Kamol Dey Lack of publicity and lax management have plunged the National Museum of Science and Technology into obscurity. The museum lags far behind its target to build a science-based society through displaying scientific and technological equipment to the citizens, specially the schoolchildren. It also faces acute manpower crisis, with only one curator and four ... Read more
Month: January 2011
Harassment puts girls at risk of dropping out of schools
Mushfique Wadud A large number of girls, mainly in rural areas, are at risk of failing to complete their school and college education if stalking is not stopped, educationists and women’s education activists said. They said that the recent progress Bangladesh has made in women’s education would be badly affected if stalking continued as it ... Read more
Fog disrupts traffic in waterways
2 flights cancelled A dense fog covered much of the country yesterday leading to major traffic disruptions in air and water ways, although temperature rose a bit after three freezing days. Two international flights were cancelled and most of the flights were delayed in both landing and departure due to a very poor visibility, said ... Read more
Truck kills couple in Rajshahi
A truck knocked down and killed a couple on a motorcycle at Talonda crossing under Tanore upazila in Rajshahi on Friday afternoon. The deceased were Ujjal Chndra Das, 35, and his wife Iti Rani, 30, residents of Gollapara of the upazila. Witnesses said a Rajshahi-bound truck hit the motorcycle from behind and ran them over ... Read more
SUST student among 3 dead in road crash
Three people including a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and an auto-rickshaw in the city yesterday. The dead were identified as Alimuddin, from Ghoramara village of Gowainghat upazila in Sylhet and a student of English department of SUST, ... Read more
Shock defeat for Mohammedan
Last edition’s runners-up Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club suffered a shock 0-2 defeat to Rahmatganj MFS in their fourth Bangladesh League match at the Kamalapur stadium on Friday. Their first league defeat of the season meant Mohammedan are now in danger of losing out their top position to Sheikh Russell, who have equal nine points with ... Read more
Gazi confirm super league
Gazi Tank Cricketers joined giants Abahani and Mohamme-dan SC in the Super League of Dhaka Premier Cricket with a thumping nine-wicket victory over Orient SC in the ninth round match on Friday. With this win Gazi Tanks took their tally to 14 points, just two points behind leaders Abahani and one adrift of Mohammedan means ... Read more
Siddikur loses lead
Siddikur Rahman relinquished his lead in the inaugural Gujarat Kensville Challenge to India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar after a dismal second round yesterday. Siddikur followed up his superb first round effort of 67 with a two over par 74 to trail Bhullar by one shot as they headed for the third round
Poush Sankranti marked through traditional festivity
Dhakabashi, a socio-cultural organisation of the Old Town of Dhaka, and the Bangladesh Kite Federation on Friday organised a festival marking the end of the Bangla month of Poush, aiming at popularising seasonal festivals throughout the country. The festival began with cake feast and distributing warm clothes among the poor people at
Cake festival begins in city offering local delicacies
An eight-day cake festival titled ‘Jatiya Pitha Utsab 1417’ presenting numerous traditional cakes began at the Shilpakala Academy in the capital on Friday. The food and disaster management minister, Abdur Razzak, inaugurated the festival on the coffee house premises of the academy
‘Adivasis hope recognition in constitution this year’
Speakers at a convention yesterday demanded constitutional recognition, rights and use of mother tongue in primary-level education for indigenous people. They also demanded a pro-people Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Commission to end land disputes in the region
Young man commits suicide in Rajshahi city
A 25-year-old man committed suicide in the Rajshahi city Thursday night. He hanged himself from the ceiling fan of his bedroom, the police said. The diseased was identified as Kausar Ali Pintu, resident of Sagorpara in the city. Neighbours said Kausar married a girl of Comilla four days ago in Dhaka without taking the
NU asks students to enrol online
The National University (NU) authorities have asked the candidates who have passed in the admission test for first year honours course under the academic session of 2010-11 to get registered online for admission. The candidates of the first merit list will have to complete their registration by filling in application forms available on NU websites ... Read more
Russian circus ‘so terrible’ that spectators call police
A touring circus in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk was so bad that police were called in. Spectators suspected the Russian performers of being drunk as artistes repeatedly fell off bicycles and jugglers dropped their props. Exotic beasts, including two apparently plucked from the realms of fantasy, did not show up, reports the
Mobile user numbers grow 31pc
The number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh rose by nearly 31 percent last year to 6.86 crore despite high taxes on new connections, according to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). This is the highest ever increase in the growing mobile sector since the state-run BTRC started
Dhaka stocks fall on profit-taking sales
Dhaka stocks fell on Thursday after a two-day surge as investors went for profit-taking selling to minimise their loss in the recent share market crash, said market operators. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange shed 114.80 points, or 1.49 per cent, to close at 7,575.89 points, ending an eventful
Axiata partners with Motricity for mobile data service
Axiata, a telecommunication company, has recently entered into an agreement with mobile data solutions provider Motricity to launch a new mobile data service by enhancing users’ mobile internet experience. The agreement stipulates mobile data service to Axiata subsidiaries in the region including Robi in Bangladesh, said a news release. The other subsidiaries are Celcom in ... Read more
Continued cold wave disrupts normal life
Cold wave continued to sweep over the country with the mercury level dropping in all the northern districts for the third consecutive day on Thursday. Launch and ferry services remained suspended during the night all over the country due to dense fog. The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 4.6 degree Celsius in ... Read more
AL candidates lead 2nd spell
Candidates backed by the ruling Awami League dominated municipal polls in Barisal and Khulna divisions winning 24 out of 49 municipalities in the second spell of the local government polls on Thursday. Unofficial results showed that the AL-backed mayoral candidates won 15 out of 19 municipalities in Barisal and nine out of 30 municipalities in ... Read more
Corporal punishment in schools misconduct: HC
Asks authorities to take action against offenders The High Court on Thursday declared illegal all kinds of corporal punishment of students, such as canning, beating, chaining, forced haircut and confinement, in primary and secondary schools and madrassas. The bench of Justice Md Imman Ali and Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif also asked the authorities concerned to ... Read more