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Wednesday, 30 November 2011

'No suspicion, no presumption'

Dhaka, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com) ? Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee Defender Abdur Razzaq, says that his questioning the impartiality of the judiciary Nizamul Huq was based on hard facts.

"It was not suspected, it was not conjecture."

Talking to the press after a meeting with Stephen J Rapp, the U.S. Ambassador at large war crimes issues, on Monday, claimed he, that the community Executive Council member of the petition by priority from the domestic and abroad was accompanied.

Responding to an order earlier in the day of the international war crimes Tribunal where has Sayedee to 20 points for crimes against humanity, he allegedly 1971 committed accused that during the Bangladesh liberation war in the year Razzaq said the Defense only wanted one thing.

"We want justice, justice, justice." "We want justice."

Justice Nizamul Huq said no question of "suspicion, perception or conjecture was" in his order on Monday, questioning the impartiality of the judges of the High Court.

You judge according to which the petition, was bias, "unprecedented" in the legal history of Bangladesh for his statement as President of the Court for the international crimes despite claims, called Huq "outrageous, contemptuous and outrageous".

Rapp with the defenders of individuals met alleged war criminals currently held behind bars is.

Razzaq said that she discussed a number of issues including the possibility of hiring foreign lawyers for the case.

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Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Panel reports to HC on student 'torture'

Dhaka, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com) ? The judicial committee to investigate the alleged police torture on Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar has found that he had been tortured in detention on false charges.

Deputy attorney general A B M Altaf Hossain presented the report to the bench of justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Jahangir Hossain on Monday.


Law ministry joint secretary Ashish Ranjan Das, the lone member of the panel, said in the report that police had detained Kadar on suspicion, shown him arrested over false charges and tortured in custody.


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Majid Ul Haque cleared of graft charges

  Dhaka, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com) -- Former BNP minister Mohammad Majid Ul Haque has been acquitted in a corruption case, filed over 15 years ago.

Dhaka Divisional Special Judge Mohammad Abdul Majid gave the verdict on Monday after a hearing on the acquittal petition.


Majid Ul Haque told bdnews24.com after the ruling that most of the corruption cases against him were false and politically motivated. This case had also been filed to harass him, he said.


A retired major general from the Pakistan days, Majid Ul Haque served in the 1991-96 cabinet of prime minister Khaleda Zia in charge of water resources and then agriculture.


He was also minister for industries, railway and communication, and establishment in the cabinet of the late Lt. Gen Ziaur Rahman.


The Magura leader was also a member of the BNP's highest policymaking standing committee until he defiantly resigned in 1998.


The case alleged that the former minister had used two cars purchased for official purposes for personal business violating rules and regulations.


The case further alleged that he also had illegally spent the government funds allotted for fuel, salaries of the drivers, repairs of the cars and other heads, wasting a little over Tk 2 million from the government exchequer.


The now-defunct Bureau of Anti Corruption filed the case on Oct 20, 1996 with the Motijheel Police Station when Awami League had just returned to power.


Charges were pressed in the court against Majid on Dec 6, 1998.The judgment came after the court took statement of eight of the 11 prosecution witnesses.


"The real corrupt people get away from the genuine corruption cases because of such false cases," Mohammad Aktaruzzaman, the lawyer for Majid Ul Haque, told bdnews24.com on Monday in his reaction to the ruling.


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  Dhaka, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com) ?The cabinet has cleared proposals to tax salaries of the speaker and members of parliament, who will have to pay income tax once they are passed in parliament.

The approval came from a cabinet meeting on Monday chaired by prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters.


On Nov 17, the cabinet approved proposals to tax salaries of ministers, state and deputy ministers.


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Monday, 28 November 2011

German president in town

  Dhaka, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com) ?German president Christian Wulff has arrived in Dhaka on a three-day visit.

His Bangladeshi counterpart Zillur Rahman welcomed him at the Shahjalal International Airport around 1pm on Monday.


Both the presidents will have a meeting on Tuesday. Wulff will have meetings with representatives of civil society and different faiths at the Goethe-Insititut, Germany's cultural institution, the same day.


He will also meet prime minister Sheikh Hasina and foreign minister Dipu Moni and deliver a lecture at the Dhaka University.


Germany is one of the biggest trading partners of Bangladesh and destination of over $1 billion of exports.


This is the second time a German president is visiting Bangladesh after his predecessor Von Weizsucker came here in 1986.


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Now it is train investors: Azizul

Dhaka, Nov 28 (bdnews24.com) ?Former Adviser to the Transitional Government A B Mirza Azizul Islam has advised investors, the stock market patiently to be and responsible behavior, to arrest the market slide.

"Now the investors to take the responsibility for the stabilisation of the market", Azizul said anyone who thinks that the Government has done everything what they had to do that.

The former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressed his hope on Monday that the market will recover after December.

After the Government took a series of decisions to lift the declining stock market, trading the week began with steep drop of in stock prices on Sunday. The Dhaka stock exchange (DSE) General index lost more than 100 points in the first five minutes of trade on Monday.

In his immediate response to the case, Azizul bdnews24.com said that he could not understand why stock prices fell back after so many measures. "I don't have any explanation."

"If investors believe that they can realise their losses within one day, they are mistaken." You need to (investors) patience, "he said."

He suggested that investments in basic stocks with low prices only to sound understanding, rumors not respect.

"Investors need to keep in mind that the stock market is a place to invest, no place to make a quick buck." You have to make some gains if you after watching the market investing, "added to Azizul."

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Friday, 11 November 2011

Redknapp could miss five weeks

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp could face a four- or five-week layoff after undergoing minor heart surgery, he said on Sunday.

The Premier League club had initially said the 64-year-old, favourite to take over as England manager from Fabio Capello next July, would be set to return to work in two weeks following Wednesday's operation.


"(The doctor's) telling me I shouldn't even think about (returning) for at least four to five weeks. I hope to be back before then," Redknapp told Britain's Sky Sports News.


Redknapp said he would try to stay calm in front of the television while watching Spurs visit Fulham in the Premier League later on Sunday.


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Federer wins title again in Basel

Roger Federer won the Swiss Indoors title for the fifth time in six years when he demolished unseeded Kei Nishikori in the final on his home town tournament on Sunday.

Federer, playing in his 98th ATP final of which he has won 68, triumphed 6-1, 6-3 against the 21-year-old Japanese wild card, who was playing in his third.


"He didn't give me a chance, he was too good for me today," said Nishikori, who beat world number one Novak Djokovic in the Basel semi-final.


Federer, who completed his third match without dropping a set following his wins against Andy Roddick and Stanislas Wawrinka, won his second title of the year and his first since Doha in January.


Nishikori, meeting his idol Federer for the first time, held his serve in the opening game but the dominant Swiss rattled off the next seven as he totally dominated proceedings against the world number 32.


The Swiss, playing in his first tournament since the US Open in September, hit five aces and no double faults while Nishikori took only six points off Federer's serve.


Nishikori put up more resistance in the second set, saving two break points in the second game to at least end Federer's run.


However, it was only a matter of time and Federer broke in the sixth game. Nishikori defiantly saved four break points but could do nothing about a perfect Federer lob which left him stranded on the fifth.


The Japanese had his only break point in the ninth game but Federer saved it and went on to finish off the match with a forehand smash.


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Thursday, 10 November 2011

'Guest' butchers in town

Two cobblers from Keraniganj will turn into butchers for the next two days.


Search for eking out a living has brought 'Cheena' from Madaripur, Keraniganj to Dhaka's Shahidnagar where he works in a shoe store, and taken his brother 'Bhutta' to Moulavibazar.


But on Sunday, the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, they are both in Dhaka with teams of men. For the next two days, they are both professional butchers.


The sacrificial rite of Eid-ul-Azha, commemorating Prophet Ibrahim's sacrifice of his son, brings thousands of cattle to the capital every year. Along with them come hordes of butchers from across the country.


"Each team slaughters and dresses at least 15 cows on the first two days of Eid. The money is good. It's better than my job," Bhutta told bdnews24.com.


"I've worked on Eid-ul-Azha for 10 years," he said.


Jahangir Matbar, a businessman from Kamrangirchar, told bdnews24.com that butcher Farid would be coming in from Faridpur on Eid day to slaughter his cow.


"He comes to this area every Eid and dresses at least 20 animals."


These 'guest butchers' are a welcome sight to those making sacrifices on Eid, as the professionals who work the year round in Dhaka's butcher shops are in high demand.


"Babul', Nur Islam and Misir Ali are three such men. Their shop is in the Madbarbazar of Kamrangirchar.


"With a five-man team, we can chop up a large cow into pieces in two hours," Nur Islam confidently said.


He said he hoped to pocket at least Tk 50,000 in the next two days.


Over the years, Nur Islam's service has got costlier.


"I have sacrificed cows for the last 40 years, but never had to take so much pain over finding a butcher," said Azad Ali, a resident of Keraniganj.


Many old residents of the city avoid this problem by making a regular arrangement. "Each year, butcher Kalam and his four-man team dresses my cow," said Anisur Rahman, who has lived in Mirpur for 20 years.


Usually there is a verbal agreement on how much a butcher charges on the Eid day. Last year the rate was 10 percent of the cattle's price.


"But they've become more expensive. That rate won't work anymore," Anisur said.


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Spurs hold on for victory

Tottenham Hotspur required a slice of luck as they recorded a 3-1 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday.

Spurs ran up a two-goal lead as Gareth Bale's shot was diverted into his own net by Chris Baird on ten minutes before Aaron Lennon scored in first-half injury time, reports ESPNsoccernet.


Fulham fought back, though, and after a Younes Kaboul own goal in the 57th minute, the hosts went close on numerous occasions, including a string of golden opportunities at the death.


Spurs finally killed the game off in the 95th minute when Emmanuel Adebayor set up Jermain Defoe for 3-1.


The win over their London rivals helped Spurs move into fifth in Premier League.


Bolton picked up their first home Premier League win of the season at the sixth attempt by thrashing Stoke 5-0.


Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic made two early errors. The Bosnian picked up a backpass and then compounded the mistake by allowing Ivan Klasnic to quickly take the free-kick from which Kevin Davies opened the scoring after two minutes.


Begovic then slipped when attemping a clearance, sending the ball straight to Chris Eagles, who drilled in from a tight angle on 22 minutes.


Eagles played a pivotal role in the Trotters' third, which arrived on the hour mark, producing the pass from which Mark Davies fed scorer Klasnic. Eagles completed a brace ten minutes later, conjuring a dinked finish having collected Klasnic's through ball.


Stoke's misery heightened further when Klasnic added a fifth, stooping to nod in a close-range header after David Wheater's header was not cleared.


In the early kick-off, David Edwards struck the killer blow as Wolves beat relegation rivals Wigan 3-1 at Molineux.


With both sides languishing at the wrong end of the table, Wolves claimed their first win in nine league matches to hand a welcome boost to manager Mick McCarthy, while Wigan have now lost their last eight Premier League encounters.


Jamie O'Hara's first-half strike was cancelled out by Ben Watson as the two sides went into the break level-pegging. But on only his third start of the season, Edwards found a way past dogged Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi before Stephen Ward sealed all three points.


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Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Udinese, Lazio go joint top

Udinese and Lazio leapfrogged Juventus at the summit of Serie A on Sunday with home victories over Siena and Parma after the Turin side's match with Napoli was postponed due to flooding.

Goals in each half from Dusan Basta and Antonio Di Natale kept up Udinese's 100 percent record at home this season with a 2-1 win over Siena, while a late strike from substitute Giuseppe Sculli gave Lazio a 1-0 victory at home to Parma as the two sides reached 21 points from 10 games, a point clear of Milan and two above Juventus.


With forward Antonio Cassano released from hospital earlier in the day after his minor heart operation, Milan won their fifth straight match, crushing Catania 4-0 thanks to goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robinho and Gianluca Zambrotta and an own goal from Francesco Lodi.


There were wins for Atalanta, Lecce and Chievo Verona but Inter Milan's game at Genoa was also postponed because of floods.


AC Milan went a goal up within seven minutes after Robinho was floored in the box by Davide Lanzafame. Ibrahimovic, whose pass had initially played in the Brazilian, drove home the resulting penalty for his fifth strike of the season.


The two forwards combined again on 24 minutes as the hosts went two up with Robinho collecting a hooked pass from the Swede before skipping inside Giuseppe Bellusci and curling a precise finish into the far corner for his second goal of the season.


Clarence Seedorf, Robinho, Alberto Aquilani and Massimo Ambrosini all had good chances to make the game safe before halftime.


Catania came close to reducing the deficit 10 minutes into the second half when Alejandro Gomez hit the top of the bar but Milan settled the match on 69 minutes when Ibrahimovic again played in Robinho whose shot was deflected in off Lodi.


Three minutes later Zambrotta made it four, slotting home from six metres after Aquilani's free kick had been parried.


In Udine, the home side took 48 seconds to take the lead when Serbian midfielder Basta took advantage of a ricochet to poke home from close range.


They doubled their lead in the 64th minute when Di Natale struck his eighth goal of the season with a low finish, before a 77th-minute strike from Francesco Bolzoni had the home side sweating to make sure of the three points.


Luca Rigoni's second-half winner gave Chievo Verona the points at home to Fiorentina as they climbed to 14th, and added more pressure on under-fire Viola coach Sinisa Mihajlovic.


A deflected shot from Juan Cuadrado gave 10-man Lecce the points in the basement battle with Cesena who, despite replacing Marco Giampaolo with Daniele Arrigoni as coach this week, are now four points adrift at the bottom.


An 80th-minute winner from German Denis, the Argentine striker's seventh goal this season, gave Atalanta victory over Cagliari.


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Lokman's Narsinghdi home attacked

 Unknown assailants have attacked the home of slain Narsinghdi mayor Lokman Hossain.

Family members told bdnews24.com the men had swooped on the home around 11pm Sunday with local weapons, injuring two family members and a guard before fleeing.


Those injured are 'Bablu', 'Sohel' and 'Saimum', all relatives of Lokman.


Police have taken position in front of the house after the incident.


Earlier in the day, police found four bombs from a field near the house.


Lokman's brothers district general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League Shamim Newaz and Kamruzzaman are in that house.


Kamruzzaman on Thursday filed a murder case against telecommunication minister Rajuddin Ahmed Raju's brother Salahuddin Ahmed Bachchu and 13 others, mostly ruling Awami League members, over his brother's death.


But Bachhu has claimed to the media that he was in no way involved with the murder.


Lokman, a popular mayor, was shot dead by unknown men on Nov 1 in front of the district Awami League office.


In the wake of the murder, the Narsingdi superintendent of police (SP) Akkas Uddin Bhuiyan, additional SP (Special Branch) Enamul Kabir and Additional SP Bijay Basak were "withdrawn" on Friday.


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Tuesday, 8 November 2011

President, PM, opposition chief sacrificing cows

 Top politicians including the prime minister have made their own plans to sacrifice Eid-ul-Azha cattle on Monday like millions of other Bangladeshis.

President Zillur Rahman will sacrifice a cow like earlier years in Bangabhaban while prime minister Sheikh Hasina will make the sacrifice in three places and opposition leader Khaleda Zia in her Gulshan residence.


A senior leader of the ruling coalition's Jatiya Party told bdnews24.com seven cows would be sacrificed in party chief H M Ershad's Rangpur residence. The former president is in Saudi Arabia now performing hajj.


President Zillur Rahman's press secretary AKM Nesar Uddin Bhuiyan told bdnews24.com that the president will sacrifice a cow.


"Like previous years he will distribute the meat among the Bangabhaban staff."


Hasina will sacrifice cattle on behalf of her family in three places, a highly placed source at Ganabhaban confirmed bdnews24.com . The sites, according to the source, are Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at capital's Dhanmondhi 32, her Tungipara paternal house and her official residence Ganabhaban.


Khaleda's press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan told bdnews24.com the opposition leader would sacrifice a cow in the name of her family members.


"She will make the sacrifice at her Gulshan residence."


During the Eid, animals are slaughtered as a reminder of the Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael to God as an act of obedience and submission.


A portion of the meat is then distributed to the poor along with other charitable donations, as per Islamic tradition.


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Cattle sale booming at midnight

 

Dhaka, Nov 6 (bdnews24, com) ? Business was booming in the capital's Gabtoli and temporary cattle markets well into the night after a fresh influx of cattle late in the evening of Eid-ul-Azha's eve, but prices were hefty.


The buyers of sacrificial animals were perplexed on Sunday to find most of the cattle heads had already sold out in most of the 19 markets of the capital after heavy trading on Saturday. It lead to panic-buying amid fears that cattle are running out and buyers were found waiting in the evening.


But bdnews24.com correspondents reported trucks carrying cattle coming into the city in the evening.


Cattle dealers and 'Haat' people said that 75 percent of the cattle heads were sold out in between Saturday afternoon and night.


A businessman in the Gabtoli haat told bdnews24.com more cattle would come in at night. Around 9pm, Haat owners said at least 2,000 trucks had entered the capital.


Despite the fresh inflow, however, prices remained high in most places.


Akhter-uz-Zaman, owner of the Haat at Banani-Kakali Rail Crossing, told bdnews24.com their Haat was packed up in the afternoon since most of the cattle were sold out. But it opened again in the evening as a fresh haul started coming in.


At midnight there were some hundred cattle heads in that Haat.


Asked why the sudden crisis of cattle happened earlier in the day, several businessmen said sellers were discouraged from coming to Dhaka because of the low prices prevailing up to Saturday. Many were locked up in traffic, they added.


Earlier in the day, Nuru Sarder of Sirajganj told bdnews24.com he had brought 49 cattle heads for sale to the Poly-Technique Maidan market. Out of those, 35 were sold out during afternoon and night of Saturday.


Nuru told bdnews24.com that prices rose sharply after Ashr prayer on Saturday, in keeping with the sudden spike in demand.


Hafiz, a Haat Management Committee member said on Sunday, "There are more buyers than cattle heads for sale in the Haat now. So, the dealers are taking advantage price of the few cattle heads not disposed of yet by jacking their prices.


"A cow that fetched Tk 30,000 on Saturday is selling now for Tk 45,000."


A buyer, engineer Hafiz Sikder, who came to make a buy in the haat, said, "The cow which I had bought for only Tk 35,000 last time is not available for even Tk 60,000 this time."


Similar was the situation at Kakali Haat, leading to apprehension that thousands of people might have to go without sacrifices this time.


Asked for the reason, one cattle seller Mobarak said, "The cost of cattle-raising is the prime cause. About 35 truck-loads of cattle heads used to arrive from Rajapur of Natore every year. But this year only 15 trucks have come so far."


Sohel Ahmed, cattle head dealer of Gabtali Haat told bdnews24.com, "There are too many buyers with too less number of cattle heads in the haat so the price has doubled."


The situation was no different in Banani, Badda, Banrupa and other cattle markets.


However, finding the prices too high, quite a few people had to be content with goat buys to meet religious obligations.


According to a Banani Haat dealer, the prices of castrated goats also went up by about 200 percent.


The capital has 19 cattle haats including 13 approved by DCC.


The only permanent, recognised cattle market in the capital is Gabtali Haat and other temporary hats approved by DCC are: Jhigatola, Hazaribag,Taltala, Azampur Uttara, Balurmath, Gopibag, Meradia Bazar Khilgaon, Dhupkhola East End Club Maidan and Adarsha School Maidan adjacent to Golapbag Maidan, among others.


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150 houses, shops burnt in Dighinala

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Khagrachharhi, Nov 6 (bdnews24.com) ? A fire has burnt over 150 houses and shops at Dighinala upazila in Khagrachharhi hills district .

The flames are believed to have originated from an electrical short-circuit at a tea-stall in Babucharha market around 2pm on Sunday, police said.

Mohammad Shahadat Hossain Titu, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dighinala Police Station, said the Fire Brigade personnel were a bit late to arrive at the scene even though they were informed immediate after the accident.

"They came only after the houses and shops were completely burned down," he alleged.

Referring to the victims, the OC said the fire caused a loss of about Tk 20 million as it annihilated a total of 110 shops and 47 houses.

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Monday, 7 November 2011

Sri Lanka extend lead as draw looms

 Tharanga Paranavitana and Kumar Sangakkara both hit half-centuries on Sunday as Sri Lanka extended their lead over Pakistan to 237 runs at the close of the fourth day and set up an intriguing finale in the third and final Test in Sharjah.

Earlier Sri Lanka paceman Chanaka Welegedara picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests to help dismiss Pakistan for 340 in their first innings.


Pakistan's bowlers fought back but Sri Lanka opener Paranavitana was still at the crease on 66 when bad light brought a premature end to the day's play with the hosts on 164 for five.


Resuming on their overnight score of 282 for six, Pakistan, who lead the three-match series 1-0, were bundled out for 340 on the stroke of lunch.


Trailing Sri Lanka by 131 runs after the third day, captain Misbah-ul-Haq (89) added 47 for the ninth wicket with Saeed Ajmal (12 not out) to significantly cut into the lead after Pakistan lost Abdur Rehman and Umar Gul early.


Welegedara dismissed Rehman (3) in the first over of the morning and clean bowled number 11 Junaid Khan for a duck to add to his tally of three wickets from Saturday.


Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath chipped in with three wickets while off-spinner Suraj Randiv took the scalp of Misbah, who skied a sweep that allowed Tillakaratne Dilshan to take a running catch.


Misbah, who was dropped three times in the first hour of play, effectively shielded Ajmal from the Sri Lankan attack during their ninth-wicket stand and hit seven boundaries and a six to frustrate the visitors.


Sri Lanka's hopes of garnering quick runs were dampened when the hosts claimed an early wicket as paceman Umar Gul found Dilshan's edge with the new ball.


First-innings centurion Sangakkara and opener Paranavitana added 75 runs for second wicket before Sangakkara was caught by Asad Shafiq at point off the bowling of Mohammad Hafeez for 51.


Mahela Jayawardene was trapped lbw by Umar Gul for 20, before Saeed Ajmal gave Pakistan hope of snatching a very unlikely victory with the wickets of Angelo Matthews (13) and Kaushal Silva (0) in the space of five balls.


The Pakistan fightback was halted when the umpires took the players off for bad light, effectively ending the prospect of an overnight declaration and leaving a draw as the most likely outcome.


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Last hour rush at Sadarghat

It was a hectic day on Sunday at the Sadarghat Launch Terminal on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha.


The rooftops of the around 25 launches were crammed with holidaymakers on Sunday noon.


Schoolboy Robiul Hawlader Mridul and his grandmother Rawshan Ara, who were heading to Barisal, came to the pier at 10am to take a launch to Bakerganj.


"Red Sun took extra passengers. So, we had looked for Saikat but could not find it. Time is passing away. We'll have to take any launch that we get now," Rawshan Ara told bdnews24.com at 2:30pm.


Marine safety and traffic management department senior director Muhammad Rafikul Islam said 54 launches had left the terminal for Barisal, Barguna and Bhola from the morning until 2pm.


"Nearly 30 others will leave for Chandpur, Barguna, Bhola, Patuakhali, Barisal, Madaripur and several other districts until midnight," he added.


According to him, 120 launches left the terminal on Saturday, 97 on Friday and 85 on Thursday.


"We can't manage the excessive number of passengers even after introducing special services. Usually, the number of passengers is 20,000-25,000 daily. But on Saturday, around 1.5 million passengers left the terminal," Rafikul said.


When asked about overloaded launches, he said, "We were able to prevent launches from carrying passengers on roofs until Friday. But on Saturday there were just too many people. Now we are watching whether any launch gets seriously overloaded."


He also claimed that the launches were charging fares fixed by authorities.


Traffic inspector Mohammad Moinuddin said, "The pressure of passengers was high in the morning. It has decreased now (afternoon) and will ease further in the night."


He said launches will leave on Eid morning.


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Sunday, 6 November 2011

Czech Republic clinch first Fed Cup title

Kveta Peschke and Lucie Hradecka beat Maria Kirilenko and Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-2 in the decisive doubles to give the Czech Republic a 3-2 win over Russia in the Fed Cup final on Sunday, clinching the country's first title as an independent nation.

Earlier, Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova prevailed over Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the first match of the day to put the Czechs within a point of claiming their first Fed Cup crown after they split from Slovakia in 1993.


Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who replaced Kirilenko after the latter's straight-set loss to Kvitova on Saturday, overpowered Czech number two Lucie Safarova 6-2, 6-4 in the second reverse singles to pull the hosts level at 2-2.


The Czechs' last triumph came when, playing as Czechoslovakia, they beat the former Soviet Union 2-1 in the 1988 final.


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Bolt and Blake on Athlete of the Year shortlist

Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake and Kenyan David Rudisha have been shortlisted for the men's World Athlete of the Year award, while Valerie Adams of New Zealand, Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot and Australia's Sally Pearson are up for the women's prize.

The IAAF announced their nominations on Friday, a week before the winners are revealed at the World Athletics Gala in Monaco.


Bolt is on the list following his two golds in the world championships at Daegu in the 200 metres and 4?100 relay and despite his disqualification at the start of the 100 final, which Blake won.


Rudisha, who became the youngest World Athlete of the Year award winner when he was 21 last year, is back in contention after winning the 800 metres title in Daegu.


Adams won her third successive world shot put title in Daegu, Cheruyiot won both the 5,000 and 10,000 titles and Pearson won the 100 metres hurdles title where she ran the fourth fastest time in history.


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Saturday, 5 November 2011

Heart procedures relating to cognitive dismantling

NEW YORK, Nov 4 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - in a new study of German heart patients, people deal, the invasive surgery and those who less showed invasive placement stent declines in thinking and memory subject to a few months after the procedure.

Doctors have been concerned about cognitive decline in patients with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) as a result of blocked arteries undergo a long time, and in fact, memory were deficits more significant after these procedures than after stenting.

Nevertheless not the results prove it is the procedure itself, that cause memory decline that-it might just be that plaque build up in blood vessels in the heart and the brain in the same patient caused a lot of problems.

"These patients have obviously all atherosclerosis," said Dr. Mark Newman of cognitive studies after cardiac surgery at Duke University to decline medical center in Durham, North Carolina.

"You have atherosclerosis of the coronary vessels, you have it probably in other ships in your body also."

Patients treated with CABG are often in poor condition, with the further development, as those who undergo stenting. It that "cognitive degradation" might be after this procedure applies to more on the severity of atherosclerosis as the procedure itself, said Newman, who was involved in the new studies, Reuters Health. "I think this is still a debate."

Nevertheless said it makes sense that if cholesterol built-up in the heart ships came loose during operation is, could it cause travel and problems to the brain, researchers.

The current study included 37 patients receive a stent placed and a further 47 in CABG, above all in their 60s and early 70s. Ago and three months after the operations the participants completed a series of were thinking and memory tests to measure, recall how well they come with or certain keywords, symbols and images.

The changes in their test results were compared to those of an other 33 healthy volunteers.

Patients in the stent Group had a major drop in score on two of the 10 tests compared to controls, a few months after their procedure. Bypass patients results on seven tests has slowed down.

Dr. Tibo Gerriets of Justus Liebig-Universität Gießen and colleagues write in the American Journal of heart, that it was clear how much the cognitive changes, which really bothers people in their daily lives after heart procedure occur.

But Newman said that this type is different from changes in thinking and memory abilities in some patients may require independent living and additional help.

Dr. Todd Rosengart, head of heart-chest surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York, said that the risk of cognitive decline after bypass surgery of which depend on how the procedure has done popular - and doctors, the German operations executed, not the best techniques may be used to protect patients against these risks.

"Today (a procedure to do) very well it means not only the patients through the process with no mortality this get through the procedure well in form," he told Reuters Health.

Heart patients, he said, should not their surgeons about the steps that they are doing to protect their brains by the intervention of shy away from issues.

With good surgeon in a good hospital should not likely, that think and memory problems on the bypass operation greater than a 20, his Rosengart added.

Heart procedure "safer and more secure receive" agreed Newman. "I don't think that people overly concerned (cognitive decline) should." "I think they should have the right treatment to help them as a whole, and see options, how they can improve their quality of life."

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Thorpe Ruft Reality-check

five time Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe disappointing seventh in the final of the 100 metres individual medley in a World Cup event on a hard first day in the competition after five years away.

The 29-year-old Australian, who hopes to qualify for next year the Olympic Games began to lose on the back with the butterfly leg and then he fight penultimate in an event with the chest, as he rarely before retirement sponge completed.


"I'm really happy with the first 50, the fly leg was great, the back was great and I'm really happy with the underwater work tonight," Thorpe told reporters.


"I was really good and then the chest happened." It was not so bad this morning. "It is something that I can work."


South African Chad of Le Clos, 19, won the race with a time of 53.06 seconds with Thorpe three and a half seconds back in one of the worst results of his illustrious career.


"I saw his career talks for himself, he grew up," Le Clos, said of Thorpe.


"I don't know, whether it a victory, exactly, call you can, because it is obviously not in close to his best always, but to beat him, I'll take it."


Before Thorpe had more nervous than usual, despite claims of suffering he said with his sixth place in heats in his first race back was happy.


Before the final, Thorpe saw a much more relaxed as he smiled his way through conversation seemed careless with Austrian Markus Rogan before his blue T-shirt, to discover his impressive physique.


"A lot today evening centredness,", said Thorpe.


"But what much fine is A little more nervous than what I would consider normal."


Lanky Thorpe, with the feet huge, flipper-like part take on Saturday as his preparations to try to qualify the Games 100 m butterfly still in March 2012 in London with the Australian Olympic.


Australia's most successful Olympian is expected to again in the Saturday event to fight, but the individual layers and Butterfly disciplines are very likely that for the Freestyle are dropped, on which he built in his name.


His fights in the glamour-free environment of Singapore Sports School of a few hundred spectators cheering highlighted the difficult task which he arises in achieving an other Olympics with little preparation time and competitors ten years younger than he.


"People want me do well and to see, do me quickly." I prefer to do, that I prefer not to wait, ", said Thorpe.


"I've swum not for a long time." I have where I was, where I am now 12 months ago to take stock. I am pretty good in the final of the competition. I am happy.


"I hope a little longer we some good performance can."


To fight an other recurring Australian Libby Trickett was. The Olympic gold finished last in the final of the 100 m butterfly and the sixth in their first international gathering since the 2009 World Championships 50 m freestyle.


Despite the results, 26-year-old was confident perform also in the Olympic trials.


"I think I'll be in time for the March." "I know that I think is moving forward, and this is only a step on the way."


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No new euro-zone money for debt crisis at the G20

 but no new money at a G20 Summit tortured to overcome using a sovereign debt crisis effectively supervision was placed during Italy under IMF.

Leaders of major economies in the world, meeting on the French Riviera on Friday, said Europe to sort their own problems and deferred to the next year every step of the International Monetary Fund to offer more cope with the crisis of resources.


"There is hardly any countries here that said you were willing to go along with the EFSF (euro zone Rescue Fund)," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a press conference.


Sovereigns investors such as China and Brazil wanted to see, before making a firm commitment, money in the bailout funds provided.


Global stocks and the euro fell again surfaced as doubts about financial bailout of Europe.


He joked President Barack Obama had learned a lot in two days on the complexity of the "tedious" decision-making process of the EU but said he was convinced that Europe had the capacity and the right plan, the challenge. The key was now rapid implementation.


"they have a strong partner in the United States go, but the European Heads of State and Government understand that ultimately a strong signal from Europe is important, that they stand behind the euro," he said in a press conference.


But Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard of many Summit participants summarized the mood when she said: "Europe needs to get an own house in order."


The two-day summit began under the shock have Greece since withdrawn plan to hold a referendum, which propelled it from the zone of 17-currency, and ended with Italy is pressed to restore its credibility on financial markets.


Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, his Government is hanging by a thread, said that Italy would welcome quarterly IMF monitoring of the long delayed pensions and labour market reforms and privatisation, he, now has promised to implement.


French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a Summit, kidnapped by the euro crisis Chair, said that Berlusconi had declared themselves ready to accept the additional control because he "of market doubts about the implementation of the plan" was


Given the size of its economy, Italy provides a far more serious threat to the 17-currency zone as in Greece, which almost the euro down brought, of mismanaging their finances.


With rising borrowing costs and debt, which firmly to 120 percent of GDP Rome has the third largest economy in the euro area with the largest government-bond market and is too big to fail. Paralysis in the faction-ridden Berlusconi Government has still undermine the confidence of investors.


ULTIMATUM


The Italian leader said the IMF had offered, borrow money Italy, but he refused. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said that Italy for all IMF line of credit could not qualify.


Berlusconi for monitoring licence step came back after a European ultimatum Greece of his referendum and instead forced to take a national consensus search through austerity measures.


"I this is Italy's reform process for the country and for the euro area as a whole as evidence of how important," said European Commission President José Manuel Barroso.


The Commission shall also Italy, carry out a first assessment next week. But the IMF new role the euro-zone crisis to a new level and suggests that to control the markets no longer trust the EU, their own economies.


To varying degrees, bailout recipients Greece, Portugal, Ireland and now Italy are giving sole control of its economic policies.


The leaders of the France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the European Central Bank, the IMF and the European Union institutions discussed with Obama ways promote the IMF warchest to prevent to overthrow fallout from Europe, the world economy into a recession.


The British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose Eurosceptical decided by the single currency, country argued vigorously against any use of IMF funds for the euro area.


He was supported by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the reporter said: "We see no reason why Canada, or open how would each area of other countries contribute such bailout."


Euro zone countries were wealthy and had the means to deal with their own problems, said Harper.


No figures have been agreed the IMF but the increase in resources, especially from major emerging economies such as China, could be in the range of 300-350 billion dollars, G20 officials said.


Sarkozy said that the G20 Finance Ministers were tasked to meet several options for the increase in the budget of the Fund at their next February.


"We will ensure that the IMF still means its systemic role for the benefit of all members", the final G20 Communique said.


Would an idea discussed in Cannes entail pooling euro countries rights to the IMF builds a martial art to borrow funds to support the vulnerable rulers, such as Italy and Spain. This could make available another $280-300 billion, a G20 source said. But no decision has been taken.


ABOUT GREEK DRAMA


Delegates gathered in the building that hosts of the annual Cannes Film Festival even watch the euro-zone battle for its largest fire still snuff found.


Greece, future in the euro area can hinges on a vote of confidence in the Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou late Friday.


If he wins, say Government sources he has promised a step aside, and making the way for an interim national unity Government, to adopt the EU/IMF bailout plan, get an important help rate and pave the way for early elections next year.


However, if he loses, Greece will be plunged into deeper political turmoil and can be a difficult standard and possible withdrawal from the 17-nation single currency.


The Greek drama wiped out to rethink Sarkozy's hopes for a breakthrough on large early objectives such as the global monetary system. But the Summit a quick change to market determined exchange rates for the first time in this connection expressly to mention China.


"The crisis in Europe caused a systemic crisis, including Asia." Rather than create a new global framework that everyone expects the IMF-more actively, "Finance Minister Japanese Jun Azumi"said.


"The focus of the debate is, as you a firewall but you consider that the IMF should be a big wall set up,."


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Thursday, 3 November 2011

NARSINGHDI MAYOR MURDERTrain set on fire

   The supporters of slain Narsinghdi mayor Lokman Hossain have set fire to a Dhaka-Kishoreganj passenger train, as a general strike is in force to protest against the murder.

Narsigndi railway station master Maron Chandra Das told bdnews24.com that the angry protesters set six coaches of the Egaroshindur Express on fire on Wednesday.


He said the incident occurred at around 10.15am on Wednesday when the train reached Narsinghdi.


"Many passengers jumped off the train at that time and were injured. We are working to douse the flames," the master added.


"A patrol team of the Rapid Action Battalion-11 went to the spot after learning about the torching and was pelted with brickbats by angry protesters.


Meanwhile, Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of ruling Awami League, has enforced a 72-hour general strike in Narsinghdi to protest against the murder.


Shops and business organisations were seen shut on Wednesday morning. Activists of ruling Awami League and associate organisation have taken out processions demanding arrest and punishment of the assailants.


The organisers, however, said the first day's protest would not be that tight as family and party colleagues were waiting for the Hossain's body to arrive for burial.


"It will be an eased protest until 6pm Wednesday to facilitate the burial," said S M Qayum, a former central committee member of the student wing.


Qayum added that the Namaaj-e-Janaza would be held after Asr prayers when his body is brought back from Dhaka, where it underwent an autopsy.


Additional police forces have been deployed in the area to control the situation. Deputy inspector general (DIG) of Dhaka range police M H Nuruzzaman, Rapid Action Battalion-11 additional DIG Mostofa Kamal have reached Narsinghdi overnight to keep close watch on the situation.


Superintendent of Narsinghdi police Akkas Uddin Bhuiyan said, "A large number of law enforcers from Narsinghdi and surrounding districts has been deployed to handle the situation."


Doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) declared the 43-year old Hossain dead nearly three hours after he was shot by a masked gunman in front of the Awami League office at the district headquarters' Sadar road at around 8pm on Tuesday.


Lokman, also the ruling party's town unit general secretary, was a two time Gold Medal winner as Best Mayor.


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Wednesday, 2 November 2011

WI close to win series

  West Indies took three vital wickets before lunch as Bangladesh reached 263-6 on day five of the second test on Wednesday.

Bangladesh, still trailing by 245 runs, must depend on its middle and lower order batting through two sessions to avoid defeat, which looks unavoidable, at least for now.


Bangladesh was struggling from the beginning of the second innings after being set a towering 508 to beat the West Indies in the second test or more than four sessions to hold out for a draw.


Resuming at 164-3, Bangladesh lost Tamim Iqbal (83), Shakib Al Hasan (55) and Mushfiqur Rahim (69), with Darren Sammy leading the bowling attack for 2-16. Devendra Bishoo has figures of 2-82 for the innings.


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BREAKING NEWSDeal signed with Russia to build N-power plant

 Bangladesh has signed a cooperation deal with Russia for the country's first nuclear power plant to be set up at Pabna's Rooppur.

State minister for science, information and communication technology Yeafesh Osman said Wednesday that the agreement envisaged building a 2000 MW nuclear plant with two reactors.


He announced the decision at a press briefing at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre in Dhaka.


The state minister said in March that the plant shall be built to withstand 10-magnitude earthquakes.


On Feb 24, Bangladesh signed a framework agreement with Russia for setting up the power plant at Pabna's Rooppur, following parliament's approval on Dec 9 last year.


The state minister told bdnews24.com on Jan 8 that the work on the plant was expected to start by 2012.  


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DSE gains in first hour

  The country's premier bourse saw an 101.08 point rise in the general index on the first hour of trading, on the second last working day of the week.

The benchmark index at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) stood at 5306.25 points at 11.58am on Wednesday. Shares worth a total of Tk 823.44 million have change hands with gainers heavily outweighing losers 202 to eight.


On Tuesday, the DSE reclaimed some ground, 169 points in the general index, following the fall that persisted in the previous trading days.


The market shed 40.62 points or 0.8 percent on Monday, and the benchmark index closed at 5036.49 points, amid continued protests by retail investors following continuous drop in share prices.


A platform of small investors called for making bank investments compulsory to stabilise the stock market. They also called for steps from the government forcing the banks to invest up to their limits and for implementation of investment declaration by banks from Tuesday.


The investors also urged the government to force merchant banks, financial organisations and insurance companies to maximise their investments to the limit allowed and for making a compulsory investment of 80 percent of mutual funds in the market.


On Sunday, the benchmark index lost 231.65 points or 4.36 percent to close at 5077.12 points.


Last week, the index shed 237 points to stand at 5308.79 points at the close on Thursday.


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