The BCB Board of Directors of Bangladesh Cricket Board has formed the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. The LOC was formed at the board’s 8th meeting at its Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium office on Saturday. Chairman Media & Communications Committee Mohammed Jalal Yunus informed this at the end of the ... Read more
Month: July 2009
Rasel, Razzak and Naeem to join Tigers for ODI series
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) named left arm spinner Abdur Razzak, paceman Syed Rasel and all-rounder Naeem Islam to join the Bangladesh team in the West Indies for the three-match ODI series and one-off Twenty20 match. In a press release, they disclosed the players name, who will leave Dhaka this evening and are expected to reach ... Read more
3rd Division cricket
Cricket of Pirates emerged Group J Champions beating Dakhin Khan Nabo Udayan Sangha by six wickets in the qualifying round match of the Metropolis 3rd Division Cricket League at the City Club ground yesterday. Batting first, Dakhin Khan Udayan Sangha scored 176 runs in stipulated 45 overs with Saiful making 40.
DC gold cup football tournament held in Gaibandha
The final match of DC Gold Cup football tournament-2009 organized by District Sports Association (DSA) was held at Shah Abdul Hamid stadium of the town here on Friday. The match was held with Gaibandha pourasabha Team (GPT) and Dinajpur district Team (DDT). In the match GPT defeated DDT
ERC Open Table Tennis from August 6
Dhaka Engineers Recreation Centre (ERC) will arrange the five-day long ERC Second Open Table Tennis Competition, which begins on August 6 at the ERC. The events of the table tennis meet are : Men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s team event, boys’ (under-16) singles and
AIUB football begins in city
The Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) Department made winning start in the American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) Inter Department Six-a-Side Football Tournament at the Banani Club ground. EEE beat Architecture department by to goals to nil in the opening match of the tournament on July 15. A total of 32 teams from
School chess
The fifth round of the 11th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament ended on Saturday at the N.S.C Tower Auditorium Lounge. Abdullah Al Saif and Debotpal Dey (India) are jointly leading the points table with maximum five points each. Ikramul Haque Siam and Rupesh Jaiswal (Nepal) are jointly holding 2nd position with 4 ½ points each ... Read more
School kabaddi begins on Thursday
The Dhaka DC School Kabaddi (Boys and Girls) tournament will commence at the Kabaddi Stadium on Thursday. A total of 16 schools, eight boys and eight girls will compete in the meet. Boys’ teams include Bhasha Shaheed Abdul Jabbar Ansar VDP School & College, Sanarpar Sheikh Mortaza Ali High School,
Clouds over fate of 60,000 rural poor
Govt decides not to extend leases of over 800 water bodies to a Grameen subsidiary A government decision of not extending leases of over 800 water bodies to a Grameen Bank subsidiary put livelihoods of over 60,000 rural poor in jeopardy. Grameen Motsho O Pashusampad Foundation (GMPF), which transformed hundreds of derelict ponds into viable ... Read more
AL failure to hold alliance meeting annoys partners
Most of the components of the ruling Awami League-led alliance have expressed frustration at the Awami League’s failure to hold even a single meeting with its allies in six months after assumption of office. Some of the parties in the alliance feel that the government has failed to address problems like the rising commodity prices ... Read more
Jobs for 2,000 youths in Barguna, Kurigram
Tk 100 a day during training, Tk 200 when employed proposed for National Service programme The government would provide employment to around 2,000 HSC-passed unemployed youths in two most poverty-ridden districts during the current fiscal year under the newly introduced ‘National Service’
Fund release to be made conditional on progress of ADP works
The finance ministry will make disbursement of development funds conditional on satisfactory progress of project implementation works on a monthly basis, officials said. ‘We will not disburse any fund to ministries if they fail to show satisfactory progress on monthly basis in implementing development projects under Annual Development Programme,’ said a senior official of the ... Read more
Online registration likely for SSC, HSC students
The government is going to introduce online registration for Secondary School Certificate, Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinees in phases, education ministry officials said. The education ministry at a recent meeting, presided over by the education secretary, Syed Ataur Rahman, decided to resume
Century’s longest total solar eclipse July 22
The solar eclipse that will take place early morning on July 22 will be a total eclipse of the sun to be visible from a narrow corridor through northern India, eastern Nepal, northern Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar’s northern tip, central China and
Mandela Day launched as anti-apartheid icon turns 91
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, celebrated his 91st birthday on Saturday with the launch of a special day for good deeds to be done in his name. Surrounded by family and anti-apartheid stalwarts at his home in Johannesburg, the increasingly frail elder statesman was showered with messages of goodwill from world ... Read more
Former Indian president Abdul Kalam arrives today
Former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam arrives here today on a three-day visit. “During his tour, the high-profile dignitary will address the students of the premier Dhaka University, join the convocation of a private technological university, hold talks with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and attend a dinner to be hosted by Prime Minister ... Read more
IFC conference on Tipaimukh: Take issue to int’l fora if Bangladesh ignored
A daylong national conference on ‘Transboundary rivers’ yesterday adopted a declaration urging the government to take the issue of construction of Tipaimukh Dam by India to the international fora, if the demand for all data and information on the plan are not shared and Bangladesh’s opinion is
Rajshahi Mayor for captive dredging in River Padma to check environmental degradation
Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairuzzaman Liton here on Saturday called for captive dredging in the Padma river to protect the region from environmental degradation. He observed that human livelihood, economy and environment of the region is completely dependent on the river so effective step
Cabinet reshuffle that never was
Prime Minister’s meeting with President Zillur Rahman yesterday fuelled renewed speculations that the cabinet would be reshuffled any day before the Friday’s Awami League National Council Session. Spokespersons of the President’s House, the Prime Minister’s Office as well the AL high command took pains to explain that
SEC mulling steps against rumours on stock market
Securities and Exchange Commission will take action against those who spread rumours to destabilise the stock market. Chairman of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) Md. Ziaul Haque Khondker said this while addressing as chief guest an