An in-depth study of the impact of radiation emanating from cellphone towers on human health and environment is yet to be conducted in the country, even though the number of cellphone towers established by different operators has increased significantly in the last few years, following the expansion of mobile networks on a large
Month: September 2012
MKA replaces Shahara
Cabinet put through major reshuffle With only a year left in her government’s tenure, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reshuffled the cabinet in an apparent bid to reshape an administration plagued with a number of problems. The shake-up came following the induction of seven new members in her council of ministers last Thursday. It saw ... Read more
26kg ‘heroin’ seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials yesterday seized a consignment of 26.2 kilograms of powder, preliminarily detected as heroin, at the export cargo village of Shahjalal International Airport. Talking to The Daily Star, Customs Commissioner Zakiya Parveen confirmed the haul. The powder was packed in eight packets, which were put in four
A friend of nature
Khurshida Begum, a young widow from Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar, has been selected for the Wangari Maathai Award 2012 for her co-management efforts and leadership in conservation of natural resources. She started her natural resource conservation activities in 2006, during the inception of Nishorgo Network, through forming a female Community Patrol Group (CPG) with 28 ... Read more
Watch city high-rises
Experts want urban plan respected For a livable Dhaka, the government must ensure that high-rises are constructed in compliance with the capital’s Detailed Area Plan (DAP) said experts at a seminar yesterday. Authorities should permit a site to construct a high-rise only after taking into account the DAP, existing population density, traffic impact, utility service ... Read more
GP, Banglalink fail to meet BTRC deadline
10-Second Pulse GP, Banglalink fail to meet BTRC deadline Two leading mobile phone operators failed to implement the directive of telecom regulators to introduce 10-second pulse on each mobile call within the latest deadline that ended on Saturday. Four other companies also failed to introduce flat call rate or same rate for every minute of ... Read more
Stocks return to positive zone
DSE Weekly Review Stocks return to positive zone Dhaka stocks returned to a positive zone last week after declining in the previous one as institutional and large-scale individual investors became active in the market. DGEN, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stocks Exchange, gained 2.47 per cent, or 106.75 points, to close the week at ... Read more
Shakib, Ashraful propel Tigers
A strong all-round performance by Shakib Al Hasan and a hard-hitting cameo by Mohammad Ashraful, which included three sixes and two fours, led Bangladesh to a 5-wicket win over Zimbabwe in their World T20 warm-up at the Colts Cricket Ground in Colombo yesterday. Chasing a target of 135, Bangladesh were in trouble in the second ... Read more
Salim Osman panel sweeps BKMEA polls
Sammilita Knit Parishad panel, led by incumbent Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association president AKM Salim Osmam, won 22 out of 27 director posts of the association in the election held on Saturday. Progressive Knit Alliance panel, led by former BKMEA president MD Fazlul Haque, won
Academic activities in BUET resume finally
Teachers adamant about removal of vice-chancellor The students the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, after a long and unexpected closure of 65 days, thronged the campus in the morning to attend classes, undergo tests and work in laboratories on Saturday. Academic activities in BUET have been disrupted since April 7 as the teachers and students have ... Read more
‘Enjoying the opener’s role’
They say that a cat has nine lives. “For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays.” Like it or not, Mohammad Ashraful’s cricketing stint has followed a similar path. The number of times that the right-handed batsman has come back to the Bangladesh squad can perhaps be an ... Read more
Khulna 4-dayer today
The visiting West Indies High Performance Squad takes on the SAHARA-BCB National Cricket Academy team in the first four-day match at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna today. But the weather may play foul as according to the forecast there is a chance of rain or thunder showers during the match. Mahamudul Hasan will lead ... Read more
Value inflated abnormally
Hall-Mark’s Mortgaged Land Value inflated abnormally Savar police, admin always turned a deaf ear to complaints of land-grabbing against Hall-Mark in Janata Housing project The controversial Hall-Mark Group now claims an abnormally inflated price for the 47 acres of land it has mortgaged to Sonali Bank for the Tk 2,686-crore loan it has taken using ... Read more
2 top passport men involved
MRP Pilferage 2 top passport men involved Finds probe; 11 MRP project staff still in hiding A probe pointed finger at 13 people, including two passport office high-ups, for the pilferage of machine readable passports (MRP) at Agargaon office. The names of Major Mohammad Shariful Islam, an assistant director of MRP project, and Mohammad Abdullah ... Read more
Female thieves active in guise of domestic help
One stole 700 tolas of gold in 7-yr She uses different names to get jobs as a domestic help in the capital. But getting a job is not her main goal. After managing a job she tries to make a good relationship with her employers and look for opportune moments when she can get keys ... Read more
Ship breaking now major source of scrap steel
The country’s ship breaking industry produced some 2.1 million tonne of scrap steel worth about one billion dollar (US$ 945 million) during the last eight months since January this year. The industry dismantled some 206 abandoned ships, mostly procured from abroad, to generate the scrap steel, the prime raw material for the country’s re-rolling mills. ... Read more
Hosts slump to series defeat
An unusually slow batting cost Bangladesh the match and the series as South Africa completed a 16-run win in the third and final Twenty20 International to take the three-match series 2-1 on Friday. The home side dismissed South Africa for a below-par 85 runs but let the advantage slip out of their hands once they ... Read more
Need more players
It was a rather disappointing end to the series for the Bangladeshi women’s cricket team as they failed to win the T20 series despite having been set a gettable target of 86 runs in the deciding game. Despite the loss, newly-appointed coach, Oshadee Weerasinghe was happy with his players’ performance. “We improved a lot in ... Read more
‘Knock-outs are possible’
Bangladesh warm up against Zimbabwe today Shakib Al Hasan has said that it will be an achievement if Bangladesh makes it through to the knock out stages of the ICC T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka. Shakib acknowledged the strength of the group that Banglaedsh have been placed in but said that on a given ... Read more
No, thanks!
Tofail, Menon decline to be ministers; MK Alamgir, Inu, 5 little-known others take oath Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expanded her council of ministers by inducting seven new members — most of them little known public figures except for Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir and Hasanul Haque Inu — with many wondering about the reasons behind the ... Read more