Viqarunnissa Noon School & College ‘B’ and Par Gendaria Non Govt Primary & Junior High School moved into the final of the 3rd Girls School Cricket Tournament. The final will be held at Sultana Kamal Women’s Sports Complex tomorrow (Thursday). After the round robin league method tournament, they secured the top two places after finishing
Month: June 2010
Bangabhaban declared smoking-free zone
Declaring Bangabhaban a smoking-free zone president Zillur Rahman has called for keeping all government offices and educational institutions free from smoking. “Smoking is very bad habit,” he told a delegation of noted physicians, led by national professor Brig Gen (retd) Dr Abdul Malek that called on him at
BRTA plan to ease issuance of driving licence
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority is to offer a three-month special service for driving licence seekers from July. The plan, aiming to simplify the process will make way for fake licence holders to legitimise their documents, officials at the BRTA
Keari Cruise for visitors in Ashulia
Luxury ship Keari Cruise and Dine, a sister concerned of Keari Tours and Services Ltd, has started journey with modern facilities for visitors enjoying the picturesque natural beauty of Ashulia. This initiative will provide pleasure to the visitors who want leisure for few hours with fresh air and modern facilities, organiser told the journalists at ... Read more
Nokia organises Ovijan campaign
More than 3.5 lakh people in 42 districts are now internet aware through Nokia’s Ovijan campaign. Nokia, a leading company of mobile devices in world, is bringing internet closer to reality in Bangladesh to drive internet literacy and create email identities for next generation
Nizam elected director of FBCCI
Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Vice-Chairman of Bangladesh Insurance Association has been elected as director of FBCCI for the period 2010-2012. Nizam is the Chairman of Meghna Life Insurarce Co. Ltd. and Karnaphuli Insurance Co. Ltd . He is also
Mercantile Bank celebrates 11th anniversary
Mercantile Bank held a press conference on its 11th founding anniversary at Dhaka Sheraton hotel yesterday. The managing director and chief executive officer Dewan Mozibur Rahman read the written statement of the bank. Chairman of the bank Md. Abdul Jalil, vice-chairman M. Amanullah and Anwarul Haque,
Green Delta Financial Services opens sixth branch
Green Delta Financial Services Ltd (GDFSL) has opened its sixth branch as a panel broker of Trust Bank Ltd in Dhaka recently. Nasir A Choudhury, chairman of GDFSL, and M Shah Alam Sarwar, managing director of Trust Bank, inaugurated the branch at People’s Insurance Bhaban in
MTB Securities Rajshahi branch inaugurated
MTB Securities, stock brokerage arm of Mutual Trust Bank, opened its Rajshahi branch at 419, Parents Plaza, Alupatty, Ghoramara, Rajshahi on Monday. Rajshahi University pro-vice-chancellor Muhammad Nurullah inaugurated the branch as chief
Prime Bank opens new branch in Pabna
Prime Bank Limited opened its 85th branch at Pabna in an inauguration ceremony held recently. Quazi Sirazul Islam, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prime Bank Ltd. inaugurated the Branch as Chief Guest. while M. Reazul Karim, Deputy Managing Director of the Bank presided
Rahimafrooz re-launches new sales, service centre in Ctg
Rahimafrooz Distribution Limited has recently re-launched its new sales and service centre at Noor Mansion of Agrabad in Chittagong. In addition to displaying wide array of renowned brands like Dunlop tyre, Lucas battery, Castrol Lubricating Oil, Daewoo electronic item, GE lighting, Hager switching products, Rahimafrooz IPS
Govt okays new edn policy
The cabinet yesterday approved the National Education Policy 2010 which extended the level of free primary education from class V to class VIII. Thousands of poor students are likely to benefit from this. In another major move the level of secondary education has been raised from class IX to class XII. A terminal examination will ... Read more
JS to go digital from budget session
Jatiya Sangsad will introduce digital technology on a limited scale to run its proceedings from the budget session beginning Wednesday, reports NewAge. Allocation of time for lawmakers will be displayed on giant television screens, to be set up inside the chamber; the microphone will go automatically switched off once their time is over for certain
World No Tobacco Day observed
World No Tobacco Day was observed on Monday in the country as elsewhere in the world with a call to raise awareness about harmful effects of smoking, especially among the women. ‘Let there be all days free from smoking’ was the slogan of the day this year in Bangladesh while the global theme was ‘Gender ... Read more
Jamaat mayor candidate steps aside in favour of BNP
Jamaat and eight other minor parties agreed to back out from the Chittagong City Corporation elections, scheduled to be held on June 17, in a bid to unitedly support the BNP-backed mayoral candidate, Monjurul Alam Monju. This was announced on Monday at a joint press briefing held at the Chittagong Press Club by the
Send text to know your CCC polling centre
Voters of Chittagong City Corporation elections would be able to text to a certain number and know which polling station they are supposed to cast their votes at. Voters in Dhaka City Corporation will also have the same facility in the DCC polls, Humayun Kabir, secretary to the Election Commission Secretariat, said
28th BCS results likely on Thursday
The results of the 28th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations under Public Service Commission (PSC) will be published on Thursday, according to source at the PSC. “The results will be published within this week,” said an official, adding that all members and chairman of the PSC held a meeting on Monday to finalise the quota
Ice cream festival starts tomorrow
A four-day ice cream festival, jointly organised by the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel and ice cream brand IGLOO, begins at the Lobby Café in the hotel tomorrow. Ice cream lovers will be able to enjoy unlimited ice cream for Tk 500 per person during the third ‘Sheraton IGLOO Ice cream Festival,’ said one of the organisers ... Read more
England snatch facile win
Bangladesh’s late order collapsed in usual fashion on the fifth and last day of the first Test at Lords as England pulled off a comfortable eight-wicket win what supposed to be a tougher job at one stage. Bangladesh resuming the day with 328 for five, the rest of the batting line up succumbed to Steven ... Read more
Joy to retire from soccer tomorrow
Arif Khan Joy, one of the celebrities of recent time in the domestic soccer, will officially declare the end of his 18 years career tomorrow with his last match against Mohammedan Sporting Club. Joy, former Bangladesh national team captain, was one of the most influential members during his playing day for national side, will end ... Read more