Rehabilitating Malnourished Children Under 5 Breastfeeding, complementary feeding both are must Roundtable told Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and nutritious complementary feeding must be ensured to rehabilitate around half of Bangladesh’s under-five children who are malnourished, said doctors and public health experts yesterday. For working women, lack of awareness and time ... Read more
Month: September 2012
Ctg Wasa, RHD at loggerheads
Installation of Water Pipeline Ctg Wasa, RHD at loggerheads In the face of opposition from the Roads and Highways Department (RHD), Chittagong Wasa has failed to start installing pipelines for Karnaphuli Water Supply Project in a 21-kilometre stretch of Kaptai road. The RHD has said it will cause massive damages if the pipelines are installed ... Read more
Kamal wants BCB polls on time
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal said yesterday that he would prefer to see the board elections taking place on time. “I want the elections to be held on time and I hope it will take place on time,” the BCB boss told the Daily Star Sport over telephone
Tigers notch second win
Mushfiqur Rahim’s men continued their winning spree as they cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Afghanistan in their second match of the Trinidad Quadrangular T20 competition at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain on Friday night. It was another rain-interrupted match after they won the first game against
Siddikur’s late surge
Siddikur Rahman finished joint third in the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters which concluded in the Shah Alam province of Malaysia yesterday. After making the halfway cut right on the number, Bangladesh’s first winner on the Asian Tour capped a memorable comeback with two successive 66s to finish joint
Entry for Oscars uncertain
Two factions of BFFS at loggerheads Two factions of Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies have invited applications separately from producers for submission of the Bangladesh entry to the upcoming 85th edition of Oscars in the foreign language category. The two factions, both claiming themselves to be the authorised bodies, have issued press releases asking the producers ... Read more
UAE offers amnesty to irregular foreign workers
Irregular foreign workers, including Bangladeshis, in United Arab Emirates (UAE) can return home by paying a small amount of money due to a recent unofficial amnesty granted by the Gulf nation. Generally irregular foreign workers are arrested and imprisoned for overstaying their visas or changing jobs without maintaining proper residency
South Africa draw level
The South Africa women’s cricket team bounced back to level the series with a four-wicket victory in the second one-day international at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The Bangladesh women’s cricket team, who won the low-scoring first game by two wickets, were thumped by the Proteas as their modest total of 179 runs ... Read more
Tigers top in short match
Mushfiqur Rahim’s men posted a comfortable seven-wicket victory in their rain-interrupted first match against Barbados in the Trinidad Quadrangular T20 competition at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain on Thursday night. The match was reduced to an 8-over-a-side affair due to the delayed start following rain. In the curtailed over match, Barbados XI scored
Moon ride on port city roads
The sluggish progress of road development in a part of the port city has put the commuters to a lot of hardships and is causing inordinate delay in reaching their destinations. Two years ago the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) had undertaken the widening of Arakan Road, Chittagong College Road, Pathantuli Road, Dhaka Trunk Road, Bahaddarhat ... Read more
Swindle unearthed at another branch
Sonali Bank Scam Swindle unearthed at another branch Tk 159cr loan given illegally Like its scam-hit Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch, Sonali Bank’s Gulshan branch has helped a number of companies to swindle Tk 159 crore out of it. The branch approved and disbursed the money in loans and advances in the last two and a ... Read more
No operations on 5 routes from Sept 17
Biman’s Hajj Flight Management No operations on 5 routes from Sept 17 Drastic cut in flights on other routes The Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to suspend its operation in five international routes and slash flights to almost all other routes as a preparation for carrying hajj pilgrims. The Hong Kong, Delhi, Karachi, Manchester and ... Read more
Literacy rate figures mismatch
International Literacy Day today Bangladesh will observe International Literacy Day today, as elsewhere in the world, amid confusion about the actual figure of literate people in the country. The final report of the 5th Population and Household Census 2011, released in July, says that 51.8 per cent of the population of seven years and above ... Read more
BUET stalemate
Students want minister to keep promises first BUET students rallying for the removal of the university vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor on Friday said that they would get back to classrooms once the education minister removed the pro-vice-chancellor and withdrew the cases filed against students and teachers and reshuffled the administration as
Ghetu Putro Kamola
Film Review Ghetu Putro Kamola An authentic sketch of lowlands and a dead art The vast lowlands in the eastern part of Bangladesh are truly enigmatic. What remain as dry land throughout the year, during monsoon these areas take a completely different look. This waterlogged state that approximately lasts for three to four months, limits ... Read more
Muhith says sorry
Loan Remarks Muhith says sorry Sonali board’s role questioned Facing a barrage of criticism from both in and outside of parliament, Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday made an apology for his remarks on the Sonali Bank loan scam that the Tk 4,000 crore swindled by Hall-Mark Group was a paltry amount. “I should not have ... Read more
Buet crisis yet to end
Agitating students’ decision on going back to classes by today or tomorrow Receiving assurance from the education minister of a friendly environment, agitating students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) held a meeting yesterday to decide whether to return to classes. The decision would be announced today or tomorrow at a press conference, the ... Read more
Court accepts case against 7-yr-old girl
Theft, Assault Court accepts case against 7-yr-old girl A seven-year-old stood in the dock at a Dhaka court yesterday, accused of committing theft and assaulting another child of her age. Her mother and two brothers, co-accused in the case, were also in the dock. The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Afroza Sheuly took into cognisance ... Read more
Dhaka city fails to become successful economic hub
Says Brac University research Although Dhaka city had a favourable geographical location to become a successful hub of economic opportunities, it has failed to make its way due to a lack of proper planning, a recent study on urban life and governance has revealed. The research has identified planning deficit in the administration, social formation, ... Read more
88.4pc of slum elderly people mentally tortured, 39.6pc physically: study
Around 90 per cent of the elderly people in the Dhaka city slums are being subjected to mental torture and 40 per cent of them are physically assaulted by family members including sons, daughters, spouses, sons-in-law and daughters-in law. Also 83.3 per cent of the elders, with women leading the number, are victims of negligence