Bangladesh’s high court moved Thursday to plug a gaping hole in the country’s laws by introducing a first-ever ban on sexual harassment, an official said. The decision was immediately hailed by activists as a major step forward for the protection of women in the South Asian nation. Deputy Attorney-General Rajik Al Jalil told AFP the ... Read more
Dhaka Mirror
500 more BDR soldiers held outside Dhaka for mutiny
Five hundred more soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles were arrested in different districts outside Dhaka and sent to jails on Thursday in connection with the February 25-26 rebellion. Satkania police in Chittagong arrested 100 soldiers from Baitul Ijjat Training Centre, Feni police arrested 64 jawans of 19 Rifles battalion at Jaylaskar, Jessore police detained 43 ... Read more
ACC power to be curtailed
A provision of the Anti-Corruption Commission law is likely to be reinstated to curtail its power so that the watchdog body could not issue any arrest warrant against a government official without informing his higher authority. The country’s top bureaucrats, mainly the secretaries of different ministries, yesterday discussed the issue and adopted a proposal to ... Read more
40 gangs active in city carjacking
Carjackers mostly work on greed of drivers, apply newer techniques, steal over 60 vehicles a month Over 60 carjacking incidents happen in the capital on an average month and those are used in various criminal activities including mugging, robbery and drug peddling while some are sold or disassembled and then sold in parts. During the ... Read more
Indian village with 250 sets of twins
Doctors are trying to unravel the mystery of an Indian village boasting 250 sets of twins born to just 2,000 families Baffled doctors are trying to unravel the mystery of an Indian village boasting more than 220 sets of twins born to just 2,000 families Photo: BARCROFT 78 pairs of twins Photo: BARCROFT The phenomenon ... Read more
Shilpa To Star With Cricketers
Shilpa Shetty has managed to secure the services of some of her cricket team, The Rajasthan Royals, in a new movie. That’s one benefit of been an owner we suppose! Producer Bobby Bedi approached some of the team’s players, including Shane Warne, about appearing in a new film alongside Shilpa. A source revealed: “Bedi was ... Read more
Bipasha Basu Out Of The Race
Bollywood star Bipasha Basu will not reprise her role from Race for the sequel but she has revealed she is not too upset about it. Bipasha said: “I heard even [directors] Abbas-Mustan are not doing Race 2. If the original directors are not doing the sequel, who am I? I haven’t been approached for Race ... Read more
An offering of music and dance to Tagore
Cultural programme by VCARE at Sheraton On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s 148th birth anniversary, a cultural programme was held at the Ball Room, Hotel Sheraton on May 11. The programme, arranged by VCARE, featured recitation of Tagore’s writings, rendition of Rabindra Sangeet, and staging of the Tagore dance-drama “Shyama.” Manzur-Ur-Rahman, former senior vice-president of ... Read more
AFC President’s Cup Football qualifier: Abahani make good start beating Sri Lanka Army in opener
Abahani Limited made a good start in the AFC President’s Cup qualifier beating Sri Lanka Army team by 2-1 goals at the floodlit Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday. The match was locked in 1-1 goals during the first half. National defender Wali Faisal and substitute Shahajuddin Tipu scored one goal each for Abahani Limited ... Read more
Sri Lanka Dev Squad takes 375-run lead dismissing GP-BCB Academy team for 164
Visiting Sri Lanka Development Squad took massive 375-run lead over GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team after dismissing the hosts cheaply for 164 in the first innings on the 3rd day of the 2nd four-day match at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday. Replying to Sri Lanka’s huge first innings total ... Read more
Bangladesh suffer 9-0 defeat against South Korea in Asia Cup Hockey
Bangladesh National Hockey team suffered another humiliating 9-0 goals defeat against Asian giant South Korea in their last Pool A match of the 8th Asia Cup Men’s Hockey Tournament in Kuantan Pathang, Malaysia on Tuesday. World number five South Korea dominated the first half 4-0 against the 34th ranking Bangladesh. With the day’s comfortable victory, ... Read more
Over 1 lakh left to rust away IT skills
Data entry operators in voter list project yet to see job hopes Over one lakh skilled data entry operators, who were trained by the Election Commission (EC) at a cost of around Tk 11 crore, remain unutilised since the voter list with photographs was readied last year. Neither the immediate past caretaker government nor the ... Read more
44pc of them died of cardiac arrest
Bodies Of 904 Workers Arrived In 5 Months 44pc of them died of cardiac arrest Around 44 percent of the Bangladeshi migrant workers who returned home in coffins between January 1 and May 9 this year, had died of cardiac arrests in Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian countries, raising serious questions about the living standards ... Read more
High Court vacates stay order paving way for withdrawal of case
Extortion case against Hasina The High Court (HC) yesterday vacated its earlier order staying the proceedings of the extortion case against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina filed by businessman Azam J Chowdhury. The HC bench of Justice ABM Khairul Haque and Justice Momtaj Uddin Ahmed passed the order following a petition moved by Barrister Rafique-ul Huq ... Read more
At last HC to hear Khaleda’s writ on cantt house on May 18
Stay on extortion case against PM vacated for its withdrawal Eventually the High Court agreed to hear on May 18 a writ challenging government notice which asked BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to abandon her cantonment house. A division bench comprising Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury fixed the date after the ... Read more
Hooligans out to destroy RMG sector
BGMEA warns of forced shutdown of factories Hooligans are out again to create an unrest in the RMG sector ahead of holy Ramadan. According to an intelligence agency, 27 hooligans in Dhaka and Chittagong are directly involved with the unrest in RMG sector. But the government is yet to come up with any stringent measures ... Read more
Cabinet body okays purchase of 420 jeeps for UZ chairmen
The cabinet committee on public purchase yesterday approved procurement of 420 jeeps and ten speedboats for newly elected upazila chairmen who assumed office last week. Of the 420 fleet 180 will be coming in the current fiscal year while the rest will come in the next financial year. To this affect Tk 180 crore has ... Read more
Tk 30,500cr ADP planned
Budget will have a new public-private partnership component: Muhith Government plans Tk 30,500 crore Annual Development Programme (ADP) for fiscal 2009-10. This was disclosed by Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday. “The government will take up the challenge of implementing the big ADP to prove that it has the implementing capacity”, Muhith told reporters after a ... Read more
Heads they keep high in horror
Peyara Begum’s son’s teacher attacked her with acid after she refused to return ‘the love’ he so undeservedly tried to bestow on her. Her face was burnt as was major portion of her body, and her entire face had to be reconstructed. To pay for this treatment Peyara had to sell all her properties. And ... Read more
Crimes galore give the lie to police vigil in city
Despite beefed up security measures and enhanced police vigilance, incidents of murder, robbery, extortion, snatching and mugging have increased in the city at an alarming rate, creating a sense of insecurity. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque expressed his concern in this regard and asked the police to control the law and order ... Read more