Landlessness main reason for poverty: experts
May 31, 2010
Growing landlessness in Bangladesh is undermining its efforts for steady progress in poverty elimination, experts said after a public survey revealed that majority poor people cited landlessness as the main reason for their extreme poverty, NewAge Quoted.
Some 60 per cent of the country’s 40 per cent poor people who are living down the poverty line or Read more
facebook blocked
May 30, 2010
Ban follows arrest of man over ‘cartoon’ of Hasina, Khaleda; members of popular social network angrily react to govt decision
Regulators yesterday “temporarily” blocked access to Facebook, a popular social networking site.
The decision came after the arrest of a youth for uploading satiric images of some politicians, including the prime minister and the leader of the opposition.
The government did not make any official statement yet, but sources in Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said part of the reason is the posting of some anti-religious and porn links by users across Read more
CCC mayoral candidates launch campaigns
May 29, 2010
The ruling Awami League-backed mayoral candidate in the Chittagong City Corporation elections, ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed candidate, M Manjur Alam Manju, formally began their electoral campaign from the Shah Amanat Shrine on Friday.
Former mayor Mohiuddin began the campaign after saying jumma prayer at the shrine, and was Read more
Shahadat, Tamim lead Tigers’ fightback
May 29, 2010
Batsmen held their nerve after Shahadat Hossain ended England’s run riot with a five-wicket haul as Bangladesh reached 172-2 in their first innings on the second day of the first Test at Lord’s on Friday, reports NewAge.
Tamim Iqbal made his Lord’s debut memorable with a superb half-century before his unfortunate run-out, but the other batsmen did not let the momentum dip defying the hosts’ three-pronged Read more
Rare manuscripts wear out at DU library
May 29, 2010
Century-old ‘puthis’ and manuscripts, rare books, newspapers and periodicals printed in Bangladesh during the last century have been wearing out at the Dhaka University central library for lack of proper preservation and proper materialisation of the exiting resources.
The authorities had taken hardly any measures to preserve these rare documents even after being Read more
Vitamin A Plus Campaign today
May 29, 2010
The National Vitamin A Plus Campaign-2010 will be held across the country today with a view to preventing childhood blindness, reducing child mortality rate and strengthening immunity.
Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque formally inaugurated the campaign at Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) at Mahakhali in the city yesterday morning by feeding Read more
Reckless driving kills Buet fresher
May 28, 2010
Driver escapes; angry students torch buses; barricades road for 4 hours
A Buet student was killed by a callously driven bus at Azimpur of the capital, triggering violent student protests that halted traffic on city streets for hours yesterday. The victim’s head was crushed under a wheel of the bus.
During the angry outburst against mindless driving, the students torched four buses, vandalised Read more
Dhaka Metro likely by 2013
May 28, 2010
Construction of the much-hyped 27-kilometre underground metro rail project in Dhaka is likely to begin May 2011. And if the government accepts the Japanese donor agency’s proposals, the first phase of the rail project can be completed as early as 2013, according to a Bangladeshi Read more
Water-logging still worries the people of the port city
May 28, 2010
Despite various initiatives water-logging still causes immense sufferings to the residents of the port city in most of the areas especially during the rainy reason.
The dwellers of low-lying Bakalia, Chaktai, Chawkbazar, Bahaddarhat and Khatoonganj areas are the worst sufferers of this problem. Even after moderate shower, rainwater inundates all the Read more
Death anniv of Shilpachariya today
May 28, 2010
The 34th death anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin will be observed today.
Teachers and students of Dhaka University’s Fine Arts Faculty will place flowers on Zainul’s grave in the university’s premises at 8:30 in the morning. A discussion on Zainul will be held in the Faculty’s auditorium at Read more
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