Headline
Licensed to break law
Vehicle owners display licence plates as they wish, get away with the offence right under traffic men’s nose
Car licence plates have become a symbol of utter disregard for law as the vehicle owners tamper with the plates by using varying typefaces and designs in violation of the rules that strictly prohibit such practices, reports The Daily Star.
In the wake of increasing numbers of fatal street accidents and vehicle thefts, traffic police officers say altering the plates makes it difficult to make out the registration numbers. They are concerned that vehicles involved in crimes or hit-and-run cases can be difficult to trace.
“It has become a trend to have attractive Read more »
City News
Air pollution in city takes alarming turn
Air pollution in the capital has taken an alarming turn, posing serious health problems for city dwellers.
Things get worse in dry season as air, thick with particulates, becomes a prevalent cause of chest and respiratory diseases, say health experts, reports The Daily Star.
According to some sources of Department of Environment (DoE), the density of airborne particulate matter (PM) has reached 247 micrograms per cubic meter (mcm) in Dhaka which is nearly five times the acceptable level of Read more »
Nation
Low water flow Padma drying up
The scanty water flow has been triggering the drying up process of the mighty Padma and its tributaries causing an adverse impact on environment in the drought-prone Barind tract.
Experts said the entire northern and southern regions of the country, particularly the vast Barind tract, are facing ecological disorder due to adverse impact of the gradual drying of the river.
They said the water level is being reduced rapidly and it has reached the lowest mark during the current dry season. A large number of Read more »
Column
Bangladesh IT industry going global
From The Daily Star
Bangladesh IT industry going global
Habibullah N Karim
The information technology industry in Bangladesh has gradually come of age and today accounts for more than Taka 25 billion or USD350 million in annual revenues.
It is still a tiny blip compared to a GDP nearing USD100 billion but it’s a noticeable blip that is growing markedly every year.
Twenty years ago the IT industry was predominantly a hardware vendors market with little or no value addition locally. Today there are more than Read more »
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Business
Biman flies to London non-stop
Biman opened its non-stop Dhaka-London flight yesterday with 297 travellers on board. It was a journey without a break, officials said. An aircraft, 323-seater Boeing... Read more »
Tech & Web
Top Internet passwords can easily be hacked
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Health
Health resolution for 2010
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Environment
Kareena is the highest paid actress!
MUMBAI : Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra may be ruling Bollywood today, but it is Kareena who has toppled the other two by being the highest paid... Read more »
Earth
Woman hunter kills elephant with bow and arrow
Female hunter Teressa Groenewald-Hagerman has become the first woman in the world to shoot an elephant dead with a bow and arrow. Groenewald-Hagerman, 39, she sneaked... Read more »
Variety
‘Salman Khan’ arrested in Gujarat
A man posing as Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on the web to swindle people in the name of charity has reportedly been arrested by sleuths of Anti Terrorist Squad... Read more »
World
Romania ‘tops EU sex worker list’
news.bbc.co.uk Romania has overtaken Russia as the top country of origin of migrant sex workers in the EU, a survey of prostitution across the EU has found. In 2006... Read more »
Sports
Hosts’ best ever finish
Bangladesh signed off their campaign in the 11th SA Games on Monday winning as many as 18 gold medals that included key events of football and cricket. The hosts... Read more »
Entertainmnt
Kareena is the highest paid actress!
MUMBAI : Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra may be ruling Bollywood today, but it is Kareena who has toppled the other two by being the highest paid... Read more »
Cinema
‘Dear John’ Knocks ‘Avatar’ Out Of Top Spot
Who would’ve seen this coming? After a record SEVEN WEEKS as the #1 film at the box office, ‘Avatar’ was knocked down to the #2 spot by ‘Dear... Read more »
Showbiz
Kaif co-star, Chopra ex-star!
The industry was all abuzz with the casting coup! Abbas Mustan had practically accomplished the impossible for their new “Indianised” version of The... Read more »
Life Style
Having Sex Without Intercourse
There are many sexual options that don’t include penetration. And these options can be so good that everybody should add more penetration-free erotic play into... Read more »
Women
How Water Improves Your Body and Beauty
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Art & Culture
Emotion in Black: Solo Print Exhibition of Sadek Ahmed
‘Image of Life”, the first solo print exhibition of Sadek Ahmed, began on February 1 at Zainul Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts. Most of the paintings revolve... Read more »
Feature
Poison River Threatens Millions in Bangladesh
It was once the lifeline of the Bangladeshi capital. But the once mighty Buriganga River, which flows by Dhaka, is now one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh... Read more »
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