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Robber held in Mymensingh

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A notorious dacoit was arrested with Tk 6 million from Panchkaunia village of Phulbaria of Mymensingh Monday night.The arrestee was identified as Sarder Saban Ali (38). Police said a gang of robbers snatched away Tk 5 million from turmeric trader...

Housewife beaten by relatives

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A housewife was injured by her brother-in-laws in Barguni village of Chitalmari Upazila of Bagerhat Tuesday.Jesmin Akter (25) was admitted to Chitalmari Hospital. Later, she was shifted to Khulna Medical College Hospital in a critical condition.Chitalmari thana said there was...

Minor boy drowns

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A minor boy drowned in a waterbody at Korota village in Sadar Upazila of Natore Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon, son of Faijul Islam of the village. Police said Jibon slipped into a waterbody near his house...

One killed in road mishap

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A road crash at Sadar Upazila of the Goplaganj district has left a teenage boy dead and 12 people injured. The accident took place in Bijoypasha area on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a microbus hit a tempo at about 9pm Monday,...

Man held with fake notes

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...

IPO grading: A certification mechanism to safeguard retail investors' interest

2011-04-21 00:00:00

ENTREPRENEURS, while issuing initial public offerings (IPOs), often use a certification mechanism to reduce the information asymmetry between them and public investors. IPO literature has explored various instruments that can reflect or certify the quality of IPOs. Some popular methods...

BRAC University to start postgraduation in nuclear science & engineering

2011-04-21 00:00:00

BRAC University (BRACU) envisages to start postgraduate programmes in nuclear science and engineering at the MNS Department leading to higher academic degrees, said a press release. BRACU and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) signed an MoU Wednesday for collaboration between...

Case against Banskhali UNO

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 20: A man has filed a case against SM Nazimuddin, the UNO (Upazila Nirbahi Officer) of Banskhali upazila of the district for allegedly leasing out a local bazar at lower price. Mokhtar Ahmed from Sadhanpur village of...

WTIS Day to be observed on May 17

2011-04-21 00:00:00

FE Report Bangladesh will observe World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD)-2011 on May 17 with a view to creating awareness among rural communities about the use of ICTs and how to make them better, more sustainable and productive. This...

Kazi Fazlur Rahman adorned with Veneration for Life

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Kazi Fazlur Rahman, former senior secretary and presidential advisor of the Interim Government of 1990 91 has been adorned with Veneration for Life ceremonially by the Society for Bangladesh Development Strategy (BDS) at a city restaurant recently, said a press...

Indian CG ships to visit Bangladesh

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Indian Coastguard ships Vajra and Raziya Sultana will arrive in Chittagong on April 24 on a five-day goodwill visit, reports UNB.

REB engr off to Brussels

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Shah ZuIfiqar Haider, general manager (GM) of Narayanganj Palli Bidyut Samity (Rural Electrifi-cation Board) has recently left for Brussels, Belgium to attend the "Energy Efficiency Global Forum," said a press release. He will make a presentation as executive dialogue speaker...

British Council, Grameenphone to observe Tagore festival

2011-04-21 00:00:00

FE ReportBritish Council in collaboration with Grameenphone will observe Tagore festival in the country highlighting 'rediscovering Tagore'. The festival will be divided into two parts - dance drama 'Tasher Desh' and 'Tagore Fashion Show'. Dance drama 'Tasher Desh' will be...

Vast city areas sans power as storm hits grid substation

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A vast area in the city's north-eastern part remained without electricity since 4.0 am Wednesday following substantial damage to the 13233 kV Bashundhara grid substation, reports UNB. A peal of lightning during the storm in the early morning caused the...

Five car hijackers held: Two cars recovered

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 20: Car hijackings by armed youths in guise of DB police and RAB using black-coloured sophisticated microbuses and cars have increased alarmingly in the port city while the cases of recovery of the stolen cars are thin,...

Robber held in Mymensingh

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A notorious dacoit was arrested with Tk 6 million from Panchkaunia village of Phulbaria of Mymensingh Monday night.The arrestee was identified as Sarder Saban Ali (38). Police said a gang of robbers snatched away Tk 5 million from turmeric trader...

Housewife beaten by relatives

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A housewife was injured by her brother-in-laws in Barguni village of Chitalmari Upazila of Bagerhat Tuesday.Jesmin Akter (25) was admitted to Chitalmari Hospital. Later, she was shifted to Khulna Medical College Hospital in a critical condition.Chitalmari thana said there was...

Minor boy drowns

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A minor boy drowned in a waterbody at Korota village in Sadar Upazila of Natore Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Jibon, son of Faijul Islam of the village. Police said Jibon slipped into a waterbody near his house...

One killed in road mishap

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A road crash at Sadar Upazila of the Goplaganj district has left a teenage boy dead and 12 people injured. The accident took place in Bijoypasha area on Dhaka-Khulna highway when a microbus hit a tempo at about 9pm Monday,...

Man held with fake notes

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A man was arrested along with counterfeit currency notes from NCC Bank branch of Savar Sunday.The arrestee was identified as Kamrul Hasan, son of late Solaiman Khan of Panchkhola village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district.Police said Kamrul deposited 15...

Budget and the environment

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Environmental concern has certainly heightened in Bangladesh. When Bangladesh was born, environmental concern was almost non existent. The country had only started urbanising in that period and urban pollution of different forms witnessed today in Dhaka and other major cities...

Overseas jobs for nurses

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Bangladesh holds the potential for doing otherwise a lucrative business in the international healthcare industry. Numerous reports and studies have been produced and published in recent years identifying a strong sustained demand for registered nurses (RNs) in the developed world....

Nasrine Karim: A different type of social activist

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Her first death anniversary has gone off quietly, hardly any notice of that except in very limited circles. Then again, she was not anyone who could easily be known, or merit attention. Our society has, incidentally and at times rather...

Removing distrust among all concerned in the CHT region

2011-04-21 00:00:00

The government should take a fresh look at the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) treaty that was signed with the tribals in the late 1990s. It should go for a dialogue with the tribal representatives with a view to improving it,...

Soft-pedaling on probe report

2011-04-21 00:00:00

As an ordinary citizen, we cannot but express our serious concern about the controversy over the share market scam probe report. There is every reason to feel concerned about the fate of the enquiry that has dealt with an important...

Need a deep tube well at Bashabo

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Inhabitants of Bashabo area in Dhaka metropolis have been suffering for want of water. Supply of water by Dhaka Wasa is very much inadequate. Even the water that is supplied by Wasa is contaminated. People need water but not polluted...

REB engr off to Brussels

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Shah ZuIfiqar Haider, general manager (GM) of Narayanganj Palli Bidyut Samity (Rural Electrifi-cation Board) has recently left for Brussels, Belgium to attend the "Energy Efficiency Global Forum," said a press release. He will make a presentation as executive dialogue speaker...

British Council, Grameenphone to observe Tagore festival

2011-04-21 00:00:00

FE ReportBritish Council in collaboration with Grameenphone will observe Tagore festival in the country highlighting 'rediscovering Tagore'. The festival will be divided into two parts - dance drama 'Tasher Desh' and 'Tagore Fashion Show'. Dance drama 'Tasher Desh' will be...

Vast city areas sans power as storm hits grid substation

2011-04-21 00:00:00

A vast area in the city's north-eastern part remained without electricity since 4.0 am Wednesday following substantial damage to the 13233 kV Bashundhara grid substation, reports UNB. A peal of lightning during the storm in the early morning caused the...

Five car hijackers held: Two cars recovered

2011-04-21 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 20: Car hijackings by armed youths in guise of DB police and RAB using black-coloured sophisticated microbuses and cars have increased alarmingly in the port city while the cases of recovery of the stolen cars are thin,...