He is a Bangladesh born Spaniard. His family members campaign to protect and conserve the environment abroad. But back in his own country, his garment factory in Gazipur pollutes the river Turag. His name is Giasuddin Murad. The Department of Environment yesterday fined him Tk 39 lakh for emptying his factory’s
Month: April 2012
Into the heart of MLM
Multi-level marketing or MLM is a constant source of debate. MLM companies have their fanatical devotees and often appear to behave in an aggressive manner. Some of them reach dizzying heights, often to fall. The issue came to the surface again, after Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd, a unit of Destiny Ltd, hit the media ... Read more
Mashrafe wants to keep playing
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza doesn’t want to miss any more cricket after becoming one of fifteen national cricketers to be included in the BCB players’ contract for 2012. The contract, which will run from January 1 to December 31, was approved on Sunday in the board meeting with skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, ... Read more
6 ‘muggers’ killed
‘Gunfight’ in Narsingdi 6 ‘muggers’ killed Rab refuses to disclose identity of robbed businessman Six alleged muggers were killed and three others injured in a gunfight between the Rapid Action Battalion and the gang fleeing after mugging a businessman in Narsingdi yesterday. Two Rab members were also wounded during the one-hour shootout that began around ... Read more
Destiny under scanner
Cheating Thru’ Mlm Destiny under scanner Regulators have moved to probe the Destiny-2000 Ltd scam spotted by Bangladesh Bank, following a series of news reports on the issue over the last few days. The Department of Cooperatives (DoC), which is the principal regulator of cooperative societies, has formed a high-powered committee to investigate the
OC Helal in jail, finally
Torture, False Case OC Helal in jail, finally Md Helal Uddin, former officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, landed up in jail yesterday for torturing Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar in custody and falsely implicating the youth in several crimes. Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mizanur Rahman sent Helal to prison on the latter’s surrender in a case ... Read more
Finance passes the buck
‘Cheating’ Thru’ MLM Finance passes the buck Central bank says it only can probe, but govt can take action; JS body wants law Bangladesh Bank is surprised by Finance Minister AMA Muhith’s remark that the government would take action against Destiny-2000 Ltd only if the commerce ministry and the BB want. “The ball is now ... Read more
Destiny magic
Multi-level marketing concept posts astronomical growth in 3 years Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society, a concern of controversial multilevel marketing (MLM) company Destiny 2000, has seen an astronomic rise in its capital, shareholders, profit and investment since 2009, a central bank report reveals. The company’s paid-up capital has increased to nearly Tk 300 crore in 2009-10 ... Read more
62 failed to sit for exams
Principal arrested for pocketing fees! Sixty two examinees of Dhaka Model Degree College could notsit for the Higher Secondary Certificate examinations which began on Sunday asthe college principal allegedly misappropriated their exam fees and failed toprovide them with admit cards. Afzalul Haque Aziz, the principal of the college in Mirpurof the city, was arrested around ... Read more
HSC exams begin
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalentexaminations of 2012 began yesterday across the country with 9,26,814 examineestaking part from 7,556 educational institutions. Of the total examinees, 4,96,395 are male and 4,30,419female. The number of examinees rose by 1,47,373 this year. As many as 7,50,852candidates including 3,65,258 female are appearing
Against All Odds
One lost a leg in Rab shooting. The other lost four fingers of her right hand — her husband chopped them off to compel her to stop study. But Limon Hossain, the Rab victim, and Hawa Akhter Jui, the victim of her husband’s brutality, defied their odds and appeared in the HSC examinations that began
Brac boys take PC games to new height
A team of three students from Brac University has developed a massively multi-player online (MMO) game for PCs that can be played by body movements and voice command. They claim that this is the first ever such MMO PC game in the world. MMO is an internet multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting ... Read more
BCB fails to break DPL deadlock
Bangladesh Cricket Board failed to resolve the ongoing crisis making it uncertain when the Dhaka Premier League will resume after it was stopped mid-way through the league. At the 35th meeting of its board of directors on Sunday the main agenda was the DPL as the Cricket Committee Dhaka Metropolis put the ball in the ... Read more
Another narrow miss for Siddikur
It was yet another case of ‘so close, yet so far’ for Bangladesh’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman as he narrowly missed out on his second Asian Tour title yesterday. The 27-year old golfer finished two shots off the eventual winner to take a share of the second position at the Panasonic Open in New Delhi ... Read more
LRB gigs at IGCC
The jam packed crowd was rocked by the electrifying performance of the leading band LRB on Saturday on the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center premises at Dhanmondi. One of the leading bands of the country Country’s one of the famous bands LRB rocked the audience in its distinctive style by presenting an array of its original ... Read more
Rajshahi reels from power outage
8-12 hours load-shedding a day People in Rajshahi zone including the boro growers in the Barind region have been experiencing eight to 12 hours of load-shedding every day as the zone is facing power shortfall of about 50 percent megawatt (MW). The distribution units were provided with 277 MW power yesterday against the daily demand ... Read more
Eurozone crisis may hit Bangladesh exports: WTO
Pascal Lamy says poor countries may be short on trade finance An economic slowdown in Europe may affect Bangladesh as it is highly dependent on exports to the Eurozone, said World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy yesterday. “Macroeconomic development is not looking very good, especially for countries like Bangladesh, whose two-thirds of exports ... Read more
Shakib leaves with big aims
Shakib Al Hasan left the capital yesterday to play for Kolkata Knight Riders in the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which will be his second season in the money-spinning Twenty20 tournament. The world’s No 1 all-rounder in Tests and ODIs, who recently picked up two consecutive man-of-the-tournament awards in the Bangladesh Premier ... Read more
Neighbours concerned
No Indian move yet to discuss water diversion from common rivers A Supreme Court order in India asking the government to link more than 30 rivers and divert waters to parched areas has sparked concerns in neighbouring countries. Bangladesh says it would be hardest hit because it is a downstream country to two major rivers ... Read more
No Yunus
Muhith rules out Nobel hero-led search committee for Grameen Bank MD The government yesterday dismissed the proposition of making Prof Muhammad Yunus the head of a committee to find the managing director for Grameen Bank. “Some members [of the Grameen Bank board] proposed appointment of Dr Yunus as the chairman of the search committee. But ... Read more