by David Bergman Tom Heinemann, the director of the documentary broadcast on Norwegian television which accused Muhammad Yunus of transferring aid money out of the Grameen Bank and using some of it to fund a telecom company, appears on the cusp of securing a big scalp. There can be little doubt that without the broadcast ... Read more
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Power crisis affects boro irrigation
Many buying diesel pumps to cope with situation Farmers in different parts of the country are facing acute irrigation problems in the current boro season due to severe power outages and the low level of groundwater. Farmers say they have to endure power cuts of between six to eighteen hours a day and, in some ... Read more
Shah Alam sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent the Bashundhara Group chairman, Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, also known as Shah Alam, to jail in a tax evasion case in which he was jailed for five years during the emergency regime. Shah Alam was, however, admitted to United Hospital at Banani immediately after he had landed in jail. The ... Read more
Sailors return home today
The 26 crew, freed by Somali pirates after 99 days of confinement on board the Bangladesh-flagged ship MV Jahan Moni, will arrive Chittagong from Oman this afternoon, a day ahead of the schedule. Captain Golam Mostafa, company security officer of the ship’s operating firm, said the 26 Bangladeshis along with the officials of the ship ... Read more
Farmers in the north demand more electricity
Farmers in the country’s northern districts are demanding more power for irrigation of Boro crops during the on-going Boro season. According to the Boro cultivators, they need at least 12 hours’ irrigation a day while the power distribution agencies can hardly supply electricity for 10 hours a day, with frequent
Tigers’ WC dream shattered
The Proteas proved far too strong for the Tigers who failed firstly to check South Africa’s run making and later to withstand their bowling attack, folding for only 78 and thus ending their Cricket World Cup dream at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday. South Africa secured its place at the top on the ... Read more
Delwar laid to rest
BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain was laid to rest at his family graveyard at Khirai Pachuria in Ghior upazila of Manikganj Saturday afternoon. After two namaz-e-janazas in the upazila, he was buried with state honour at about 3:45pm, reports our Manikganj correspondent
Infant killed, parents hurt in city road crash
A 10-month-old boy was killed and his parents were seriously injured when a bus hit their CNG-run three-wheeler at Demra in the capital Saturday afternoon. Shilpi Begum, mother of the baby, Rafi, is now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) while her husband Mohammad Mubin, a microbus driver, and
Robert Blake arrives in Dhaka
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O Blake arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon on a four-day visit to Bangladesh. Blake, who is visiting the country for a second time since his appointment as the assistant secretary in May 2009, is due to hold hold meetings with top government, ... Read more
Home beckons, holds no hope
On Tunisia-Libya Border Home beckons, holds no hope Bangladeshi fortune-seekers tell of manpower touts, survival struggle at border camp “Human trafficking!” exclaimed an IOM official shocked to his very core, “These are Bangladeshi migrant workers in Libya fleeing Gaddafi’s atrocity. How can they be victims of human trafficking?” The official’s seemingly reasonable reaction was triggered ... Read more
Tokyo braces for radiation
Japan Nuke Plant Blasts Tokyo braces for radiation Japan faced a potential catastrophe yesterday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies. Radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi plant has reached harmful levels, ... Read more
SC to examine Yunus verdict
Adjourns appeal hearing for two weeks The Supreme Court yesterday adjourned for two weeks the hearing on two appeals filed against the High Court verdict that upheld a Bangladesh Bank order removing Muhammad Yunus from the office of Grameen Bank managing director. Nobel Laureate Dr Yunus and nine board members of the microfinance bank on ... Read more
Uproar over appointment
Move on to get partisan candidate as Buet registrar A move to appoint a partisan official as the Buet registrar has caused widespread resentment among its teachers. If the appointment is made, it will damage the non-partisan character of the institution, said leaders of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) Teachers’ Association
SA storm into qtrs
South Africa rode on JP Duminy’s robust 99 to storm into the World Cup quarter-finals with a crushing 131-run victory over Ireland on Tuesday. The Proteas were wobbling at 117-5 after a tight bowling and fielding show by Ireland, but Duminy played a responsible knock to help his team
Rumours cause radiation panic
The nuclear power plant explosion in Japan caused by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami triggered rumours in Bangladesh on Tuesday with text messages and e-mails circulated by unknown sources warning people of a radioactive hit asking them not to go out in rain and suggesting use of particular ointments for protection of
Population census begins
The fifth Population and Housing Census 2011 began across the country yesterday to enumerate the entire population. It began with the enrollment of President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban at one minute past zero hour. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is conducting the census which will continue till March
Somali pirates free 26 Bangladeshis, ship after 99 days
Somali pirates released Bangladeshi ship MV Jahan Moni along with its 26 crew on Monday morning, 99 days after hijacking the vessel from Arabian Sea on December 5, 2010. ‘The pirates left the vessel at about 10:00am Bangladesh time and it sailed for Salalah port of Oman at about 10:30am,’ said Meherul Karim, general manager ... Read more
US congressmen send letter to PM
Urges her to resolve Yunus issue thru’ mutual compromise; full SC bench hears Yunus appeal today Twenty-six congresspeople of the United States have said they are troubled by the removal of Prof Muhammad Yunus from the Grameen Bank, and urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resolve the issue through a mutual compromise. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh ... Read more
Back home with horror
With dreams shattered and future uncertain, the Bangladeshi returnees from Libya have nothing for their families but the memories of horror and hardship in the desert. In contrast to a happy homecoming with bags full of gifts, the unfortunate Bangladeshis are home penniless and in filthy attires
Girl diagnosed with bird flu virus
A 13-month-old girl was diagnosed with bird flu virus in the capital yesterday. The minor girl of the city’s Kamalapur area was taken to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) with fever where doctors found “mild symptoms” of the virus in her body, said IEDCR Director Mahmudur Rahman