A tiger that intruded into the locality from the Sundarbans on Saturday night injured four people at village Harinagar under Shyamnagar Upazila in Satkhira district. The forest department officials, with the help of the local people, released the tiger in the forest after tranquilizing the animal in the early hours of
Month: February 2011
Construction of RU Motihar Hall yet to be completed
The reconstruction of Rajshahi University Motihar Hall is yet to be finished though it was scheduled to be completed within 2009, said the sources in the university. When contacted over phone, RU vice-chancellor Abdus Sobhan on Saturday, admitting to the authorities’ failure to complete the hall reconstruction, blamed inadequate
13 get Ekushey Padak
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over Ekushey Padak to recipients at a function at Osmani Memorial Hall today, a day ahead of International Mother Language Day. Thirteen eminent personalities will be awarded Ekushey Padak this year in recognition of their outstanding contributions in different sectors of national life, said an official
Permanent Shaheed Minar set up in Rome
A permanent Shaheed Minar, a memorial to the historic Language Movement of 1952 was inaugurated in Rome, the Italian capital, on Friday by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni. Bangladesh embassy in Rome constructed the monument at a local park as a symbol for the International Mother Language Day
2 rapists of Adivasi girl sent to jail
A Chittagong court yesterday sent the owner of Diamond Hotel and its manager to jail, who allegedly raped an indigenous teenage girl Wednesday night at the hotel in Bahaddarhat area under Chandgaon police station in the port city. The court passed the order when Chandgaon police produced the hotel owner Md Alamgir,
Sundarbans families get green ovens
MIDAS Financing Ltd and Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) have distributed eco-friendly ovens among families in Bon Laudob village in the Sundarbans in a bid to help save the ecosystem of the forest. The joint initiative will use corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds as an alternative
Ctg trade fair kicks off today
The 19th Chittagong International Trade Fair 2011(CITF) begins today at the Railway Pologround to promote local products in the international market. Commerce Minister Faruk Khan is scheduled to inaugurate the month-long fair organised by the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and
Hackers are using three families of malware in exploiting user trust in supposedly safe websites
By Tom Brewster Some savvy cyber criminals have used just three families of malware to infect around five million systems, in what one security firm has labelled the “trust phenomenon.” Rather than using more shady areas of the internet, such as pornography or download sites, to spread infection, the hackers tracked by avast! have sought ... Read more
The UK economy will take a serious hit from cyber crime this year, a Symantec report says
By Tom Brewster Cyber criminals will cost the UK economy an estimated £1.9 billion in 2011, according to a Symantec report. This means that this year, on average, each cyber crime victim will lose £103, the research indicated. Furthermore, Symantec estimated 19 million Brits, almost a third of the nation’s population, will be affected by ... Read more
Sehwag, Kohli put Tigers down
India attained their twin objectives of confirming their status as tournament favourites and exacting a revenge on their upstart neighbours when they defeated Bangladesh by 87 runs in the World Cup opening match on Saturday. Opener Virender Sehwag made Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan regret his decision
Bus-train collisions kill 16
Sixteen people were killed and more than 60 injured in separate collisions between trains and buses in unguarded level crossings in Jessore and Comilla on Saturday, the police and hospital sources said. Eleven people were killed and 30 injured when the Subarna Express train headed for Dhaka from Chittagong bumped into a bus, headed for ... Read more
Dreams shattered by recession
Scores of jobseekers abroad during 2008-09 return home broke Dreaming of a better future, Momin Bakkar flew to Singapore in June 2008, being completely unaware that the recession-hit economy there had nothing to offer him. Broker Shariful Islam had promised him a job with a monthly pay of Tk 60,000 at Renown Marine Services, a ... Read more
Project work goes on in good pace
Jatrabari-Gulistan Flyover Project work goes on in good pace Implementation of the Jatrabari-Gulistan flyover project in the capital is making headway ahead of schedule after despite procedural and physical adversities, say project officials. They aim at opening the facility for the public in two years from now. As many as 14 pillars have already been ... Read more
No tailback as cricket keeps people indoors
Dhaka without its usual and mind boggling traffic congestions looked a different city on Saturday. It was a cricket loving city on the day with millions of people staying at home to watch the first match of the Cricket World Cup 2011 between Bangladesh and India. They awaited the match to start –glued to
Body found stuffed in carton
Police yesterday recovered decomposed body of a watch-factory employee stuffed inside a carton at Chawkbazar in the capital. Police said they recovered the body of Shah Alam, 23, son of Abu Sayeed of Kishoreganj, around 12:30pm inside the factory. His hands and legs were tied with ropes and was wrapped
Sehwag makes Sakib pay for toss blunder
Virender Sehwag made Sakib al Hasan regret his decision to field by cracking a superb century to lift India to a massive 370-4 in the opening World Cup match in Dhaka on Saturday. The sell-out crowd at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and millions of fans watching the match on television were stunned, to say the ... Read more
Sakib has no regrets
Skipper Sakib al Hasan had no regret in taking to the field first after winning the toss in the opening match of the World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. India amassed a huge 370-4 in 50 overs with Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli taking full advantage of a placid batting wicket each ... Read more
Festive crowd greets World Cup
The biggest advantage of watching a game from the stands alongside the faithful and not encased in an air-conditioned press box is that you miss nothing of the buzz, the collective heartbeat of the thousands who are inside the stadium egging on their own to do better and bigger things. So it turned out to ... Read more
Movie Review: 7 Khoon Maaf
Movie Review: 7 Khoon Maaf; Star Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irrfan Khan, Aleksandr Dyachenko, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Vivaan Shah; Director: Vishal Bharadwaj. Filmed on “Susanna’s seven husbands” by Ruskin Bond, “Saat khoon maaf” is a must watch for all the thriller and suspense lovers. The eerie plot peeps into our ... Read more
Lady Gaga Had Wooden Sex Education
Lady Gaga was taught about sex with a wooden penis. The Born This Way hitmaker — who attended a strict Catholic girls’ school in her teens — admitted she barely had any contact with boys until she was 15 because she was always being lectured about the virtues of abstinence by her school nurse. “I went ... Read more