Narrow wins for giants
October 31, 2009
Holders Abahani and title contenders Mohammedan both won against Feni Soccer Club and Shuktara Jubo Sangsad of Narayanganj respectively with identical 1-0 margins in their first away matches of the Bangladesh League yesterday.
Ghanaian striker Sheriff Deen Mohammad converted an 89-minute penalty against host Feni Soccer to give Abahani second successive victory at the Feni Stadium.
Pakistanis facing 9/11 daily fighting America’s war
October 31, 2009
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face yesterday with Pakistani anger over US aerial drone attacks in tribal areas along the Afghan border, a strategy that US officials say has succeeded in killing key terrorist leaders.
In a series of public appearances on the final day of a three-day visit marked by blunt talk, Hillary refused to discuss the subject, which involves highly classified CIA operations. She would say only that “there is a war going on,” and the Obama administration is committed to helping Pakistan defeat the insurgents and terrorists who threaten the stability of a nuclear-armed nation.
IMF warns of double-digit inflation
October 31, 2009
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday warned Bangladesh that excess liquidity and resurgent international commodity and food prices might push inflation to double-digit levels by year-end.
“Food and commodity prices are showing a rising trend. If global recovery takes place strongly, the price may go up further,” Masato Miyazaki, adviser for Asia and Pacific Department of IMF, told reporters in a news briefing at the central bank.
Sachin Dev Burman: Epitomising the East Bengali lilt
October 31, 2009
Kumar Shri Sachin Dev Burman (October 1, 1906 – October 31, 1975), also credited as ‘Burman da’ or ‘Sachin karta’, was one of the most celebrated music composers for Hindi movies and a Bengali singer and composer. Burman composed music for 100 movies, including Bengali films.
The government will try all incidents of extra-judicial killings after investigations in order to establish rule of law and protect human rights of people, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed said on Saturday.
October 31, 2009
More than 50,000 people are working in the ship-breaking industry in Chittagong with serious health hazards because of the poisonous waste released from old ships.
The workers and people in the adjoining areas are also being attacked with various diseases frequently.
Govt to try extra-juridical killings
October 31, 2009
The government will try all incidents of extra-judicial killings after investigations in order to establish rule of law and protect human rights of people, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed said on Saturday.
The government is against any kind of extra-judicial killings and committed to protect the fundamental human rights of people, he said, adding the government in its nine months has taken many steps to implement the commitments.
Tigers win toss, put Zimbabwe into bat
October 31, 2009
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field in the third one-day international against Zimbabwe at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday.
Bangladesh included slow left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Jr for pacer Dolar Mahmud and for Zimbabwe, wicketkeeper-batsman Forster Mutizwa replaces former skipper Tatenda Taibu, who had strained his hamstring in the previous game.
Tongi violence eases, deaths still unconfirmed
October 31, 2009
Two people were reportedly killed, scores injured and a policewomen said to be missing as police and garment workers clashed violently at Ershad Nagar in Tongi on Saturday.
Traffic on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway was blocked from 9am to 1pm as the violence spread out from Nippon Garments factory onto the streets, forcing police to fire teargas and rubber bullets.
Cisco sees education link vital to digital era in Bangladesh
October 31, 2009
Connectivity in education is key to Bangladesh stepping into the digital era, says a top regional official of Cisco Systems, a leading global supplier of networking equipment and network management, reports bdnews24.com.
In an exclusive interview with the news agency, Amit Malik, vice president for Eastern India and the SAARC region, said the country needed an ‘inclusive growth’-focused objective for going fully digital.
Maldives stops recruiting Bangladeshi workers
October 31, 2009
The country’s overseas employment has suffered yet another blow as the Maldives has stopped hiring Bangladeshi workers after growing cases of overstay by Bangladeshis holding tourist visas, officials said Saturday.
After a request from Male, the state-run Manpower Bureau, which processes foreign employment, stopped issuing fresh approval to Bangladeshis seeking jobs in the Indian Ocean state, they said.