The ailing cooperatives sector needs a fresh lease of life as well-managed cooperatives can be the best way for both rural and urban people to improve their livings standard with wider and organised access to technology, finance and public property, economists and rights activists believe. They stress the need for adequate support and strong monitoring ... Read more
Month: July 2011
Only 12 drug units follow WHO rules
Only 12 allopathic drug manufacturing companies out of 261 are producing quality drugs by following the World Health Organisation’s good manufacturing practice (GMP) guidelines, according to the parliamentary standing committee of the Health and Family Welfare ministry. Also, 10 companies are producing quality drugs, albeit not following the WHO guideline, the committee pointed out. It ... Read more
Mobile courts jail 17 on first day
Four out of 10 mobile courts, despite widespread criticism by the human rights activists in the country, have jailed 17 persons including activists of the various political parties for reportedly disrupting public security and, according to officials on Wednesday, beating up police officers. Ten mobile courts led by 10 executive magistrates were engaged by the ... Read more
Lafarge gets green light
Mining in India Lafarge gets green light Cement manufacturer Lafarge will be able to mine limestone in Meghalaya for its plant in Bangladesh, as India’s Supreme Court yesterday gave a green light ending a 17-month ban. A three-judge bench headed by Indian Chief Justice SH Kapadia allowed Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd to resume mining under ... Read more
Tamim steals the show
Tamim Iqbal came up trumps in the battle of Bangladesh at New Road in Worcester on Tuesday night as his Nottinghamshire beat Shakib Al Hasan’s Worcestershire by ten runs in the Friends Life t20. The left-handed opener hammered 35 off 25 balls with the help of three boundaries and one six that made a dent ... Read more
In conversation with Mithila
Rafiath Rashid Mithila is a well-known model, singer and actress and the better-half of singer Tashan. She has appeared in many TVC such as Meril, Bajaj, Close-up, Jhui Narikel tel, Robi and more. Although she started her career as a model, later she explored other cultural sectors like singing and acting. In a recent interview ... Read more
Arnie to agree ‘generous’ divorce settlement
Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to give Maria Shriver a “very generous divorce settlement”. The ‘Terminator’ star – who admitted in May to fathering a boy named Joseph with his family’s housekeeper Mildred Baena 13 years ago while he was still married to the 55-year-old writer – is reportedly willing to give Maria more than she ... Read more
Lindsay Lohan should never have been jailed
Lindsay Lohan says she should never have gone to jail for violating the terms of her 2007 conviction for driving under the influence (DUI) because it was too harsh a punishment. Lindsay Lohan says she should never have gone to jail. The ‘Mean Girls’ actress – who recently completed her 35-day house arrest, which was ... Read more
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones relax in Turkey
Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have been holidaying in Turkey. The couple and their children, Dylan, 11, and eight-year-old Carys, were seen shopping in the resort town of Bodrum on Sunday, where they seemed happy and relaxed. One onlooker told the New York Post: “They ate fish in a local restaurant and they visited a ... Read more
Lady Gaga given key to Taichung
Lady Gaga was given the key to the city of Taichung during her visit to Taiwan on Sunday. The 25-year-old pop superstar went to a special welcoming party in Taichung, where she was presented with the honour by Mayor Jason Chu as part of Lady Gaga Day celebrations, which also saw her given a picture ... Read more
Man who raped teenager while asleep walks free
A man in Britain, accused of raping a teenage girl walked free from court today after successfully arguing he suffered from sexsomnia. Stephen Lee Davies, 43, of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, claimed he was innocent because he could not stop himself from having sex while
NBR earnings shoot past target
Revenue earnings of the National Board of Revenue increased by Tk 16,650 crore or 26.84 percent last fiscal year, beating the target for the year, said its Chairman Nasiruddin Ahmed yesterday. He said the taxpayers’ increasing trust in democratic government and intensified monitoring at the field level contributed to the high
Investors must keep it in stocks till June ’13: NBR
The National Board of Revenue on Tuesday said the investors must keep the undisclosed money invested in stocks till June 2013 to avail the opportunity of legalising it by paying 10 per cent tax. The board in an order issued on Tuesday said the holders of undisclosed money would have to invest it in the ... Read more
High vegetable prices aggravate consumers’ suffering
The continued price hike of vegetables on the city market in the last two weeks has aggravated the sufferings of consumers, who are already affected by the high prices of other essential commodities. Many consumers at different retail markets said on Tuesday that greengrocers had increased further the prices of vegetables, like green papaya, bitter ... Read more
Lotkan cultivation gains popularity
Cultivation of Lotkan a delicious fruit has gained popularity among people of Narsingdi district. A large number of marginal farmers mainly in the reddish lands of Shibpur and Belabo upazilas of the district have been able to change their fate in the past few years by cultivating Lotkan. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials sources ... Read more
Women reaching heights
With the dream to familiarise foreigners with her beloved country’s flag, Wasfia Nazreen, a Bangladeshi female mountaineer, sets off early morning today in her journey to climb the seven highest mountains of the world’s seven continents. Wasfia will be the first female mountaineer of Bangladesh to climb Europe’s Mount Elbrus, Africa’s
Rumana flies for Canada with some hope for her eyes
Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur, who was blinded by her husband Hasan Syeed who tried to gouge out her eyes when he attacked her on June 5, flew back to Vancouver in Canada on Tuesday with a faint hope of regaining her vision, said family members. A scholar of the University of British Columbia, Rumana, ... Read more
Int’l photo exhibition starts July 8
The 7th International Inter University Photography Exhibition 2011, organised by North South University Photography Club (NSUPC), will begin July 8 at Drik Gallery in the city. Photos of 152 photographers from 28 local and 15 international universities will be exhibited this year. North South University Vice-chancellor Dr Hafiz GA Siddiqi will attend the inaugural ceremony ... Read more
Booters look ahead to Lebanon
The Bangladesh national football team returned home yesterday morning after advancing to the next round of the World Cup pre-qualifiers with a 3-0 aggregate win following a goalless draw against Pakistan in their second leg match in Lahore. The booters will now face Lebanon in the first leg away match on July 23 before hosting ... Read more
Jatra is in my veins: Aruna Biswas
“Jatra is the root of today’s flourishing contemporary theatre scene in Bangladesh. But, this age-old folk art form is not finding a place in our everyday entertainment list, and is losing its appeal day by day. To restore Jatra to its former glory days Jatra-aficionados like me have come forward. My production house, Jatravision is ... Read more