PM opens Shikalbaha Power Plant : Will there be gas supply to keep it running
September 9, 2010
As many as 150-MW electricity was added to the national grid as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the Shikalbaha 150-MW peaking power plant in Chittagong yesterday.
She opened the power plant built at a cost of Taka 777.98 crore by unveiling its plaque. Of the amount, Taka 553.15 crore is foreign currency and 21.71 crore is local currency, while Read more
4-lane project stuck in consultancy row
September 9, 2010
Dhaka-Chittagong Highway
4-lane project stuck in consultancy row
The launch of Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway may be delayed by one year as the scheme is stuck in consultancy glitches and frequent changes of project directors.
This unexpected delay might make the highway one of the most impossible roads to negotiate with as the number of vehicles has already crossed 20,000 a day. With the Eid-ul-Fitr round the corner, more Read more
Workers finally return to work
September 9, 2010
Cheated, Abused in Libya
Workers finally return to work
The Bangladeshi workers in Libya finally went back to work for the company yesterday, which they had left a week ago protesting abuse and non-payment of salaries.
“The workers joined work on Wednesday morning,” Ahsan Kibria Siddiqui, first secretary of Bangladesh Embassy in Libya, told The Daily Star last Read more
Yunus receives SolarWorld Einstein Award
September 9, 2010
SolarWorld this year honoured Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus by presenting him 2010 SolarWorld Einstein Award.
Prof Yunus received the award in Valencia, Spain, in recognition of the work of “Grameen Shakti,” a company he founded in 1996 for providing solar energy to rural homes throughout Read more
Literacy for all still elusive
September 8, 2010
A half of people aged 7 years and above illiterate
Literacy for all remains elusive as at least a half of the people aged seven years and above are still illiterate, according to experts.
People in rural areas lag behind people living in urban areas in literacy rate and so do the females in comparison with the males. Read more
Night abuzz with Eid shoppers
September 8, 2010
Colourful balloons and festoons catch eyes as one enters the atrium of the mall. A red car, decorated with ribbons and balloons, is placed on the way to the elevators filled by shoppers of all ages.
Some are going upstairs while some are coming down, holding shopping bags containing clothes, footwear and so Read more
76 more cases detected in Satkhira, Lalmonirhat
September 8, 2010
Anthrax Infection
76 more cases detected in Satkhira, Lalmonirhat
Seventy-six more cases of anthrax infection have been detected in Lalmonirhat and Satkhira, taking to 413 the total number of such cases in seven districts.
Twenty-six cases of anthrax infection were first detected in Sirajganj on August 19. Other places from where the infection has been reported are Pabna, Tangail, Kushita and Read more
Stalking victim kills herself
September 8, 2010
Stalkers beat a man to death for protesting harassment
A schoolgirl in Satkhira yesterday killed herself by taking poison reportedly after failing to bear the brunt of stalking. In Chapainawabganj a man was beaten to death by stalkers as he protested teasing of his colleague’s wife and daughter.
The deceased girl, Chameli Khatun, 14, daughter of Shafiqul Islam of Manderbaria Read more
Home goers face terrible sufferings
September 8, 2010
Thousands of homebound passengers are facing terrible sufferings due to shortage of transport just three days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr and most of the bus terminals, railway stations and launch terminal were found jampacked. Even taking risk of life, passengers are crowding in buses, trains and launches beyond their carrying capacity as there is no other alternative to Read more
New Karnaphuli bridge opens to traffic today
September 8, 2010
The Karnaphuli Bridge-III on the River Karnaphuli opens to traffic today connecting vast areas of southern Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban with rest of the country, ending miseries of the commuters of the region.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will formally inaugurate the long-awaited bridge, the longest in Chittagong division, this morning, sources at the Prime Minister’s Office Read more
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