Eminent journalist Nazim Uddin Mostan died at his journalist colony residence at Mirpur in the city on Sunday afternoon. He was 65. Nazim Uddin Mostan, also a recipient of Ekushey Padak, left wife, a son, two daughters, grand children and a host of friends and admirers to mourn his death. One of the legendary figures ... Read more
Month: August 2013
MC College students rally for arrest of attackers on fellow
Sylhet MC College students on Sunday formed a human chain in demand of immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the attackers on their fellow. General student of the college formed the human chain in front of the college at around noon. Speakers in a rally during the programme blamed
BELA seeks Rampal power plant documents
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association on Sunday sought all documents relating to the environmental clearance certificate given by Department of #environment for the proposed Rampal Power Plant near the Sundarban under the Right to Information Act. The department recently gave the environmental clearance
CU student found dead
A student of Chittagong University was found dead in his residence in the port city on Sunday. The family of the deceased claimed that it was an incident of suicide while police found no sign of such act. The deceased is Tasfia Tarannum, a first year student of law department under Chittagong University, also daughter ... Read more
WB gives fund for Ctg water supply
The World Bank is providing about $170 million to the government to support improving water supply in Chittagong metropolis where nearly five million people suffer from inadequate water supply and poor sewerage system. The government will fund the rest of the project, cost of which
Tourist drowns in Sylhet
A tourist drowned in the Piyan River at Jaflong under Goainghat upazila in the district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Radwanush Shalehin Shuva, 25, son of Khorshed Alam at Kadamtaly Shanir Akhra area in capital city. Police said that Shuva along with his family member went to take a bath in the river ... Read more
Bandits establish reign of terror in Bay
A large number of fishermen, wood-cutters, mawalies and extractors of forest resources, are hostage in the hands of organised armed terrorists in the Bay of Bengal adjacent to the Sundarban during the peak Hilsa season. The pirates have gone out of control now as they use sophisticated arms for committing heinous crimes while the forest ... Read more
Captain calls for focus on cricket
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim called on Sunday for everyone to shift their focus on cricket, rather than match-fixing issues, as he expects a hard-fought home series ahead against New Zealand. The cricketing corridor of Bangladesh has spent most of its time over the last few weeks preoccupied with the outcome of the ICC Anti Corruption ... Read more
De Kruif’s selection dilemma
Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif is in two minds over his 20-member final squad for the SAFF Championship after seeing the performance of some fringe players in a closed-door warm-up match on Saturday, officials said. De Kruif was supposed to finalise his squad after
Ayman bows out of Asian Youth Games
Bangladesh shuttler Ayman Ibn Zaman failed to progress to the last eight of the men’s badminton singles event at the 2nd Asian Youth Games as he lost to Japan’s Koga Minoru in the last 16. Minoru defeated Zaman by straight 21-08, 21-03 sets on Sunday in Nanjing, China, on the third day of the Games. ... Read more
ICC delegation inspects Sylhet stadium
The International Cricket Council inspection team left Sylhet for Dhaka on Sunday afternoon without expressing a final opinion on the Sylhet Divisional Stadium’s inclusion as a venue for next year’s World Twenty20 tournament. The delegation said, however, that it would visit the stadium once again in September, when a final decision would be made.
Tridents fall to Tallawahs
Ace Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan lost his last group stage game in the Caribbean Premier League on Saturday as his side Barbados Tridents went down to Chris Gayle’s Jamaica Tallawahs by six wickets at Sabina Park on Saturday. Shakib conceded 22 runs in his four overs
U-23s fall to first defeat
Bangladesh Under-23s stumbled to their first defeat of the ACC Emerging Team Cup as they lost to Sri Lanka U-23s by 62 runs at the Singapore Cricket Club yesterday. After being put in to bat the Sri Lankans finished on 259 for 6. In reply, Bangladesh were bundled out for 197. Sri Lanka rode on ... Read more
PM rejects CG demand
We will not budge an inch from Constitution’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday rejected outright the opposition demand for restoration of the caretaker government system and asserted that her government would not budge an inch from the Constitutional provision in holding the next general election. “Everything will be done as per the Constitution, and there
War crime charges
Probe against Jamaat begins The war crimes investigation agency on Sunday launched investigation into the alleged war crimes committed by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The investigation agency chief coordinator, Mohammad Abdul Hannan Khan, told New Age on Sunday that the agency assigned its member
Scientists decode more jute genome
In a landmark achievement a group of our own scientists led by Professor Dr Maqsudul Alam have decoded the genome sequence of local variety of jute. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina revealed this through a press conference at Ganobhaban on Sunday. “Today, I am proud to announce that our scientists have revealed the genome sequence of ... Read more
BNP not to join election without CG system
Immediately after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s announcement that the next general election would be held under the present government as per the Constitution, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islqam Alamgir said the opposition would not participate in the election if it is held under any party government. “We want to make it clear that ... Read more
Oishee on five-day remand
Police hunting for two boyfriends A Dhaka court on Sunday granted a five-day remand to Oishee Rahman, 17, daughter of slain Special Branch inspector Mahfuzur Rahman, and two others in connection with their alleged involvement with the killing of her parents. The two others are domestic help Khadiza Khatun Alias Sumi, 10, and a boy ... Read more
One killed in explosion, 13 hurt in clashes with police
Jamaat Protests One killed in explosion, 13 hurt in clashes with police A Jamaat-e-Islami activist was killed and three were injured in an explosion while making crude bombs in Noakhali early Sunday and at least 13 people, including four policemen, were injured in clashes with the police across the country. The police also arrested 60 ... Read more
Bangladesh-US disaster preparedness exercise begins
A four-day Bangladesh-US joint exercise on disaster preparedness began on Sunday focusing on earthquake preparedness in the capital city of Dhaka. Bangladesh Armed Forces Division (AFD) and United States Army Pacific are jointly organising the exercise styled ‘Bangladesh Pacific Resilience Disaster