Weekend
DWASA takes surface water projects
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has undertaken several surface water projects to reduce dependency on groundwater by 50 per cent within next five years. The LGRD minister Syed Ashraful Islam has recently said the government is out to reduce dependency on the groundwater as its level is dropping alarmingly. Roughly half of the total demand of water for the city would be met in phases with surface water by next five years, he added...[ + ]
Businessman, college student killed in capital
A businessman and a college student were killed by miscreants at Gulshan and Arambagh in the city on Thursday. The dead were identified as Faruk Ahmed, owner of March Money Exchange at Gulshan and Azizul Hakim, 18, a first year student of Notre Dame College and also resident of Manda under Sabujbagh police station...[ + ]
Tigers welcome ICL rebels
It needed only a few phone calls to take India and Ireland out of their minds for some hours. The Indian Cricket League had replaced the two Group A opponents in Bangladesh players’ minds as all the 13 remaining cricketers, who had joined the rebel league for money, have decided to return...[ + ]
Safina mission stays on course
Top seed Dinara Safina blasted her way into the French Open final for the second year in a row on Thursday by outgunning Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-3. The Russian, who lost in straight sets in last year’s final to Ana Ivanovic, will play the winner of the other semi-final opposing Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia and Samantha Stosur of Australia...[ + ]
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