Microsoft’s free anti-virus software arrives
September 30, 2009
Security Essentials takes its full public bow
Microsoft has officially announced the arrival of its eagerly awaited free anti-virus software, Microsoft Security Essentials.
The software giant is keen to ensure that computers are better protected worldwide, and its solution is to release a free application that will be available for everyone.
“Consumers have told us that they want the protection of real-time security software, but that they are confused by trials and renewals and concerned about Read more
Exclusive: Apple dictated Light Peak creation to Intel, could begin migration from other standards as early as 2010
September 30, 2009
Remember how Intel showed off its new, advanced optical standard — Light Peak — this past week on a Hackintosh? Well it turns out there’s more to that story than you probably know, and it all leads back to some revealing facts about the connection… literally and figuratively. Engadget has learned — thanks to an extremely reliable source — that not only is Apple complicit in the development of Light Peak, but the company actually brought the concept to Read more
Chinese acrobats earn big applause from Dhaka crowd
September 30, 2009
Dhaka audience enjoyed a memorable evening with the performances of the Chinese traditional folk songs, bowl dance, jar balancing and several other eye catching acrobatics.
Artistes of the Inner Mongolia Artist Troupe of China delighted the audience at The National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday.
The three-day cultural show, begun on Monday, is organised by Bangladesh Read more
Akram to join KKR camp in Gurgaon
September 30, 2009
Former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram will join the Kolkata Knight Riders’ camp, which begins in Gurgaon October 1.
“He will join the KKR camp at Gurgaon to oversee the proceedings,” former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly said at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday.
However, as Akram will be busy doing commentary for the ongoing Champions trophy, where the final is slated for Oct 5, he will join the KKR camp only in the later Read more
Businessmen to grab sports
September 30, 2009
Mayor, environmentalists decry bid to take over Dhanmondi public playground
A limited company of powerful businessmen will soon take over Dhanmondi playground, earmarked in the city’s master plan as a common field, to build there a mini stadium with exclusive sports facilities much to the chagrin of local residents.
Dhanmondi Club, now a limited company, has been named after Sheikh Jamal, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s slain brother, said sources.
Noted environmentalists denounced the move and said the playground is a public property, which will now serve Read more
AL, BNP in internal squabble
September 30, 2009
Internal discord has been rife in both the ruling Awami League and the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party with senior leaders speaking out against respective party standpoints creating confusion and anguish in the rank and file.
Impromptu and often unguarded statements made by some influential leaders to the media have exposed their personal grievances, rivalries as well as loosening fabric of the party hierarchies.
Remarks of former general secretary of Awami League, Abdul Jalil and senior BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury are some of the instances that even embarrassed Read more
Businessmen to grab sports
September 30, 2009
Mayor, environmentalists decry bid to take over Dhanmondi public playground
A limited company of powerful businessmen will soon take over Dhanmondi playground, earmarked in the city’s master plan as a common field, to build there a mini stadium with exclusive sports facilities much to the chagrin of local residents.
Dhanmondi Club, now a limited company, has been named after Sheikh Jamal, Read more
Govt did not come to power with people’s vote: Khaleda
September 30, 2009
She cites Jalil’s admissions as evidence of rigging
Opposition leader Khaleda Zia deplored that the present government is not paying attention to public welfare nor fulfilling its pre-election pledges as Awami League “didn’t come to power with people’s vote but through rigging”.
To underpin her observations she said that a former general secretary of the ruling party divulged that Awami League came to power ‘through entente and rigging’, which Read more
Gangetic dolphins return
September 30, 2009
A school of gangetic dolphins have returned to the rivers Turag and Buriganga with the flow of fresh floodwater from the upstream.
Several dolphins were sighted recently near Shoalmachi in the river Turag and at Jhaochar, a kilometre downstream in the river Buriganga, much to the delight of environmentalists and local Read more
Email views deserve study: Academics
September 30, 2009
Last date for opinions on education policy today
With the last date for the government invitation urging opinions from the general public — academics, guardians and students in particular, on the proposed Education Policy posted on website ending today, interested observers have come up with their views.
As a number of the academics told this correspondent yesterday, an impediment to the implementation of the Education Read more
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