The four-year-long waiting of the people in Bangladesh and India to see the Sundarbans, the world’s largest single-patch mangrove forest, among the new seven wonders of nature ended in frustration early today. According to the results announced, the new seven wonders in alphabetic order are Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, Puerto Princesa ... Read more
Month: November 2011
SC website hacked
Repaired after several hours The official website of the Supreme Court was hacked yesterday. Information technology experts of the court, however, recovered it around 8:00pm. Following the hacking, the webpage read “Oops…You Got Hacked” with rap music playing in the background. The hackers on the webpage identified themselves as “Bangladeshis Underground Hacker”
Dhaka Univ student arrested
The detective branch police on Thursday arrested a Dhaka University student in connection with the killing of a ramp model, Tahia Tabassum Adrita. The arrested was identified as Ashish Karmaker alias Rehan, 23, a 4th year law department student. A team of detectives arrested Rehan from the Doyel Chatar area on the university campus
Fuel oil prices rise again
Govt makes the move to cut subsidy on petroleum products The government for the second time in two months increased the fuel prices by Tk 5 a litre to reduce subsidy on imports of petroleum products. The new price hike came into effect last midnight, the Press Information Depart-ment said in a statement late last ... Read more
Voting for Sundarban ends today
Voting by SMS (short message service) to have Sundarbans as one of the seven wonders of nature ends on Friday. State minister for forest and environment Dr Hasan Mahmud has urged all to vote for the Sundarbans, to place it among one of the new seven wonders of nature. “If Bangladesh can get a place ... Read more
Mushfiqur, Rubel & Shakib rested
Captain Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Rubel Hossain — all Khulna players — will not play the fourth round match of the National Cricket League (NCL). “Three national cricketers will not play the fourth round match as head coach (Stuart Law) has advised them to take rest,” informed Zahid Razzak Masum, national team
‘Sky is the limit for Banglalink’
Orascom Telecom Group CEO reflects his thoughts on Bangladesh market The view from Orascom Telecom Holding’s group CEO’s office is breathtaking. You can see the mighty river Nile flowing right through the Egyptian capital Cairo. You can tell why they call this longest river in the world the lifeline of the country and watch the ... Read more
CNG price to skyrocket
Govt plans similar prices for CNG, diesel; experts argue justification; unhappy gas station owners mull strike Having hiked CNG prices twice this year, the government now mulls a third raise by December to close the gaps between CNG and diesel prices. “The price of CNG [compressed natural gas] is likely to increase by this year, ... Read more
Cattle missed markets
Helpless buyers forced to pay hefty prices, claim crisis was created Zafrul Hasan Babul, a resident of Mirpur-12, failed for the first time to buy any sacrificial animal due to severe supply shortage in all the 15 cattle markets of the city since Sunday morning, the last day before Eid-ul-Azha. Babul, who had been trying ... Read more
80 lakh animals sacrificed
Rawhide supply up 23pc, prices fall 10pc Supply of rawhide following Eid-ul-Azha this year is expected to be satisfactory, but its price will be lower than it was last year due to slack demand for leather and leather products in the global market, industry officials have said. The manufacturers, however, reckon the price drop will ... Read more
Alert call for Asia
IMF warns world economy at risk, urges Asian economies to be on guard International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde yesterday warned the world risked plunging into a “downward spiral” of financial instability and urged Asian economies to be on their guard. Lagarde said Asia was not immune to problems currently sweeping the eurozone, as she ... Read more