DU offers legal aid to tortured teacher Rumana With no treatment available in Bangladesh and India to restore Rumana Manzur’s eyesight, her family is now approaching eye specialists in developed countries hoping to find some treatment for her eyes there. “We are contacting hospitals and eye specialists abroad. They might do something in a complicated situation like ... Read more
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Goons attack demo for Limon
Unidentified goons attacked a rally organised in the city on Friday afternoon in protest against ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ against Limon Hossain. Witnesses and organisers said a group of youths had pounced on the demonstration when a street drama, Khekshial (jackals) was being staged by Aranyak Natyadal in front of the National Museum at
800 tolas of gold looted from city jewellery shop
Robbers posing as customers looted at least 800 tolas of gold from a jewellery shop at Banani in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. They held the employees of Hira Jewellers on the first floor of Iqbal Centre at gunpoint during the robbery
She sees daughter touching, talking
She was too tired to be visited by anyone else; she has had enough of visitors in her hospital cabin since morning. But she could not hold back her excitement sensing the presence of her daughter around her bed. “Have you come, ma?” She stretched her arms to touch her child. “Where are you?” Rumana ... Read more
Four ‘pirates’ killed in ‘gunfight’
Four persons, said to be pirates, were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with the Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday morning at Sharonkhola under the east wing of the Sundarbans Forest Division in Bagerhat. Local fishermen identified the deceased as Zulfikar Ali Zulfu, leader of a pirate gang called ‘Zulfikar Bahini’, Hafizur Rahman, second-in-command of the gang, ... Read more
31st BCS Exams: 10,212 selected
Some 10,212 candidates have been selected through the preliminary test of the 31st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations, according to results published yesterday. Results of 68 candidates were withheld, Mir Mosharraf Hossain, public relations officer of Public Service Commission, told The Daily Star
All she wants is punishment
Rumana weeps, tells how she forgave husband upon numerous tortures After doctors in Bangladesh and India have failed to restore Rumana Manzur’s eyesight, the Dhaka University teacher now has just one option open: waiting for a miracle. “I don’t know what will happen with my eyes. Now everything depends on Allah,” a crying Rumana said ... Read more
Realtor fined, made to fill the area
Ditch on Hill-Top Realtor fined, made to fill the area The Department of Environment yesterday fined an owner of a private housing company Tk10.68 lakh for cutting a hill and destroying local ecology in Khadimpara area of Sylhet Sadar. An enforcement team led by Muhammad Munir Chowdhury, director (enforcement) of DoE, penalised the Managing Director ... Read more
Spinners thrown in a spin
Cheap yarns coming from China, India to cause heavy loss Islam, who would not disclose his full identity fearing it would affect his loan eligibility, is the owner of one of the giants in textiles, and was expecting a good profitable year until things started tumbling a few months back. He now stares at a ... Read more
Bangladesh ranks 25th in ‘failed states’ index
Bangladesh ranked 25th in this year’s Failed States Index prepared jointly by the Washington-based bimonthly magazine Foreign Policy and the Fund for Peace, an independent research and educational organisation. Bangladesh, which held 24th position in the annual ranking of the world’s most vulnerable states in 2010, moved one point down the ranks this year suggesting improvement in ... Read more
First all-female armed cop unit launched
The first all-female Armed Police Battalion (APBn) unit was launched yesterday in the capital. Addressing the inauguration programme at APBn headquarters in the city’s Uttara, Home Minister Sahara Khatun said this is one of the steps the government has taken to empower women. Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar said the government has relaxed physical fitness
Prof Zaker no more
Professor Emeritus Kazi Zaker Husain, the spearhead in the country’s wildlife protection movement and a zoology teacher of Dhaka University, died of cardiac arrest at his Lalmatia residence in the city yesterday. He was 81. He left behind his wife, two sons, two daughters, relatives and a host of well-wishers
Biman back on losing streak
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is back on a losing streak, four years after the national flag carrier was made a public limited company in 2007 to infuse dynamism in its operation. According to Bangladesh Economic Review 2011 of the finance ministry the airlines incurred a loss of Tk 80.14 crore in fiscal 2009-10
Rumana returns, sees nothing
“He has made my world dark. I can’t see my daughter.” This was Dhaka University teacher Rumana Manzur lamenting before the media on her return from India yesterday after doctors expressed little hope of her getting back the eyesight. “I came home [from Canada] after nine months to see my daughter. But I could not ... Read more
It’s untrue, nonsense
Rumana’s friends, acquaintances in Canada trash assaulter husband’s allegation against her The accusation of infidelity made by Rumana Manzur’s husband is “nonsense,” and is an attempt to damage her reputation, her friends at her university in Canada and the Bangladeshi community there have said. “I was shocked to learn that the untrue claims were made ... Read more
Robbers loot businessman’s house in city
Robbers looted valuables and Tk 8 lakh from the residence of a garment businessman at New Eskaton in city’s Ramna thana on Sunday. Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Ramna thana, said 6 to 7 robbers entered the fourth floor flat at Eskaton Tower finding its doors open at 1:30pm
A wild wish for hippo
State minister wants to introduce hippos in Kaptai Lake; bewildered environmentalists lambast the idea The state minister for environment and forest has come up with a strange plan to introduce hippopotamus, a species from Sub-Saharan-Africa, in the Kaptai Lake in Rangamati with a portion of climate funds. “The idea came to my mind during my ... Read more
No ray of light
Rumana likely to return home tomorrow as doctors in India find no cure for her eyes Dhaka University Assistant Professor Rumana Manzur is expected to return from India tomorrow as doctors there have said there is little chance for her to get back eyesight, family sources said. A medical board in Sankara Nethralaya, an eye ... Read more
Rab nabs job cheater group
Arrestees include 4 ex-air force men Rapid Action Battalion arrested four retired Bangladesh Air Force men and a Border Guard Bangladesh sepoy in connection with cheating job seekers through promises of jobs in BGB. Rab also seized 65 fake appointment letters from the arrestees. Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman, 41, and Mohammad Akter Hossain, 55, were sergeants ... Read more
Hope against hope for Rumana’s eyes
Doctors in India to give report today; assaulter Sumon confesses ‘bid to kill her’ Rumana Manzur, the Dhaka University teacher who was brutally assaulted by her husband, is coming back home as doctors in India could not give much hope about her eyes, said family sources. The doctors are expected to give the official report ... Read more