Mohammad Ibrahim came to Dhaka from Mehendiganj of Barisal Wednesday looking for a job but he had to returned home yesterday with the body of his brother. His brother Abdul Aziz, 20, was a worker of Sonargaon Fancy Dyeing and Printing Factory Ltd at Shyampur in the capital. He died in the blaze along with ... Read more
Month: March 2011
5 months on, no trace of the missing
Since her father went missing after the October 23, 2010 clashes between the villagers and security forces at Roopganj, the life of 9-year old Mrittika Rahman Meghla, daughter of Abdul Alim Masud of Bariachhani village, has changed a lot. With the family almost ruined in the absence of its only bread earner, the little girl ... Read more
More support for Yunus from abroad
The world’s best-known microfinance institutions and over a dozen Bangladeshi scholars living abroad condemned the government move to remove Prof Muhammad Yunus from Grameen Bank. In a statement, Tilman Ehrbeck, chief executive of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), and Vijay Mahajan, chair of the CGAP board, said, “We are deeply concerned by ... Read more
Abed, Yunus among world’s top 100
Two renowned Bangladeshis have been included in a list of ‘Top 100 Individuals’ who have committed themselves to improve the lives of girls and women around the world. Founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of Brac, were included in the list prepared by ... Read more
Bodies of four evacuees reach Dhaka
The bodies of four Bangladeshi expatriates, three of whom had died while being evacuated from the strife-torn Libya, arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on late Wednesday and Thursday night, airport officials said. The bodies of three evacuees, who had drowned in the Mediterranean as they jumped off the
No plan yet to evacuate Bangladeshis still in Libya: foreign secy
The government is yet to take a plan for the evacuating Bangladeshis still in Libya where the situation is getting bad to worse by the day with the rebels seeking change fighting fiercely against the supporters of the 42-year old ruling regime. ‘We still have no evacuation plan to bring back all the Bangladesh citizens ... Read more
Grameen Bank on Joy’s letter
Sajeeb Wajed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has riddled Grameen Bank with allegations of tax evasion, fraud and illegal activities under its founder Muhammad Yunus, prompting the microlender to issue a firm rebuttal. In a statement yesterday, the “Bank for the Poor” disputed Joy’s letter, published in a section
Serafina Rape, Suicide: Mother sues 9 ‘rapists’
Nine alleged rapists of Serafina Mardi, an ethnic minority girl who committed suicide failing to stand humiliation, were sued yesterday with the first court of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal here. Tribunal Judge Afzal Hossain took cognisance of the case filed by the victim’s mother
Minor girl found dead in water tank
The police found a five-year-old girl dead inside an underground water tank in the staff quarters of Dhaka Medical College Hospital at Nilkhet on Thursday afternoon. The police suspected that Sanjida Akhter, daughter of a green grocer on Elephant Road, a resident of Matuali of Jatrabari, she might have been strangled
Make or break for Tigers
Hosts take on England today With Bangladesh taking on England today, is it all set up for a breathtaking game of cricket at the ICC Cricket World Cup? The question came to the fore since the most exciting games in the World Cup so far have involved England. All eyes will thus be fixed on ... Read more
A blessing in disguise!
The recent controversies surrounding him have come as a blessing in disguise for the team as it made the job easier for him to motivate the side, Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan said on Thursday. Sakib grabbed the media attention for all the wrong reasons and was at the centre of a series of controversies ... Read more
Bangladesh v England
Head-to-head record England lead 13-1 In the World Cups: England lead 1-0 In the sub-continent: England lead 6-0
Strauss scared of Tigers
Bangladesh may come out very hard on England to make up for their humiliating defeat against West Indies and to keep their quarter-final hopes alive, skipper Andrew Strauss warned his side. Bangladesh will go into the match knowing that a defeat would make tournament nothing but a mere formality having already lost two games badly ... Read more
Power cuts begin as summer closes in
Power outage started taking place, straining people’s life at just before the advent of summer. According to Power Development Board statistics, the gap estimated between power generation and the supply is now 1,250MW but direct contacts by New Age with power distribution agencies suggest that it already exceeded 2,000MW
Full SC bench to decide Yunus’ fate
Hearing on Mar 15; move on to find new MD for Grameen Bank Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus yesterday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court in a final attempt to stay as the managing director of Grameen Bank he founded nearly three decades ago. In the appeal filed with Supreme Court chamber judge Justice ... Read more
Five Rid Pharma bosses indicted
Five top Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd bosses were on Wednesday charged with manufacturing and marketing toxic Paracetamol syrup, which caused the deaths of at least 28 children in 2009. The Dhaka drug court’s judge Mohammad Abdul Majid framed the charged rejecting the petitions filed by filed by Rid Pharma’s managing director Mizanur Rahman and his wife ... Read more
Biman to fly in evacuees
Libya returnees demand compensation Biman Bangladesh is going to fly home the Bangladeshis stranded at Egypt borders with Libya. “From March 13, Biman will operate five flights a week till the repatriation finishes,” Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader yesterday told The Daily Star over the phone. The flights will pick the Bangladeshis from ... Read more
Drive against CNG auto-rickshaw drivers within a week
The government on Wednesday ordered the authorities concerned to launch a drive against unruly CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers and owners responsible for passengers’ sufferings in the capital. The order came in the wake of widespread complaints against the drivers of the three-wheelers that they were always reluctant to run on meter, rather charged extra-fare from the ... Read more
Hillary backs Grameen independence
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton backed Grameen Bank’s independence in a telephone call to Prof Muhammad Yunus, her spokesman said. “Secretary Clinton spoke yesterday with Dr Muhammad Yunus and expressed support for the independence of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh,” Clinton spokesman Philip Crowley said on
Boy survives 7-storey fall
The domestic help claims to be pushed over by employers A minor domestic help cheated death yesterday after falling from a seven-storey building while trying to escape from the house he was confined to on charge of theft in Wari in the capital. Nine-year-old Shahidul Islam was seriously injured and is struggling for life at ... Read more