Normal life disrupted due to fog and cold Chilly wind sweeping country Staff Correspondent The intensity of the cold now sweeping across the country and the capital has led to a sharp fall in temperature with the mercury level dipping low everywhere in 24 hours till Wednesday evening. The density of fog will continue in ... Read more
Dhaka Mirror
Electioneering amid relief, festivity as emergency goes
Staff Correspondent An ambience of relief and festivity is now prevailing across country as the two year long emergency is no more in place and election is getting momentum all around. The state of emergency imposed on January 11, in 2007 had snatched away the freedom of movement and speech, assembly, association, thought and conscience ... Read more
Birds falling prey to traps
Anwar Ali, Rajshahi Around 200 birds of various species were killed in the last 20 days after getting tangled up in illegal fine nets while flying aro Around 200 birds of various species were killed in the last 20 days after getting tangled up in illegal fine nets while flying around a fruit orchard at ... Read more
ETV reporter, 2 others hurt in accident
Star Report ETV reporter Rashed Ahmed and two crewmen of the private TV channel were injured in a road accident in Sirajganj as a bus hit their microbus following BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s motorcade yesterday. Two other injured are cameraman Asaduzzaman Asad and microbus driver Rabiul Islam. Immediately after the accident, they were taken to ... Read more
Rajuk asked to explain legality of fresh Uttara plot allotment
Staff Correspondent The High Court on Wednesday asked Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha to explain in four weeks why its notification inviting fresh applications for plots at Uttara in the third phase cancelling in 2007 the previous plot allotment would not be declared illegal. The High Court bench of Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain and Justice Quamrul Islam ... Read more
Global recession Bangladeshi labour markets won’t be affected
Staff Reporter Despite world economic recession there is no possibility of an adverse affect on Bangladeshi labour markets abroad, a senior government official said yesterday. The assurance came at a press conference held at National Press Club jointly by the Expatriate Welfare and Oversees Employment Ministry, Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) and Manuser ... Read more
Rajuk extends time for plot application
Uttara, Purbachal Rajuk extends time for plot application Staff Correspondent Due to huge rush of applicants, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) yesterday extended the time limit both for collecting and submitting application forms for plots at Purbachal New Town project and Uttara Model Town (Third phase). Rajuk officials said the last date for procuring forms is ... Read more
Mallika Sherawat ga ga over Oliver Stone
New Delhi, (IANS): The sassy Mallika Sherawat can’t stop raving about American filmmaker Oliver Stone with whom she shared the stage at the Global Brand Forum 2008 held in Malaysia. “It was a huge surprise for me to be invited to the global forum along with Oliver Stone. And to share the same stage with ... Read more
Katrina ecstatic to be most googled name
Mumbai (IANS): “I really didn’t expect this,” says a surprised but delighted Katrina Kaif on being voted the most searched name on the Internet, which also means she is more popular among the net-savvy youngsters. “I’m very surprised. I really didn’t expect this. Google is the only thing I know on the Internet. I’m not ... Read more
Ershad beats Rowshan in possessing ornaments
M Abul Kalam Azad Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad has more ornaments than his wife has and fewer assets than she owns, reveals his wealth statement submitted to the Election Commission along with nomination papers. According to his affidavits attached to nomination papers for Dhaka-17, Rangpur-3 and Kurigram-2 constituencies, Ershad possesses gold and ornaments ... Read more
Candidates quote value of gold Tk.100 to 2000 per tola in their wealth statement
Our Correspondent, Barisal The forty-six candidates out of 60 stated that they had 1211 tolas of gold ornaments, and quoted the value of gold as Tk.100 to 1200 per tola. Musfiq Ahmed Shamim, Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer of Barisal, said that according to the income tax rule and religious law, valuation of gold must ... Read more
Candidates passing busy time in election campaign in Rajshahi
4-party has edge over 14-party in popularity Our Correspondent All 28 candidates of six constituencies in Rajshahi district are now spending extremely busy time in campaigning for the upcoming parliamentary election. All of them are now sparing all their available time to communicate with the voters. The quiet city Rajshahi has now turned into a ... Read more
Bijoy Sarani-Tejgaon link road opens
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka The chief adviser, Fakhruddin Ahmed, Tuesday said the road network in the capital must be expanded to make habitable the mega-city Dhaka where civic life is afflicted with growing traffic congestion, much of which is blamed on cumulative negligence over the years. The head of the caretaker government stressed ... Read more
Madonna, Ritchie deny divorce deal report
AFP LONDON — Pop superstar Madonna and her former British husband Guy Ritchie denied an “inaccurate” report that she had agreed to pay him up to 60 million pounds ($92 million, R918 million) in a divorce deal. But the former couple, who were granted a “quickie” divorce last month, said they were “happy” with the ... Read more
Judge visits Iraqi shoe-tossing journalist in jail
AP Baghdad: The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W Bush was visited by a judge in jail, the reporter’s brother said at a news conference. Muntadar Al Zaidi has been in custody since Sunday, when he gained folk hero status across the Arab world by throwing both shoes at Bush during ... Read more
Internet Explorer security alert: Microsoft says all users at risk
Users of Internet Explorer, the world’s most popular web browser, are at risk of having their computers hijacked because of a security flaw. By Matthew Moore The flaw allows criminal gangs to take control of people’s computers and steal their personal information when they visit websites that have been corrupted by malicious hackers. It is ... Read more
Emergency out, rights in
Shakhawat Liton The nation has its fundamental rights reinstated today after around two years as an ordinance promulgated by the president Monday ends the state of emergency. Another ordinance decreed the same day repeals the Emergency Powers Ordinance 2007 and Emergency Powers Rules 2007. The laws were proclaimed to enforce the state of emergency declared ... Read more
Army proves a point
Says Gen Moeen before emergency lifted Staff Correspondent The army has proved it wants nothing but the development of Bangladesh as it is happily returning to barracks, said Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed yesterday, a day before the withdrawal of around a two-year-long emergency. Appearing on a number of television channels in ... Read more
Nation remembers war heroes
Staff Correspondent Tens of thousands of people thronged the National Martyrs Memorial to pay homage to the liberation war heroes on Tuesday, while veterans called for the war criminals of 1971 to be brought to justice. Celebrating the nation‘s 38th Victory Day, they also urged the electorate to refrain from voting for war criminals, some ... Read more
Khaleda pledges combat against corruption
Staff correspondent The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Tuesday pledged to fight against corruption and violence if her party voted to power in the general elections slated for December 29. Khaleda also called on the people to cast their vote for the party candidates in the ensuing national elections for what she said ... Read more