BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia met with her elder son Tarique Rahman in London on Saturday night after over two and a half years. The reunion took place at the Grosvenor Hotel in central London where Tarique’s wife Zubaida Rahman and their daughter Zaima Rahman were also
Month: May 2011
Mozena new US envoy
The United States has nominated Dan W Mozena as next ambassador to Bangladesh, according to a White House announcement. Earlier, Mozena was political and economic counsellor in Dhaka from 1998-2001. He will succeed incumbent Ambassador James F Moriarty, who completed his three-year
220 Bangladesh workers detained in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi police detained about 220 Bangladeshi workers on charges of staying there without valid documents, Dubai GulfNews reported on Sunday. However, the foreign and expatriate welfare ministries in Dhaka did not have any information about the reported detention of the workers in
Stalking drives girl into attempting suicide
A 15-year-old girl, unable to bear constant harassment by a local hoodlum, attempted to take her own life by drinking caustic acid in Sujanagar of Pabna on Friday night. The victim, Rusia Khatun, daughter of late Tajuddin of village Kuripara, is now fighting a grim battle for life in hospital
BSF kills Bangladeshi cattle trader
A 20-year old unarmed Bangladeshi cattle trader, Selim Hossain Milon, was chopped to death by Indian Border Security Force at Gobarda in India Sunday morning, the police said. Gobarda in Uttar Chabbish Pargana district borders Baikari in the district town of
Rape case witness comes under acid attack
Miscreants threw acid on a woman in the Chapainawabganj town Sunday morning while she was going to the court to testify as a witness in a rape case. The victim, Anjana Karma-ker, 35, daughter of Bibhutib-husan Karmakar, came from village Mushribhuja under Bholahat upazila in the
SEC gets new chairman
The government on Sunday appointed the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh chairman M Khairul Hossain as the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, withdrawing Ziaul Haque Khondker. Khairul Hossain, who was also a professor of finance at Dhaka University, joined SEC on Sunday
Dhaka low in social networking
Dhaka is among the three South Asian cities that are at the bottom of a ranking of networked society city matrix among 25 mega cities of the world. On the other hand, Singapore, Stockholm and Seoul are at the top of the ranking. A joint study conducted by mobile equipment vendor Ericsson and management consultancy
Sacked cashier throws bomb into bank
A bank cashier fired for stealing money threw a gasoline bomb inside the bank Friday in northwestern China, injuring dozens of people, some of whom jumped from a fifth-story window to escape, the local government said. Employees of the Tianzhu County Rural Credit Cooperative Union were meeting about 8 a.m. when the employee threw the ... Read more
Lake City lacks fire safety
Massive apartment complex in city poses fire risk The developer of Lake City Concord Housing scheme in the capital’s Khilkhet area has sold and handed over most of its apartments to about 5,000 occupants defying fire safety rules. The law clearly states that high-rises as those in the housing complex must have special fire safety ... Read more
Rangamati authorities allow Kaptai Lake grab
Encroachment on significant areas of Kaptai Lake in Rangamati is taking place as both the Rangamati district council and the district commissioner’s office are leasing land over the lake for residential and business purposes including for hotels and shopping complexes. The district’s municipality is also willingly providing trade licences and permits to build on this ... Read more
CNG price hike sparks chaos in transport sector, kitchen market
The latest price hike of compressed natural gas has created a chaotic situation in the country’s transport sector and kitchen markets. In a litany of reactions, CNG-driven buses, pick-ups, and auto-rickshaws have increased fares, rickshaw-pullers used that as an excuse for doubling their asking rate, rickshaw vans followed the
Trinamool triumphs over Communists
Wave for change ends 34-year CPI-M era; Mamata to become chief minister Riding the crest of a wave for paribartan (change), Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress stormed to power in West Bengal defeating the Communist government that had been in power since 1977. With the historic election victory, she is set to become the state’s first ... Read more
Gap between urban, rural students widens
SSC Results 2011 Gap between urban, rural students widens This year’s record-breaking SSC results demonstrate the gap between education standards in urban and rural areas with most SSC Results 2011 dominating the top of the list in every education board. Though the authorities say the schools in rural areas are doing well in terms of ... Read more
Mamata Banerjee: India’s street fighter ‘Didi’
From fiery politician from an ordinary middle class to the chief minister-designate of West Bengal–it has been a long and arduous journey for Mamata Banerjee, the stormy petrel of state politics who has single handedly demolished the Marxist bastion. The feisty 56-year-old Banerjee, who is the founder and chairperson of the Trinamool Congress
Khaleda leaves for UK, US today
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, is scheduled to leave Dhaka today for a two-week visit to the United Kingdom and the United States. Khaleda will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:15am by an Emirates flight, BNP chairperson’s press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan told
Behind the fall of Left Front
The fall of the Left Front from power in West Bengal has been on the cards for the last three years, ever since the alliance did badly in panchayat elections. Thereafter, the Front badly lost the civic body elections and parliamentary elections in 2009. The main reason behind the success of Mamata Banerjee, who quit ... Read more
Continued help assured for Grameen’s independence
Friends of Grameen, an international platform promoting Grameen Bank and its activities, yesterday insisted that it will continue its fight to help the microfinance institution retain its independence. The statement from the global platform came a day after Grameen Bank founder Prof Muhammad Yunus stepped down as the bank’s managing director — much to the ... Read more
Ethnic minority girl killed after rape
Miscreants killed an adolescent ethnic minority girl after raping her and dumped the body in a jungle at Kamakyachhara of Boalkhali area in Dighinala under Khagrachari. The body of 12-year-old girl was found near the Noakhali tila in the area. The police recovered the body on Friday morning and sent it to the Khagrachari
SSC examinee kills herself after failure
A girl committed suicide after failing to pass this year’s SSC exams at Satla village of Uzirpur upazila in Barisal Thursday afternoon. Bithika, 15, youngest daughter of Laxman Chandra Bain, hanged herself with a scarf from a beam of her tin-shed house, said Nasiruddin, sub-inspector of Uzirpur