Gilani found guilty
April 27, 2012
Pakistan’s prime minister was convicted yesterday for refusing to reopen a corruption investigation against the
president, in a case that could see him thrown out of office.
The Supreme Court found Yousuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt over his refusal to obey an order to write to the
authorities in Switzerland to ask them to restart corruption Read more
JU teachers lay siege to VC’s residence
April 26, 2012
A section of Jahangirnagar University teachers laid siege to the residence of the vice chancellor since early
Thursday demanding his resignation.
The teachers under the banner of ‘Shikkhak Somaj’ took position in front of the residence of VC Prof Shariff Enamul
Kabir around 3:00am and were continuing Read more
tailbacks snarl after hartals
April 26, 2012
Tailbacks snarl after hartals +++ pic
Staff Correspondent
Commuters in the capital yesterday suffered long tailbacks of traffic as a large number of vehicles took to the streets after three straight dawn-to-dusk hartals.
The ongoing road digging in different parts of the city including Rokeya Sarani and Mirpur Road spelled more troubles for Read more
Suhrawardy in turmoil
April 26, 2012
College shut, work boycott in hospital
Staff Correspondent
The authorities of the capital’s Suhrawardy Medical College closed the institution sine die yesterday following Tuesday’s clash between students and residents of Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University staff quarters.
The students of the medical college had to vacate their dormitory by 11:00am yesterday.
The officials and employees of the hospital also observed a two-hour-long work abstention yesterday protesting Tuesday night’s incident, and demanded apprehension and punishment of those who attacked the students and doctors, vandalised at least 15 dormitory rooms, TV room and the canteen.
The emergency department was closed for about two hours due to the work abstention of the officials and employees.
Sub-Inspector Tanvir Hasan of Sher-e-Banglanagar Police Station said three cases were filed with his station against 10-12 outsiders and a number of unidentified people in connection with attacking the students of the college and vandalism on Tuesday.
Source: The Daily Star
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