Students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and their guardians continued their protests on Tuesday demanding punishment of Parimal Jayadhar, a teacher of the institution arrested on charge of raping a student, and resignation of the college principal, Husne Ara Begum, for defending the accused. Several civic forums and left-leaning political organisations on Tuesday also ... Read more
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No family planning services for Dhaka slums
People living in Dhaka city’s slums, who comprise around 40 per cent of the total population of the capital, appear to be ignored by the government’s Family Planning Programme as there is no door-to-door counselling and service. Rehana, who lives in the railway slum in Mailbagh, has been looking for advice on family
Gloom descends as bodies arrive home
A pall of gloom was hovering over the Abu Torab-Bartakia Road, strewn with bodies of the schoolboys killed as a pick-up truck carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch at Mirersarai near the port city on Monday afternoon. A shrouded body was lying beside the road after every two or three
Death tears twins apart
Mohammad Sakhawat, class-V student of Abu Torab Government Primary School in Chittagong, plumbs the depths of pain after a road accident yesterday separated him from his twin brother Mohammad Ferdous for life. Sakhawat played for his school in a football match yesterday while his brother Ferdous cheered
KL postpones registration
Amnesty for Illegal Workers KL postpones registration Malaysia has postponed registration of irregular foreign workers but said it will start the process anytime soon, the state-run news agency Bernama reported yesterday. On June 22, the Malaysian home ministry announced amnesty for irregular foreign workers, and said it would start their registration on July 11 for ... Read more
Population target stiff
The government’s goal of reducing the country’s population growth rate from 1.39 percent to 1 percent by 2016 is very hard to achieve, say officials and population experts. While the nation observed the World Population Day yesterday, the experts said the acceleration in growth of population seen over the years suggests that the goal set ... Read more
Cabinet gives nod to control wall writing, poster pasting
The Cabinet on Monday endorsed the draft of the Wall Writing and Poster Pasting (Control) Bill 2011, with a provision that allows local government bodies to designate places and realize fees for such advertisements. The LGRD and cooperatives ministry placed the draft in the weekly Cabinet meeting at the secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ... Read more
Death penalty for human traffickers
In a bid to clamp down on cheats defrauding thousands on the pretext of arranging for jobs overseas, as well as, to stop human trafficking across the Indo-Bangladesh border, the cabinet with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday approved a new draft law that has provided for death sentence to traffickers. The law is titled ... Read more
Parimal confesses involvement
Sexual Assault Parimal confesses involvement Parimol Joydhor, a Bangla teacher of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College’s Bashundhara branch on Monday made confessional statement about his involvement in violating a student when she went to his coaching centre at his residence in Badda area of the city. Inspector (Officer-in-Charge) of Badda police station and also the ... Read more
Headmaster jailed for sexual harassment of student
A mobile court sentenced the headmaster of a high school in Ishwardi to four months in jail on Sunday on charge of sexual harassment of a student. But a section of students of Basherbanda Bohumukhi High School and locals staged demonstrations in protest at the punishment of the headmaster, Shamsul Islam insisting that the charge ... Read more
Mohiuddin Bablu, accused of murders, handed over to UK
Bangladeshi-born British citizen Mohiuddin Bablu, accused of fleeing the UK in 1997 after committing several murders and imprisoned in Bangladesh for the last 13 years in an arms case, was handed over to concerned British authorities on Monday. Officials of the British police and the British High Commission in Dhaka were handed over the
Family planning in free fall
The government’s Family Planning Programme is in terminal decline unless serious measures are taken, said officials in the Directorate General of Family Planning, pointing to over 10,500 posts, including 185 posts at the deputy and assistant director level, which are lying vacant. The lack of staff, the indifferent attitude of the government towards family planning, ... Read more
1 lakh illegal foreigners working
They come to Bangladesh on tourist visas, work in factories Over one lakh foreigners are working and doing business in Bangladesh illegally without work permits, immigration sources say. Most of the workers are from India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, China and Hong Kong, the sources point out. They have arrived in ... Read more
India firm on Tipai Dam amid objections
The Indian government is going ahead its proposed 1,500-MW Tipaimukh hydel power project in Manipur despite objections from NGOs in India and opposition parties in neighbouring Bangladesh. Quoting Prem Chand Pankaj, chairman-cum-managing director of the state-owned North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (Neepco), IANS said “All apprehensions are baseless. The
Industries to get gas
Govt lifts 2-year restriction The government has finally lifted restrictions on providing gas connections to industrial units after nearly two years. The decision came last month at a meeting of a government committee headed by the prime minister’s adviser on energy and power, said a high-up of
World Population Day today
A highly overpopulated Bangladesh observes World Population Day today amid confusion over what really is the size of its population. The day is being observed across the globe on the theme ‘World at 7 billion’ set by UNFPA to call attention of governments, communities and individuals to understand the global population
Feral dogs bite 500 in city in a week
Incidents of dog bite have increased alarmingly with nearly 500 cases reported in the city and from its suburbs in the last six days, officials said. The Infectious Disease Hospital in Mohakhali recorded 110 patients on Saturday, 79 on Friday and 281 in the previous four days. They were given anti-rabies vaccination after dog
One person killed in a dispute over football ground in Nilphamari
One person was killed and another seriously injured in a clash between two rival groups of people over taking possession of a football playing ground at Dangapara village in Kishoreganj Upazila of Nilphamari district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Monjurul Hossain, 28, son of Moful Uddin of nearby
Housewife killed for dowry in Madaripur
A newly married housewife was killed allegedly by her husband for dowry at Lakshmiganj village in Sadar upazila Saturday night. The deceased was Khadija Akhter, 19, wife of Ahadat Kazi of the village. Family sources said Ahadat, son of Moslem Kazi, married Khadija, daughter of Babul Bepari of
Set afire by husband, Monira dies
The female madrasa student, set ablaze by her husband in Faridpur last month, died in a city hospital last night. The victim, 20-year-old Monira Begum, was set on fire by her husband Sahabuddin Khan after the two got into an altercation over marriage documents on June 27 at Dhalaichar Village in Faridpur, said