Time to tighten belt further
June 10, 2011
Budget of Middleclass
Time to tighten belt further
Last year Abidur Rahim missed most of the budget speech. So this year he finished work early and rushed to catch a bus home. It is now a regular pain for him being in queue for bus. After waiting 30 minutes or so he got on his bus heading to Pallabi, Mirpur.
The fare was Tk 18 just three weeks ago but now it is Tk 23. Abidur has to pay almost Tk 300 for Read more
Muhith wonders at investors’ behaviour
February 27, 2011
Finance minister A M A Muhith has said 0.1 million new investors entered the stock market when it experienced the downfall.
“I don’t understand their behaviour….do they come for speculation?” he told parliament replying to a question from Awami League MP Read more
The countdown begins
February 27, 2011
OSCARS 2011
The countdown begins
The final countdown to the Oscars has begun, with The King’s Speech and The Social Network going head to head for the coveted best picture prize.
The former, which has taken more than $230m (£142m) at the global box office, has 12 nominations, including a best actor nod for Colin Read more
25 lakh to take primary final exams
November 22, 2010
Primary Education Terminal Examination, 2010 of both general and madrasa students will begin tomorrow with around 25 lakh participants.
The largest public examination in terms of number of examinees will start at 11:00am at 5,993 centres across the country and another seven in Riyadh, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi Read more
8 stalkers jailed
November 22, 2010
At least eight stalkers were sentenced to different terms in prison yesterday in separate incidents of stalking in Dinajpur, Pabna, Kurigram and Noakhali districts.
A schoolteacher was sentenced one-year imprisonment for stalking a 13-year old female student of his school at Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur Read more
Large dropouts in JSC, JDC exams stun many
November 21, 2010
Teachers and guardians blamed poor preparations, lack of awareness and tight examination schedule for the large number of dropouts in the first ever Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate examinations.
This year, the education ministry introduced JSC and JDC Read more
They just disappear
November 21, 2010
No trace of 3 youths missing during Rupganj violence a month ago
It has been a month since Shamsher Mollah went missing during the clashes between villagers and law enforcers in Rupganj over purchase of land for an army housing project.
Most of Shamsher’s family members now seem certain that he will never return.
Considering him dead, they even have held a Milad Mahfil at a local Read more
Highways unsafe for poor policing
November 21, 2010
Chaotic vehicular movement, reckless driving causing frequent accidents
A highway policeman with almost no logistics has to keep vigil on average over a 12-kilometre highway, meaning major parts of the 11,806-kilometre roads always remain out of law enforcers’ watch.
Lack of proper vigil by highway police allows drivers to disobey traffic rules at will that often causes severe accidents and makes the roads a death Read more
4 of a family die in microbus cylinder explosion fire
November 21, 2010
Four of a family died in a fire caused by the explosion of the gas cylinder of a CNG-run microbus on the Dhaka–Chittagong Highway at Gazaria in Munshiganj on Saturday.
The police and witnesses said the cylinder of the microbus carrying eight people exploded after the vehicle had hit the road divider when it was taking a U-turn Read more
Saving tigers
November 21, 2010
Bangladesh, 12 other countries meet in Russia today to draw up plan
Leaders of a few countries, where tigers are still found in the wild, have gathered for a make or break summit in Russia to save the critically endangered animal and thrash out a global recovery plan to double its numbers by 2022.
Premiers from 10 countries will attend the International Tiger Conservation Forum, which Read more