The chairman and executive director of the Transparency International, Bangladesh on Thursday hoped that they could convince about their findings the Supreme Court’s committee looking into the TIB’s recent survey which found the judiciary to be the most corrupt of the service sectors. ‘We have tried to answer the committee’s queries about the method of ... Read more
Month: January 2011
Cop crimes castigated
Businesses urge to let policemen work without political influence, lead graft-free life with better pay Business leaders yesterday came down hard on policemen who turn to crime but get away with it using political links. They also brought allegations of bribery and snatching against law enforcers during an exchange of view on law and order ... Read more
Expressway: alternative thought
Renowned civil engineer Dr M Shamim Z Bosunia approached The Daily Star with an innovative plan to solve the capital’s traffic problem last Wednesday, in which he designed an expressway providing for a far greater use of railway land. He designed the expressway following the same route of the currently planned expressway, on
Dakat Shahid’s aide killed in ‘gunfight’
An alleged member of notorious Dakat Shahid gang was killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion near Chitra Cinema Hall in the city’s Kotwali early yesterday. Sheikh Shah Alam Apu, 27, son of late Sheikh Ahmed of Bangshal in Old Dhaka, was a close aide of Dakat Shahid, said ... Read more
Acid-burnt baby dies
Almost a year-old Afsana, a victim of an acid attack drew her last breath yesterday afternoon at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after suffering indescribable agony for a month. The baby who was burnt along with her mother and aunts, at Baherchar village in Keraniganj on December 11 last year finally ... Read more
Man dies in fight with father, brother
A man was killed while scuffling with his brother and father over share of profits from a family shop early yesterday in the city’s Begunbari. The body of the deceased, Al-Amin, 32, was sent to Dhaka Medical College morgue for autopsy while police arrested younger brother Alamgir Hossain, 30, and their father Khorshed Alam, 55, ... Read more
Biggies roll on in chill
Popular outfits Abahani and Mohammedan braved the chilly weather to win their respective ninth round matches of the Premier Cricket League at different venues yesterday. The foggy weather enforced curtailed-overs affairs in all three matches and it was Shamsur Rahman who hogged the spotlight on the day by hitting a hundred to guide Mohammedan to ... Read more
Holders earn full points
Holders Dhaka Abahani rallied from one goal down to beat hosts Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-1 in the Bangladesh League at the Cox’s Bazar stadium on Thursday. With this win Abahani moved up to third in the league standings on seven points, while Chittagong Mohammedan are languishing in eighth position with three points they earned ... Read more
Nishchintapur lift title
Nishchintapur Registered Non-Government Primary School of Sylhet division emerged as the champions of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup National Primary School Football Tournament overcoming Dhaka Division’s Isdair Govt Primary School 4-2 in penalty shootout at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Earlier, the stipulated 50-minute time ended in a 1-1 draw and the 20 minutes added-on
Siddik takes early lead
Siddikur Rahman took the early honours in the Gujarat Kensville Golf Challenge, which got under way at the Kensville Golf & Country Club in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. Siddik ended the first day with (-5) under par in the 200,000 euro Challenge tournament, one of the major tournaments in India, according to Major (retd) Anisul ... Read more
College Rugby
Mirpur Commerce College defeated Dr Shahidullah College 7-3 in the opening match of the Diamond Melamine College Rugby Championship at the Notre Dame College ground on Thursday. In the day’s another match, hosts Notre Dame College thumped St Joseph’s Secondary School and College 12-5 at the same venue. Earlier, Bangladesh Rugby Association president Mohammed Shah ... Read more
Natalie Portman Goes Topless for Fragrance Ad
Natalie Portman has stripped naked for the new Miss Dior fragrance ad. The 29-year-old actress has been photographed wearing nothing but a black bow in her hair as she stares into the camera while modestly covering up her breasts with her arms. Portman was snapped by photographer Tim Walker for the ad campaign and will ... Read more
Two-thirds of women suffer mental health problems
‘Generations of women are in crisis’ was the conclusion of a recent survey that found two-thirds of women suffer from mild to moderate mental health problems. ‘Millions of women are facing mental health problems and they are telling us that they are not getting the support they need’ says Penny Newman, chief executive of Platform ... Read more
Kate Hudson Pregnant?
Kate Hudson is rumoured to be pregnant with Muse rocker Matt Bellamy’s child. Actress Kate Hudson, 31, is expecting a child with boyfriend Matthew Bellamy, according to Us Weekly. Sources confirmed to the magazine that Hudson is 14 weeks along in her pregnancy, and though it was not planned, the actress and Bellamy are “embracing ... Read more
Dhaka stocks continue with gaining streak
Dhaka stocks sustained the gaining streak for the second day on Wednesday as investors continued to bulk purchase, buoyed by a number of government steps taken in their favour after six days of heavy fall and rowdy protests. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange advanced by 178.59 points, or 2.38
Mansur Alam resigns from SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission member Mansur Alam on Wednesday resigned in the wake of his alleged roles in circulating two directives without the consent of the full commission. Farhad Ahmed, executive director of the commission, said, ‘Mansur Alam submitted his resignation to the SEC chairman Ziaul Haque Khandkar on
Garment leaders urge foreign investment in backward linkages
Garmentech Bangladesh 2011 kicks off The apparel sector leader has called upon foreign entrepreneurs to invest in the backward linkage segment of the sector. “Bangladesh’s backward linkage segment has tremendous growth prospect,” Abdus Salam Murshedy, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, told the inaugural
Govt control over SoEs should go: UN economist
The visiting United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs senior economic affairs officer Nazrul Islam on Wednesday suggested bringing the country’s state-owned enterprises out of government’s control to achieve a sustainable economic reform. He was speaking in a seminar titled ‘Was the Gradual approach not possible in the
‘Farmers do not get enough food to eat’
It is the farmers who produce food, but they cannot have enough food to eat. The question is that how long they will continue to feed others, having suffered from malnutrition for whole life. “Will they continue to be neglected by the policymakers and the urban people living on their produces? No that cannot happen,” ... Read more
‘Stop filling Dumini canal’
Polli Sheva Society (PSS) and Green Mind Society yesterday demanded immediate steps to stop filling Dumini-Boulmari Khal (canal) in Dumini Union under Khilkhet Police Station by encroachers. PSS and the society leaders, at a token eviction drive on Dumini canal held in front of National Press Club in the city, said a land grabbing organisation ... Read more