Govt introduces ICT as compulsory subject The government has introduced information and communications technology as a subject compulsory for students of Class VI–VII from 2013 although the authorities are yet to equip about 70 per cent of secondary schools and 88 per cent of madrashahs, according to BANBEIS, with internet facilities. Officials of educational institution ... Read more
Month: January 2013
Nirmal Sen dies
Veteran journalist and politician Nirmal Sen breathed his last in a city hospital Tuesday evening at the age of 82. Nirmal’s nephew Kongkon Sen said his uncle died at around 6:30pm at LabAid Hospital. Nirmal, who fought against the British imperialist regime, was a Language Movement hero and one of the organisers of the independence war ... Read more
Country chilled on season’s coldest day
A cold wave is sweeping the country with the season’s lowest temperature recorded at 4.9 degrees Celsius at Ishurdi in Pabna yesterday. The Met office said mercury dipped to six degrees Celsius in most places in the northern region and 9.6 degrees in the capital. In a forecast for 24 hours from 6:00pm yesterday, the Met ... Read more
Non-food inflation doubles in ’12
Average inflation eases The non-food inflation jumped to 11.45 per cent last year mainly because of price hike of electricity, house rent and other non-food items. In 2011, the non-food inflation was 6.83 per cent, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. According to the BBS data released on the day, the food inflation, however, ... Read more
Housing fair logs Tk 620cr in sales
The biannual housing fair that ended on Sunday registered around 40 percent growth in sales of apartments and plots, compared to the previous show in June last year. Realtors sold a total of 596 flats and 652 plots worth Tk 620 crore at the five-day show orgainsed by the Real Estate and Housing Association of ... Read more
Dr Yunus for exploring opportunities for youth
Grameen Shikkha-CISD Training Centre Launched Dr Yunus for exploring opportunities for youth Bangladesh can expect higher remittances if it can export skilled manpower, Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus said yesterday. “The Bangladeshi youth are very creative and are quick learners. We should explore new opportunities for them,” said Yunus, while highlighting the role of youth ... Read more
Dhaka smart-phone expo begins Friday
A three-day Dhaka Smart-phone Expo 2013 will begin on Friday at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. Speaking at the press briefing on Tuesday at a city hotel, the organisers said the exhibition would showcase smart-phones and tablet
Computer expo begins in Sylhet today
A five-day computer expo is going to begin in Sylhet today to popularise the use of computer technology among the masses. The local unit of Bangladesh Computer Samiti has arranged the fair styled ‘BCB Digital Expo Sylhet 2013’ at Mohammad Ali Gymnasium Building at Rikabibazar in the
Tail-enders save North blushes
A brilliant century stand from an unlikely pair, Sanjamul Islam and Sajedul Islam, allowed Bangladesh Cricket Board North Zone to get hold of the first day of their Bangladesh Cricket League match against Prime Bank South Zone on Tuesday. Mainly recognised for their bowling skills, Sanjamul and Sajedul, put up a brave fight
Former pupil backs Dutch coach to shine
The prospective Bangladesh national football team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif is positive minded with the philosophy of attacking from the very beginning, said his former pupil Udeh Damien Chigozie on Tuesday. Udeh, a midfielder of Bangladesh Premier League side
Pont returns as Gladiators coach
Last year’s winning head coach Ian Pont is all set to return to lead the Dhaka Gladiators once again for the second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, the franchise and the coach announced on Tuesday. ‘I have had extensive conversations with the owners of the Dhaka Gladiators and we have come to a professional ... Read more
Messi gets all three Bangladesh votes
Both Bangladesh national team coach Saiful Bari Titu and captain Mohammad Sujan voted for Lionel Messi for the FIFA Ballon d’Or award that was announced in Zurich on Monday. Messi won the award for the record fourth time in a row receiving 41.60 percent of the votes cast by national team coaches and captains plus ... Read more
Shakib’s no to BBL
Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has refused an offer to play for the Adelaide Strikers in Australia’s Big Bash League, said the Bangladesh fielding coach and Shakib’s mentor Mohammad Salahuddin while speaking to The Daily Star yesterday. The offer was made by the team’s coach Darren Berry, who sent Shakib a text message asking ... Read more
BPL tickets on sale from Jan 13
Tickets for the forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League matches will be on sale from January 13 at Airtel outlets and a selected bank, said Bangladesh Cricket Board at a press conference on Tuesday. Active Service, a business house, secured the rights for ticket sales and distribution for Tk 20 crore, said the BCB. The price was, ... Read more
Babu talks about Feedback
Eminent composer Foad Naser Babu is the bandleader and keyboardist of Feedback, a pioneering band in the country that got huge popularity during the 1980s. In its journey of over 35 years, the band has produced 10 albums including ‘Feedback’ , ‘Ullas’, ‘Mela’, ‘Joar’, ‘Bangabda 1400’, ‘Deho Ghari’, ‘Bauliana’, ‘Anondo’, ‘Ei Shatabdir Feedback’ and ‘02’. Though ... Read more
11 fishermen killed in Bay
Rohingya robbers threw them into sea after looting trawler on Jan 2, incident comes to light after arrest of a ‘killer’ An alleged Rohingya robber on Sunday night described how five Rohingyas had hacked to death 11 Bangladeshi fellow fishermen on Wednesday near Sonarchar Dwip [island] in Barguna district and dumped the bodies in the ... Read more
Savar Rape Incident: Magistrate records victim’s statement
Tangail rape victim improving A rape victim recounted her chilling tale before a judicial magistrate yesterday describing the trauma she went through in Savar in late November. The victim, 20, is a resident of Singair upazila of Manikganj and married to an expatriate living in the Middle East. In the statement, she said her friend Liza ... Read more
3 to die for killing boy
A Dhaka court sentenced three men to death yesterday for abducting and killing a nine-year old boy in May 2011 at the capital’s Mirpur. Salman Sami, son of Mohammad Hossain and student of class IV at Siddhartha High School, was abducted on May 27, 2011 from
River commission to have little power
Cabinet Okays River Protection Bill River commission to have little power It can only recommend measures; greens doubt its effectiveness as grabbing, pollution go on In the wake of river grabbing and pollution, the government is forming the National River Protection Commission which will only make recommendations but have no statutory power of implementation. Green ... Read more
Jute goods makers cut export prices to lure in buyers
Jute product manufacturers have slashed down the export price to counter the sluggish demand in the global market. The average price of jute products fell by 7.92 percent year-on-year to $1.03 per kilogram in the July-October period of 2012. Bangladesh, which exports jute and jute products to 118 countries, has been witnessing