Stock Slump 6 protesters held for vandalism Police yesterday detained at least six people in front of Dhaka bourse and adjacent areas on charge of street vandalism during a demonstration by the retail investors protesting the continuous slump in stock prices. However, another two people were released immediately after the police detained them. “We have ... Read more
Month: January 2011
Fight mars final
V-Day Hockey Fight mars final Muktobihanga lifted the title of the Dhaka Bank Victory Day Hockey Tournament when they defeated Sonali Bank 4-3 in a tiebreaker of the chaotic final at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium yesterday. After the barren first half, Asaduzzaman Chandan converted a penalty corner five minutes into the second half ... Read more
School football
Dhaka Residential Model School and A Latif Charitable School moved into the semifinal of the Ashyian City Dhaka Metropolis School Football Tournament beating their respective rivals at the Abahani ground in Dhanmondi yesterday. Dhaka Residential posted a single-goal win over St Joseph High School with Jalal scoring
2.20cr children to get polio vaccine
NID Programme First Round Jan 8 2.20cr children to get polio vaccine Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday launched the 19th National Immunisation Day (NID) programme to make the country free from polio and night blindness. Health Minister Prof AFM Ruhal Haque said 2.20 crore children under 5 years of age are targeted to be provided ... Read more
No progress in talks with Somali pirates
Rescue of Hijacked Ship, Crew No progress in talks with Somali pirates Owners of hijacked ship MV Jahan Moni claimed they could hardly make any headway over the rescue of the ship and its crew in yesterday’s conversation with the Somali pirates. However, families of several crewmembers on hostage blamed the owners for delaying in ... Read more
Afzalur Radio Foorti’s new COO
Daniel Afzalur Rahman has been appointed the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Radio Foorti, says a press release. He is given the charge of managing all operations of the radio station. Rahman has been with Radio Foorti since its inception in
Woman commits suicide
A young woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the roof of her residence in city’s Mirpur area yesterday. The deceased was identified as Rokeya Akter Tuni alias Mousumi, 20, daughter of Abdur Rahim of Janata Housing of Mirpur-1. She was an
International long-distance slumps, Skype soars
Growth in international call traffic has slumped while international traffic routed via Skype, the largest provider of internet-based voice communications, continues to accelerate, data showed. International phone traffic grew an estimated 4 percent in 2010 to 41,300 crore minutes, down from 5 percent growth in 2009, which is a far cry from the
Trader stabbed to death in city
Security guard shot A trader was found stabbed to death in the city’s Bangshal area and a security guard of a factory was shot injured allegedly by an extortionist gang at Gandaria yesterday. The deceased, Bangshal resident Sajid Anam Masud, 32, son of Arju Miah, was a mineral water trader. No clue to the killer’s ... Read more
Man killed for refusing to marry off sister
A man was killed on Monday in Naogaon by a group of young people after he had allegedly refused to marry off her sister to one of the group members. The deceased was Babul Akter, 50, a brick-kiln worker and resident of Jagannathpur at Badalgachi in Noagaon. The family members said a youth, Ripon, son ... Read more
TIB submits questionnaire, replies to SC
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday submitted to the Supreme Court (SC) the questionnaire of its household survey and replies of the respondents a day after it was asked to do so. A printed copy of the questionnaire was submitted to the court. All other documents containing the litigants’ perception of the judiciary were given in ... Read more
Girl stabbed by stalker in presence of father
Yet another victim of stalking, 20-year-old Mita Dev, was stabbed in the face by her frenzied stalker yesterday afternoon in city’s Gendaria while she was going home from work with her father. Mita, a second year honours student of Government Kabi Nazrul Islam College, is also employed at the National Medical College Hospital (NMCH) in ... Read more
Biman gets US clearance for Dhaka-New York flight
The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has got clearance of the US authorities concerned to resume Dhaka–New York–Dhaka flights that have remained suspended since July 2006. ‘We have completed all formalities to resume flights on the Dhaka-New York route,’ the civil aviation and tourism secretary in-charge Shafique Alam Mehdi told New Age on
CCS clip Biman’s wings
Cricket Coaching School (CCS) stunned Bangladesh Biman by nine runs in a low-scoring thriller, although the big guns had easier outings during yesterday’s Premier League games across the city. Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club beat Old DOHS by 66 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium with their English import Moeen Ali hitting his first ton, ... Read more
Queues for tickets get smaller
Queues for World Cup Cricket match tickets at the branches of the City and the Agrani Bank are getting smaller as most of the most-sought-after gallery and club house tickets for matches in demand have been sold out in three days till Tuesday. Cricket fans standing in queues alleged they were being offered only high-priced ... Read more
Rahmatganj, Feni Soccer share points
Rahmatganj MFS came from a goal down to secure a 1-1 draw against Feni Soccer Club in their Grameenphone Bangladesh League match at the Kamalapur stadium on Tuesday. The result however gave Feni Soccer their first point in the league as they lost to Chittagong Mohammedan in their opening game. Rahmatganj, who defeated Arambagh KC ... Read more
School Football
Dhaka Residential Model School and A. Latif Charitable School won their respective second round group-A matches in the Dhaka Metropolitan School Football Championship at the Dhaka Abahani Limited ground on Tuesday. In the day’s first match, Rimu scored the all important goal in the 35th minute for Dhaka Residential Model School to guide his side ... Read more
Shakhawat on top of leader board in BTI open golf
Two contrasting performances put Shakhawat Hossain on top of the leader board at the BTI Golf Championship in the Kurmitola Golf Club after the end of the third day on Tuesday. Shakhawat, who shared the leader board with Siddikur Rahman after the second round, took full control of the leader board with (-11) under par ... Read more
Illegal rickshaws, auto-rickshaws trigger tailbacks in Rajshahi city
The Rajshahi city is experiencing serious traffic congestion because of illegal parking of unauthorised rickshaws, auto-rickshaws and human-haulers near markets, educational institutions and key installations. According to a source, there are 30,000 rickshaws, 3,000 auto-rickshaws, 1,500 human haulers are playing the city roads and most of them are unauthorised but the Rajshahi City Corporation
Hermaphrodites protest stalking of women
Several hermaphrodite people yesterday protested stalking and harassment of women at a cartoon exhibition on Dhaka University campus. “As a human being we condemn the stalkers and the people who torture women. We also want to help the government uproot the vice from the society,” said Mis Boby, executive director of