Your body’s nutritional needs will change throughout life… THE core principles of a healthy, balanced diet remain the same whether you’re 20 or 60. However as we grow older various physiological and psychological changes occur that have a direct effect on nutritional requirements. So how do you eat for your age? Teens Adolescence is a ... Read more
Month: June 2011
Kate Middleton’s phone hacked?
Prince William’s wife Kate was dragged into a fresh phone hacking scandal amid claims she was targeted by a private investigator working for a newspaper. Scotland Yard is considering widening its investigation into phone hacking to include the explosive new allegations that the Duchess of Cambridge was one of a number of targets of private ... Read more
‘New coach by June 15’
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will confirm the appointment of a new head coach for the national cricket team within the next seven days. “We are at an advanced stage in the process of appointment of the new coach. I’m confident that we will be able to confirm the deal within our target timeline which is ... Read more
Bobita Made Goodwill Ambassador of DCII
Noted Bangladeshi actress Bobita has recently been made a voluntary Goodwill Ambassador of the U.S. based non-profit organisation ‘Distressed Children and Infants International’ (DCII). Bobita informed that she had always wanted to work for children but a busy acting career didn’t leave much time for anything else. She met Dr. Nina Haque, director of DCII,
HSBC awards five exporters
HSBC Bangladesh has awarded five exporters in recognition of their contribution to promoting Bangladeshi goods abroad. The foreign bank handed over the “HSBC Export Excellence Awards 2010” to the winners at a gala ceremony at Sonargaon Hotel in the city on
Govt’s one-man probe body submits report
The one-man fact-finding committee on June 6 submitted its report to the home affairs ministry on RAB’s shooting of Limon, a college student whose left leg had to be amputated afterwards. Additional home affairs secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khan Chowdhury received the report at noon. Barisal’s additional divisional commissioner, Shawkat Akbar, who comprised the one-member
Cheaper laptops hit market this month
Low-price laptops manufactured by government-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha will hit the market this month, telecommunications minister Raziuddin Ahmed Raju said in parliament yesterday. The laptop will cost Tk 10,000 to Tk 12,000. In a scripted answer, the minister said replying to lawmakers’ queries that the present
Jilted, she takes it out on his daughter
A three-year-old girl in the city was stabbed with a knife yesterday by her father’s supposed girlfriend, jilted by the man and hell-bent on revenge. The woman, a nurse of a private clinic at the capital’s Dhanmondi, turned up at the residence of her boyfriend on Crescent Road of Kalabagan yesterday around 10:00am and stabbed ... Read more
Nation pays tribute to pop guru
Hundreds of people thronged Central Shaheed Minar yesterday defying the terrible traffic congestion of the city to pay their last tribute to legendary Pop Guru Azam Khan. As soon as the pop guru was brought there on an ambulance around 9:30am, hundreds of people lined up to pay tribute with
2 to walk gallows
Gulshan Couple Murder 2 to walk gallows A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two youths to death in absentia and another to life imprisonment for killing a couple in Gulshan in March 2010. The condemned convicts are Mohammad Rubel and Mithun Chanda and the lifer is Altaf Hossain Altu. Altu was present when Judge (in charge) ... Read more
Country’s remittance tops $10.6b in 11 months
The country received $10.606 billion in remittance from expatriate Bangladeshis in 11 months of the current fiscal year. In May, the amount of inward remittance was $993.25 million, higher by $90.20 million of the remittance inflow in the same month of 2010 when the amount was
Mushfique feels the heat
Until recently wicketkeeper Mushiqur Rahim was one of the very few players in the Bangladesh national cricket team who had little to worry about his place. A sublime show with the bat in the post-World Cup one-day series against Australia, where he made 44 not out and an unbeaten 81 in the first two games, ... Read more
Kagawa heading to Old Trafford?
Japan and Borussia Dortmund star Shinji Kagawa is back on Manchester United’s radar after returning from a four-month layoff with a foot injury, a report said Monday. Sir Alex Ferguson’s side are planning to send a team of scouts to follow the 22-year-old attacking midfielder at Dortmund games next season, the Japanese daily Nikkan Sports
Azam Khan passes away
Body to be taken to Shaheed Minar Monday morning, burial in the afternoon The country’s Pop Guru Azam Khan passed away Sunday morning at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) after a prolonged fight with cancer. He was 62. Khan suffered a massive cardiac arrest around 9:30am and his life support system was taken off at around ... Read more
Wildlife in jeopardy
Hunger, death on offer as forests vanish fast The number of phone calls we receive every day is amazing. People call to say fishing cats have been killed or captured. Jungle cat kittens found. Vultures lying sick. And of course, tigers have been killed. If we put together all these pieces of information, we get ... Read more
Forests dip to 10pc
Environment day today The country’s forest cover has shrunk to less than 10 percent of land mass with only 0.02 hectares of per capita forest land, one of the lowest in the world. According to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and Department of Forest, a total of 2.52 million hectares area — nearly 17.4 percent of ... Read more
ADB assures fund for 500MW solar system
The Asian Development Bank has in principal agreed to provide financial support to Bangladesh for implementing a solar system project for generation of 500MW power. The assurance came from the top executives of the multilateral lending agency at its 3-day Asia Solar Energy Forum’s Conference in Bangkok that ended on June 1. A delegation led ... Read more
Stocks rebound strongly on govt, BB moves
Dhaka stocks rebounded strongly in the past week, showing signs of recovery from a prolonged depression as investors went into buying mood following a number of moves taken by the government and the Bangladesh Bank Market operators said the appointments of two more members to the Securities and Exchange
Tigers reunited
The national players reunited after one-and-a-half months as the month-long conditioning camp for them began at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. The camp, which will be supervised by trainer Grant Lunded, the only surviving coaching staff in the aftermath of a low-key World Cup campaign, coincided with the taking office of the new selection
Random parking goes unabated
DMP runs only 4 run-down tow trucks, 2 of them busy in VIP duty Random parking on roads has become a habit of city motorists as they very well know that nobody would tow away their wrongly parked vehicles. At worst, they will have to pay a nominal fine. Also, traffic personnel remain busy mostly ... Read more