50 vehicles vandalised The first day of introduction of ticket system for city buses in Chittagong saw a major hiccup as passengers angry with high fares and inadequate number of buses vandalised around 50 vehicles yesterday. City bus service stalled for three hours following the incident and regular travellers paid the price. Crowds were seen ... Read more
Month: July 2011
310 more people indicted
A Dhaka court on Wednesday charged 310 more people with murder and other criminal offences committed during the rebellion at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed as Border Guard Bangladesh, in February 25–26, 2009. With the 310, the court has so far charged 740 people, including civilians and border guard soldiers
Raja Devasish rejects FM’s statement
Chakma Raja Devasish Roy yesterday in a written statement refuted Foreign Minister Dipu Moni’s claim that non-Bangalee hill-people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts are not “indigenous” but “ethnic minorities”. As the minister termed the hill-people as economic migrants, Raja Devasish said political, social, and economic causes of migration cannot be the basis of disentitlement to ... Read more
HRW calls for ensuring fair trial for BDR mutiny defendants
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged the government to immediately stop mass trials of the alleged mutineers of the Bangladesh Rifles, now renamed Border Guard Bangladesh, on February 25-26, 2009 to ensure fair trial. The US-based rights watchdog in a statement said that those responsible for killing 75 people during
Mother shot at by addict son
A drug addict fired at his mother as she had refused to give him money at village Najirpur at Baufal upazila in Patuakhali district. The Baufal police arrested the 32-year old man, Sohag, following a case filed by his mother Nurunnahar, and producing him in court on Wednesday sought five-day
Zimbabwe-bound Tigers upbeat
The Bangladesh cricket team left Dhaka yesterday for Zimbabwe with the hope of continuing their recent supremacy over the hosts. Prior to their departure captain Shakib Al Hasan and his deputy Tamim Iqbal told reporters at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport that they were looking forward to playing their best cricket during the
Manchester City grab striker Aguero for ‘record’ 35 m pounds
Aguero is expected to hold talks with Manchester City over a five-year contract to be worth around 150,000 pounds a week. City beat off bids by Real Madrid and Juventus to lure Aguero away from Atletico and thus making him the most expensive signing in the club’s history, eclipsing the 32.5 million pounds paid for ... Read more
HSC results better a little
75.08pc pass exams; 10,500 more score GPA-5 this year More than three-fourths of the total number of students appeared in this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate examination passed marking a slight improvement in overall academic standard. For the first time in the country’s history the combined pass percentage under 10 education boards, including Madrasa Education Board ... Read more
Freida Pinto Felt Sorry For Calorie Controlled Co-Stars
Freida Pinto ”felt bad” she could eat more than her co-stars on the set of mythological Greek thriller ‘Immortals’. Freida Pinto “felt bad” she could eat more than her co-stars on the set of ‘Immortals’. The ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ actress claims most of the movie’s cast – which includes Henry Cavill, Kellan Lutz and
Ryan Reynolds is ‘sweet’ and sexy
Ryan Reynolds is a ”sweet” guy and is more likely to ”blush” at his Sexiest Man Alive accolade rather than look for attention for it, according to the director of his new film. he 34-year-old actor – who has previously won People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive accolade – is “more likely” to be embarrassed about ... Read more
Lady Gaga warns public not to ‘kill the superstar’
Lady Gaga says Amy Winehouse’s death is a stark lesson to the public not to ”kill the superstar”. Lady Gaga says Amy Winehouse’s death is a lesson not to “kill the superstar”. The ‘Edge of Glory’ singer spoke of her respect for Amy – who passed away at her home in Camden, north London, on ... Read more
Rihanna named woman of the year
Singer Rihanna has been named woman of the year by Italian Vogue magazine. Rihanna was honoured for her charity work, pop success and her ability to tackle adversity in personal life, including troubled relationships with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown and drug addict father Ronald Fenty. “Independent, energetic, the young Robyn Rihanna Fenty (only 23) is our ... Read more
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son released from hospital
Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s teenaged son Christopher, who met with an accident July 17, has been released from hospital. “Blessed to be able to take Christopher out of the hospital. What a feeling of relief knowing that he’s going to be fine,” Christopher’s mom Maria Shriver confirmed on her Twitter account. Femalefirst.co.uk ... Read more
Man stabs wife 100 times after reading killing manual
A man in UK stabbed his wife at least 100 times, after researching on internet sites like “How to kill someone” and “Top 10 tips on how to commit the perfect crime”, a court has heard. Alfredo Merigo, 43, stabbed his wife with a steak knife as their two-year-old son sat near them in a ... Read more
Fragmented sleep ‘harms memory’
Broken sleep affects the ability to build memories, a study of mice suggests. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science findings could help explain memory problems linked to conditions including Alzheimer’s and sleep apnoea. The Stanford University found disrupting sleep made it harder for the animals to recognise familiar objects. A UK sleep expert ... Read more
Interference in recruitment
Lawmakers fight with minister over 7,000 jobs in railway Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain and members of a parliamentary committee yesterday quarrelled over lobbying and interference in recruitment of some 7,000 class-III and class-IV employees for the railway. At a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on the communications ministry, several ruling Awami League lawmakers alleged ... Read more
Khaleda invites Hasina for iftar
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Tuesday invited Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina to an iftar party she would host on August 4. Khaleda, also the opposition leader in parliament, will host the iftar in honour of the leaders of different political parties at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre
Good to all robber to cops
A Dhaka University student, known as a modest youth to his classmates and teachers, is a robber in the eyes of law. Abdul Quader, a master’s student of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been languishing in jail since July 16 after being arrested in two cases filed for robbery and possessing sharp
Free Suchitra Sen’s Pabna house: HC
The High Court Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to free the paternal homestead of the subcontinent’s renowned actress Suchitra Sen in Pabna town from illegal occupation, and hand it over to the government, reports UNB. A division bench of the High Court comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice
Critics of microcredit chastised
Experts hail role of microcredit in poverty reduction Experts and politicians yesterday came down heavily on the critics of microcredit for being too ruthless about the economic concept, which is credited to contributing to pulling out millions out of poverty. They said there are both positives and negatives of the theory championed by Bangladesh’s lone ... Read more