Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has raised objection to the proposed metro rail route through Bijoy Sarani reasoning that its height would hinder air traffic. It has proposed to move the route alignment to Khamar Bari at Farmgate. On the other hand, Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), the lone financer of the metro rail
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Application time for Jhilmil plots extended
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has extended the time to apply for allotment of around 1250 plots at Jhilmil Residential Area project by one month following demands from applicants. The revised deadline is now September 25, which was August 25, said Rajuk Chairman Nurul Huda. “We have allowed the time extension honouring the request of applicants ... Read more
Judicial probe instituted
A one-member judicial committee was appointed on Wednesday to probe into the lynching of six students at Amin Bazaar in Savar on July 18. Metropolitan magistrate Utpal Chowdhury has been asked to probe intothe incident and submit a report in 30 days. Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate AKM Enamul Haque instituted the probe into the incident ... Read more
Woman killed by husband
A man allegedly strangled her wife to death and left the body in his slum house in the city’s Pallabi Tuesday night. The slum dwellers said they found Sathi Akhter, 25, lying dead in the bed as they went to the house hearing her one-year-old son crying. They informed police of the incident around 1:00am
Nokia browser-enabled handset hits market
Nokia yesterday launched its first series of dual sim handset with built-in Nokia browser in Bangladesh, the company said in a statement. The phone — Nokia C2-03 — is priced at Tk 7,900. It is S40-based slider with advanced features, including 2.6 inch QVGA resistive touch screen display, GSM / GPRS / EDGE connectivity and ... Read more
Food adulteration rings alarm bell
STAR-RDRS roundtable told most food items adulterated, pose lethal risks to public health Food adulteration with poisonous chemicals has reached a dangerous proportion posing serious health hazards in the country, said experts and government officials yesterday at a discussion jointly organised by The Daily Star and non-government development organisation RDRS Bangladesh. Basic food items on ... Read more
Rain stops but life not back on track
The cloudburst since Monday has devastated the country. Till yesterday, nearly four lakh people in Bandarban remained disconnected from the rest of the country after the torrential rain caused landslides and floods in the hilly district. Many roads went under water and a worrisome number of families have lost their homes to
2/3 of foods not certified
In absence of a national food control system, two-thirds of the total food items hit the market without any quality check, according to facts revealed at a discussion organised by The Daily Star and RDRS Bangladesh yesterday. Some 150 food items that include everything from rice to fish, vegetable to meat and from edible oil to baby ... Read more
Finger pointed at JU teacher
Student commits suicide after being ditched by him Jahangirnagar University student Majria Jannat Sumi committed suicide after a teacher at the university backed away from his decision to marry her, her family and friends alleged yesterday. Sumi, a master’s student of history department, was found dead Tuesday, her body hanging from a ceiling fan at ... Read more
GPS made must
Vehicle owners surprised at govt’s unilateral decision The government has made installation of Global Positioning System (GPS) mandatory in all vehicles as part of an initiative to prevent car jacking and track fleeing vehicles from road crashes. The decision came at an inter-ministerial meeting on road safety held at the Secretariat yesterday. GPS entails an ... Read more
Four city colleges in the dock for flouting admission norms
Selling forms at a premium An education ministry probe has found that four renowned city colleges violated a government order by not following the admission rules set by the ministry. The ministry probe team has also found that these colleges followed their own rules to admit students and sold admission forms at a much higher ... Read more
Mobile cos’ licence fees decreased to Tk 7,500cr
Govt to hold open auction for 3G licence The government has slashed the licence renewal fee of four mobile companies to around Tk 7,800 crore from the proposed Tk 12,118 crore. A high-powered meeting on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, decided to set the renewal fee for 2G (second generation) licence ... Read more
Monsoon grips country
Life reels from incessant rain, gridlocks, waterlogging Heavy rains and gusty winds severely disrupted life in the capital yesterday causing waterlogging and traffic gridlocks. Dhaka recorded 56mm of rainfall yesterday, according to met officials. They said the non-stop downpour that began on Monday is the result of an active monsoon. The weather in the city ... Read more
3G starts journey next month
Teletalk launches pilot project in Sept For the first time in the country, state owned mobile phone operator Teletalk Bangladesh Limited is going to introduce third generation (3G) mobile technology from September this year, according sources in the Prime Minister’s office. From January 2012, the government will issue licences to all the private mobile phone ... Read more
Burdened with sitting service
In the name of sitting service, the majority of the city bus operators continue to overcharge passengers even if the government hiked bus fares by 30 percent this May. Sitting service, which “ensures that all passengers travel seated”, is not approved by the government and is adding to the suffering of the city dwellers. “Take ... Read more
Export earnings up by 28pc in July
Export earnings of the country stood at $ 2,339.52 million in July 2011 increasing by 28.70 per cent over the earnings in July 2010. Export Promotion Bureau on Monday released the latest figures of export that showed the earning was 7.40 per cent higher than the target of $ 2178.30 million set for
Mahfuz Ahmed A full calendar
Actor Mahfuz Ahmed has scripted several TV plays. This Eid his fans will get the opportunity to view two, one-hour plays and a tele-film written by him. However, acting remains a long standing passion. “I have just completed shooting for a one-hour TV play ‘ Ekjon Chhayabithi’, in which I play the protagonist,” said Ahmed. ... Read more
Arg-Nig tickets on sale
Tickets for the Argentina-Nigeria International friendly match scheduled for September 6 went on sale yesterday at eight branches of IFIC Bank in the capital yesterday. However the sale of tickets did not gather much pace on the opening day as around 250 tickets of the allotted 11000 were sold. Those tickets were of both the ... Read more
Sonia to settle in London
Once popular film actress Sonia is going to settle down in London. For the last seven years she has been staying there with her husband. She is now known as ‘Hashi’ to the local residents in London. According to a source from Sonia informed this correspondent that Sonia has been living in London with her ... Read more
Diti in govt sponsored movie after 26 yrs
Popular film actress Parvin Sultana Diti will perform in government sponsored movie after 26 years. She will perform in movie ‘Mukti’, directed by PA Kajol. Shooting of the movie began from August 6. Story of the film was written by director Kajol and he has also made the script. Diti started her film career by ... Read more