Nine students including three leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhata Dal (JCD) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit were injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on Wednesday attacked a JCD procession. Of the injured, the condition of JCD convener Arafat Reza Ashiq is critical, reports our RU correspondent. Sources said over one hundred BCL leaders and activists ... Read more
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SL set all-Asia final
The Colombo sky was ablaze with fireworks last night as Sri Lanka fought their way over murky waters and into the World Cup final, giving their legend Muttiah Muralidaran a fitting farewell from international cricket. The five-wicket win was not an easy ride, thanks to a late rally by New Zealand at the flashbulb-laden R ... Read more
JS body asks Fakruddin, Moeen to appear April 18
A parliamentary body probing violence on the Dhaka University campus during the last caretaker government on Tuesday asked the then chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed and former army chief Moeen U Ahmed to appear before it. On behalf of the parliamentary body, the parliament secretariat sent two separate letters asking
Yunus’ plea hearing adjourned till Apr 4
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till April 4 the hearing on the appeals filed against the High Court verdict that upheld a Bangladesh Bank order removing Muhammad Yunus from the office of Grameen Bank managing director. The seven-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque
Champs gone
India set up semis with Pakistan Yuvraj Singh smashed an unbeaten half-century under pressure as India dispatched defending champions Australia from the World Cup with a five-wicket win at Ahmedabad yesterday. Their victory set up a dream semifinal against archrivals Pakistan at Mohali on March 30. It had looked to be slipping away from the ... Read more
S Africa-New Zealand quarter-final today
The curtain on the six-week long World Cup fiesta will fall in Bangladesh with South Africa facing New Zealand in a quarter-final match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. The carnival began here on February 12 with the Bangladesh-Canada warm-up game in Chittagong and it has gone through a lot of highs and lows before ... Read more
WB, IMF stop $500m loan
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have decided not to give the government over $500 million of budget support that they had planned to provide this financial year because of concerns over governance issues, including anti-corruption and telecom licensing, the World Bank has told New Age These two concessionary loans or credits, given ... Read more
Govt now eyes elevated U-loops, underpasses
Study shows ride from Azimpur to Gabtoli to take 15 mins The government has undertaken a Tk 775 crore project to construct elevated U-turns and underpasses for an uninterrupted traffic flow between Azimpur and Gabtoli. Once the project is implemented, a ride from Azimpur to Gabtoli will take only 11 minutes instead of current 78 ... Read more
More join camp
On Tunisia-Libya border More join camp Morshed Ali Khan writes from the spot where thousands of Bangladeshi workers have taken shelter after fleeing the Libyan upheaval The government’s promise to take all stranded Bangladeshis home in three days from the Choucha camp appears a far cry with more displaced people arriving here from Libya and ... Read more
US for govt talks with Yunus
Blake says compromise possible; Wolfensohn backs amicable solution The United States yesterday called for a dialogue between Prof Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh government to reach a solution to the dispute over the status of the Nobel laureate in the Grameen Bank he founded. “‘I do believe that a compromise is possible and I am encouraging ... Read more
WC set for knock-out stage
Pakistan take on Windies today The much-anticipated knock-out phase of the World Cup is set for a cracking start as unpredictable Pakistan take on a youthful West Indian side in the first quarter-final in Dhaka today. More than a semi-final place will be at stake for Pakistan, who missed out on a second-round place in ... Read more
Deceived in the desert
Bangladeshi fortune-seekers helpless in north Africa “I came to Libya eleven months ago in a group of 15. At the airport, two men of the agency that organised my work permit and visa in Dhaka took all our passports as soon as we came out of the immigration. We then boarded a bus. In the ... Read more
ICC WORLD CUP 100 on-duty police, firemen get food poisoning
Nearly 100 uniformed law-enforcers, including members of the Rapid Action Battalion and Armed Police Battalion, plainclothesmen, and fire fighters on ICC Cricket World Cup duty in Dhaka got food poisoning on Tuesday, officials said. Most of them were admitted to Central Police Hospital at Rajarbagh and the rest to
Two schoolboys killed in Rajshahi road accidents
Local people and Rajshahi University students blocked the Rajshahi–Natore Highway after two schoolboys were killed and five injured in two road accidents in Rajshahi on Tuesday. The deceased were Shanto Islam, 7, and Rafi Ahmed, 9, both from Paba. They were students of the Nice Academy. The police quoting witnesses said a truck headed for ... Read more
Sailors received in tears
Ctg airport witnesses a highly emotion-charged reunion on arrival of 26 crews freed by Somali pirates Torrents of tears and smiles, joy and relief engulfed Shah Amanat International Airport as the 26 crew of hijacked ship MV Jahan Moni landed yesterday afternoon. A flight of Oman airways boeing 737-800 brought the crew home after their ... Read more
A date with destiny
The crew knew they were entering a dangerous territory infested with pirates; and they were on the watch. They were near Minicoy Island, 300 nautical miles off the Sri Lankan coast. For the last two days and nights, they put out a watch. They regularly scanned the horizon. But it was a calm and quiet ... Read more
$4.62m ransom came in 2 bags
When the two suitcases wrapped specially for waterproofing were opened on the bridge of MV Jahan Moni, the pirates gave out a cry of joy. Bundles of greenbacks, all in hundred dollar denomination, were stacked inside. The crew members looked on in awe. Never in their life have they seen so much of money. The ... Read more
Kamal argues before SC for non-party caretaker system
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Kamal Hossain on Monday argued before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for saving the system of non-party caretaker government as it was introduced through the 13th amendment to the Constitution in 1996 following a mass movement. He argued that the non-party caretaker system had to be introduced as neither ... Read more
A den of pirates
The Gulf Of Aden A den of pirates 0 Somali pirates’ range now covers more than one million square miles 0 Piracy cost the global economy about $5-7 billion dollars last year o Pressure mounted on Somali govt to step up its anti-piracy campaign o Many Somali lawmakers support the pirates and term them as ‘heroes’ o Some ... Read more
Room still there for compromise
Blake says about Yunus’ removal after meeting PM; Muhith says Yunus could be a fellow at GB US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake yesterday said “there is still room for compromise” in resolving the issue arising from the removal of Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus as the Managing ... Read more