BUET stalemate Teachers, students fear delay in studies Teachers and students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology feared that the current movement against the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor could delay the academic life of the students. The university authorities are yet to announce the date of tests for admission to the university. The results of ... Read more
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Three SC judges give dissenting views on CG
The much-talked-about copy of the verdict regarding the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, that had earlier instituted the caretaker government system, was yet to be released to the public, though more than a year has passed since the verdict was delivered. According to sources, then Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque had submitted the
PM seeks more contacts among parliamentarians
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today underlined the importance of greater institutional contact between the parliamentarians of Bangladesh and Britain to further strengthen historic relations between the two countries. The Prime Minister, now in London to attend opening ceremony of Olympic Games 2012, expressed this view when leader of the opposition and Labour Party leader Edward Samuel ... Read more
‘Humayun died of cardiac arrest’ Writer suffered infection: Shaon
Humayun Ahmed, the popular writer and noted filmmaker, died of a cardiac arrest, and not because of infection, the writer’s second wife, Meher Afroze Shaon, said on Tuesday. “It’s true that he had an infection, but he didn’t die because of it. In the end, he succumbed to a cardiac arrest. Dr Purabi Basu had ... Read more
City people ignorant of rent controllers
Tenants in the capital are unaware of the existence of rent controllers assigned to deal with arbitrary increase in house rents and the eviction of tenants by landlords at their whims. Tenants have for long been suffering as, on one hand, they do not know of the rent controllers and their offices and, on the ... Read more
Milon spurns good start to finish 61st
Bangladesh’s Emdadul Haque Milon was unable to capitalise on a good start as he finished 61st among 64 archers in the men’s ranking round at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Friday. Milon fired 57 points out of a possible 60 in the first of the 12 rounds that took him to ninth place, but his hopes for ... Read more
Fake currency note factory busted
The Detective Branch of police busted a fake currency note printing factory and arrested six people, including two women, with forged Bangladesh currency notes of different denominations and raw materials worth Tk 1 crore in raids on different areas of the capital on Thursday and Friday, the police said. The detectives on a tip-off raided ... Read more
Row over overtaking leads to death
A rickshaw puller died a tragic death yesterday when a fellow rickshaw puller punched him during a brawl on Dhaka University campus. The deceased was identified as Suja Miah, 30, from Rangpur. Police detained the other rickshaw puller, Bachchu Sarder, in this connection
Improved edn quality still a mirage
The government often claims that a rising pass percentage in major public exams, such as SSC and HSC, reflects a marked improvement in the education sector. The Independent, however, found the claim to be far removed from the actual scenario. On July 18, education minister Nurul Islam Nahid claimed at a press briefing that the ... Read more
Govt asks owners not to close RMG units in Ramadan
Owners agree to ensure workers’ payment before Eid The government on Thursday directed the apparel factory owners not to close any of their units in Ramadan and to pay workers before Eid-ul-Fitr to head off any disorder in the export-oriented sector. Officials told a home ministry meeting that sudden closure of factories and job cuts ... Read more
Govt insists on 60pc increase
Bulk power price Govt insists on 60pc increase The government persistently keeps pressuring the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to increase the bulk power price by at least 60 per cent at one go to avoid any further hike at the fag end of its five-year tenure, said officials. The government fears mass discontent due to ... Read more
London gears up for grand Olympics opener
The long wait is finally over. After seven years of anticipation, London is finally ready for its third Olympics, which will be formally declared open today in a once shabby area of its eastern part with a grand opening ceremony. Oscar winning film director Danny Boyle will unveil the details of an extravagant
A tearful goodbye for Humayun
Celebrated writer Humayun Ahmed was laid to rest under a litchi tree at Nuhash Palli in Gazipur on Tuesday with thousands of mourners watching the funeral in tears in heavy rain. Amid prayer hymns, Humayun’s body was lowered into the grave at around 2:00pm, after the third namaz-e-janaza at Nuhash Palli in village Pirujali, the ... Read more
Goodbye Humayun
Sea of mourners pays tributes to writer of hearts; burial today It was a sweltering day and traffic jam was no less troubling. But nothing could prevent thousands of people from flocking to the Central Shaheed Minar yesterday. Irrespective of caste and creed, religion and political parties, people with flowers, many of them in tears, ... Read more
Humayun’s body due today
Public viewing at Central Shaheed Minar The family and friends of Humanyun Ahmed, who died from cancer in a New York hospital late Thursday night, along with the coffin left New York about midnight past Saturday in an Emirates flight that is scheduled to reach Shahjalal International Airport about 8:40am today. The foreign secretary, Mijarul ... Read more
Humayun Ahmed is no more
Popular writer and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed, who had been the most dominant figure in Bangla fiction in Bangladesh in his later years after emerging into the literary world in the early 1970s, died in a New York hospital late Thursday night. He died of colorectal cancer in Bellvue Hospital at the age of 63 about ... Read more
Govt may review proposal
Mobile Bill Tax Govt may review proposal Finance Minister AMA Muhith has hinted at reversing a plan to impose 2 percent tax at source on mobile phone bills. Responding to a query on whether he would review the fact that the tax to be entirely borne by customers, he said, “It certainly needs consideration. Let’s see.” ... Read more
3 students drown in waterfall
Bodies of three teenagers were recovered from the Madhabkunda waterfall area in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar yesterday afternoon. They were identified as Ashiqur Rahman, 18, who sat for the HSC exams from Dhaka Commerce College this year; Shahriar, 16, a class X student of Mirpur Bangla School and College; and
Great Wall ‘even longer’
The Great Wall of China has been officially declared even longer than previously thought. The wall measures 21,196.18km (13,170.6956 miles) long based on the latest state survey results, state-run news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday. A preliminary study
Largest limestone reserve discovered
GSB sees it as feasible mine The Geological Survey of Bangladesh yesterday discovered a limestone deposit in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat. Moonira Akhter Chowdhury, Director General, Geological Survey of Bangladesh, told The Daily Star that the limestone deposit appears