Walton Android Primo, the first of its kind in Walton’s smart phone series, is likely to hit market in Dhaka soon, said a news release. The new smartphone is coming to the market with the slogan, ‘Get Android Primo-Be Entertained.’ Equipped with all third generation (3G) features, this smartphone set will be very
Month: October 2012
A teacher with a difference
Bahaz takes no day-off, no leave for 33 years Md Bahaz Ali Fakir, an English teacher of a secondary school, has not taken even a day’s leave for the past 33 years, setting an example of great devotion to his profession. Teaching at Shaheed Smrity High School and College in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila, Bahaz, 55, ... Read more
Fatal crash takes 13 lives
Bus from wrong side rams microbus in Sylhet, 12 of the dead were from same family At least 13 people, twelve of them from the same family, were killed and 30 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus at South Surma of Sylhet yesterday morning. The accident occurred around 6:30 ... Read more
Stop rental power plants
Speakers tell seminar Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed on the need for shutting down rental and quick rental power plants and repairing national power plants to meet the country’s power demands. They also suggested taking initiatives and setting up big power plants to increase energy production locally rather than depending on multinational companies
Tagore’s philosophy vital to resolve crisis
States Prof Anisur Rahman Resorting to the philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore is now essential to overcome the environment and humanity-centered crisis in the earth, said an authority on Rabindranath Prof Anisur Rahman yesterday. “Rabindranath initiated a social movement to enliven the unity between human beings and the environment,” said the acclaimed economist and Tagore singer ... Read more
Teachers living miserable lives
Discussions marking World Teachers’ Day told Teachers in Bangladesh are living miserable lives and their socio-economic conditions, compared to those living in other South-Asian countries, are poor, said speakers at programmes in the capital marking World Teachers’ Day yesterday. Providing the country’s students world-class education requires a world-class
2.20 lakh to vie for 2500 seats at JU
Around 88 aspirants will compete for one seat in the intake tests of the bachelor’s degree courses under academic session 2012-13 at Jahangirnagar University, scheduled to be held in October 13-20. More than 2.20 lakh aspirants sent their applications against 2500 seats available for which admission tests will be conducted under six units and two
2 Bangladeshis win bronze
Int’l Olympiad in Informatics 2 Bangladeshis win bronze Two Bangladeshi students bagged bronze medals in the 24th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) hosted by Italy in Lake Garda from September 23 to 30. The worldwide competition’s tasks are of algorithmic nature with contestants of high school level having to show basic IT skills such as ... Read more
DNCC to set up three new cattle markets before Eid
The city authorities have decided to lease out three new temporary cattle markets at the northern part of Dhaka for facilitating the trade of sacrificial animals ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will host temporary cattle markets at Uttara Sector-11, Baridhara Block-J and Eastern Housing Maath at Mirpur Section-6 in ... Read more
Lawyers unleash unprecedented hatred against Adivasis
In an unprecedented manifestation of hatred, the lawyers of Joypurhat Bar Samity asked Jatiya Adivasi Parishad (JAP) to replace 26 water glasses which some Adivasi people used to drink water on Thursday. This has deeply hurt the entire indigenous community in Joypurhat. “The incident was unexpected in a modern civilised society,” said JAP Secretary
Agora steps into 12th year
Agora, one of the largest chain of superstores in the country, has stepped into its 12th year. The superstore have announced some offers for its clients on the occasion. A great number of attractive price offers has been announced. The special offers will be available from October 5 to October 20, 2012, in all the ... Read more
Aussies caught in Gayle force
West Indies set up final with SL Chris Gayle smashed an unbeaten 75 off 41 balls as the West Indies stormed into the World Twenty20 final with a record 74-run demolition of Australia in Colombo yesterday. The left-hander pounded six sixes and five fours as the Windies piled up the tournament’s highest total of 205-4 ... Read more
Room for improvement
A tension-filled four-wicket victory for Bangladesh A marked the end of the home side’s battle against the young West Indian High Performance Team. The series also concluded Stuart Barnes’ short stint with Bangladesh A team. The Englishman, who has been in charge of the second-string team for almost a year, said
A team outplay West Indies HP
Bangladesh A edged past the West Indies High Performance team as they chased down a below-par total of a 105 with two balls to spare and four wickets in hand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. As the first game of the series was abandoned due to rain, the lone win helped the home side ... Read more
Plain sailing for big guns
It was smooth sailing for all three favourites — Sheikh Russel KC, Mohammedan SC and Team BJMC — in the opening day of the Grameenphone Federation Cup held at two different venues yesterday. On the opening day of the 15-team season’s curtain-raising tournament, the focus was obviously on the moneybags Sheikh Russel KC who showed ... Read more
23 sign for Muktijoddha
Last season’s professional football league runners-up Muktijoddha Sangsad formed a mediocre squad as the freedom fighters’ side completed their registration formalities by signing up 23 players at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday. Muktijoddha Sangsad were forced into forming a mediocre side after most of their last
Downpour disrupts life in Ctg, Sylhet
Heavy rainfall in different parts of the country strained people’s life, with people of Chittagong and Sylhet facing severe water stagnation on Thursday. The Met Office in Sylhet recorded 233.2mm of rainfall in 24 hours till Tuesday evening, the highest in the region in 42 years. The downpour
Ill-paid teachers barely make ends meet
Non-govt teachers get Tk 100 as house rent About 4.8 lakh teachers of non-government schools, colleges, technical institutions and madrassahs under monthly pay order have been receiving only Tk 100 as house rent per month for 28 years and Tk 150 as medical allowance for 18 years. They draw 25 per cent of their basic ... Read more
27 sued, finally
Hall-Mark Loan Scam 27 sued, finally After two and a half months’ investigation, the Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed 11 cases against 27 top officials of Sonali Bank and Hall-Mark Group for misappropriating over Tk 1,568 crore in depositor’s money. The sum, which was funded loan meaning given in cash, is part of
World Teachers’ Day today
World Teachers’ Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere in the world today on the theme ‘take a stand for teachers’. But police action on the non-government teachers agitating for salary hike clouded the occasion. Police charged batons and fired tear gas on teachers and employees of non-government