Despite providing a scintillating performance with the ball (6 for 6) against Trinidad and Tobago in his last match of the Caribbean Premier League, ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan was not satisfied. In an interview released by the CPL Shakib has said that he is ‘desperate’ to score some runs and prove his worth with ... Read more
Month: August 2013
Sharapova tops Forbes rich list of female athletes
Tennis stars dominated the list of the world’s 10 best-paid female athletes, Forbes magazine said on Tuesday, but highlighted the yawning earnings gap with their male counterparts in most sports. Russia’s Maria Sharapova headed the list, published on forbes.com, earning a total of $29 million (£18.9 million, 21.9 million euros) between June 2012 and June ... Read more
Germany reveals World Cup doping
Germany’s interior ministry bowed under increasing pressure on Monday as it published details from a report that shows the extent to which the West German government backed the doping of athletes in the 1970s, reports The Guardian. The move came under swift criticism from the Suddeutsche
Whose Tagore?
Lubna Marium Being a lifelong Tagore aficionado, I was mildly shocked when Chhayanaut, the Bangladeshi bastion of Tagorean music, decided against allowing us the use of their auditorium, because our dance practice seemed to their authorities, to militate against Tagorean aesthetics. It set me thinking. Should there be only one interpretation of Tagore’s works? As ... Read more
Hundreds of acres of forest, crop land, water bodies destroyed
Purbachal Housing Project Hundreds of acres of forest, crop land, water bodies destroyed The authorities destroyed nearly 1,600 acres of crop land, forests, orchards and water bodies in Kaliganj under Gazipur district for creating Purbachal New Town, a government housing project, about 16 km from the capital. Flanked by the rivers, Balu and Sitalakhya, the ... Read more
Plays of Memory and Muktadhara
Dr Saleque Khan Today is the 72nd anniversary of the death of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) a Nobel Laureate poet, philosopher, novelist, playwright, musician and painter. He is perhaps the only litterateur in the world whose songs have become the national anthems of two neighboring countries- India and Bangladesh. Tagore was also a social reformer and ... Read more
Drug policy not in sight
Govt slacks on price control of 91pc drugs The drug policy, which is supposed to update the list of essential drugs, is not in sight, while the increase in the prices of drugs goes unabated as the government do not control prices of 91 per cent of the drugs that are not on the list ... Read more
New police law on the cards
The home ministry has started the process to prepare a draft of a new law for police titled the Bangladesh Police Act, 2013, for strengthening the activities of the police and making the law enforcement agency serve the people in a manner befitting the times. For preparing the draft, the ministry has formed a committee ... Read more
Labour ministry asked to recruit 200 factory inspectors by Oct 15
Inter-Ministerial Meeting on Implementation of Action Plan Labour ministry asked to recruit 200 factory inspectors by Oct 15 The government has decided to complete appointment of 200 factory inspectors by October 15 as part of action plan for regaining GSP benefits for Bangladeshi products in the US market, commerce minister GM Quader said. The government ... Read more
AL doesn’t believe in politics of vendetta, says Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the present government does not believe in the politics of vendetta, else the BNP leaders would be in jail for their corruption and misdeeds. “We deploy all our energy in the development of the country and we were voted for that purpose,” said the Awami League President while addressing a ... Read more
Dowry harassment on the rise
Ismotwara Ahmed, 25, a housewife from Dacop Bathighata, Khulna, was writhing in pain at the burns unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Her condition was critical as she had suffered 80 per cent burn injuries. Her husband put kerosene on her while she was alseep and set her ablaze, for having failed to pay
Ghulam Azam appeals against conviction
Former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam on Monday appealed to the Appellate Division against his conviction for the crimes he had committed against humanity during the Liberation War and the 90-year imprisonment handed down by an international crimes tribunal. On July 15, the ICT-1 delivered the verdict against Ghulam Azam for conspiracies, planning,
Chamber judge refuses to stay HC verdict
Jamaat Registration Chamber judge refuses to stay HC verdict The Appellate Division on Monday rejected a petition filed by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for staying a High Court verdict that declared its registration with the Election Commission as a political party illegal and unconstitutional. The vacation judge in chamber, Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik, passed the
Tagore’s 72nd death anniv today
The 72nd anniversary of the death of poet Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped the Bangla literature and music, will be observed in Bangladesh today, the 22nd day of the Bengali month of Sraban. Tagore, the first non-European and first Asian litterateur to win the Nobel prize in 1913, was a poet, playwright, novelist, educationist, social reformer, ... Read more
Fishermen bear the brunt of rising piracy in the Bay
Despite measures having been taken by the authorities, incidents of piracy and attack on seamen of cargo trawlers and engine boats are on the rise. Crew, boatmen, fishermen, and owners of cargo trawlers and engine boats no longer feel safe in the water territory of Bangladesh, as they
Hasina, Khaleda exchange Eid greetings
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and the leader of the opposition, Khaleda Zia, on Monday exchanged greetings on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, likely to be celebrated on August 9. Prime minister’s protocol officer Sheikh Akther Hossain handed over her Eid card to assistant private secretary to leader of the opposition Mohammad Suratuzzaman at her
Cabinet body to review 8th Wage Board proposals
The cabinet on Monday formed a committee to review recommendations of the 8th Wage Board that proposed increased pay structures for journalists and press workers. The information ministry placed a draft gazette on the 8th Wage Board award at the weekly cabinet meeting for approval with the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in
40 workers hurt in clashes with police
Wage, Festival Allowance 40 workers hurt in clashes with police At least 40 people, including three cops, were injured in clashes as the police dispersed garments workers who were demonstrating for immediate payment of wages and festival allowances in Gazipur and Savar on Monday. New Age correspondent in Gazipur reported that 33 people, including three ... Read more
Dhaka-Ctg rly dev project goes at a snail’s pace
Most of the works under the Dhaka-Chittagong Railway Development Project are running at a snail’s pace, said officials. Bangladesh Railway general manager and the project co-ordinator Mohammad Anwarul Kabir told New Age that the Tk 2,540 crore project had been approved on November 2007. The DCRDP comprises five other projects– Pahartoli Workshop Development, 11 Meter ... Read more
Another accused on remand
Tawki Murder Another accused on remand The chief judicial magistrate court on Monday granted a five-day remand of another accused in Tanvir Mohammad Tawki killing case. Investigation officer of the murder case ASP Robiul Islam of RAB-11 submitted a prayer before the court seeking ten days for