Britain is building a training camp for Pakistan’s paramilitary Frontier Corps to help in the fight against the Taliban in the lawless border area with southern Afghanistan, a report said yesterday. The Times said Britain also
Month: October 2009
Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
US President Barack Obama sensationally won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, just nine months into his term, with the jury hailing his “extraordinary” efforts in international diplomacy and to hasten nuclear disarmament. Obama said he was “humbled” by the distinction but criticism built over how the award could be given so quickly. “Only very rarely ... Read more
RMG buyers urged to be ethical in sourcing
Both the garment exporters and labour leaders on Wednesday urged global buyers to be ethical in sourcing, and to give orders to those garment factories which comply with the rules of the buyer country. Such compliance, they pointed out, is a precondition for the sustainable growth of the readymade garment sector in the country. Participants ... Read more
GP IPO subscription raises high hope
The subscription of Grameenphone’s initial public offering, the largest in Bangladesh’s capital market history, ends today amid signs of overwhelming responses from prospective investors. For non-resident Bangladeshis, the subscription will continue until October 18. “We are receiving very positive responses from IPO applicants,” said Mesbah Ahamed, head
Ctg-Kuwait flight to start Oct 30
Kuwait Airways will start its direct Chittagong-Kuwait flight from October 30 to grab the traffic from the port city. Initially, the airways will operate two flights – Friday and Sunday -per week from Chittagong with Airbus 300 and Airbus 310 aircraft. The flights will leave Chittagong at 5:35 am. Kuwait Airways district sales manager-passenger Saimur ... Read more
BFF mulls new academy
Kazi Salahuddin, the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), is contemplating building a Football Academy elsewhere after having scrapped the plan of running a soccer academy in Sylhet. Salahuddin expressed his views after failing to get exclusive rights on the newly-built Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) in the north-east region of the country. “We ... Read more
Amol sails into semifinals
Top seed Amol Roy of Engineers’ Club reached the semifinals of the Anlene National Tennis Tournament without any hiccup as he disposed of Lakshman Lal of the American Club 6-2, 6-2 at the National tennis Complex in Ramna yesterday. He will face Nordic Club’s Alamgir Hossain who the got better of BKSP’s Oamr Faruk 6-2,6-0, ... Read more
Surfing ends in Cox’s Bazar
A two-day long surfing competition ended at Kolatoli beach point at the sea resort town of Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. ‘Surfing the Nation’ an US based organisation, organised the event in association with the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, Surfing Bangladesh and Green World Communication. A total of 22 children took part on the opening day on ... Read more
Fahad, Nasima clinch surfing titles
Fahad emerged champion in the men’s event in the first ever surfing competition in the country which concluded today at Kolatoli beach point here. Aziz became runner-up, while Zafar, Russel and Nazir finished third, fourth and fifth respectively. Nasima clinched the top position in the girls’ event. Razu finished runner-up, while Ameena became
Fifty-over cricket will hold its own – Ponting
The ICC Champions Trophy has gone a long way to ensuring the continuance of ODIs, the captains of Australia and New Zealand, the two finalists, have said. Since the advent of the Twenty20 game, which has drawn huge crowds around the world, there has been increasing talk of the 50-over format falling away. But Ricky ... Read more
Group art show begins at Drik tomorrow
A group artwork exhibition titled ‘Shells and Souls’ by four young artists will be inaugurated at 6:00pm on October 9 at Gallery Drik in Dhanmondi. The exhibition will be inaugurated by noted artist Shishir Bhattacharjee, a professor at the Faculty of Fine Art in Dhaka University. The young artists include Asma Sultana Mita, Golam Faruque ... Read more
Close encounters with reality
Print and sculpture exhibition at Zainul Gallery The duo exhibition of printmaker Farhana Ahmed and sculptor Tanny Dey is now on at Zainul Gallery, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University. Farhana Ahmed received a Masters in printmaking. She started with watercolour in her primary stage and received acclaim. Afterwards, she concentrated on printmaking and studied ... Read more
India, Pakistan in different groups for World Cup
India and Pakistan, Australia and South Africa find themselves in different groups for the 2011 World Cup. The groupings for the tournament, to be held on the subcontinent, were approved on the second day of the ICC Board meeting in Johannesburg. The 14 teams have been divided into two groups of seven. At the meeting, ... Read more
Serena poses nude for ESPN, faces possible ban
Tennis ace Serena Williams may face a possible ban from the 2010 Australian Open for posing nude for ESPN magazine and her shocking outburst at the US Open semi finals. Williams is under an International Tennis Federation investigation and faces a ban of up to two grand slams under the sport’s code of conduct. After ... Read more
BDR deployment reinforced along Myanmar border
Bangladesh has reinforced paramilitary troop deployment along the border with Myanmar in the wake of the latest surge in tension. All but essential leaves of Bangladesh Rifles personnel have been cancelled. Tension mounted
Faruque provoked all with monarchy story
The Supreme Court yesterday heard for the second day yesterday the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case. Syed Faruque Rahman, a convict in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case, said
Move for power tariff hike draws flak
The power development board’s proposal to increase power tariff led to story scenes at a meeting convened by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Tuesday as both the officials of the PDB and representatives of
Hospital taken over by touts
Around 10:00am on September 27. Safar Uddin and some others were eagerly waiting for someone at the emergency gate of National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor), popularly known as Pangu
Call to sign gas deals soon with foreign firms
The parliamentary standing committee on power, energy and mineral resources ministry yesterday said that the government should finalise the production sharing contracts with two foreign companies on gas exploration in three
Abdul Jalil axed from JS body
Former general secretary of the ruling Awami League (AL) Abdul Jalil was dropped from the post of chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on commerce ministry yesterday. On a proposal from Chief Whip Abdus Shahid,