Bangladesh

Shah Alam slugs minister

June 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Bashundhara Group boss Ahmed Akbar Sobhan on Sunday went as far as reprimanding the state minister for public works at a government meeting with realtors over housing development. The row broke out during a discussion on the Detailed Area Plan (DAP), the capital’s real estate blueprint of sorts, developed by the city development regulator Rajuk, at the Secretariat. Bangladesh Land Developers Association president Sobhan, also known as Shah Alam, burst out at one point and said to the housing and public works state minister, “You cannot do whatever you feel like just because... [Read the full story]

World

Obama will demand BP establish escrow account to handle oil spill claims

June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

President Obama will demand that BP establish an escrow account to compensate for Gulf Coast oil spill claims when he meets with company executives on Wednesday, White House officials said Sunday. Obama is expected to announce the details of the escrow account request during an address to the nation Tuesday night, which he will make upon returning to the White House after a two-day trip to the region, senior adviser David Axelrod said. “We want to make sure that money is escrowed for the legitimate claims,” Axelrod said on NBC’s Meet the Press. The president’s discussion... [Read the full story]

Technology

Costner’s Dream Machine Separates Oil from Water

June 14, 2010 · 1 Comment

In a packed hearing room on Capitol Hill, lawmakers heard about the challenges of capturing the oil which continues to spew into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deep Water Horizon oil rig on April 20. The panel included scientists, government officials and an Academy Award winning actor. Kevin Costner came before the House Committee on Science and Technology not as a movie star, but as a concerned citizen and entrepreneur with an idea that could help in the unfolding disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Haunted by images of the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill, Costner saw promise... [Read the full story]

Enterainment

Kurbaan is bloody smart!

November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment

To the new breed of slick, sharp Hindi-film directors, please welcome debutant Rensil D’Silva, who till the other day was best known as the guy who wrote Rang De Basanti. For once here’s a film that does not feel long despite the two hours and 40 minutes. And if that’s not enough to get you interested, here’s the clincher. Kurbaan is bloody smart. In its taut screenplay, stylish photography and good performances by the cast, it keeps you engaged, does not insult your intelligence and avoids getting preachy. And that’s saying a lot for a film by a debutant director. Ehsaan... [Read the full story]

Sports

Ghana, ‘the pride of Africa’

June 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

South Africa rejoiced on Sunday in Ghana’s win over USA, making them only the third African side to reach a FIFA World Cup™ quarter-final and the continent’s only team left in the tournament. “Black Stars flying high,” The Sunday Times proclaimed over a picture of defender John Pantsil racing with Ghana’s national flag after their 2-1 win. “Ghana shatter American dream,” said The Sunday Independent, hailing the team for bringing Africa into the last eight of the first tournament held on the continent’s soil. “Even with the burden of carrying... [Read the full story]

Politics

Tarique will return to politics: Khaleda

November 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Opposition BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has said elder son Tarique Rahman will return to politics once he fully recovers and gets back home from the UK. “You all please pray for him. He will come back among you after recovering from illness,” she said at a rally in Bogra on Friday marking the 45th birthday celebrations of Tarique. Tarique, the senior joint secretary, went abroad after securing bail in a raft of graft cases. The military-installed caretaker government framed Tarique and tortured him and sent him abroad to make her party lose in the general elections, the former prime... [Read the full story]

Featured

Goal to Eliminate Child Labor Running out of Steam

The International Labor Organization says progress toward eliminating the worst forms of child labor is slowing down. To mark the World Day Against Child Labor, the ILO is urging countries to do more to end this abhorrent practice. This year’s World Day Against Child Labor coincides with the World Cup in South Africa. But, for millions of... [Read more of this review]

Nimtali Tragedy- Death counts swell to 117

The death counts from Thusday night’s roaring blaze at Old Dhaka’s Nimtali has swelled to 117. Dhaka’s district commissioner Muhibul Haque said magistrates overseeing search operations gave the counts. Firefighters are still looking for bodies underneath the debris. He said 18 of them had yet to be identified. Most of the dead were... [Read more of this review]

Judgment hailed as ‘landmark’

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court verdict that handed down the death sentence to 12 former army officers in the Bangabandhu murder case, sealing the gruelling and long-disrupted proceedings of 21 years. People of all walks hailed it as a landmark verdict, delivering justice more than three decades after the killing of independence leader... [Read more of this review]

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