Train Accident Victim Long wait for compensation Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Sixteen-year-old Sharif boarded the Dhaka-bound Chattala Express from Bhairab station around 4:00pm. A cosmetics vendor, he had taken the same train almost every day since he left Asharampur Primary School under Raipura Police Station of Narsingdi four and a half years
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5 lakh expat Bangladeshi workers to be fingerprinted
Malaysia 5 lakh expat Bangladeshi workers to be fingerprinted Bangladesh and Malaysia will work together to fingerprint for the first time the estimated 500,000 Bangladeshis working legally and illegally here, said Hishammuddin Hussein, home minister of Malaysia, yesterday. The government had struck a separate agreement with Bangladesh’s High Commission to facilitate the registration of their ... Read more
Where degree doesn’t matter
BAEC’s principal engr has no engineering certificate If you thought you needed an engineering degree to become an engineer, you are wrong. To prove yourself wrong, join Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), one of the top research institutions in the country. Aliuzzaman Sarder started his career at BAEC as a scientific assistant (SA)-II with an ... Read more
Social business will change society: Yunus
The second annual Social Business Day was observed on Tuesday in the capital to celebrate Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus’s concept of social business and its implementation. Prof Yunus opened the daylong events held at Hotel Sonargaon marking the day. Inaugurating the events, he elaborated the role of social business in the country towards
Alien encounters ‘within twenty years’
Russian scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilisations within the next two decades, said a top Russian astronomer on Monday, according to the Guardian’s report published on Tuesday. The genesis of life is as inevitable as the formation of atoms…Life exists on other planets and we will find it within 20 years,’ said Andrei Finkelstein, ... Read more
Police beat up oil-gas body men, detain two
The police on Monday beat up activists of the national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports and detained two of them when they tried to bring out a procession in the capital. Before trying to bring out the procession from Mohammadpur Town Hall, the committee held at rally as part of ... Read more
657 jailed for Peelkhana mutiny, 9 freed
A total of 657 of the 666 accused of 24 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Battalion have been jailed for varying terms for the 2009 BDR mutiny in the Peelkhana headquarters. BGB director general Maj Gen Rafiqul Islam, who headed the Special Court-7 formed to try the mutineers, set free the remaining nine accused, while handing ... Read more
Row over decision to give manual passport
Undocumented Workers in KL Row over decision to give manual passport Experts and officials are surprised at the government decision to provide three lakh undocumented workers with manual passports, instead of machine-readable ones, to get them legalised in Malaysia. Expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment ministry made the decision despite insistence of high-ups and experts that ... Read more
Expressway bill passed
‘The Dhaka Elevated Expressway Project (Land Acquisition) Bill-2011’ was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday. Land Minister Rezaul Karim Hira proposed for passage of the bill in the House. Earlier on June 21, the land minister introduced the bill for framing necessary provisions on land
Schoolgirl badly burnt in acid attack
A schoolgirl sustained grievous burn injuries after unknown miscreants threw acid on her in her sleep in a remote village in Lalmonirhat district early Monday. The victim, Sajeda Akhter,11, was first taken to Patgram upazila health complex and shifted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital in the
Army to get 44 tanks
2 helicopters also on purchase list For the first time in the country’s history, the government will purchase 44 new tanks and three armoured recovery vehicles (ARV) for the army as part of its plan to modernise the armed forces. The government will also buy two brand new helicopters for the army to ensure necessary ... Read more
DCC employees charge extra for birth certificates
Residents of Dhaka city are being overcharged by the staff at Dhaka City Corporation when they seek copies of birth certificates from its different zonal offices. The city corporation’s zonal executive directors told New Age they were unaware that this was the case while the local government division’s birth and death registration programme director said ... Read more
Businessman’s house robbed in city
Armed robbers looted gold ornaments and cash from the house of a businessman at 135, West Malibagh in the capital in the early hours on Sunday. They robbed businessman Jaman Ahmed’s home of at least 40 tolas of gold ornaments and Tk 80,000 in cash at around 2:30am holding the residents at
Woman killed by crocodiles at Bagerhat shrine
A woman was killed by two crocodiles at the shrine of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali under Bagerhat Sadar upazila in Bagherhat early Sunday. The deceased, Moriam Begum, daughter of Shahidul Islam, was from Nonadanga village under the same upazila
Govt set to allow unproven tech
Haripur 360 MW Power Project Govt set to allow unproven tech The Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB) is set to accept a gas turbine, which has not been commercially used anywhere before, for the Haripur 360 megawatt gas-fired combined cycle power project from the project’s contractor although its tender rules forbid use of such ... Read more
DNC wants firearms to fight narcotics
The officials of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) under the home ministry want firearms to tackle drugs traffickers and people involved in narcotics business. The officials said without the issue of firearms it’s not possible for them to fight against the narcotics traders who carry illegally procured firearms. “We have recently sent a letter ... Read more
Stalking terminates life of a girl
A madrassah girl died on Friday afternoon 11 days after trying to hang herself to escape constant stalking at a village in Ataikula of Pabna. The 14-yeqr-old girl, Sanima Akter Lucky, daughter of Abdul Gafur of village Sardiar,was a student of class VIII of Kasarpur Dakhil Madrassah
Power cuts continue despite 1,900MW of new electricity
Load shedding continues unabated as the country’s power generation still remained far behind the demand amidst sweltering summer heat although the government claimed that nearly 1900 megawatt of new power was added to the national grid. People are reeling under frequent power outages even at mid-night while the industrial
Experts suggest rail bridge over Jamuna
Restrictions on speed, load continue on Bangabandhu Bridge Construction of an exclusive rail bridge over the Jamuna has become very crucial as the Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge is now handicapped by various limitations, including restrictions on speed and load of trains. The government should urgently construct the rail bridge parallel to the Bangabandhu Bridge,
WASA uses chlorine to treat water flouting court rule
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority continues using chlorine, a dangerous chemical for human consumption, as the High Court is yet the hear a rule issued on January 11, 2010 asking for explanation of legality of the use of chlorine at the Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Phase II. WASA uses liquid chlorine gas, alum sulphate ... Read more