Bangladesh has honoured 83 foreign nationals and organisations for their outstanding contributions in the Bangladesh’s war of independence. President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday conferred two categories of honours on distinguished personalities from different countries and
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THE AWARDEES
Recipients of “Bangladesh Liberation War Honour” 1. Dr Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal 2. Late Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, the Third King of Bhutan 3. Late president Leonid IIyich Brezhnev of
Nation renews pledge to uphold liberation spirit
The nation paid tributes to martyrs of the Liberation War, celebrating the 41st Independence and National Day on Monday. Thousands of people from all walks of life were present at the National Memorial at Savar since early morning. People renewed their pledge to uphold the spirit of the Liberation War and build
4.5 lakh women raped during liberation war
A recent study revealed, about 4.5 lakh women surrendered their chastity and were humiliated by the Pakistani army and its collaborators during the liberation war. There is no data of the rapes, killings and kidnappings of women during the liberation war but some data were collected from sources in the last few years, War Crimes ... Read more
Water crisis in Ctg to deepen
Wasa struggles to meet growing demand in summer Chittagong city will face a deeper water crisis from April when demand for water is projected to peak to a level three times the water supplying authorities are able to supply. The crisis is already unbearable with Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) supplying just around ... Read more
Yunus among 12 greatest entrepreneurs
Fortune Magazine’s List Yunus among 12 greatest entrepreneurs Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has been named by Fortune magazine as one of the 12 Greatest Entrepreneurs of Our Time. This list published in the magazine’s latest issue places Prof Yunus among the band of highly exclusive individuals, all of whom are known throughout the world ... Read more
Magic mosquito net
World’s leading chemical company BASF and Grameen Healthcare Trust yesterday launched specially treated mosquito nets in Bangladesh. Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and BASF President for Asia Pacific Saori Dubourg jointly inaugurated the nets at the Social Business Industrial Park in Kashimpur upazila of Gazipur
Tigers tamed
Pakistan clinch a cliffhanger to deny Bangladesh Asia Cup Pakistan denied Bangladesh the celebration of the biggest moment in their cricketing history when they beat the hosts by two runs in the nerve-wracking Asia Cup final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Pakistan enhanced their reputation as masters of the big moment by ... Read more
So close, yet so far
There was hardly a dry eye yesterday across the country. From people glued to their TV sets, to people thronged in miniscule cafes, from people gathering in public spaces to those 30-odd thousand who had managed to find their way to Mirpur the tears flowed freely and endlessly. Mushfiqur Rahim wept on Shakib al Hasan’s shoulder, ... Read more
All eyes on Mirpur
Bangladesh face Pakistan in Asia Cup cricket final today Most of Bangladesh will be glued to TV screens, while a lucky few will find their way to Mirpur, today when Bangladesh take on Pakistan in the final of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. It will be a watershed moment for cricket in ... Read more
HISTORY Tigers in final
We are part of history today. The collective joy of 160 million people has finally been given a rightful place as the Tigers, the beloved Bangladesh cricket team, reached the finals of a major cricket tournament for the first time in its cricket history last night. In beating Sri Lanka by five wickets, the country’s ... Read more
Hajj charge goes up
The draft Hajj Package for 2012, approved by the cabinet on Monday, proposes to increase the charge each pilgrim would have to pay for performing Hajj under government management to Tk3,03,440 from last year’s Tk 2,59,042, said officials. They said that the religious affairs ministry placed the draft at the weekly cabinet meeting
‘Semifinal’ for Tigers today
The Bangladesh cricket team stand to make history today as they take on Sri Lanka in the last league match of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Make it simple, it is a semifinal for the Tigers; if they manage a win against Sri Lanka, they will qualify for the Asia ... Read more
Govt’s LP gas for cheats
Racketeers eat up Tk 50cr subsidy, pocket up to Tk 160cr a year by spiking prices At a time when consumers are grappling with soaring prices of liquefied petroleum gas, unscrupulous traders with the help of some government officials are making crores of taka by selling subsidised LP gas at more than twice the government-fixed ... Read more
At least 36 dead
Cargo Vessel Hits Launch At least 36 dead 200 missing; vessel could not be salvaged yet from 70 feet under Meghna water At least 36 people died and more than 200 others went missing when a packed passenger launch capsized in the river Meghna after colliding with a cargo vessel at Gazaria in Munshiganj yesterday. ... Read more
Asia Cup cricket opens today
Tigers take on Pakistan The Bangladesh cricket team will take on Pakistan in the opening game of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. This is the eleventh edition of the regional competition and has returned to the country after 12 years. Bangladesh were hosts in 1988 and 2000 previously
Divider, speed reducer can cut 30pc crash
States Buet’s 1998-2010 road accident research Thirty percent of the road accidents from 1998 to 2010, which claimed around 1,200 lives every year, could have been averted if road dividers and speed bumps had been set up to check head-on and rear-end collisions. During the period, 14,876 people were killed and 6,741 others injured in ... Read more
Housing projects keep grabbing flood zones
Several hundred land development and housing projects continue to take over hundreds of acres of low-lying flood zone and farmland around the capital Dhaka jeopardising the ecosystem. In 2010, when the government prepared the Detailed Area Plan for 590 square miles of the capital city which specifies how the land should be used in the ... Read more
All because of stalking
Over 100 vehicles, 15 buildings vandalised, 60 hurt as students of 2 private universities clash At least 50 students and 10 policemen were injured and over 100 vehicles and 15 buildings were vandalised when students of two private universities at Banani in the capital yesterday clashed over the alleged stalking of a female student. The ... Read more
Dubiously innovative
Auto-parts thief picks his gang from jail, gets them out on bail, goes after cars A leader of auto-parts theft ring has been providing legal aid to detained criminals to have them released and join his gang. The ringleader, 40-year-old Billal Hossain, recruited at least 20 criminals, who had been detained earlier for theft, mugging ... Read more