MADRID – Florentino Perez, the favourite to win June elections for Real Madrid president, has reached an agreement with AC Milan to sign Brazilian star Kaka, a newspaper reported Monday. Real will pay 60 million euros (80 million dollars) for the midfielder under the accord Perez reached during a meeting with AC Milan vice-president Adriano ... Read more
Month: April 2009
Motor Racing: Twilight F1 racing under review in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: New Prime Minister Najib Razak has waded into the debate about twilight Formula One racing, saying the 5pm start time at the chaotic Malaysian Grand Prix needs to be reviewed. Sunday’s race, won by Britain’s Jenson Button, was called off after 32 of the 56 laps when a huge storm flooded the track ... Read more
Motor Racing: Button wins abandoned Malaysian F1 Grand Prix
SEPANG, Malaysia: Jenson Button in a Brawn won a chaotic Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday for a second straight victory after the race was abandoned when a ferocious storm lashed the Sepang circuit. Nick Heidfeld in his BMW Sauber came second, benefiting from pitting only once to Button’s four times in a race that became ... Read more
Chairmen threaten legal action if upazila parishad bill passed
Representatives of the newly-elected upazila parishad chairmen at a press conference on Sunday threatened to go for legal action and agitation if the parliament passed the upazila parishad bill, which, they said, was against the spirit of the constitution. They said that the bill which empowered lawmakers to interfere in local governments’ activities, was placed ... Read more
Police sergeants paint grim picture of sealed fate
Many serving the same post for over two decades “It’s over 24 years that I am in the same post. Some people who were born in the year of our joining are now working with us in the same rank. There are instances of our batch-mates’ daughters getting married to see us as colleagues of ... Read more
A Torun surprise
Surjo Torun completed a near fairytale run in the Premier League in dashing style when they handed champions Abahani a four-wicket defeat at the BKSP in Savar yesterday. The victory for the Dhanmondi lightweights against their heavyweight neighbours meant that they finished runners-up, a success they have never achieved before in the coveted domestic club ... Read more
National hockey team preparing for Asia Cup
The preparation of Bangladesh national hockey team is going on in full swing for the forthcoming 8th Asia Cup under the guidance of German coaches at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city. Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) has appointed two high profile German coaches for the Bangladesh national team ahead of the Asia Cup, ... Read more
Ash in Mumbai colours
Indian Premier League Ash in Mumbai colours Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful left the capital yesterday with a promise to live up to his billing as a ‘pocket dynamo’ for his star-studded side Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that starts in South Africa from April 18. The exciting right-hander might have scored only ... Read more
BFF plans Awards Night
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is planning to hold an Awards Night sometimes in May to bring more attraction to the game. BFF boss Kazi Salahuddin disclosed it while talking with the reporters at the BFF Bhaban yesterday but said that they are yet to make any decision regarding the matter. Initially they are thinking to ... Read more
Rubber industry gets a lift
Entrepreneurs want more supports to help cut imports A local entrepreneur is producing liquid rubber and marketing the item in a remarkable feat giving a lift to the country’s five decades old rubber industry. The Chokoria based HR latex successfully developed 60 grade rubber, popularly known as liquid rubber after an effort of four years ... Read more
S Alam under scrutiny
Share trading suspended The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Sunday kept trading of the shares of S Alam Cold Rolled Steels halted as the bourse’s management initiated an enquiry after media reported that the company had acquired majority stakes of Oman Bangladesh Leasing and Finance Ltd, a non-banking financial institution. ‘Trading of the shares of the ... Read more
Mobile operators get fewer customers
Six mobile phone operators added only 0.47 million customers to their networks in February, taking the number to 45.21 million. No customers were added to the network of Grameenphone, the largest mobile operator. In February, GP’s customer base remained unchanged at 20.94 million, the same as in January 2009, according to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission ... Read more
Committee stresses Ctg port efficiency
The Public Undertakings Committee yesterday emphasised implementing the development projects required for turning Chittagong Port into a centre of regional transport in future. Members of the parliamentary body that reviews accounts and reports of public institutions was exchanging views with the officials of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and Chittagong Customs during a meeting in the ... Read more
Home Economics College students block road
Students of Home Economics College, blocked the Azimpur-New Market road for almost five hours to press home of eight points demand including withdrawal of enhanced session fee. The students took the street at around 9.00 am and continued till 1:30 pm with shouting different slogans to realise their demand soon. The sit in programme of ... Read more
Move to strengthen VIPs’ security: Frequency Jammers for SSF
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday approved a proposal of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to procure three vehicle mounted frequency jammers (VMFJ) for the VIPs. Initially, one VMFJ will be procured and then two others will be purchased in phases. The Special Security Force (SSF) will use the equipment for security purpose of the ... Read more
25m people at risk of arsenic contamination
Speakers tell conference About 20-25 million people of the country are at risk of exposure to arsenic contamination, speakers said yesterday at the inaugural ceremony of an international conference. They also said there are more than 8,000 villages in the country which are at the risk of arsenic contamination. Department of Public Health and Engineering ... Read more
Sylhet airport flouts rules in allocating possession at new terminal
The Sylhet Osmani International Airport authorities have allocated possession for three shops in the newly constructed airport terminal allegedly flouting allotment rules. The allotment of the possession has been made illegally as the airport authorities did not invite any tender in this regard, local businessmen alleged. Airport officials, however, claimed that they had allotted possession ... Read more
Bibi takes Kolkata by storm
The first day of Kolkata Fashion Week (April 2), clearly belonged to Bangladeshi model-turned-designer of international fame, Bibi Russell, who showcased the rich Bengali heritage of textiles — her ‘gamcha’ and natural fibre collection. The designer displayed 41 of her creations made from khadi, cotton, silk, jute yarn fabrics, indigenous fabrics, natural fabrics and ‘jamdani.’ ... Read more
Masudul, Beauty crowned fastest man & woman
Masudul Karim and Nazmun Nahar Beauty became the fastest man and woman of Bangladesh after grabbing gold in their respective 100m sprints in the UCB 34th National Athletic Championships on Saturday. Masudul and Beauty completed a sprint double in the meet as they also won their 200m events on the opening day of the
Razzak, Hannan included in T20 preliminary squad
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday named the preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in June with left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak returning to the national fold after serving a ban for suspected bowling action. Razzak, the man-of-the-match in Bangladesh’s last Twenty20 international, has been inducted into the squad that included as many as 10 uncapped ... Read more