The ferries plying on the Paturia-Daulatdia route were forced to cut down their capacity by more than fifty percent due to low navigability of Padma River. The transportation of goods-laden trucks has been suffering a huge setback due to the capacity reduction coupled with frequent suspension of ferry services on the
Month: September 2011
Investors run amok as stocks keep plunging
Hundreds of share market investors on Monday ran amok on the road in front of Dhaka Stock Exchange in Motijheel in protest against share prices going into a free fall and in demand for immediate steps from the authorities concerned to stabilise the capital market that had been going through a depression for long. At ... Read more
182 BGB men jailed, 5 acquitted in BDR mutiny case
A total of 182 members of the signal sector of then Bangladesh Rifles now Border Guard Bangladesh were sentenced on Monday to various jail terms ranging from four months to seven years for their involvement in the February 25-26, 2009 mutiny at its Peelkhana headquarters in Dhaka. The Special Court-8 also fined each of the ... Read more
Cops ‘torture’ two musicians in custody
Two up-and-coming musicians have been tortured with electric shocks and beatings in police custody, families allege. Saimoon Hasan Nahian, a guitarist of D Rock Star champion Power Surge, and Sarkar Mehedi Afif, a guitarist of Mirror Blaze, were arrested on Sunday in connection with a theft, a charge the
Man found dead with wife, son
Police suspect the ‘drug addict’ man committed suicide after killing the two A man, his wife and their five-year-old son were found dead in their house at Shyampur in Savar yesterday. Ranjit Sarkar, 28, was a drug addict, and he might have committed suicide after killing his wife Rita Sarkar, 23, and his only son ... Read more
Tigers trounce cubs
A 50-over game lasting only three hours isn’t the best advertisement for a season opener, but that is what happened as the national side trounced the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy by six wickets in the opening game of the BCB Cup yesterday. There were hardly any demons in the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium wicket as the ... Read more
Siddik decries visa woes
Persistent visa problems have left Bangladesh’s golfing icon Siddikur Rahman’s schedules in total disarray as he is facing uncertainty over his participation in many tournaments. Siddik left Dhaka on Monday to participate in the $7,50,000 Macau Open, to be held at the former Portuguese colony from September 15 to 18. After the tournament, he will ... Read more
Metro rail stops at air force red signal
Bijoy Sarani link seen as risky for security; financier Jica upset; meeting adjourned for today Construction of the much anticipated metro rail looks uncertain as the government might bring another modification in its alignment in the face of the air force’s objection to the current alignment running across Bijoy Sarani. Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), ... Read more
Woman, 65, has boob job to get men
A Welsh great-grandmother says she is dating men as young as 24 after having breast implants. Joan Lloyd, from Abergele, went under the knife to boost her bra size from A to F – at the age of 65, reports the Daily Post. She says she decided to spend £4,250 of her savings on the ... Read more
Megan Fox quits veganism
Megan Fox has quit her vegan diet because the meat-free eating plan made her lose too much weight. Megan Fox has got her curves back since ditching her vegan diet. The 25-year-old actress had been sticking to a strict eating plan based on the vegetarian lifestyle – which doesn’t allow followers to eat meat or ... Read more
Justin Bieber Wants To Marry At 25
Justin Bieber has revealed plans to be married within the next ten years. The 17-year-old ‘Baby’ singer said he wants get married and have children while he is still relatively young. “Well, by 25 or 26, I want to see myself, like, married or start looking for a family,” Bieber told Women’s Wear Daily this ... Read more
Road safety left in limbo
Abul presides, Shahjahan rules the meeting; 5-hour discussion produces little The National Road Safety Council, chaired by Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain, was largely dominated by Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday and it failed to decide on anything significant on road safety. The five-hour meeting discussed issues which have been talked about over and over ... Read more
Media shown the door
Around 60 journalists of print and electronic media were forced out of a meeting on road safety by four ministers yesterday, although the media were invited to cover the event. The four are Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain, Home Minister Sahara Khatun and her deputy
10 yrs on, US still mourns
Americans yesterday remembered the horror of September 11, 2001, and the nearly 3,000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks as authorities worked to ensure the emotional 10th anniversary was peaceful. Law enforcement authorities in New York and Washington were on high alert against what was described as a “credible but unconfirmed” threat of ... Read more
Restriction ready
Electronic Media Restriction ready Draft broadcast policy proposes provisions to limit freedom of media A draft national broadcasting policy has barred private television channels, radios and Internet protocol TVs from broadcasting any program making derogatory comments about national figures like Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a high official said yesterday. The draft also forbids programs that ... Read more
Cox’s Bazar quicksand kills boy
Yet another youth died sinking into a quicksand in Cox’s Bazar sea beach yesterday. The dead is Md Ibrahim, 16, a Class-VIII student of Jatrabari City Corporation Adarsha High School in the capital. On September 3, Md Sun, 17, similarly died at Laboni point of the beach. Earlier on July 29,
Grameen board members harassed
Seven board members of Grameen Bank, who travelled to Dhaka to meet with the well-wishers of the microcredit organisation, were harassed by their former colleagues and security officials yesterday. A section of former Grameen Bank officials and security personnel quizzed them about their tour and the reason for travels to the capital, said the board ... Read more
Eight cops closed for Aminbazar lynching
Eight police personnel, including two sub-inspectors of Savar police station were closed (withdrawn) on Sunday on charge of negligence of duties during the killing of six students at Keblarchar in Baradeshi village of Aminbazar dubbing them robbers in the early hours of July 18. The closed police personnel are identified as sub-inspectors Hariz Sikdar, Anowar ... Read more
Touts cash in on ferry mess
Frequent suspension of ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia and Mawa-Kawrakandi routes has been disrupting communication between Dhaka and 21 south-western districts for the last few days and some unscrupulous people are taking full advantage of the situation. Ferry service on both the routes was suspended for several hours yesterday since several
Kidney, Liver Trade: 10 hospitals involved
Organ trader makes confession Tareque Azam, the key suspect of a network of organ trade in the country, gave his confessional statement before a Joypurhat magistrate court yesterday. In his confession, he named some hospitals, clinics and doctors involved in the illicit business, said F Karim, officer-in-charge of Kalai Police Station in