MMCH interns strike on 3rd day
February 27, 2011
Interns and students of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital staged a sit-in in front of the hospital building on the third day of their strike on Sunday.
They started their protest programme at about 9:00am Sunday, reports our Mymensingh correspondent.
The agitators brought out processions on the hospital premises demanding arrest of the Read more
Hashem not arrested!
February 27, 2011
Hours after confirming the arrest of Partex Group chairman M A Hashem in a tax-evasion case, police now claim that he came to police station on ‘personal business’.
Tejgaon zone deputy commissioner Harun-ur-Rashid on Sunday said: “Hashem had come to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station around 6:30pm on ‘personal business’ and left it Read more
ICC Cricket World cup history
November 23, 2010
The 1979 World Cup contained eight teams: West Indies, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia, and India from the Test nations, with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying through a separate tournament involving the Associate nations.
The matches were 60 overs per side, with each bowler allowed a maximum of 12 overs.
Unlike the first edition in 1975, the weather was not fine throughout Read more
SOMCH lacks mortuary cooler for 30 years
November 23, 2010
The Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital still lacks a mortuary cooler even 30 years after the hospital morgue was established, seriously hampering the forensic evidence preservation and post-mortem examinations.
According to the hospital sources, the SOMCH was established in 1962 and the morgue of Shaheed Dr Shamsuddin Hospital, erstwhile sadar hospital in the city, was shifted Read more
Road crashes kill 12
November 23, 2010
At least 12 people were killed and 22 others injured in separate road accidents in Comilla, Barisal, Jhenidah, Magura, Lalmonirhat and Narayanganj on Sunday night and yesterday.
UNB from Comilla reports: At least four people were killed and 16 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chouddagram upazila Read more
Untrained drivers rule routes
November 23, 2010
Most drivers including those of heavy vehicles on busy highways lack institutional training and knowledge of traffic rules contributing to the increasing number of road accidents.
They enter the profession as transport helpers or conductors at an early age and become drivers in a few years. A large number of them obtain fake driving licences Read more
Boarding bridge opened at Shahjalal Airport
November 23, 2010
The Civil Aviation and Tourism secretary, Shafique Alam Mehedi, on Monday inaugurated the seventh boarding bridge at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to ensure sooth movement of the passengers.
The boarding bridge was built in 30 months at a cost of Tk 14 crore with a view to ensure speedy exits and entrance of the passengers at the airport, the secretary said while addressing Read more
Srishtigarh launches cinematography courses
November 23, 2010
Srishtigarh School of Digital Film Making, a school set up in the capital for encouraging film making among the youths, is going to launch a certificate course on cinematography with 35mm adapter, lens, light and composition.
The courses would start from November 26 and the basic teachings would be Read more
RU reopens today after vacation
November 23, 2010
Rajshahi University reopens today amid tight security after Eid-ul-Azha.
Seven entry points on the campus have been given now in the charge of law enforcing agencies to avoid untoward situations, said a university release on Monday.
RU assistant proctor Mustak Ahmed told New Age that the Read more
3 muggers held with firearms in Ctg
November 23, 2010
Police raided different areas of the city early hours yesterday following a mugging incident on Sunday afternoon and arrested three muggers with robbed cash and firearms.
Police recovered two locally made guns, five rounds of bullets, a machete and looted money worth Tk 13,000 from their possession and also seized a CNG-run Read more