AN American man could spend five years in jail for snooping on his wife’s emails. IT technician Leon Walker, 33, suspected wife Clara, now his ex, was having an affair after finding she had made phone calls to her allegedly violent former husband. He said concern for the welfare of their one-year-old daughter made
Month: December 2010
Tees Maar Khan grosses over Dh11.4 million on release day
The film is well on track to emerge as one of the top grossers of all time in Indian cinema. Bollywood comedy Tees Maar Khan, starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, has grossed over 140 million rupees (Dh11.4 million) on its release day, making it one of the biggest openings in India, according to its ... Read more
Canada is the most web-addicted nation on earth
Canadians spend more time on the web and its offshoots – Facebook, YouTube and Twitter – than people anywhere else in the world. They are neck and neck with Indians for the number of Facebook accounts, says a report. According to comScore, the leading online measurement service, Canadian online users
Manpower export shrinks by 21pc
The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit on Tuesday said that Bangladesh’s manpower export had been reduced by 21 per cent in 2010, and the growth in remittance, only 1.4 per cent, was the lowest in the last 30 years. The RMMRU came up with the findings in its report — Labour Migration 2010: Achievement and ... Read more
New internet security solutions launched
Ahn Lab Inc, a provider of integrated security solutions, has launched an internet security solutions package in a bid to tap banks and other financial institutions. The package known as V3 Internet Security (IS) protects computers in real time against most security threats, including viruses, hacking, spamming and
Zainul Festival at Faculty of Fine Arts
Artisans from Rajshahi, Manikganj, Nawabganj and other parts of the country will display Lakkhishora, Shokher Hari, Shika, Shola and more at the festival. To mark the 96th birth anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin, Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), University of Dhaka is holding a three-day ‘Zainul Festival’ at the FFA premises. The festival begins today ... Read more
Santali Life in Music and Dance
Rajshahi Theatre’s Folk Festival kicks off Though most in audience were not familiar with the Santali language, the sheer spirit of the indigenous men and women demonstrated through their soulful songs and dance at Kumarpara Mukta Mancha, in Rajshahi town, last Monday night won over hearts. Artistes of Jug Shirijol Adibashi Shilpi Gosthi enthralled the ... Read more
92pc students pass pry terminal exams
About 92.34 per cent of the examinees have passed the primary terminal examinations for class V students held from November 23 to 29. The pass rate in Ebtedaye terminal examinations is 83.93. The results of the primary terminal examinations were published on Tuesday. Last year, the pass
SC asks TIB to submit survey docs
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Transparency International, Bangladesh, to submit the report of its household survey which found the judiciary to be the most corrupt among the service sectors in the country followed by the law enforcement agencies and the land administration. In a letter to the TIB’s executive director Iftekharuzzaman, the deputy registrar ... Read more
Students from outlying areas top merit list
Primary terminal exams results Students from outlying areas top merit list The first, second and third in the merit list of primary terminal examinations are from schools outside the capital, according to the results published on Tuesday. Al Yasa of the Kodalia Government Primary School in Tangail stood first, securing 598 marks. Yasa is the ... Read more
Dropout fear mounts
Despite witnessing a good result in this year’s primary education terminal examinations, a significant number of students out of over four lakh may drop out from the primary education level, posing a threat in attaining the goal of ensuring cent percent enrolment by 2011. A total of 2.81 lakh students out of some 24.88 lakh ... Read more
11 killed as 2 buses collide in Comilla
At least 11 people were killed and 40 others injured when two buses collided on Dhaka-Chittagong highway near Kather Pool of Chandina upazila in Comilla yesterday. Witnesses said six people, including a woman, died on the spot and five others soon after being taken to hospital
Guardians lay siege to Rajshahi DC office, demand fresh intake tests
Guardians formed a human chain, held a rally and laid siege to the Rajshahi deputy commissioner’s office on Tuesday as part of their continued agitation demanding fresh admission tests for Class III in city government schools. At around 11:00am, several hundred people under the banner of ‘conscious guardians’ formed
Road crashes kill six, injure 73
Six people were killed and 73 others injured in road accidents in Comilla, Chapainawabganj, Brahmanbaria, Lalmonirhat and Kishoreganj districts yesterday. UNB, Comilla adds: Three people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina upazila
Chobi Mela VI begins Jan 21
Chobi Mela VI, a two-week international photography festival, begins January 21, 2011 in the Dhaka city. It was disclosed at a press conference organised by Drik at its Dhanmondi office on Tuesday. Works of artistes from 30 countries will be put on display in the festival with the theme ‘dreams’, said Shahidul Alam, festival director ... Read more
Annual sports for people with disabilities held
Physical disability could not stop Lutfa Akhter, who became paralysed after falling from tree in July, from taking part in sports events organised by the National Association of Sports for the Persons with Disability at the Physical Training Institute at Mohammadpur on Tuesday. Lutfa, who won a number of prizes in sports and took the ... Read more
Rajshahi digital fair begins today
A two-day ‘digital fair’ begins today in the Rajshahi city to build up awareness of rights to information among the city dwellers. Rajshahi additional divisional commissioner Swapan Kumar Roy disclosed the information at a briefing at the conference room of his office Monday
Korean volunteers arrive
A ten-member team of Korea Overseas Volunteers (KOVs) has arrived here aiming to provide training on different fields including nursing, community development, computer education, and automobile. Ambassador of Korea to Bangladesh, Cho Taiyoung, and Resident Representative of KOICA Bangladesh Office, Lee Jung Wook, welcomed them at the embassy yesterday, said a
RU honours classes from Jan 10
The classes of the first year honours courses under the session 2010-11 of Rajshahi University (RU) will start form January 10, 2011. RU administration sources said the academic committee in a meeting decided to begin the classes from January 10 instead of January 1 scheduled earlier, said a
Girl’s body found
Police recovered body of a teenage girl from a house at Fulchar village in Keraniganj yesterday. The girl aged around 13 years. Hands, legs and mouth of the body were tied with a trouser. The body was recovered in a plastic sack at about 8:00am. There were several stab marks on the body of the ... Read more