Lone sacrifice vindicated
Fri November 20, 2009 - 12:17am BdST
She remained almost unnoticed in a crowd of hundreds of curious people gathered at the Supreme Court yesterday to hear the historic judgement in Bangabandhu murder case.
Life Style
Daylight saving time for whom?
Sat November 7, 2009 - 1:04pm BdST
Government's reluctance to revert to standard time from the ongoing day-light saving (DST) time introduced in July this year, has triggered an unending debate as to its usefulness as winter is setting in. About 70 countries around the world having daylight saving time have switched back to standard time with the advent of winter, particularly in Europe and America.
Shamsur Rahman: Impression of effortless eloquence
Sat October 24, 2009 - 11:04am BdST
Shamsur Rahman (October 24, 1929-August 17, 2006) was a leading poet, columnist and journalist of his time. Rahman published over 60 books of poetry. Major themes in his poetry and writings include humanism, relationships, romanticised rebellion of youth, the emergence of and consequent events in Bangladesh, and opposition to religious fundamentalism. Today marks the 80th birth anniversary of the poet.
Herta Müller wins Nobel literature prize
Thu October 8, 2009 - 10:58pm BdST
German author Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday for her work inspired by her life under Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship in Romania. The Nobel jury hailed Mueller, 56, as a writer who "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
US duo and Israeli win Nobel Chemistry Prize
Wed October 7, 2009 - 11:17pm BdST
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz of the United States and Ada Yonath of Israel won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for work on the ribosome, a cellular machine that makes proteins, the stuff of life. The ribosome ‘reads’ DNA and translates the code to make the body’s tens of thousands of different proteins, thus building and controlling life at the chemical level.
Prisoners of ropes
Sun September 13, 2009 - 4:18am BdST
Big sacks containing coils of rope pile up on the floors of four rope factories under the Buriganga Bridge in Aganagar in Keraniganj as 40 children toil away all day long every day. Since daybreak the children aged between five and twelve work hard for at least 12 hours, featuring one of the worst forms of child labour with exposure to various health hazards.
Special bus service for schools
Tue September 8, 2009 - 2:34am BdST
The government is going to introduce exclusive bus services for school children by late October as part of its efforts to ease traffic jams in the capital. The Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB) has already reached an agreement with Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation and private bus operators to run 100 buses on major city streets of the capital for school children from 7am to 10am.
3,300 landless families await settlement
Wed August 26, 2009 - 3:52am BdST
At least 3,300 landless indigenous families have not yet got permanent settlement of the government land where they have been living for 30 years.
Female Labors in Abroad
Mon August 17, 2009 - 12:48pm BdST
The story goes back almost two years ago to be exact one year and nine months. The location was Zia International Airport and the time was 11 am.
Even After Knowing Innocent, ACC Accused a BSTI Official: Kamruzzaman’s tough fifteen months.
Sun August 16, 2009 - 3:19pm BdST
Mr Kamruzzaman, an Inspection Officer of Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institution (BSTI), was collecting money according to his office’s order. At that time, he was accused of taking bribe by the officers of Anti Corruption Bangladesh (ACC) and was arrested.