Bangladesh made a good start in the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship when they defeated Bhutan by 4-1 goals in their opening Group B clash at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. Bangladesh led the first half 2-1. Enamul scored two goals and his teammates Pranotosh, Emili netted one each while Dendap of Bhutan pulled off one. ... Read more
Month: December 2009
SAFF Championship begins today
The 6th South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Champion-ship, the biggest football event in South Asia, begins today with Sri Lanka and Pakistan facing each other in the inaugural match at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city. The host Bangladesh takes on Bhutan in the second match of the opening day. The 6th SAFF Championship, sponsored ... Read more
Samsung eyes 7tr won investment in chips
Samsung Electronics plans to invest around 7 trillion won ($6.05 billion) in its semiconductor business next year – 5 trillion won in DRAM and 2 trillion won in NAND flash memory and system LSI, an industry source told The Korea Herald. The world’s top memory chip maker’s investment plan is a 75 percent jump from ... Read more
Sundarban water warming faster than global average
In the Sundarbans, surface water temperature has been rising at the rate of 0.5 degree Celsius per decade over the past three decades, eight times the rate of global warming, says a new study, reports Times of India on Tuesday. That makes the Sundarbans one of the worst climate change hotspots on the globe. The ... Read more
Bangla Academy marks 54th founding anniv today
From NewAgebd The 54th founding anniversary of Bangla Academy, a centre that upholds the spirit of Bangla language, literature and culture, will be celebrated today in a befitting manner. The academy has chalked out an elaborate programme to mark the day. The programme will began with placing wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar at 10:00am. ... Read more
Ash looks forward to being a mom
Aishwarya Rai says she is fully convinced that actor-husband Abhishek Bachchan will make a good father in real life because he is so “real and rooted”. “Everybody has been asking me if Abhishek will be a good pa (father) in connection with the release of our forthcoming production Paa. I think it’s silly for me ... Read more
39 died, 143 AIDS patients diagnosed in 2009
One hundred and forty-three people have been diagnosed to be suffering from AIDS and 39 persons died of the disease in Bangladesh this year, according to an official statistics released on the occasion of World AIDS Day, which fell on December 1. ‘We are intensifying surveillance and the campaign against HIV/AIDS as the prevalence of ... Read more
Marico to set up skin clinic
Marico Bangladesh Ltd has informed the stock exchanges that the board of directors of the company has decided to disclose the setting up of first Kaya Skin Clinic in Bangladesh at Gulshan in Dhaka. Kaya Skin Clinic is the centre offering dermatology led cosmetic skin care solutions in India and the Middle East, according to
Child labour getting up alarming in Bangladesh
The number of child labour in climate change affected countries like Bangladesh may rise in near future as the change may make it more difficult for children to attend school whose families struggle to survive, warned Save the Children, UK. In a new report titled ‘Feeling the Heat: Child Survival in a Changing Climate’ the ... Read more
Mindless destruction of coastal green belt
Only 200 trees are left on the green forest belt developed on some 125 acres of land along the Sonaichhari coast under Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong. Massive plundering of trees in two phases within a
Kareena finally beats Aishwarya Rai
Remember when Aishwarya Rai was paid a staggering Rs 8+ crore for her film ‘Endhiran’ with Rajnikanth? As a result she had become the highest paid actress in the history of Bollywood. All that goes out the window as size zero Kareena Kapoor now commands a rather humongous salary – she has been offered Rs ... Read more
Williams fined record US$82,500 for US Open tirade
From BuenosAiresHerald Serena Williams was fined a record US$82,500 for her US Open tirade and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another “major offense” at any Grand Slam in the next two years. Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock’s ruling was released Monday, and said Williams faces a “probationary period” at tennis’ four ... Read more
Ex-Miss Argentina dies after cosmetic surgery
Former Miss Argentina lost her life after going under the knife to get firmer buttocks. Solange Magnano, 38, who was crowned Miss Argentina in 1994, died of pulmonary embolism after undergoing a gluteoplasty in Buenos Aires. It is normally routine procedure, which involves placing implants in the buttocks to give them a firmer outline. According ... Read more
Lionel Messi Wins Ballon d’Or 2009
Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Argentina forward was awarded the 2009 Ballon D’Or, French magazine France Football said on its website. The 22-year-old became the first Ballon D’Or winner from Argentina, eclipsing runner-up and last year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo by a record 240-point margin. The award’s 96 jurors gave Messi 473 points out of a ... Read more
Shilpa Shetty on life after marriage!
Barely two days after the wedding, and Shilpa Shetty-Kundra, that’s how she wants to be known now, feels she’s on top of the world. “Thank God, I plan to get married only once! This has been the most exhausting week of my life. And also the happiest. I’ve waited so long for my wedding. Outwardly ... Read more
Court overturns ruling that authorized gay marriage
Latin America’s first same-sex marriage, set to be held in Argentina on Tuesday, appeared derailed after a judge filed an injunction to stop the union until the issue can be reviewed further. Judge Marta Gomez Alsina’s ruling blocks an earlier holding by another judge that found city laws banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional, the court said ... Read more
Leather industry sees Eid bonanza
Leather industry people are seen happy this year with increased supply of rawhides at lower prices from the sacrificed animals in Eid-ul-Azha. They estimate that this year the supply would be increased by at least 10 per cent. In the past around 40 per cent of the country’s annual rawhide stocks came from sacrificed animals. ... Read more
Trees plundered again at coast
Some 5,000 trees felled in Sitakunda to clear space for ship-breaking yard From The Daily Star About 5,000 trees were razed in over half a kilometre of the forest belt at Sonachhari coast under Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong on Sunday night. According to officials, the wholesale felling of the trees was carried out with instructions ... Read more