She was videoed by force before making it public; culprit arrested A college girl of Barisal Government Braja Mohan College committed suicide late on Monday after her male classmate circulated her obscene video clips via mobile phone. The victim, 22-year-old Suparna Bachhar, was an honours third year student of mathematics department at Govt Brojo Mohon ... Read more
Month: July 2011
Power fund unutilised as PDB fails to draft guideline
The state-run Power Development Board, even six months after it was asked to do so, has still not drafted any guidelines on how the new Power Maintenance and Development Fund should be used for increasing power generation in the old plants. On February 8 this year, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission asked the PDB to ... Read more
Sugar prices hit new high
Sugar prices hit all time high on the domestic market this week, putting additional strain on the wallets of consumers who are already battered by rising prices of essentials. Retailers have been demanding as high as Tk 75 a kilogram for the sweetener in some residential areas in the capital for the past two-three days ... Read more
BNP, allies to stage demo on July 23
Main opposition BNP and allies announced Tuesday that they would hold countrywide demonstrations on July 23 to press the demand for the repeal of the 15th amendment to the Constitution which abolished the election time non party caretaker government and to push other issues. BNP said that it would also protest against Awami League led ... Read more
Govt sets Ramadan office timing
The government on Tuesday set office hours from 9:00am to 3:30pm for government, semi0government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations for Ramadan with a 15-minute break from 1:15pm. Ramadan begins in the first week of August
BNP won’t get further chance if it fails to join talks today: CEC
The chief election commissioner, ATM Shamsul Huda, on Tuesday said that main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party would get no further chance to sit with the commission if the party failed to attend the dialogue scheduled for today. The dialogue between the ruling Awami League and the Election Commission was not held on
Risky construction goes unwatched
Police, Rajuk say no arrangement in place for monitoring There are visibly no authorities in the construction sector to enforce rules preventing occupational hazards, although several hundred people die in and around building sites every year. Had the authorities concerned compelled the owner of 15-storey under-construction Sagupta De Khan to take safety measures, HSC examinee ... Read more
Sirajganj town threatened as embankment breaches
The Sirajganj town stands threatened by the River Jamuna after the town protection embankment collapsed on Monday night. A stretch of at least 70 metres of the embankment on the eastern bank of the river breached. This is the fourth time the embankment breaded in two years, which created panic among the
DMP to seize mobile from motorists while driving
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police will seize mobiles from drivers talking on the phone while they are driving, officials said. The police will, in addition to seizing the mobiles, also fine such drivers under the existing laws as it noticed that such use of mobiles caused traffic accident, a DMP release
Who is right?
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan came down heavily on the Akram Khan-led selection panel for not taking his opinion over the selection of the team for Zimbabwe. The all-rounder, who returned home from England on Sunday after playing county cricket, expressed his disappointment over the team selection while talking with the reporters at the
4 Indians & 4 Aussies in ICC’s all-time XI
In the week when England host India at Lord’s in the 2,000th Test match, there was no room for any English players in an International Cricket Council (ICC) poll to decide cricket fans’ greatest Test team of all time. Names like WG Grace, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Jim Laker, Fred Trueman and Ian Botham were ... Read more
Hesson new Kenya coach
Kenya have appointed New Zealander Michael Hesson as the new national cricket coach, officials said on Tuesday. The Dunedin-born Hesson, 36, is widely regarded as one of the best young coaches in the game, having been involved in coaching the New Zealand A side and the Otago Volts provincial team for six years
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara breaks even
Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has broken even, making Rs 28.60 crore in the opening weekend and Rs 31 crore through satellite and music rights for a total of over Rs 59 crore. The budget of the film, including prints and publicity was Rs 55 crore, reported Hindustan Times. Despite the bomb blasts in ... Read more
Barcelona return to training
Spanish and European champions Barcelona began their pre-season training on Monday with just their Argentinian and Brazilian players who took part in the Copa America missing. Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique were among the 18 Barca players who took part in a light training session after completing physical
Lady Gaga’s website hacked
Lady Gaga’s British website has been hacked, with internet imposters accessing the email addresses and names of a number of her fans. Lady Gaga’s British website has been hacked. The ‘Edge of Glory’ hitmaker was targeted by internet imposters, who accessed the email addresses and names of a number of the fans on her database. However, ... Read more
RanksTel set to resume service
Private landline operator RanksTel won back approval from the telecom regulator on Sunday to resume operations after a 16-month shutdown. A team of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission restored RanksTel’s licence and spectrum, after the operator withdrew the case it filed against the
Bangladesh Bank board opposes plan to open new banks
The board of directors of the central bank has opposed a government plan to allow more banks and financial institutions to come on the scene, saying the country does not require any new player in its financial regime. During an exclusive meeting with Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday, the Bangladesh Bank board led by Governor ... Read more
ACER ICONIA all set to blaze the Bangladesh Market
Acer the second largest PC vendor in the world launched its much awaited tablets in Dhaka recently. The new range of five tablets were launched under the brand ICONIA series, a new concept device set to add a brand new tablet experience for highly intuitive all-point multi-touch functionality, which means user’s can navigate seamlessly using ... Read more
Two locally built cargo ships launched
A local company recently launched two cargo ships built at the cost of Tk 8 crore at a dockyard in Barisal for plying on river and coastal routes. The ships were built at the shipyard of Sundarban Navigation Company at Beltala on the bank of Kirtankhola River. Agrani Bank financed for the construction of the
Yunus spurs Malaysians on social business
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has called upon the new generation of Malaysia to put their talents and energies to solving the problems of society using their innovation, creativity, resources and technology. The microcredit pioneer made the call during the launch of the Nobel Laureate in Residence programme at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Bangi, Selangor, ... Read more