War Crimes Trial Kamaruzzaman led Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams: witness Freedom fighter Md Zahurul Haque Munshi Bir Protik, on Thursday told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that the detained assistant secretary general of Jamaat, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, was the commander of Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams in Sherpur during the War of Independence in 1971. Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams ... Read more
Month: August 2012
Four telcos set to get 2G licence renewed
After a stand-off with the BTRC for more than eight months, four mobile phone operators Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell will get their 2G licences renewed on Tuesday for the next 15 years. Zia Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), said they have sent letters to the operators yesterday asking them to send ... Read more
Muhith still hopeful
Padma Loan Muhith still hopeful Finance Minister AMA Muhith has expressed hope that the government may reach a settlement with the World Bank on funding the Padma bridge project. “It is possible to reach a solution with the World Bank soon,” Muhith told BBC Bangla Service on Wednesday. Mentioning the steps taken to fulfil the ... Read more
Nepal to get access to Ctg, Mongla ports
Says Dipu Moni Bangladesh is working towards providing Nepal with transit to access Chittagong and Mongla seaports, said Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday. She said this to Durga Prasad Bhattarai, visiting foreign secretary of Nepal, when he called on her at the foreign ministry in the
BUET teachers to appeal against HC injunction
The teachers of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology said that they were consulting lawyers to appeal against High Court’s injunction on their movement for the removal of the vice chancellor and the pro-vice chancellor. They postponed their rally on Wednesday night following the injunction. BUET Teachers Association said it would take a decision on the next course
EC to sue voters enrolled twice
The Election Commission is preparing to take legal action against those who enlisted themselves twice in the electoral rolls, election commissioner Md Shah Nawaz said on Thursday. He said the commission had found out that many people became dual voters like in the past. Using Automated Fingerprint Identification System, the commission in
9 Rohingyas held in city
Detective Branch (DB) of Police arrested nine Rohingyas from a residential hotel of Fakirerpool area early Thursday in the city for staying in Bangladesh illegally. On information, a team of DB Police conducted a raid at Ashian Hotel around 9:00pm and arrested nine Myanmar citizens, said Deputy Commissioner Masudur Rahman, in-charge of Media and
So good yet so far
Bangladesh swimmer put on a decent show in his only event in London Olympics when he clocked 24.64 seconds to finish 39th among 58 swimmers in the 50-metre freestyle heat on Thursday. The timing and position easily met the expectation of Mahfizur, Bangladesh’s best freestyle swimmer in the last five years, who came here thankfully ... Read more
A dream realised after eight years of wait
In the whole five minutes of the prize giving ceremony he did not smile for a second. A little lip movement while singing the national anthem and that was that – Daniel Gyurta looked like an ironman during the entire ceremony. To anyone who watched an emotional South African Chad le Clos, who broke down in tears ... Read more
Missile misfires
Aussies on the wane in the pool You didn’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out James Magnussen’s expression after Wednesday night’s thrilling 100-metre freestyle swimming final. The Australian first had his head buried in his hands. Moments later he could be seen staring straight into the wall of the swimming pool, hoping ... Read more
BPL saga drags on
The on going drama surrounding the Bangladesh Premier League continued further as the members of the BPL governing council and its event management company Game On Sports Management came under fire from the involved parties on Thursday. BPL’s ticket selling and distribution right holders Shihab Trading International,
Shakib out of SLPL
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed yesterday that all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will not take part in the Sri Lankan Premier League Twenty20 tournament (SLPL). After reviewing the MRI report the national team physio Vibhav Singh and the BCB’s medical team advised the former Bangladesh skipper to take rest so that he can be available ... Read more
London Diary
While London Olympics costs British tax payers nearly £9 billion, it also provided many a business opportunity and with the Games now on a full swing many are busy to cash in on it. Olympics power provider Aggerko already posted a 23 per cent jump in the profit and many companies, stores are likely to ... Read more
Karnataka in firm control
Karnataka State Cricket Association are well poised against Bangladesh ‘A’ team in the Shafi Dharashah Tournament as they need 108 runs to win with eight wickets in hand after the end of second day of the four-day match. Off-spinner Sohag Gazi picked up 6-92 to help the visitors come back in the game as KSCA were ... Read more
Bangladesh improving safety standards for NY flights
Bangladesh’s aviation regulator is now working to comply with the requirements of United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will allow the country to resume its Dhaka-New York flights. Recently, Bangladesh has cleared its name off the list of countries with unsafe civil aviation system. The FAA had earlier raised objections in 61 areas in ... Read more
Global recession hits RMG exports
No sign of early recovery The RMG sector, which contributes about 75 per cent to the country’s export earnings, has been hard hit by global recession with a considerable fall in orders across the world. According to experts, the situation is not likely to improve in near future. Recently, the export orders have declined by ... Read more
80 lakh bank accounts of farmers remain inactive
Around 80 lakh farmers’ bank accounts out of a total 95.86 lakh, which were opened with Tk 10 initial deposit, remained inactive in the just concluded financial year of 2011-12, according to Bangladesh Bank data. Among the 16 lakh active farmers’ accounts in FY2012, farm loans were disbursed through 5.41 lakh accounts while 10.01 lakh ... Read more
Shrimp exporters in gloom as global crisis lingers
Shrimp exporters continue to face difficult times due to declining demand for the expensive food items in the crisis-hit developed world. Industry-people said they fear a further drop in overseas sales as people in Bangladesh’s export destinations are cutting back on their consumption
Shaon sued
Humayun’s Death Shaon sued Thirteen days into the death of Humayun Ahmed, his wife, Meher Afroz Shaon, and Mazharul Islam, publisher of Anya Prokash Publication Ltd, were sued in Chittagong yesterday for “killing the litterateur in a planned way”. Advocate Nazrul Islam, who claims to be a writer, filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan ... Read more
Monalisa’s Eid plans
Model-actress Monalisa is now busy with shooting for Eid-special TV plays and tele-films. She is not doing any new TV serials though two serials — “Joynal Jadukor” and “Pa Rekhechhi Jouboney”, featuring Monalisa, are on air. The busy actress will go to Qatar for shooting another TV serial titled “Mago Tomar Jonno” after Eid-ul-Fitr. “At present I ... Read more