The officer-in-charge of Savar police station was closed to Dhaka police line and two sub-inspectors, who were closed to the police line on September 11, were suspended on Monday as a police probe body found that the cops failed to discharge their duties properly during the Aminbazar incident in which six students were beaten to ... Read more
Month: September 2011
Doctor for the poor
Kiwi living his dream in Bangladesh, providing healthcare to the helpless for close to 30 years Thousands of miles away from home, someone is living up to his childhood promise: helping the helpless. In a rare example of love and sacrifice, he has been treating poor patients in Madhupur reserved forest area in Tangail for ... Read more
6.8 Sikkim quake jolts Bangladesh
Causes widespread panic; no major loss A 6.8 magnitude earthquake jolted the country yesterday evening, prompting thousands of panic-stricken people to rush out into the street from their homes. The quake that was felt for nearly two minutes from 6:40:47pm had its epicentre in Sikkim, India. It was the strongest tremor to have hit the ... Read more
Victims were not robbers
Killing of 6 Students at Aminbazar Victims were not robbers Police probe echoes judicial investigation; proposes action against Savar police A police enquiry yesterday concluded that the six students killed by a mob in Aminbazar in July were not robbers, 10 days after a judicial probe also found them innocent. A four-member committee formed by ... Read more
Biman flight makes emergency landing
A London-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines with 193 passengers on board made an emergency landing at an airport in Jordan last evening. Biman officials said the Airbus made the emergency landing after a technical fault surfaced while it was on the way from Dubai to London. The Dhaka-Dubai-London flight left
Bangladesh 6th ‘high-risk country’
Ranks disaster watchdog A leading disaster watchdog has ranked Bangladesh as the world’s sixth “high disaster risk country” in terms of its exposure to typhoons, earthquake and tsunamis. The German-based United Nations University (UNU) Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in its ‘World Risk Report-2011’ said Bangladesh ranked second in its risk index in
Fuel prices hiked
The government increased for the second time this year the prices of all fuel oils, including diesel, by Tk 5 per litre and that of furnace oil by Tk 8 a litre with effect from Sunday midnight under heavy pressure from the International Monetary Fund. The price of diesel and kerosene has been raised from ... Read more
Little care for luggage
Showkat Alam Khan, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Canada, was much excited about his Dhaka trip. He was going to see his mother, a cancer patient living in the city’s Kalabagan, and to let her have a glimpse of his fifteen years of life abroad, captured in video and still cameras. Unfortunately, the tour turned quite
Mushy shines in rain
Mushfiqur Rahim’s late blitz was the only bright spot yesterday with heavy rain spoiling the BCB Cup game between the Tigers and the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. The sharp spell of rain early in the morning kept the players waiting till noon to start the game,
Exams first, then patients
In-patients forced out of their beds as medical students sit for exams At least 85 in-patients were forced out of their beds at two government hospitals in Chittagong and Barisal to make room for practical examinations of medical students yesterday. In Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), 35 patients of the cardiology ward had to stay ... Read more
Metro Rail Project: Air force concern unfounded
Experts object to its route change proposal; financier upset with delay, change Bangladesh Air Force’s objection to the Bijoy Sarani portion of the proposed 22-km metro rail on a plea that it will hinder the operation of Tejgaon airfield is unfounded, experts have said. The experts also rejected an alternative route, suggested by the air ... Read more
Sharp rise in carjacking
9 held with 14 cars, 5 motorbikes Police recovered 14 stolen cars and five motorbikes and arrested nine suspected carjackers in Chittagong and Dhaka on Thursday and Friday. The law enforcers were seemingly happy with the success of their recent drives, which came at a time when the crime is on the rise. But they ... Read more
Students on rampage after teacher’s death
A female teacher of the Dhaka Commerce College died after delivery, allegedly due to wrong treatment in Dr Azmal Hospital in Mirpur on Saturday, triggering violent protests by her students. The deceased, Trishna Ganguli, 32, was an assistant professor of the college’s Bangla department. The management of the Dr Azmal Hospital said that Trisha was ... Read more
Human traffickers active in 20 transit points
Teenage girls, widows, maidservants, abandoned women and children, slum dwellers and female garment workers are the main targets of agents, who are active in country’s at least 20 transit points of human trafficking. Although the latest issue of the monthly publication, Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies, cannot put a figure on human trafficking ... Read more
‘Sacking outright is not right’
It was not Shakib (Al Hasan), rather Bangladesh cricket is the loser. The comment was made by none other than Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Enayet Hossain Siraj, who is also the chairman of cricket operations committee, while giving his reaction yesterday over the sacking of the national team captain and his deputy Tamim Iqbal
Razzak joins race for captaincy
Experienced left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has emerged as a surprise contender for the captaincy job of the Bangladesh national cricket team, the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials confirmed on Saturday. Until now the race for captaincy was limited to wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim and all-rounder Mahmudullah, with top-order batsman Shahriar Nafees distinctly third, but chief selector Akram ... Read more
Injury scare for Tamim
Bangladesh suffered an injury scare ahead of their West Indies series when opener Tamim Iqbal complained of a stiff-neck after the practice of the national team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Tamim also said that he has aggravated his previous groin injury that he carried on the Zimbabwe tour. Due to the groin ... Read more
Bangladeshis out of DV-13 lottery
Citizens of 18 other countries cannot apply next year The United States has declared 19 countries including Bangladesh ineligible for the upcoming Diversity Visa (DV) 2013. The State Department in an announcement said all these 19 countries ‘sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the previous five
Save JS complex from metro route
Architects, environmentalists ask govt, suggest relocation of military sites from city The air force’s pressure to realign the proposed metro rail route through Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban premises is not acceptable, leading architects and city planners said at a media briefing in the capital yesterday. They instead demanded relocation of all military installations from the core ... Read more
Woman kills herself after facing village arbitration
A young housewife allegedly hanged herself after she was harassed in village arbitration at Boteshwar village under Belabo upazila of the district Thursday night. She was identified as Yasmin Sultana, 27, daughter of late Suruj Mia of the village. Yasmin was married off to Asad Mia 14 years back, villagers said. Following family feud and