Indian external affairs minister SM Krishna arrives in Dhaka today (Wednesday) afternoon on a three-day official visit to review bilateral ties and prepare the ground for the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, according to a press release by the Indian external affairs ministry. Krishna will be accompanied by a 12-member official delegation and a ... Read more
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248 women raped by soldiers in DR Congo in June
Some 248 women said they were raped by soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Sud-Kivu province last month, local medical reports showed Monday, in a region the UN has called the world’s “rape capital.” A hospital doctor in Nakiele told AFP that 121 local women reported being the victim of rape on the night of ... Read more
Cooperatives, a moribund movement
For decades, cooperative movement in the country remained stymied, making insignificant contribution to the economy due mainly to lack of policy support and lukewarm leadership devoid of the passion and energy to use it as a tool for achieving collective economic well-being. The moribund movement no more entices people while hundreds of existing cooperative
Remittance earnings face serious jolt
Lowest growth in five years Remittance earnings face serious jolt Bangladesh received $11649.59 million as wage earners’ remittance in the fiscal 2010-11, showing a little growth of 6.3 per cent over the same period of the previous fiscal. “The primary reasons for the declining remittance inflows are due to political crisis in the Middle East ... Read more
Traffic chaos persists
Residents of the capital city Dhaka on Monday experienced one of the worst traffic congestions in recent days. The nagging traffic jam in the city’s thoroughfares, a day after the half-day hartal on Sunday and weekend holidays on Friday and Saturday, held down the city-dwellers for hours on the streets and also caused immense sufferings ... Read more
Students sufferings remain unresolved
BRTC school bus service Students sufferings remain unresolved Despite a great hope that the special school bus service will facilitate the city’s school-goers and reduce traffic congestion through discouraging private car usage, it has already lost its charm as it failed to offer desired service. The school-goers are not getting the benefit of the service ... Read more
Mother, children set on fire for dowry
Two children were burnt to death and their mother sustained critical burn injuries after the in-laws of the woman set fire to their residence at village Piargaon under Jagannathpur in Sunamganj district on late Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Ria Akter, 3, and her brother Imon Ahmed, 5, both children of Nuruddin Ahmed while ... Read more
No move yet to implement HC directives on stalking
The police have taken no initiative to comply with an order of the High Court, given five months ago, that requires every thana to form a separate team of officers to deal with complaints of sexual harassment. The government has also failed to amend the Nari-O-Shishu Nirjatan Daman Ain 2000 which the court ordered it ... Read more
Govt plans smart card for ultra-poor
The government has planned to introduce “smart card” for the ultra-poor to bolster its social safety net schemes and strengthen cooperation among ministries directly linked with such programmes. A meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary A Abdul Aziz last month discussed in this regard and instructed the ministries and divisions concerned to work on it. The ... Read more
Rajuk corruption makes Dhaka an unplanned city
TIB research reveals Although it is the responsibility of the Rajuk to ensure sustainable development of Dhaka city, the capital has turned into a haphazard, unplanned and unmanageable city due to ineptness and limitless corruption of the authority. Besides, irregularities in plan permission, land use clearance, building permission and other
Faulty work blamed for wall collapse
4 engineers suspended; death toll in Ctg landslide rises to 17 Faulty construction and lack of maintenance of the wall built by the Chittagong City Corporation to protect the Batali hill caused Friday’s tragic death of 17 people living in the foothill shanties. “Just by looking at the wall, we can easily find some faults ... Read more
Six students, driver killed in Noakhali road accident
Six students, who included two siblings, were killed in a traffic accident on their way to school and college at Begumganj on the Maijdee-Choumuhani Road in Noakhali on Saturday morning. The accident took place between Ekhlaspur and Maijdee, five kilometres off the district headquarters, about 9:30am when a bus rammed into a human hauler which ... Read more
No students’ elections in DU for 20 years
90 years of Dhaka University No students’ elections in DU for 20 years No Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections for more than 21 years have prevented the university students from exercising their democratic rights to elect leaders to represent their interest and from organising extracurricular activities important for their development, academics claimed. It has, ... Read more
Oil-gas body observes strike today
The national committee to protect, oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports observes a general strike in the capital for six hours today to press home its seven-point demand including cancellation of the deals signed with ConocoPhillips for the exploration and extraction of gas in two offshore gas fields. Leaders of the organisation at a ... Read more
Shab-e-Barat July 17
Shab-e-Barat, the night of divine blessings for the Muslims, will be observed on the night of July 17, according to a decision of National Moon Sighting Committee Saturday. The committee, which held a meeting with the religious affairs secretary, Quazi Habibul Awal, in the chair, also decided to count Arabic month of ‘Shaban’ from July ... Read more
3 die in city building fire3 die in city building fire
Three employees of an event management firm died in a multi-storey building at Bijoy Nagar in Dhaka early Saturday. Minarul Sheikh, 25, and Yakub, 25, of Sirajganj, and Rahat, 32, of Jamalpur, who died in the fire, were asleep in their office, Step Media Limited, on the fifth floor of Skylark Point when the fire
4 killed, 7 injured as train rams into 3-wheeler in Natore
Four people were killed and six injured on Saturday morning as a train hit a three-wheeler at a level crossing in Natore. Sources said the accident happened as the train, Chilahati-bound Titumeer Express coming from Rajshahi, rammed into a locally made three-wheeler known as bhotbhoty carrying 10 to 12 passengers
BSF kills 1, injures another on Sylhet border
The Indian Border Security Force shot and killed Ashraful Islam, an 18-year old Bangladeshi day-labourer and left another injured at Companiganj border in Sylhet Friday night. Son of Abdul Ahad, the victim hailed from the village Bagarpar in Companiganj upazila. Ilas Miah, 24, was admitted to the Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital, sources in
Jamalpur school girl gang-raped
Her family under threat from offenders A school girl in the district town of Jamalpur was gang raped by three men, two them neighbours for three days beginning June 25 who later fled leaving her at a relative’s house. A student of class IX at Bogabaid High School, the victims is the daughter of rickshaw ... Read more
Landslide, wall collapse kill 16
20 houses in Ctg hill destroyed; locals allege poor construction of protection wall At least 16 persons, including women and children, were killed as a portion of Batali Hill protection wall along with a huge chunk of earth fell on shanties early yesterday. The victims used to live in a slum of nearly five hundred ... Read more