Staff Reporter MPs-elect belonging to the BNP and its allies-Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Jatiya Party are likely to take oath tomorrow (Wednesday). Outgoing Speaker Barrister Jamir Uddin Sircar made the broad hint while talking to reporters yesterday. “I’ll administer oath to the BNP MPs-elect on Jan 14, as per constitutional guidelines,” he mentioned. The Speaker said ... Read more
Dhaka Mirror
No govt interference in ACC activities
Staff Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission’s spokesman on Monday hoped the commission would work independently and it had so far faced no interference from the political government. ‘The commission has so far faced nothing from the political government which can influence [its activities],’ the commission’s spokesman Hanif Iqbal, also director general (administration), said at its regular ... Read more
Job seekers return home after being cheated
Staff Correspondent Twenty-six Bangladeshi job seekers returned to Dhaka on Monday night from a six-month ordeal in Singapore after being cheated by manpower agents. They arrived at the Zia International Airport by a Best Air
Death of Bangladeshi, Pakistani sparks protest in Athens
Agence France-Presse . Athens Hundreds of people protested Sunday in central Athens against the Greek authorities’ treatment of immigrants, following the recent deaths of two Asians near a police headquarters. Organisers said a 24-year-old Bangladeshi man died on January 3 when he fell into a ravine after a scuffle near a immigration police station in ... Read more
ACC yet to see Tk 1300 cr bribe allegations against Coco, others
bdnews24.com, Dhaka The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has yet to receive reported allegations against Arafat Rahman Coco, former BNP alliance ministers and others, involving some Tk 1300 crore in bribes, an ACC statement said on Monday. “The Commission will probe any such allegations once it receives them,” the statement said. ACC Director General Colonel Hanif ... Read more
AG Salahuddin resigns
bdnews24.com, Dhaka Attorney General Salahuddin Ahmed resigned his position on Monday. “I have submitted my resignation in line with the tradition that the attorney general resigns after a new government takes over,” Salahuddin told bdnews24.com after handing a letter to the law ministry at around 3pm. “I ubmitted my resignation letter to the law minister ... Read more
Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches
From The Sunday Times Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross says that performing two Google searches uses up as much energy as boiling the kettle for a cup of tea Jonathan Leake and Richard Woods Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon ... Read more
Third shark attack in 24 hours prompts panic on Australian beaches
From Times Online Third shark attack in 24 hours prompts panic on Australian beaches Sophie Tedmanson in Sydney Australian beachgoers are on Jaws alert after three shark attacks in separate locations around the country over the past 24 hours. On Monday a snorkeller suffered 40 puncture wounds after fending off what is thought to have ... Read more
Tom Cruise kicked out of son’s audition
by IANS London: Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise was kicked out of his son Conor’s audition for new movie “Seven Pounds” because he was distracting the teenager.The 16-year-old made his acting debut, playing the son of Will Smith’s character in the movie. Cruise and his actor-producer friend Smith insisted Conor audition for director Gabriele Muccino but ... Read more
Rescuers search for nearly 250 missing in Indonesian ferry accident
Agencies Parepare: Rescuers battled rocky seas on Monday as they searched for nearly 250 people missing and feared dead after a ferry capsized off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. About 250 passengers and 17 crew were believed to have been aboard the 700-ton Teratai Prima when it sank on
The lure of ‘roopkotha’
‘Konthoshilon’ stages fairy tale-based plays Mainul Hassan Who has not heard or read fairy tales in childhood? To every child ‘roopkotha’ (fairy tales) from “Thakurmar Jhuli” (grandmother’s repertoire), involving ‘ponkhiraj’ (flying horse), ‘Rakkhosh Puri’ (den of demons) have always been a subject of great fascination. On January 10, cultural organisation ‘Konthoshilon’ organised a “Golpo Bolar ... Read more
Juneer’s alien, yet relevant images
Takir Hossain Shaded, subdued colours, distinctly delicate technique and imagery are the ingredients that mark the works of Juneer Kibria — a young painter who likes to delve into enigmatic views through abstract images. Three movements that have contributed to the development of abstract art were romanticism, impressionism and expressionism. Artistic liberty was advanced during ... Read more
Horrible hostel, hostile to study
Days and woes of Polytechnic girls suffering from acute seat crisis Durdana Ghias Rima wakes up at five in the morning to start her day standing in a queue with 60 other girls in front of the washroom. The room
BRTA move for ‘speed governor seal’ hits a bad patch
Shahnaz Parveen Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is facing difficulty in implementing the decision to install ‘speed governor seal’ in all automobiles as the mechanism is only available in diesel-run vehicles. A separate mechanism has to be built for vehicles run with gas, octane and petrol engine, which has become a major obstacle in implementing ... Read more
Mahela not taking Zimbabwe lightly
Grameenphone Test Series, Bangladesh-Srilanka Mahela not taking Zimbabwe lightly Sports Reporter “If anything goes wrong against Zimbabwe, you guys will have a lot to write about,” joked Mahela Jayawardene yesterday. It would be a surprise to hear the Sri Lankan captain speak in such a cynical manner ahead of their match against lowly Zimbabwe in ... Read more
Barisal equal with Rajshahi
Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League Barisal equal with Rajshahi Sports Reporter Barisal repeated their success against Rajshahi to share the lead in the National Cricket League when they won the second-leg one-day match at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday. It was however a day for out-of-favour Nafis Iqbal who smashed an unbeaten hundred ... Read more
Results of School Kabaddi
Sports Reprter Bhasha Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar &VDP School and College of Gazipur, Palsha Ideal Secondary School of Mymensingh, Gorihar Al Arabia Dhakhil Madrasa of Rajshahi, Banagram Secondary School of Jessore won their respective matches of the Standard Chartered National School Kabaddi Competition on Sunday. In the day’s first match, Bhasha Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar ... Read more
Edn minister spots syndicate behind textbook crisis
Staff Correspondent The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, on Sunday visited Banglabazar book market in Dhaka and found a powerful syndicate behind the artificial crisis of secondary textbooks. As soon the minister entered the market in the afternoon, a number of retailers who went to the market
She died to save neighbour from killers
Quazi Amanullah, Khulna She died showing a rare courage of braving bullets and bombs of miscreants to save her neighbour. Parvez Howlader, 30, an activist of Awami League, died on the spot on the night of January 4 at Pabla Palpara under Daulatpur Police Station in Khulna city as miscreants sprayed bullets and threw bomb ... Read more
Past glory of port city to be revived
BSS, Chittagong Ministers, Lawmakers and Leaders of the Mohajote in greater Chittagong region at a public meeting here on Saturday said they would work together for bringing back the past glory of the port city as the country’s economic and industrial hub. In this respect, they sought wholehearted cooperation of the people to free Bangladesh ... Read more