Finds CSE investigation Bangladesh Building Systems, which has recently been listed with the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges, has violated rules in using its initial public offering proceeds of Tk 14 crore, a Chittagong Stock Exchange investigation found. The CSE probe report submitted recently to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission said that Bangladesh
Month: December 2013
Twitter to be available on mobile phones without internet
Twitter Inc is tying up with a Singapore-based startup to make its 140-character messaging service available to users in emerging markets who have entry-level mobile phones which cannot access the internet, reports Reuters. U2opia Mobile, which has a similar tie-up with Facebook Inc, will launch its Twitter service in the first quarter of next year, chief
Nelson Mandela dies
Nelson Mandela, the icon of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle and a colossus of 20th century politics, died late Thursday aged 95, prompting mass mourning and a global celebration of his astonishing life. The Nobel Peace laureate, who was elected South Africa’s first black president after spending nearly three decades in jail, died at his Johannesburg home
Prisoner, president and father of ‘Rainbow Nation’
South Africa’s first black president spent nearly a third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, yet he sought to win over its defeated guardians in a relatively peaceful transition of power that inspired the world. Mandela’s stature as a fighter against apartheid — the system of white racist rule he called evil — and ... Read more
3-day mourning announced for Mandela
Bangladesh has announced three-day national mourning from today to pay homage to South African leader Nelson Mandela, who died at the age of 95 on Friday. ‘Bangladesh will observe three-day national mourning from December 7 to December 9 to show respect to Mandela, an anti-apartheid icon and
72-hour blockade begins today
2 more die, strike in Dhaka city tomorrow The BNP-led opposition alliance enforces a 72-hour countrywide blockade of road, railway and waterways beginning this morning demanding the cancellation of the national elections schedule and the holding of the elections under a non-party, election-time government. This is the third spell of blockade after the
Many stream out of Dhaka
Thousands of people who had been left stranded in Dhaka and elsewhere for days swarmed railway stations and bus and launch terminals on Friday finding a day’s gap between two spells of blockade enforced by the BNP-led opposition alliance. People were left stranded as they did not find
Taranco arrives, meets Hasina, Khaleda today
The UN assistant secretary-general for political affairs, Oscar Fernández Taranco, arrived in Bangladesh Friday evening amid the country’s murky political situation that has cast a shadow on its general election. Taranco reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 7:55pm by an Emirates flight. His visit is aimed at encouraging ‘dialogue and
JP in fresh talks with govt to join polls
Extend time for submission of nomination forms by 10 days: Ershad Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussan Muhammad Ershad on Friday said that his party would take part in the parliamentary polls if the government rescheduled the date for submission of nomination papers and ensured participation of all political parties in the elections. “Our JP ministers ... Read more
6 ministers, 33 others likely to be elected unopposed
At least 33 ruling Awami League candidates, six of them are ministers, are likely to be elected unopposed in the 10th parliamentary elections as they emerged single candidates for the constituencies after the scrutiny of nomination papers that ended on Friday. During the scrutiny that began on Thursday,
Elderly woman burnt in petrol bomb attack
A pentagenarian woman sustained serious burn injuries in the upper part of her body as unidentified assailants hurled petrol bomb at a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Shyampur WASA gate point under Kadamtoli police station in the capital on Friday evening. The injured, Jahanara Khatun, was immediately
City traffic convulses into gridlock
The capital groaned back to an abnormal traffic maze on Friday, normally a weekend in Bangladesh, after getting a short respite from the 131-hour-long programme called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance. Relieved on getting the sudden freedom, people poured out on the streets to replenish their dwindling stocks and complete all their work that had ... Read more
24-hr BNP?hartal in capital from Sunday
The main opposition BNP will observe hartal across the capital on Sunday to protest against the arrest of the party’s vice chairman and city unit Convenor Sadeque Hossan Khoka. The hartal will also be observed in protest against the implication of the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, member secretary of its Dhaka ... Read more
Thousands in southwest marooned
Silt Up Of Kobadak River Thousands in southwest marooned Thousands of people living in the Kobadak river basin which covers parts of three districts in the country’s south-west continue to suffer as their homesteads have been under water for more than four months. The areas—parts of Tala upazila in Satkhira, and a some parts of Keshobpur ... Read more
Man shot dead for toll in Mirpur
Extortionists shot a trader dead at Mirpur in the capital yesterday evening. Qamruzzaman Sumon, 30, was declared dead around 9:00pm when he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The brother of the deceased, Farhad Hossain Razon, told The Daily Star that two criminals had shot Sumon around 8:30pm in front of their
Mugger killed in ‘shootout’
An alleged mugger was killed in a “shootout” between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion in the capital’s Boro Moghbazar early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Shafique, 38. The law enforcers claimed that they had arrested three of his accomplices. Papia Islam,
Politicians ignore child rights
View 62pc of country’s children More than 62 percent of the country’s children between the ages of 12 and 17 think that political leaders are heedless of ensuring their rights because they cannot vote, reveals a Unicef opinion poll. Findings suggest that 90 percent of children are aware of their rights, while 70 percent believe that ... Read more
Nothing can make me deviate: Ershad
4 JP ministers pass resignations to party chief Expressing his firm commitment to boycott the parliamentary polls and to quit the poll-time government, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said he would have no option other than embracing death if ‘pressure is created’ on him to deviate from his decisions. “I am firm on ... Read more
Mollah sent to Dhaka jail as full verdict published
Ministers say execution soon; defence, prosecution differ over scopes of review petition Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah, who was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for war crimes, has been transferred to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur prison hours after the apex court published its full verdict on Thursday. The Superintendent of Kashimpur Jail, ... Read more
Three more killed on last day
At least three people were killed and nearly 70 others injured during the last day of the blockade programme, called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, on Thursday. So far, a total of 33 people have been killed during the second phase of the 131-hour-long blockade that began on Saturday morning. The first phase of the ... Read more