A porno filmmaker was fined in an arbitration held at a remote village in Moheshpur upazila of Jhenidah district recently. The culprit was identified as Rahmat Ali, owner of Muslim Hotel at Purapara Bazaar under Moheshpur upazila. Informed sources said that on a false plea, Rahmat Ali invited a poor innocent girl of village
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‘Thank you & goodbye’, says NoW
The last edition of the News of the World (NoW) has been published, its front page declaring: “Thank you & goodbye.” Editor Colin Myler, after leading staff from the building late on Saturday, said: “This is not where we want to be and not where we deserve
Traffic, life go haywire
Country caught in two hartal spells Chaos descended on Dhaka streets yesterday as the city struggled to cope with the rush of traffic after the two-day hartal last week followed by the weekend. With another two days of hartal beginning today, many office-goers, students and businessmen had to run important errands yesterday as to some ... Read more
Highway of nightmare
3-hour journey to Mymensingh now takes over 10 hours for battered roads Countless potholes coupled with stagnant rainwater on the road have made the usually three-hour journey from Dhaka to Mymensingh a 10-hour hazard. It was Thursday around 3:00pm when Rayhan Ahmed, a resident of the capital’s Mirpur, got on a bus to Mymensingh to ... Read more
Miles long tailback stays for 3 days
Dhaka-Tangail highway Miles long tailback stays for 3 days A 15-kilometre long tailback on the busy 2-lane Dhaka-Tangail highway for last three days has been causing untold sufferings to the people. The tailback from Konabari and Chandra of Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur to Mirzapur upazila in Tangail was due to potholes on the narrow
Schoolgirl raped, hospitalised
A seven-year old schoolgirl was admitted to Lalmonirhat sadar hospital with grievous injuries after being raped by a middle-aged man at Karnapur Mandaltari village on Friday night. The victim, daughter of a poor rickshaw-van puller, is a student of class I of a local primary school. Police said the rapist, Mojibar Rahman, had dragged the ... Read more
Students, guardians hold protests at Viqarunnisa school
Several hundred of students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and their guardians on Saturday formed a human chain in front of the school’s main campus at Siddheswari 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 ... Read more
South Sudan becomes newest nation
Tens of thousands of South Sudanese danced and cheered as their new country formally declared its independence yesterday, a hard-won separation from the north. South Sudan became the 193rd country recognised by the United Nations and the 54th UN member state in Africa through the raising of the new country’s flag at an independence ceremony
Teenage girl abducted, gang raped
Three miscreants allegedly abducted a 16-year-old ethnic minority girl from Rangamati hill district headquarters on Thursday, repeatedly raped her for 14 hours, before returning her home on Friday morning. The victim filed a case of abduction and gang rape with the Kotowali police station of Rangamati at 9pm on Friday. She named Md Manik, son ... Read more
Bangladesh courts ‘extremely inefficient, corrupt’: report
David Bergman The rule of law in Bangladesh has come under stinging criticism in a new report produced by the Washington-based World Justice Project which ranks 66 countries on indicators involving the extent to which they adhere to ‘the rule of law, not in theory, but in practice.’ The report, launched in Washington in June, ... Read more
Ctg port tops 69 ports of 17 Asian countries
Despite having limitation of modern equipment, country’s key seaport, Chittagong port, secured top position in terms of efficiency among 69 ports of 17 countries in Asia, says a recent study. The report — Benchmarking the Efficiency of Asian Container Ports — says Chittagong port is using existing old and new equipment at its optimum level, ... Read more
DCC fails to set up parking lots
Dhaka City Corporation has set aside only one area in the city where cars are lawfully allowed to park whilst one indoor car park with a capacity to hold 1,500 cars remains unfinished though it was supposed to have opened five years ago. Chief town planner of DCC Mohammad Sirajul Islam told New Age that ... Read more
Local laptop brand hits market this month
Locally produced laptop computers at affordable price will hit the market this month, officials of Telephone Shilpa Sangstha, the manufacturer of the laptops said. Telecoms Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju on Thursday said in parliament that low cost laptops produced by TSS would be formally launched by the prime minister later this
Many may miss amnesty chance
Malaysian employers unwilling to pay levy for regularisation of illegal workers A large number of undocumented Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia might be left out of the regularisation process due to refusal of many employers to pay the levy they are supposed to pay for the foreign workers. There are around five lakh Bangladeshi workers in ... Read more
Rumana files for daughter’s custody
Losing eyesight in the battering from husband, Dhaka University Assistant Professor Rumana Manzur now wants her only daughter Anushey to stay with her for the rest of life. Rumana filed a case with a family court on June 30 to get her daughter’s custody, said her lawyer and family. On Tuesday, she left for Canada ... Read more
EU supports social business
European Commission president meets Yunus Strengthening social business and promoting innovative methods of accessible finance are not only a matter of justice but also a concrete way to help the poorest of the poor, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso has said. He said social business is also “a smart investment in our shared future. ... Read more
10 lakh votes for Sundarbans in 2 weeks
Natural Wonders 10 lakh votes for Sundarbans in 2 weeks The Sundarbans received more than 10 lakh votes through text messages in the last two weeks for its inclusion as one of the world’s new seven natural wonders. The largest mangrove forest of the world was also the most voted wonder in the contest in ... Read more
Victim off to Singapore for treatment
Molestation Victim off to Singapore for treatment The class-X student of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, who was molested allegedly by her teacher, went to Singapore for treatment Thursday night. She will undergo treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital for the elbow injury she sustained during the incident. She got hurt when accused Porimol Joydhor tied ... Read more
Dogs on the loose
At least 27 people received treatment at Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) after being bitten by dogs in different parts of the capital yesterday. Hospital sources said they were bitten in Lalbagh, Doyel Chattar, Golapshah Mazar, Motijheel and Buet campus areas
Capacity 50, carrying 200
Capsized launch salvaged; death toll reaches 9 Despite having the approval of carrying 50 passengers, MV Madinar Alo that capsized in Shitalakhhya on Wednesday evening was carrying around 200. Moreover, inefficiency of master and driver of the launch led to its prompt sinking, alleged Department of Shipping (DOS) officials