Centenarian Binod Bihari calls upon youths Binod Bihari Chowdhury, the anti-British movement veteran who stepped on the 100th year of his life yesterday, called upon the young generation to become brave hearted and work for the distressed countrymen overcoming cowardice, weakness and selfishness. “Courage is divine while cowardice and weakness are nothing but sin,” he ... Read more
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Unapproved plots, flats sold in REHAB Fair
Many land development projects having no approval of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha and even some projects earlier cancelled by the city development authorities were up for sales in the REHAB Fair in defiance of the Private Housing Project Land Development Rules 2004. The state minister for housing and public works, Abdul Mannan Khan, on Tuesday inaugurated ... Read more
Bangladeshi worker to be hanged for murdering girlfriend
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s High Court sentenced to death on Friday a Bangladeshi construction worker involved in a love triangle with an Indonesian maid for murdering the woman more than two years ago. Kamrul Hasan Abdul Quddus, 35, was found guilty of strangling his girlfriend, Indonesian maid Yulia Afriyanti, 25, on December 16, 2007. “The prosecution has ... Read more
Smart card of expat workers within a month
A parliamentary watchdog Tuesday said that the ‘smart card’ containing computer chip with upgraded database network of all expatriate Bangladeshi workers would be provided within next one month, reports UNB. The parliamentary standing committee on Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry at a meeting at Sangsad Bhaban said that card would be given for reducing ... Read more
Malaysian firm grabs passport project
The government will issue work order to the IRIS Corporation Berhad of Malaysia, the lowest bidder, for supplying machine-readable passports (MRP) and machine-readable visas (MRV) in the country. A total of 30 lakh MRPs and 1 lakh MRV will be collected from the Malaysian company during the next five years. The authorities concerned will issue ... Read more
KPM faces fund crunch as Tk 2cr papers lie unsold
Uncertainty looms over payment of salaries, debts Authority of the Karnaphuli Paper Mills, an industrial unit of the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation, is suffering an acute fund constraint as papers worth around Tk 2 crore lies unsold, said sources in the KPM. Uncertainty looms over payment of salaries and allowances to its workers and employees ... Read more
RAJUK stops approving designs above 10 floors
Construction cos fear big losses, worried over investment From The Financial Express The authorities have stopped approving designs of buildings with more than 10 floors in Dhaka, triggering outcry from the real estate developers and virtually halting vertical rise of the city. The capital development authority, better known as Rajuk, has not explained its position, ... Read more
Govt allots 3,116 Purbachal-Uttara plots
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) on Wednesday announced the names of 3,116 plot winners of the fourth phase lotteries for Purbachal New Town Project and Uttara Model Town Project. The plots were allotted among the winners in six categories — minister-deputy minister-state minister-MP and people enjoying same status, government job holders, people serving at different autonomous ... Read more
Nearly 25 Mln People in Bangladesh Have Access to Internet
An estimated 25 million people in Bangladesh have now access to the internet on sharing basis, country’s Science and Information and Communication Ministry said Thursday. Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Secretary of Bangladesh ‘s Science and Information and Communication Technology Ministry AKM Abdul Awal Mojumder said the country’s six mobile operators and Internet Service ... Read more
Hybrid fishes a threat to local species in Tangail
The indigenous fish species in Tangail are under a big threat due to their indiscriminate catching and rapid increase in farming and marketing of the hybrid ones. Besides, all varieties of local fish are also on the decline in all the twelve upazilas of the district because of drastic fall in waters of the rivers, ... Read more
Hybrid fishes a threat to local species in Tangail
The indigenous fish species in Tangail are under a big threat due to their indiscriminate catching and rapid increase in farming and marketing of the hybrid ones. Besides, all varieties of local fish are also on the decline in all the twelve upazilas of the district because of drastic fall in waters of the rivers, ... Read more
Country gets back to standard time Dec 31
Clocks will be adjusted backward by an hour at 11:59pm on December 31, the cabinet decided on Thursday. The prime minister’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters after the cabinet meeting that the government had also decided to introduce daylight saving time on an annual basis. The cabinet decided that clocks would be adjusted ... Read more
Govt Schools Admission tests start in city
Admission tests in the city’s government schools began yesterday. The tests in schools under Group-A were held in two shifts, from 11:00am to 1:00pm and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Exams for class I to class IV were taken in the first shift and class V to class IX in the second shift. The schools under ... Read more
Christmas today
Christmas Day, the greatest religious festival of the Christian community, will be celebrated in the country today as elsewhere in the world with due solemnity and traditional enthusiasm in commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ. To mark the day, the Christian community will offer special prayers in different churches throughout the country. The day ... Read more
Bangladeshi twins inspiration,says Australian cleric
One of Australia’s top Catholic clerics on Thursday said people all over the world should take inspiration from the separation of conjoined Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna. Adelaide city Archbishop Philip Wilson said the twins’ astonishing recovery from marathon surgery five weeks ago to separate their fused heads had touched people across the world, bringing ... Read more
Diseases on rise for climate change
Not only natural calamities, global warming is imposing precarious effects on human health by increasing various diseases. Experts said with the increase in the temperature vector and water borne diseases are escalating in the country. Besides, more areas are going to become submerged due to frequent flooding which will contaminate drinking water. The water would ... Read more
Four tunnels to ease congestion in Dhaka
The Dhaka City Corporation has taken up a plan to construct tunnels at four important intersections in the capital to facilitate smooth movement of vehicles, said official sources on Sunday. The tunnels will be constructed at Shahbagh, Sheraton, Banglamotor and Sonargaon intersections which are plagued by heavy traffic, according to the decision taken at the ... Read more
Tears of joy for diabetes patients!
There is great news for diabetics. A revolutionary technology is on its way to help them measure blood sugar levels without drawing blood daily. The diabetes patients may soon be able to wear contact lenses that will continuously alert them to changes in their blood sugar level by changing their colours. Developed by biochemical engineering ... Read more
2 arrested for VoIP business
Equipment seized Rab personnel arrested two people including an executive of Dhaka Phone Thursday night in connection with running illegal Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business. They also seized some equipment from an office and a BTS room of Dhaka Phone in the city. Golam Mostofa and Dhaka Phone executive Russell Mahmud were placed on ... Read more
Coco-4 capsized for overloading
Probe body also blames inefficiency of staff; similar report on Kishoreganj tragedy The two inquiry committees, formed to investigate the recent ferry disasters in Bhola and Kishoreganj, made public their reports yesterday. The probe body on Bhola launch capsize blamed overloading and carelessness of MV Coco-4 staff for the incident. While the committee on Kishoreganj ... Read more