Archive for July 19th, 2008
Saturday, July 19th, 2008The Border Security Force of India (BSF) shot dead two Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldiers at Raghunathpur border under Shibganj upazila in Chainawabganj early yesterday intruding into Bangladesh territory, sparking off tension at all frontiers around the country.The killings coincided with foreign-secretary level talks between the two neighboring countries in New Delhi, and took place just hours after both sides on Thursday pledged more cooperation in enhancing cross-border trade and security.BDR officials said BSF guards opened fired on their personnel when they challenged the latter for illegally entering about 1,300 yards into Bangladesh territory shortly after Thursday midnight.A group of BSF ...
(read more) Saturday, July 19th, 2008Law enforcement agencies have identified 353 polling centres out of 579 as vulnerable to violence in elections in four city corporations scheduled for August 4, and launched crackdown on criminals working in favour of candidates.Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) and Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) started special drives last night to arrest alleged criminals. Similar operations would begin in two other city corporations within a day or two. The crackdown would be intensified two days ahead of the polls and continued until election results are announced.Of the vulnerable polling centres, 138 are in Khulna City Corporation (KCC), 100 in Sylhet City Corporation ...
(read more) Saturday, July 19th, 2008Almost all protein sources are becoming unreachable to limited income group as well as the middle-class people as their prices have marked a sharp rise in the city markets and elsewhere in the country.With the soaring price of the protein-rich items like fish, meat, pulses, chicken, egg and milk, many people have resorted to cut consumption of these items causing malnutrition among a large section of the populace.Mostly, women and children are bearing the brunt of the situation.The prices of protein-rich items, being dearer for the last few years, surged by 20 to 30 percent in the last one month.It ...
(read more) Saturday, July 19th, 2008Patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday suffered severely due to power outage for over four hours in two phases.Emergency patients bore the burnt of the situation as no pathological test was conducted during the period.Hospital sources said the power supply remained suspended in the first phase for three and a half hours from 9:00am due to repairing work in the main electricity line of the hospital.Though power supply was ensured in the emergency wards, operation theatres and intensive care units (ICUs) through generators, patients suffered badly as they could not have pathological tests like x-ray, ultrasonogram and CT-scan.During ...
(read more) Saturday, July 19th, 2008Short supply of fertilisers is affecting cultivation of Aman rice in northern region of the country creating uncertainty about achieving the production target this season, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said.Farmers in the 16 northern districts are facing problems due to inadequate supply of urea, triple super phosphate (TSP), di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and other chemical fertilisers.The government target is to bring around 17.18 lakh hectares of land under Aman cultivation in the region this season for production of about 43.31 lakh tonnes of rice. Last season, Aman production target was around 42.7 lakh tonnes from 16.7 lakh hectares ...
(read more) Saturday, July 19th, 2008Poly, a Khiyang minority youth, takes up a "halong", a big basket to carry water, on her back a little before daybreak to fetch drinking water from a fountain. Her brows look knitted in a permanent frown as she leaves home with other women just like every other day. It will take at least three hours for them to bring water.As Poly moves ahead, she plans her day out. She also has to go to the weekly market at Thanchi and the journey from home at Sherkopara up in the hill of Tajindong in Bandarban will take another eight hours.In ...
(read more) Saturday, July 19th, 2008The foreign ministry condemned the killings of two Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at the Chapainawabganj frontier early yesterday."We consider the incident as most serious and condemn the killings of the two BDR personnel," a foreign ministry statement issued last night said, referring to a spokesman of the ministry.It said the BDR authorities will take up the matter with their Indian counterparts. "At present, we are waiting for the detail report of the situation."Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury earlier told The Daily Star that Dhaka was waiting for a full report and will react ...
(read more) Saturday, July 19th, 2008BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her elder son Tarique Rahman are likely to be released this week, said party sources.Tarique, also senior joint secretary general of BNP, might go to Germany or the United States for treatment after his release within a couple of days. His mother however will not leave the country, said leaders and lawyers of the now detained former prime minister.Meanwhile, BNP chief's younger son Arafat Rahman Koko, who was released for two months on an executive order Thursday, will fly to Bangkok today for treatment.Accompanied by his wife Shamila Rahman, two daughters and a ...
(read more) Saturday, July 19th, 2008At least 14 people were killed in two road accidents in Dhaka and Comilla yesterday.Six people died and 13 others were injured when a human hauler skidded off the road and fell into a ditch after a head-on collision with a passenger bus on Nabinagar-Kaliakoir Road under Ashulia Police Station last night.Of the dead, two were identified as Sourav, 26, and Abdul Barek, 28. The identity of the rest could not be known immediately. The injured are undergoing treatment at hospitals and clinics in the area.Ashulia police said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound bus from Tangail collided with a ...
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