Village arbitrator held A teenaged girl killed herself on Friday, failing to stand the humiliation of being flogged at a village arbitration in Madaripur Sadar upazila. Police yesterday arrested Mohsin Akand, a former union parishad member, who led the arbitration. Shirin Akhtar, 15, a class-10 student of Barail Bari Dakhil Madrasa in Aoj village, had ... Read more
Month: August 2011
Charge pressed against Parimal
Principal Husne Ara, Bashundhara branch in-charge relieved of charge The family of the Viqarunnissa Noon School and College student who was raped by Parimal Jayadhar, a teacher of the institution’s Bashundhara branch who was sacked and arrested, will file a petition to the court against the charge sheet the police submitted to the metropolitan magistrate’s ... Read more
Judicial body member visits spot with lone survivor
The one-man judicial committee, formed on August 10 to probe the killing of six students at Amin Bazaar in Savar, visited the places of occurrence on Saturday along with the lone survivor of the brutal lynching that took place in the early hours of July 18. The judicial committee of Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Utpal Chowdhury, ... Read more
RU teachers, students demand withdrawal of all cases
Rajshahi University teachers and students on Saturday demanded that the government and the authorities concerned should withdraw the cases filed against the university students in connection with the August 2007 campus protests. Campus protests began on August 20 with Dhaka University students taking to the streets
Import of used cars slips while more new cars come in
Import of used cars from Japan posted a sharp decline in fiscal year 2010-2011 from that of the previous two years. Importers said the reasons for the drastic fall in used car import included increased import duty, scarcity of used cars in Japan after the devastating tsunami hit the country in March, and devaluation
Dhaka stocks sink for fourth week
Cautious trading by retail investors and inactivity of the institutional ones kept Dhaka stocks in the negative zone last week amid a significantly low volume of transactions, stretching the current bear run to four straight weeks. Last week, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, or DGEN, lost 94.84 points,
Earnings from telecom up 29pc
The government has earned Tk 3,061 crore from the telecommunication sector last fiscal year — a 29 percent rise from a year earlier. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has recently handed over the money to the government
SUST decides to give extra time for examinees with disabilities
The Shahjalal University of Science and Technology has decided to give an extra five minutes per hour for examinees with disabilities. The decision was made in the 117th academic council meeting on Saturday afternoon, confirmed the university officials. The SUST authorities are also mulling over offering the extra time for the admission seekers with
Tigers aim to end on a high
Since last Friday when the Tigers lost the first one-dayer in Harare, the constant line from the Tigers, casually or officially, was of a win making all the difference. That win came three days late, after the series had been lost, though the mood has palpably changed since the six-wicket victory at the Queens Sports ... Read more
National footballers to welcome Messi & Co
Bangladesh national team players will receive the Argentina and Nigeria teams at the airport when they arrive in Dhaka next month for an international friendly, the Bangladesh Football Federation said on Saturday. The BFF has drawn up a detailed plan to welcome the high-profile international teams that boast some of the best known footballers, including ... Read more
Gambhir undergoes head scan
Opener Gautam Gambhir did not bat in his usual position as India began their reply to England’s 591 for six declared in the fourth and final Test at The Oval on Saturday after suffering concussion. Gambhir sustained his injury when, trying to catch Kevin Pietersen the ball after the England batsman completed his century, he ... Read more
UNFPA to fund $70m for next five years
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has pledged to fund $70 million in the next five-year (2012-16) plan to improve the country’s maternal and reproductive health and tackle violence against women. UNFPA Executive Director Dr Babatunde Osotimehin said this at a press conference at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the city yesterday, ending his three-day visit ... Read more
Remembering an icon
Two-day Selim Al Deen birth anniversary celebration ends Dhaka Theatre along with Bangladesh Gram Theatre, Swapnadal and Desh Bangla Theatre arranged a two-day programme to celebrate the 62nd birth anniversary of theatre icon Selim Al Deen. The programme began on August 18 at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). It included staging of plays, exhibition and ... Read more
6th South Asian Film Festival to pay tribute to Tareque Masud
The 6th edition of the South Asian Film Festival (SAFF) to be held in Panaji, Goa, from September 15 to 18, will pay tribute to Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud, who died in road accident, and late Bollywood veteran Shammi Kapoor. Four films from Bangladesh will be screened at the Festival — “Meherjaan” by Rubaiyat Hossain, ... Read more
City buses bypass orders on designated bus stops
Poor monitoring deepens crisis Most of the buses plying Dhaka roads do not follow transport committee orders concerning designated bus stops in absence of proper monitoring by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and Dhaka Metropolitan Police. The authorities concerned said that Dhaka Metropolitan Regional Transport Committee, popularly
Experts for microgrids to ease power woes
As frequent power outages and government inability to increase electricity production have gripped mass psyche, one element is, perhaps, eluding all eyes. That is delay in adoption of a digital power monitoring system is costing the country hard, which could have otherwise saved up to 500 Mw every day. Power generation, on a daily basis, ... Read more
Tickets home remain elusive
While the Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan warns the launch owners to sell the advanced launch tickets in scheduled routine to make hassle free journey, thousands of passengers are suffering for want of a ticket for a ride back to their home to enjoy the Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones as the tickets are ... Read more
Dhali Mamun flown to Thailand
Painter Dhali Al Mamun, who was injured in a fatal road crash on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj last Saturday, was yesterday flown to Thailand for better treatment. He was admitted to Bangkok General Hospital last night. An air ambulance left with the painter from Dhaka around 3:30pm, said Mamun’s relative Syed Iftekhar
IBM makes first ‘brain chips’
IBM has developed a microprocessor which it claims comes closer than ever to replicating the human brain. The system is capable of “rewiring” its connections as it encounters new information, similar to the way biological synapses work. Researchers believe that by replicating that feature, the technology could start to learn. Cognitive computers may eventually be ... Read more
West Bengal renamed as Paschimbanga
The Indian state of West Bengal will get a new name– Paschimbanga. The decision was taken yesterday at an all-party meeting. Now a resolution would be moved in the House for adoption of the new name, and then referred to the federal Indian government, said Partha Chatterjee, state parliamentary affairs minister, to reporters after the ... Read more