3 injured An aircraft of Royal Thai Air Force carrying 15 officials yesterday skidded off the runway while landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport injuring three Thai officers. The injuries sustained by the three officials– Capt Wing Commander Chakkapol Hirranrattana, Wing Commander Surasak Sukbang and Flight Lt Pitchaya Burrangratchahirarun — were minor, said
Other Headlines
Brutal murder in capital
A former director of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy was stabbed to death while his wife and a nephew were injured by a group of criminals early yesterday at his Badda home in the capital. Family members and police suspect that the attack causing the death of former government official Nazrul Huq, 60, might have been made ... Read more
Destiny seeks to clarify
Muhith’s Refusal Destiny seeks to clarify The Destiny Group yesterday said Finance Minister AMA Muhith refused to meet its delegation on Sunday as he was very busy with an official matter. The four-member delegation included Chairman Rafiqul Amin and President Lt Gen (retd) M Harun-Ar-Rashid. A statement, which came following reports on Muhith’s refusal to ... Read more
BUET teachers’ strike passes 22 days
Teachers of Bangladesh Universityof Engineering and Technology (BUET), who have been on strike for the 22ndconsecutive days, have vowed to continue their strike demanding resignation ofthe vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor. BUET Teachers’ Associationpresident Md Mujibur Rahman on Monday told The New Nation that
HSC exams rescheduled
The government has rescheduled Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations under all education boards that were due to take place on Sunday and Monday because of the general strike called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, an education ministry release said. Examinations scheduled for Sunday will now be held on Friday (May 4) at 9:30am ... Read more
HSC exams postponed to May 22
The government has postponed today’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations due to the hartal called by opposition. The postponed examinations under eight general education boards have been rescheduled for May 22. Alim examinations under the madrasa board will now be held on May 9 while those under
2.5b poor unbanked worldwide: WB report
Three quarters of the world’s poor, 2.5 billion in terms of number, do not have bank accounts, not only because of poverty but also because of the cost, travel distance and amount of paper work involved in opening one, according to a World Bank report. Those without access to formal banking often have to rely ... Read more
Dubai deports 88 Bangladeshis
Illegal Stay Dubai deports 88 Bangladeshis Dubai authorities yesterday sent 88 Bangladeshi expatriates back for working there “illegally”. They all landed at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport on a Fly Dubai plane at 8:30pm. The returnees who went to Dubai for work at different times had to serve jail sentences as they had fled from ... Read more
Swine flu patients improving
The health of all 31 swine flu infected students of Kurigram Nursing Training Institute has been gradually improving since they were first diagnosed with the disease on Tuesday. They were recovering after being treated with Oseltamivir, an anti-influenza drug, widely used worldwide for treating the highly infectious
Swine flu returns, stay cautioned
Swine flu or Influenza A (H1N1) has recently returned in Bangladesh. Experts urged to stay cautious and take preventive measures and seek treatment if anybody shows the signs and symptoms including fever, sore throat, cough, runny nose, headache, body-pain, difficulty in breathing, with general weakness, loss of appetite, diarrhoea or vomiting etc. The following tips will ... Read more
Swine flu returns
31 student nurses come down with deadly influenza in Kurigram SWINE FLU Symptoms: Acute cough, fever and occasional vomiting. Cautions: Refraining people from coughing, sneezing in public places and keeping apart the infected persons from other persons. Chronology: First broke out in 2009 claiming lives of eight people, resurfaced in
Looting was motive
Murder in Gulshan Looting was motive Driver admits upon arrest by Rab The Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested the driver, who allegedly stabbed his employer’s wife to death in her Gulshan home Tuesday, from the capital’s Kamrangirchar area. Driver Mintu Peyada, 40, of Salodh village under Nariya upazila in Shariatpur, was arrested with the knife ... Read more
Ex-DIG, wife jailed for stealing 7 kids
Former deputy inspector general of police Anisur Rahman and his wife Anwara Rahman were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life on charge of stealing seven children for trafficking. The Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal 4 judge, Arifur Rahman, also fined each of the couple Tk 5 lakh, in default to serve one more ... Read more
HC assigns RAB to probe Sagar-Runi killings
The High Court on Wednesday directed the inspector general of the police to hand over the responsibility of investigation into the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi from the Detective Branch to the Rapid Action Battalion. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Jahangir Hossain also
Destiny plea against BB report rejected
Commerce ministry for separate commission to probe MLM fraud The High Court yesterday rejected a writ petition filed by Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd challenging the Bangladesh Bank report that raised allegations against the company of illegal banking. The court termed the petition premature as the central bank has not taken any action against Destiny. ... Read more
Driver kills housewife
Injures domestic help, loots valuables A driver allegedly stabbed his employer’s wife dead, injured the domestic help and fled with cash and gold ornaments from their flat in the capital’s Gulshan yesterday. The victim Saima Sultana, 40, was a director of Ethics Advanced Technologies Ltd at Karwan Bazar. Police recovered the body covered in multiple ... Read more
Buet students bear the brunt
Teachers-Admin Conflict Buet students bear the brunt Academic activities at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) are being badly hampered by the ongoing conflict between the teachers’ association and the administration over a number of burning issues including appointments of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and the registrar. Since April 7, the Buet Teachers’ Association has ... Read more
Souls reunite on border
Barbed-wire fence fails to separate their on Nabobarsho They were neither dressed in bright, colourful clothes nor singing Rabindranath Tagore’s ageless Esho he Baishakh in celebration of the Bangla New Year. Their day did not start with a platter of Panta bhat and fried Hilsa fish, the most sought-after menu of urban people on Pahela ... Read more
Pahela Baishakh celebrated
People celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year, ushering in 1419 with much fanfare amid hopes and expectations on Saturday. Celebrations took place in metropolitan cities and district towns with people, in colourful dresses, visiting fairs, attending folk performances and wishing each
Transport operators charging passengers at whim
Most transport operators are charging passengers more than the fares fixed by the government after it hiked prices of CNG and fuel oils twice in 2011 and commuters attributed the reason mainly to lack of monitoring. ‘You will hardly find a bus operating in the city which charges the fares fixed by the