One-Month-Old Boeing Faulty seats of Palki being replaced The economy-class seats of Palki, Biman’s new Boeing 777-300ER that began commercial operation last month, are being replaced as their armrests started falling apart. US company Weber had supplied the seats of the aircraft. It is now replacing the armrests in the economy class at its own ... Read more
Month: December 2011
Indian civilians kill Bangladeshi on Jaintapur border
Indians shot a Bangladeshi young man dead on the Jaintapur border in Sylhet on Sunday. The 25-year-old, Badsha Miah, who was shot dead, had lived at Muktarpur, a village along the Dibir Haor border at Jaintapur in the district, the family said. The Khasia tribesmen of India fired on Badsha and three of his friends ... Read more
Shakib brings respectability
Shakib Al Hasan helped Bangladesh expand upon their strong base during the second day’s play of the second Test against Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The day ended with Pakistan on 87-1 after bad light stopped play. In all, 26 overs were lost on the day after the morning session began ... Read more
The sign of a complete all-rounder
Sakib al Hasan proudly announced himself as a complete all-rounder after his 144 runs in the first innings that guided Bangladesh to a respectable 338 against Pakistan on Sunday. Sakib had started his career as a batsman who could bowl but gradually turned into Bangladesh’s main strike bowler with his left-arm spin that often turned ... Read more
REHAB fair abuzz with visitors
Hundreds of people thronged the housing fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka yesterday, although the venue was open to customers only for four hours for the best bargains. Braving cold weather, prospective buyers of plots and apartments queued at the entrance of the fair in the evening after the third day of the ... Read more
BSF kills 4 Bangladeshis in 48 hours
The Indian Border Security Force shot four Bangladeshis dead in the frontier districts of Kurigram, Dinajpur and Meherpur on Friday and Saturday in a latest spate of killings despite repeated assurances by New Delhi not to open fire on unarmed civilians on the borders. BSF personnel at Narayanganj camp in Cochbihar district killed Alamgir Hossain, ... Read more
Cold wave grips country
Claims 3 more lives; fog disrupts flights, ferry movement Bone-chilling cold and thick fog hit the people hard, especially in the north, yesterday claiming at least three more lives raising the toll to nine in the last two days. Hundreds, mostly children and the elderly, are suffering from different cold-related diseases due to this spell. ... Read more
Retirement age may rise by 2 years
Public Service Retirement age may rise by 2 years Cabinet sits tomorrow to consider proposal A proposal for extending retirement age of public servants by two years may be placed before the cabinet for approval tomorrow. If the proposal gets through, the new retirement age of 59 may take effect from January 1 next year. ... Read more
Muggers kill 2 SUST students
Two students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology died after people said to be muggers had attacked their boat in a lake in Sylhet on Friday evening. The police on Saturday morning found the two dead in the river Chengerkhal. The deceased were Khairul Kabir and Dipankar Ghosh Anik, second-year students of
Poor porcupine
Trapped, killed on CU campus Locals trapped and killed a porcupine on the Chittagong University (CU) campus yesterday. Mohammad Jinnah, aged around 45, at about 4:00pm trapped the porcupine from a bush in CU, said witnesses. Tying it up with rope, Jinnah was crossing the building for the faculty of arts and humanities when the ... Read more
Yunus Centre opens at Turkey’s Okan University
Turkey has launched “Muhammad Yunus International Centre for Microfinance and Social Business” at Okan University in Istanbul to provide a platform for addressing development challenges faced by Asia. The centre, the first of its kind in the country, is expected to be a hub of research and practical applications as well as hands-on training for ... Read more
PCB endorses Kamal, BCB not yet
The lobbying for ICC president post takes new twist The ongoing saga of the top ICC job took a new twist when Pakistan said it has endorsed the nomination of Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal for the post. The endorsement came before Bangladesh formally made their choice, leading to a big confusion as ... Read more
Sakib, Shahriar lift Tigers
Sakib al Hasan and Shahriar Nafees defied a chilly weather and a strong Pakistani attack to lift Bangladesh to a respectable 234-5 with a record 180-run partnership on the opening day of second Test in Dhaka on Saturday. Sakib got his second Test century along the way to stay 108 not out while Nafees missed ... Read more
40 years of victory celebrated
Thousands of people thronged Savar National Mausoleum on Friday, to pay tributes to Liberation War heroes and raised demands for speedy trial into 1971 war crimes. “Try them, hang them…,” the crowd raised slogans, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the country’s victory in the Liberation War, demanding authorities speed up on-going trial
Country swept by cold wave
Spell to continue for couple of days Heavy fog with mild to moderate cold wave, sweeping over the northern and southwestern region for the last few days, killed at least four children yesterday affecting many others. Enveloping the country’s ports and disrupting the key ferry services, the fog of this year’s first cold wave has ... Read more
18 kids aspiring, one to be lucky
Admission in City Schools 18 kids aspiring, one to be lucky As many as 18 beginners will try their luck for every seat in grade-I in the city’s public schools this year under the lottery system. The capital has 24 government schools, of which only 13 have Class-I with an accommodation for 1,500 school beginners. ... Read more
Cost of living in Ctg goes beyond most
Arun Bikash Dey, Chittagong Schoolteacher Sourav Guha has become depressed about life as it has become very difficult to meet his family expenditures with his limited income. Last week he had a shouting match with a staff of an emergency power supply company when the staff asked him to pay an extra Tk30 for supplying ... Read more
Victory Day today
The nation today celebrates the 41st Victory Day when in 1971 the people triumphed in a war of independence against the Pakistani occupation forces. People of all walks of life pay their tribute today to the martyrs of 1971 by holding and joining programmes across the country. This day in 1971, the country achieved its ... Read more
Vital time wasted
Jui was left to bleed for 3 hours after husband chopped off her hand Hawa Akhter Jui was left to bleed for nearly three hours after her husband hacked off her right hand with a machete, and dumped the severed hand into a dustbin on December 4. “Instead of taking me to a hospital, my ... Read more
Lottery made must
Admission System Lottery made must The government has made lottery system mandatory for enrolling students in class I in all non-government junior secondary, secondary and higher secondary schools from next year. The admission policy, formulated this week, says the lottery must be conducted in presence of the admission committee members to ensure transparency