Postman helps gang steal mail from Sweden, mint money Detectives have arrested four persons, including a postman in the capital, for credit card fraud. The arrested are Kamal Ahmed alias Nurul Amin, 52, the gang leader, Abdur Rauf, 42, a postman of Gulshan Post Office, Mohammad Russell, 34, a former student of Jahangirnagar University, and ... Read more
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Climate given some hope
US softens its stance; China, India still rigid A last moment drama blew a fresh air into the Durban climate conference as the US surprisingly agreed to an EU proposal that says the bloc would sign the second phase of the legally binding Kyoto protocol, provided all major economies sign a legal climate deal ... Read more
Bangladeshi victim from Munshiganj
Suffering from neurological disorder and lung ailment, Gauranga Mondol had gone all the way from Munshiganj to India with a hope to get back a healthy life. His family admitted him to a hospital, having little inkling that he would perish in a fire. Gauranga, 75, was killed in the fire that broke out in ... Read more
Fraud alert from Libya
Govt urged to ensure proper screening as manpower cheats get active Bangladesh embassy in Libya has asked for stringent government measures so that illegal manpower syndicates cannot send jobseekers to that country. The embassy sought such steps as it learnt that illegal syndicates have become active to send Bangladeshi workers to Egypt and Sudan ... Read more
Workers block road over house rent hike
Several hundred garment workers barricaded the main thoroughfare in Chittagong for several hours yesterday after police obstructed their rally called to protest frequent rise in house rents. Due to the blockade, traffic remained stranded on the Airport Road since 3:30pm until police high officials around 9:15pm assured the agitators of steps to meet their
Cat scare at hospital
Infant gets badly injured as stray cat almost drags her out of room A cat in Dhaka Shishu Hospital attacked a very sick six-day-old baby girl, pulled her to drop her on the floor from a phototherapy machine and was dragging her out of the ward when people rescued the infant. Born on November 30, ... Read more
Kolkata hospital fire kills 90
Bangladeshi national also burnt to death At least 90 people, including a Bangladeshi, were killed as a devastating fire swept through at a super-speciality hospital on Friday in Kolkata. The fire broke out around 3:00am at AMRI Hospital in congested Dhakuria locality of South Kolkata when the vast majority of patients inside the privately-run, seven-storey ... Read more
Anomalies galore in private medical colleges
Different lobbyist groups responsible for helping flout guidelines Most of the private medical colleges in the country are providing medical education with acute shortage of regular teaching staff, laboratories, hospitals with proportionate patients, adequate infrastructure and transparency in accounts. Sources at the medical wing of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) informed that private ... Read more
Jordan jobs made tough
Recruitment restriction imposed after reports of labour strike, sexual abuse Only after one year of lifting the ban, Jordan has tightened recruitment of Bangladeshi workers following a number of reports of sexual abuse of female workers and labour strike. “Jordan’s labour ministry is following strict rules regarding fresh recruitment of Bangladeshi workers. But we are ... Read more
JS panel wants action against Fakhruddin, Moeen
A parliamentary subcommittee set up to investigate the August 20-22, 2007 violence in Dhaka and Rajshahi universities on Thursday put into the final form its report recommending action against former chief adviser to the caretaker government Fakhruddin Ahmed and former army chief Moeen U Ahmed. The committee also suggested action against former adviser MA Matin, ... Read more
JP starts march towards Tipaimukh Saturday
The Jatiya Party led by Hussein Muhammad Ershad, a major ally the Awami League, will start a two-day ‘long march’ towards Tipaimukh on Saturday to register its protest against the Indian government’s plan to build a dam on the River Barak. Ershad, the party chairman, will led the march which will start from in front ... Read more
Driver Mafiz jailed for 5 years
A Chittagong court on Thursday sentenced truck driver Mafizur Rahman to serve five-year jail term with fines and in default nine more months’ imprisonment finding him responsible on several counts of reckless driving causing an accident at Mirsarai on July 11 which killed 45 persons including 43 school students. The fatal accident at Mayani in ... Read more
HC bans adverts, activities of illegal housing projects
The High Court on Wednesday banned all kinds of advertisement of unauthorised housing projects. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Jahangir Hossain also asked the government stop all activities, including earth filling, of the housing projects that are not authorised by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha. Observing that the unauthorised housing projects are causing
Carbon Emission: Rich nations not for legal binding
As indications are clear that the developed countries are set not to give a second lifeline to the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally binding emission control mechanism, a deep sense of resentment prevails among the poor countries and a last minute effort is afoot to get at least a much compromised and weak agreement. UN ... Read more
First census of birdwings in the forests of Bangladesh
Dr. M.A. BASHAR Ecosystem itself is the phenomenon of interaction between biotic and abiotic factors in the nature. Man becomes victim of environmental disasters or environmental degradation at the community level. It is obvious that environmental soundness must be ensured at the micro level. Then it is possible to maintain at the community level. We ... Read more
Fresh DU ‘Ga’ unit entrance test Dec 20
Fresh admission examinations for Dhaka University’s (DU) ‘Ga’ unit will be held at 3:00pm on December 20, ATN News reported. An emergency meeting of the university’s syndicate took the decision on Wednesday; hours after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court directed the DU authorities to hold a fresh entrance examination
6 killed in Rangpur bus plunge
At least six people were killed and 25 injured when a bus plunged into a roadside pond on Rangpur-Badarganj road in Rangpur Sadar upazila early Wednesday. Five of the deceased were identified as Asad Ali, 55, of the district town; Rezaul Karim, 55, of the upazila; and Kafil Uddin, 55, Sadeque Ali, 60, and Akil ... Read more
BNP reiterates demand for joint survey at Tipaimukh
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called upon the Indian government not to proceed with Tipaimukh dam project until a joint survey is done. At a press conference held at the party’s headquarters at Naya Paltan on Monday, Alamgir told this referring to Indian response to Khaleda’s November 22 letter to the ... Read more
No harm if Tipai project goes ahead
Prime minister’s adviser Gowher Rizvi has rubbished the idea that construction of Tipaimukh dam on the River Barak in the Indian state of Manipur would harm Bangladesh. ‘Notions about the adverse impacts of Tipaimukh dam on Bangladesh are groundless’, Rizvi said on Monday, after meeting the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, on Saturday to discuss
Rumana’s husband Hasan found dead at BSMMU
Hasan Syeed, the former husband of Dhaka University teacher Rumana Monzur, was found dead in a prison cell at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the capital on Monday morning. The 38-year-old Hasan was sent to the BSMMU prison cell on November 23 for treatment of his eyes, the family members said. The prisons directorate ... Read more