Former army chief Moeen U Ahmed, who now lives in the US, on Tuesday denied his involvement in the August 2007 campus violence in Dhaka University and blamed the Fakhruddin-led caretaker government for this. During a one-hour long teleconference with the parliamentary probe committee, Moeen said he had no control over the members of Directorate ... Read more
Month: September 2011
Now Louis Kahn’s JS masterpiece at stake
Air force’s objection forces metro rail to change route; new proposal awaits PM’s approval; financier Jica yet to respond In the face of pressure from Bangladesh Air Force, the government has decided to change the course of the much-talked-about metro rail, and take it through the parliament complex. About 55 metres of land on the ... Read more
Vast tracts of land to go barren
Feni River water sharing A large tract of cultivable land in the south-eastern parts of the country will face a serious irrigation crisis during the dry season if Bangladesh and India share waters of the river Feni, officials told The Independent, on Tuesday. The river Feni, originating from a spring in the hills of South ... Read more
Take a hilsa, get marbles free!
It would have been funny but for the deplorable business practice: buy a hilsa, get marbles free. That, however, is precisely what happened on Tuesday to one Mashreful Islam Saikat, a student of Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and vice-president of the Chhatra Kalyan Parishad (students’ union). While buying his morning quota of four fish from ... Read more
BIWTC faces loss in ferry operations
Poor Navigability BIWTC faces loss in ferry operations Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation is incurring a loss of about Tk 16 lakh a day for the last one week due to the disruption of ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma for poor navigability, BIWTC officials said. The ferries now carry vehicles less than ... Read more
Nur to replace Sakib
Leg-spinner Nur Hossain is set to replace Sakib al Hasan in the Bangladesh team for the BCB Cup, chief selector Akram Khan said on Tuesday. While Nur is certainly not Sakib’s natural successor in the national team, but bearing in mind the threat posed by West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, his inclusion in the side ... Read more
Umpire Dar completes a treble
Last year Aleem Dar’s wife, Noshiha Dar was not able to see the David Shepherd Trophy won by her husband for few weeks as the ‘Best Umpire’ headed to Bangladesh directly from Bangalore to officiate in the ODIs’ against New Zealand. This year too, he will now head to Sri Lanka directly (to officiate in ... Read more
Mobile Internet user to eclipse wireline users by 2015
It’s going to be a mobile Internet world and we’ll just live in it. That’s the conclusion of IDC, which is forecasting that mobile Internet users will grow by an annual compound rate of 16.6 percent through 2015, when they will pass PC and other wireline Internet users. That’s not entirely surprising if you’ve been ... Read more
Dhaka bourse now Asia’s worst
Dhaka Stock Exchange became the worst performer in Asia this year, ridiculing the premier bourse’s ranking last year when it was the third among the global best, according to Bloomberg News. The Dhaka bourse lost 25 percent in the last nine months this year, while its general index advanced 82.81 percent last year
Walton plans to export fridges to Europe, America
Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited, a local Bangladeshi company, is setting up a new factory at Gazipur to manufacture and export refrigerators to the markets in Europe and North America. Officials of the company told reporters at a briefing on Monday that encouraged by the demand for Walton fridges in the home market and in neighbouring ... Read more
Wasa knocks down illegal structures
Kalyanpur Canal Wasa knocks down illegal structures Around 20 concrete and semi-concrete structures on Kalyanpur Gha Khal (canal) in the capital were demolished in a drive yesterday. A joint team of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) and the district administration conducted the drive with some 100 day-labourers and 50 police men from 10:00am ... Read more
Workshop on search engine optimisation begins Sept 15
A three-day long workshop on search engine optimisation will begin at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in the port city on September 15. Bangladesh Open Source Network (BOSN) and Science and Engineering Club of IUB will jointly organise the workshop
Chanchal Chowdhury’s new avatar for “Television”
Chanchal Chowdhury had to grow long hair for Giasuddin Selim’s blockbuster “Monpura”. For “Moner Manush”, he had to lose weight. Now the actor will go nearly bald for Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s next film “Television”. “I’ll have to get rid of my hair shortly. I’ve mentally prepared myself to lose my beloved hair,” said Chanchal. He ... Read more
Novak Djokovic wins US Open
Novak Djokovic confirmed his status as the world’s best player with a stunning victory over defending champion Rafael Nadal to lift his first US Open title. The top seed from Serbia gave a display of breathtaking quality to triumph 6-2 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 in four hours and 10 minutes on Arthur Ashe Stadium
Metamorphosis of a boi para
Much of contemporary literary and critical theory is dominated by French philosophers. To draw a reason why the French have the upper hand in critical thinking and philosophy, Jim Powell, in his book on postmodernism, jokingly wrote that for decades, French intellectuals — mostly regarded as national treasures and celebrities — sat at cafes, placed ... Read more
Shama Rahman to perform at Unesco HQ
Shama Rahman, a leading Tagore artiste of the country, will render a few timeless songs of Nobel Laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore at a cultural programme arranged by UNESCO at its headquarters in Paris tomorrow. To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore and in memory of Amy Cizer and Pablo Neruda, UNESCO has arranged ... Read more
Tete-a-tete with Milon
f the truth should be told, for me this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr was an occasion to relax. As I took a five-day off from shooting, I spent the time with my family,” said actor Anisur Rahman Milon in a recent interview with daily sun. “It was an occasion to see the fans, friends, well wishers, relatives ... Read more
Alamgir to host TV game show
Film star Alamgir will host a game show titled Houseful featuring Bangladeshi film industry from September 16, announced at a press conference. Details of the programme were explained at the press conference held at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation on Monday. Houseful will be a game show where participants can take part by answering a ... Read more
Padma Bridge in a quagmire
WB freezes on short-listed questionable companies; govt seeks to know the names, move on without those The construction of Padma Bridge will face a long delay if the World Bank does not accept the government’s proposal to start the work soon without involving the firms accused of corruption. The proposal was made when WB Vice-President ... Read more
Dredging gone hibernating
Gross negligence of water transport authority led to serious navigability loss in Padma Gross negligence in conducting timely dredging to keep the ferry channels in the Padma navigable has led to the disruption of ferry services between Mawa and Paturia, causing sufferings to thousands of people. Officials of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), which ... Read more