Patients at public health centres, including Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, in the city are facing trouble because of the agents of physicians and clinics. The agents take position at the entrance of public hospitals, bus stands, railway stations and other places to grab the patients and persuade them to go to their respective clinics or ... Read more
Month: August 2011
Four more bodies recovered
Trawler Capsize Four more bodies recovered Four more bodies of the victims of Saturday night’s boat capsize were recovered from the Buriganga yesterday. Three of the dead are Jahangir, 26, Hossain, 21 and Zakir Hossain, 40. The other, also a male victim, could not be immediately identified. The recovery raised the death toll to six. ... Read more
Dhaka elected Asia Pacific Group member
Bangladesh has been re-elected the member of Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) steering committee from South Asian region for 2011-12. A Bangladesh Bank (BB) press release yesterday said Bangladesh was the APG steering committee member representing South Asia also in 2010-11. BB Deputy Governor Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui represented
11 injured as hizras clash with locals
Around 11 people were hurt in a clash between a group of hermaphrodites (commonly known as hizra) and residents of Malopara in the city yesterday. Sources said some hizras went to the residence of Sekandor Ali, general secretary of Rajshahi Beneti Babosayi Samity, in the area on Friday to bless his newborn child and demanded
Sexual Harassment
Police arrested Shihab Uddin, acting headmaster of Chadaha Keonchia High School in Satkania upazila of Chittagong, on Sunday night on allegations of sexually harassing a female student of class ten. The student gave a written complaint to the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) on July 27 to take action against the teacher for harassing her sexually ... Read more
DSE falls for 6th day on rumour of large-scale disinvestment
A panic caused by a rumour that some of the heavyweight players were going for massive disinvestment following the news that the Securities and Exchange Commission was preparing to take legal actions against market manipulators during the last stocks debacle pulled down the Dhaka stocks on Monday. The benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock ... Read more
HSBC to axe 30,000 jobs despite pre-tax profits rise
Banking giant HSBC has said it will cut another 25,000 jobs by 2013 and exit operations in 20 countries as it looks to save billions of dollars. The announcement came as the bank reported pre-tax profits for the first six months of the year of $11.5bn (£7bn), up 3% on the $11.1bn the bank made ... Read more
PM wants new site soon
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the authorities concerned to complete a feasibility study on the selection of a new site for the proposed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib International Airport within a week. The premier issued the directive while presiding over the weekly Cabinet meeting at the secretariat, a minister told New Age
Foreign ministry clarifies
Indigenous Issue Foreign ministry clarifies The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has accepted Dhaka’s concerns on indigenous issue by consensus in its 2011 substantive session, said a foreign ministry press release yesterday. Bangladesh raised concerns at the session over two paragraphs of the 2011 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII) Report about the ... Read more
Ramadan from today
The holy Ramadan, the month of self-purification through fasting, begins across the country today as the new crescent moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky yesterday evening. The National Moon Sighting Committee made the announcement at a meeting in the Islamic Foundation, Baitul Mukarram Mosque after reviewing the reports of moon sighting from different parts of ... Read more
Court grants bail to Kader
Abdul Kader, a Dhaka University student who was tortured in police custody after being arrested on July 16, was granted bail on Monday in a case of alleged carjacking. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Utpal Chowdhury granted him the bail upon a bond of Tk 5,000 and also rejected a police plea for a seven-day remand to ... Read more
Fakhrul’s motorcade attacked in Laxmipur
He escapes unhurt Unidentified youths attacked the motorcade of BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in Laxmipur yesterday afternoon. Fakhrul escaped unhurt as his car was not damaged, but 10 others received minor injuries. The attackers vandalised two cars and three
HC summons Rajuk officials
The High Court on Monday asked all executive magistrates, authorised officers and inspectors of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha to appear in the court on August 4 along with the Rajuk chairman to explain what measures they had taken to enforce the safety rules on the buildings under construction in the capital. A bench of Justice ... Read more
8 officials charged with Tk 25cr graft
State-run Gas Company 8 officials charged with Tk 25cr graft The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday pressed charges against eight officials of Rupantorito Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL), a concern of state-run Petrobangla Ltd, for misappropriating Tk 25 crore petroleum products in five years between 2002 and 2007. They manipulated logbook and tampered with meters to show ... Read more
MSC look to catch Jamal off-guard
Grameenphone Super Cup MSC look to catch Jamal off-guard Mohammedan Sporting Club will be aiming to earn at least some silverware this season through reaching the final of the Grameenphone Super Cup as the defending champions face off Bangladesh League champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the first semifinal of the season’s ending tournament at ... Read more
Tigers suffer shock defeat
Bangladesh’s preparations for the one-off Test match against Zimbabwe hit a snag after the Tigers succumbed to a four-wicket defeat in the three-day warm-up match against the Zimbabwe Board XI in Harare on Monday. Defending a target of 223, Shafiul Islam and Nazmul Hossain picked up early wickets to reduce the
Sneijder’s options open
Wesley Sneijder on Sunday kept the door open to a possible £35 million switch to Manchester United. The Inter Milan midfielder has been strongly linked with a move to the Premier League champions, and speculation continued this weekend despite recent comments from United boss Sir Alex Ferguson that the club would make no further signings ... Read more
I’m pregnant and very excited: Lara Dutta
Finally, the cat is out of the bag. For months long, it was speculated that Lara Dutta is pregnant but neither the actress nor her tennis hubby Mahesh Bhupathi has confirmed the news but in a recent interview, Lara has confirmed that the news of her pregnancy. An elated Lara said, “Yes, I am pregnant ... Read more
Singapore-Malaysia Football Rivalry Turns Ugly Online
Singapore’s World Cup qualifying tie against Malaysia concluded four days ago, but an online war is still being waged by football fans from both sides. The latest salvo was fired yesterday by hackers, who replaced the homepage of the Singapore Cars Online Web site with an image of Malaysian striker Safee Sali. They also left ... Read more
Pippa Middleton: Queen of the Booty!
Her royal hotness. Lord of the arse-tocracy. Queen of the booty. She may be a commoner and not a Duchess like sister Kate, but ever since April, Pippa Middleton has become the style princess of the UK and beyond. Thanks to a form-fitting Alexander McQueen maid-of-honor gown, Pippa’s captivated couture critics, workout fanatics and plastic ... Read more