A 12-year-old boy has been found guilty in the United States of murdering his mother following a row over his household chores. A judge in Arizona ruled prosecutors had proved the boy acted intentionally when he shot his mother, Sara Madrid, eight times last year. The boy, from the city of Douglas in Cochise County, ... Read more
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Grape extract kills cancer cells
An extract from grape seeds can destroy cancer cells, US research suggests. In lab experiments, scientists found that the extract stimulated leukaemia cells to commit suicide. Within 24 hours, 76% of leukaemia cells exposed to the extract were killed off, while healthy cells were unharmed, Clinical Cancer Research reports. The study raises the possibility of ... Read more
The curse of Nigerian oil
Attacks on oil industry facilities and kidnappings for ransom are frequent in the creeks of the Niger Delta, which is home to Africa’s biggest oil and gas industry. The BBC’s Sue Lloyd-Roberts argues that Nigeria’s “black gold” has brought wealth to a few but fuels greed and corruption on a grand scale. After spending just ... Read more
Is your sex life getting affected
Do you know that women take sexual rejection very personally especially if their sense of self-worth is linked to love and acceptance from their partner? You will be astonished to read that when a sexual advance by a woman is turned down by her partner, she started to view herself as being an inadequate lover. ... Read more
Hairstyles for Thin Hair
Your hair are falling and becoming thin, but you wouldn’t like the world to know about it. Many young women and even men face the problem of hair loss and hair thinning due to various factors like stress and use of harmful chemicals. In a looks centric world, keeping your best look forward is the ... Read more
Freedom after midnight
Traffic control system in the city falls asleep after 10pm leaving motorists at liberty when duty hours of traffic policemen end Rizanuzzaman Laskar The city’s traffic control mechanism is virtually switched off after 10:00pm when the traffic department of the Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) pulls out its officials from their stations leaving
Brothers now second
Citycell B League Brothers now second Our Correspondent, Chittagong Two goals from striker Henry Quae fired Brothers Union into second position of the Citycell B. League after a 2-1 win over Chittagong Abahani at the MA Aziz Stadium yesterday. The victory took Brothers to 25 points from 12 matches, a single point behind defending champions ... Read more
Observers should also monitor post-polls violence: Abu Hena
Staff Correspondent Former chief election commissioner Abu Hena on Saturday said elections observers should also monitor post-polls violence. Inaugurating a workshop on ‘Election related capacity building training programme to promote democratic values and media engagement,’ he said the observers should monitor the situation before,
Navigation on southern routes at risk for lack of signals
Anisur Rahman Swapan . Barisal Navigation on almost all the river and coastal routes in the southern region has become risky as most of the marking signs on the routes remain inoperative. Almost all the beacon lights and buoys on 40 routes in the region have gone out of order, threatening safe movement of vessels, ... Read more
Cold wave paralyses life across country
Two dies in two days Staff Correspondent A mild cold wave coupled with dense fog, sweeping over the country since Friday, almost paralysed life and disrupted road and river communications across the country. Two elderly people have died due to biting cold in separate places of the northern district of Nilphamari in the last two ... Read more
Bus fare unchanged despite cut of fuel price
A.T.M.Nurun Nabi The bus fare in the city of Dhaka has remained unchanged despite cut of fuel price twice by the government in view of massive fall in the international market, so far assessed from talking with the city commuters. Some of them view the latest price cut as a measure to help the bus ... Read more
Developers pass unsteady time
Kawsar Khan Developers passed an unsteady time in 2008, owing mainly to sharp rise in the prices of roda vital raw material for construction work–, enactment of a housing law and low volume of apartment sales. In the first half of the immediate past year, the real estate sector experienced a low sale, driven by ... Read more
Next economic policy paper under way
Asif Showkat The outgoing interim government is preparing a policy-options paper focusing on fiscal and monetary measures for the newly elected government to attain their expected strategic targets, official sources said. ‘We are preparing a paper on fiscal polices for achieving the short- and long-term targets, like poverty alleviation, for the elected government,’ said a ... Read more
Dhaka stocks extend bull run for 2nd week
Staff Correspondent Dhaka stocks saw a bullish trend for the second consecutive week that ended Thursday, thanks to an increased participation of investors, market operators said. The general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange gained 177.47 points, or 6.75 per cent, to close at 2,807.61, while its blue chips index, DSE20, advanced by 120.39 points, or ... Read more
Hasina to be sworn in as PM Tuesday
‘Grand’ alliance lawmakers take oath; AL chief picked as parliamentary party leader, she warns MPs against bad report; Zillur AL’s choice for presidency Shakhawat Liton and Hasan Jahid Tusher Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, who was unanimously elected majority party leader
MPs-elect of BNP, allies won’t take oath today
Staff correspondent The MPs-elect of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance will not take oath today, according to the alliance sources. The party chairperson Khaleda Zia made the decision after a meeting with her party’s two senior MPs-elect— MK Anwar and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury— at her Dhaka Cantonment residence Saturday night. ‘The BNP MPs will not ... Read more
Jamiruddin fears parliamentary autocracy
Bdnews24.com . Dhaka Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar, the outgoing speaker and a failed contender from BNP-led alliance of ninth parliamentary election has said he feared a ‘parliamentary autocracy’ as the incoming treasury bench would have a massive majority in the house. In an interview with Bdnews24.com on Saturday the speaker said after administering oath to the ... Read more
Concern over checks by small opposition
Roundtable calls for participatory democracy Staff Correspondent Representation of mass people has to be ensured in the next parliament to guarantee accountability of lawmakers and establish participatory democracy in the country, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday. The next parliament will not be effective if parliamentary affairs are conducted on the basis of seat proportion ... Read more
Dilshan defies Bangladesh
Azad Majumder . Chittagong Some poor fielding and wicket-keeping marred Bangladesh’s fine bowling efforts as Sri Lanka piled up a massive 371 for six thanks to a century from Tillakaratne Dilshan on the opening day of the second Test at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium on Saturday. The visitors were struggling at 75 for four when ... Read more
Tigers mull strategy against Murali, Mendis
Azad Majumder . Chittagong Anyone who has never watched the Bangladesh cricket team batting in the nets would take Ashraful Hossain as just another net bowler, who was invited to assist the national players in their practice. But to Mohammad Ashraful and his team-mates the 18-year-old Chittagong boy was just not an