hostel demanded
The Santal Students’ Union has demanded re-admission of their fellows at the Catholic Christian College Hostel in the Rajshahi city and an end to all kinds of discrimination against the ethnic minority students at the hall. The union put forth their eight-point demands on Saturday at a press conference in
Greens urge govt to relocate chemical factories, godowns
Various organisations on Saturday urged the government to immediately remove chemical factories, warehouses and shops from residential areas. The state minister for law, Quamrul Islam, said that everyone should be aware of dangerous chemical substances while addressing a discussion programme in the city, and pointed out that the
IUBAT founding celebration today
The 19th foundation celebrations of International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) will be held today. Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzak will inaugurate the programme on IUBAT campus in the city’s Uttara at 10:30am
DBBL donates 30,000 blankets
Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited donated 30,000 pieces of blankets to poor and floating people around the country. In this regard, the bank’s Chairman Mohammed Sahabuddin Ahmed handed over a sample blanket to Food and Disaster Management Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque at the minister’s residence in the city yesterday, says a
China to give 100 scholarships to Bangladeshi students in 2011
China will give scholarship to 100 Bangladeshi students to study in China in 2011, Chinese ambassador Zhang Xianyi said at a book launching ceremony in Dhaka Saturday. The number of students who got Chinese scholarship last year was 70. A new book on China titled ‘Revisiting China after 32 Years’ written by
Little mag fair begins at RU
A two-day little magazine fair began at Rajshahi University on Saturday. ‘Chinho’, a campus-based little magazine, organised the little fair in front the Shahidullah Art Building, marking its 12th founding anniversary. More than fifty little magazines from home and abroad are taking part in the fair, the organisers
Govt move to recover city wetlands fails
Say speakers The government has failed to demarcate the boundaries of wetlands in the capital and its surrounding areas in last one year, speakers told an event yesterday. They said the government and authorities concerned were active during last one year to recover the canals and wetlands from grabbers. But they have virtually lost to ... Read more