BUET stalemate Teachers, students fear delay in studies Teachers and students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology feared that the current movement against the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor could delay the academic life of the students. The university authorities are yet to announce the date of tests for admission to the university. The results of ... Read more
Month: July 2012
Three SC judges give dissenting views on CG
The much-talked-about copy of the verdict regarding the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, that had earlier instituted the caretaker government system, was yet to be released to the public, though more than a year has passed since the verdict was delivered. According to sources, then Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque had submitted the
PM seeks more contacts among parliamentarians
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today underlined the importance of greater institutional contact between the parliamentarians of Bangladesh and Britain to further strengthen historic relations between the two countries. The Prime Minister, now in London to attend opening ceremony of Olympic Games 2012, expressed this view when leader of the opposition and Labour Party leader Edward Samuel ... Read more
‘Humayun died of cardiac arrest’ Writer suffered infection: Shaon
Humayun Ahmed, the popular writer and noted filmmaker, died of a cardiac arrest, and not because of infection, the writer’s second wife, Meher Afroze Shaon, said on Tuesday. “It’s true that he had an infection, but he didn’t die because of it. In the end, he succumbed to a cardiac arrest. Dr Purabi Basu had ... Read more
City people ignorant of rent controllers
Tenants in the capital are unaware of the existence of rent controllers assigned to deal with arbitrary increase in house rents and the eviction of tenants by landlords at their whims. Tenants have for long been suffering as, on one hand, they do not know of the rent controllers and their offices and, on the ... Read more
Milon spurns good start to finish 61st
Bangladesh’s Emdadul Haque Milon was unable to capitalise on a good start as he finished 61st among 64 archers in the men’s ranking round at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Friday. Milon fired 57 points out of a possible 60 in the first of the 12 rounds that took him to ninth place, but his hopes for ... Read more
Fake currency note factory busted
The Detective Branch of police busted a fake currency note printing factory and arrested six people, including two women, with forged Bangladesh currency notes of different denominations and raw materials worth Tk 1 crore in raids on different areas of the capital on Thursday and Friday, the police said. The detectives on a tip-off raided ... Read more
Row over overtaking leads to death
A rickshaw puller died a tragic death yesterday when a fellow rickshaw puller punched him during a brawl on Dhaka University campus. The deceased was identified as Suja Miah, 30, from Rangpur. Police detained the other rickshaw puller, Bachchu Sarder, in this connection
Pavements perpetuate pedestrians’ misery
Narrow, battered and occupied pavements in the capital city continue to pester the commuters with hardly any effort by the agencies concerned to improve the situation despite repeated orders by the Supreme Court. Except a few well-paved footpaths with good width scattered in different parts of the city, almost all the walkways are broken and ... Read more
2 students of Kushtia Medical College drown
Two students of the newly established Kushtia Medical College drowned in the River Gorai in the town on Friday. The victims were Rifat, 18, and Milon 19. Both of them were first year students of the college. Rifat hailed from Comilla and Millon from Dinajpur. The police said 10 students, five male and five female, of ... Read more
Charge sheet submitted against RAB-7 officials
Anwara shrine robbery case Police on Thursday submitted a charge sheet of the Anwara Talsara Darber Robbery case accusing seven officials of the RAB-7 including its former chief Lt Colonel Zulfikar Ali Majumder. Officer in-charge (Investigation) of the Anwara Police Station Abdus Salam submitted the charge sheet to the court of chief judicial magistrate in ... Read more
Meena to be aired on ABC Radio
For the first time, popular cartoon characters Meena, Mithu and Raju gone live on radio today (Friday) with the presenters interacting live with other children. This initiative, the first of its kind, led by Unicef Bangladesh in partnership with ABC Radio FM 89.2, has been taken to provide a platform for children, especially vulnerable and ... Read more
SCBs keep borrowing from call money market
The state-owned commercial banks continued to borrow from the call money market in the first seven months of the current year though liquidity pressure in the market eased. An official of the debt management department of the central bank told New Age that private and foreign commercial banks and non-bank financial institutions had reduced
Bangladesh, Nepal currencies likely to turn readily convertible
Bangladesh and Nepal are negotiating to make their currencies readily convertible against each other to minimise pressure on foreign currency. Regional currency conversion is under consideration at the regional forum of SAARC but Dhaka and Kathmandu could proceed bilaterally too, a foreign ministry official told the
Blind archer breaks world record
Milon ranks 61st Bangladeshi archer Emdadul Haque Milon will come up against Great Britain’s Larry Godfrey after finishing 61st out of 64 competitors at the Men’s Ranking round in the archery event of the London Olympic Games held at Lord’s yesterday. They will face-off in a winner takes all contest which will be held at ... Read more
Feel it the Federer way
Even by his lofty standard it was big. On his way to 17 grand slam wins, Roger Federer has attended many press conferences, handled umpteenth media sessions, but perhaps he has never seen so much enthusiasm about him. Around 500 journalists waited for him for more than 45 minutes, but none
Let there be a museum at Nuhash Polli
Abdul Matin Litterateur Humayun Ahmed was laid to eternal rest on Tuesday at his favourite retreat at Nuhash Polli in Gazipur even though most of his family members desired to bury him at Mirpur Intellectuals’ Graveyard. The family’s decision must have been taken in view the last wishes of Humayun Ahmed as expressed by his ... Read more
Ashes at Lord’s
London Olympic 2012 Ashes at Lord’s Even at the best of times, archery is a low-key, quiet affair that requires intense concentration. As such there is often little hubbub surrounding the sport and none of the passion that sets apart sports like football. But yesterday at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, it was archery that kicked-off ... Read more
London Diary
It was a quiet morning for Steve Waugh until he met a group of Bangladeshi journalists during the opening archery event at the Lord’s Cricket Ground on Friday. The event was dominated by Koreans who hardly knows anything about cricket. Completely unnoticed, Waugh was having a good time with old foe Michael Atherton, who was ... Read more
Tigers to return on Sunday
The Bangladesh national cricket team will return home on Sunday after completing their Europe tour where they played six Twenty20 international matches against Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands. Opener Mohammad Ashraful and Jahirul Islam along with coach Richard Pybus, fielding coach Jason Swift and bowling coach Shane Jurgenson are expected to reach the country next