Ctg city polls campaign ends tonight; army deployed Army personnel were deployed in Chittagong City Corporation area yesterday alongside other law enforcement agencies to improve law and order and ensure enforcement of the electoral code of conduct. Contestants of the CCC polls continued vigorous campaigns as time for electioneering ends at
Month: June 2010
Keisuke Honda helps Japan beat Cameroon
World Cup Keisuke Honda scored in the first half Monday to lead Japan to a 1-0 win over uninspired Cameroon in a Group E game at the World Cup in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Monday. The win is Japan’s first at the World Cup on foreign soil, and it puts the Japanese at the top ... Read more
BICF debate competition held: BRACU champion
Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (BICF) has organized a debate competition recntly on business reforms in Bangladesh managed by IFC, in partnership with the UK Department for International Development and the European Union. The competition titled “Creating Opportunities for Tomorrow” featured undergraduate students from
Robi to get $100m loan from CDB
Axiata (Bangladesh) Ltd, a telecommunication company operating in Bangladesh under the brand name Robi, signed a memorandum of understanding with China Development Bank and Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd at a programme at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on
Bextex, Huntsman team up
Huntsman Textile Effects will provide textile dyes, chemicals and technical service to Bextex Ltd, according to a statement released yesterday. Huntsman and Bextex have signed a partnership deal. Syed Naved Husain, chief executive officer of Bextex, and Paul Hulme, president of Huntsman Textile Effects,
Premier Leasing re-elects chairman
Mizanur Rahman Shelley has been re-elected as the chairman of Premier Leasing and Finance Ltd. Company’s board of directors in its meeting held recently also elected Syed Muhammed Abbdul Mannan as vice-chairman of the company, said a
Standard Bank elects new EC chairman
Harun Rashid Chowdhury has been elected the chairman of the executive committee of Standard Bank. The election was held at the 162nd meeting of the board of directors of the bank recently, said a news
MTB inaugurates solar energy driven branch at Ishwardi
Mutual Trust Bank Ltd (MTB) has recently opened a solar energy driven bank branch at Station Road, Ishwardi, Pabna. MTB Chairman Samson H. Chowdhury formally inaugurated the branch at a simple ceremony held yesterday at a local auditorium at Ishwardi while MTB Founding
Citycell facilitates WASA customers to pay bill
A signing ceremony was held to offer mobile-based water and sewerage bill payment facility between Citycell and Dhaka WASA in a city hotel on Monday . Engr. Taqsem A. Khan, Managing Director of Dhaka WASA and Mehboob Chowdhury, CEO of Citycell signed the agreement while
Big boobs and slender backs make British women most shapely in world
metro.co.uk British women have bigger boobs but more slender backs than their counterparts around the globe, making them the shapeliest specimens on the planet. That’s according to the Bra Usage and Attitude Study carried out by lingerie giant Triumph, which reveals that the average British woman’s chest and hips are now 4cm (1½ins) bigger than ... Read more
Nobody has the World Cup in his blood quite like Maradona
World Cup “Few teams at this World Cup will be overshadowed by their coaches. England may be one. Argentina will certainly be another,” Financial Times wrote in an article entitled “Maradona starts his new World Cup life.” It added that “on Saturday at Johannesburg’s Ellis Park stadium, the scrum of photographers
Boost blood donors in poor countries: WHO
There are 80 countries with blood donation rates that are too low, and 79 of them are in developing countries, the World Health Organization says. On Friday, World Blood Donor Day, the UN health agency said people worldwide make 93 million
Three matches to be played in football WC today
World Cup At least three matches would be played today in the Fifa World Cup underway in South Africa. Holland will clash with Denmark in the first face-off, Japan-Cameroon is the second in the lineup and last match would be played between Italy and Paraguay. Defending champion Italy begins its World Cup schedule Monday against ... Read more
Make rainwater harvesting mandatory to save Dhaka
Architects and housing experts on Saturday called for enactment of a law to make rainwater harvesting mandatory to save the capital city from sinking and also face its growing water crisis. They told a seminar that the use of too many deep tube-wells was rapidly depleting the groundwater table which could cause subsidence or the ... Read more
Baggage rule tightens for high-end TV
Under a new baggage rule, a passenger will have to pay an extra tax of Tk 25,000 for importing Plasma, LCD or such types of television of more than 52 inches. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Thursday issued a circular regarding the baggage rule for the next fiscal year. In the no major ... Read more
WC explodes with colour
Grieving Mandela misses ceremony Africa’s first football World Cup began with an explosion of colour and emotion in a ceremony in Johannesburg’s Soccer City Friday, but blighted by the absence of a heartbroken Nelson Mandela. Fans wept openly as five planes swept over the stadium and the iconic township of Soweto before 1,500 performers piled ... Read more
Dhaka WASA arrear bills cross Tk 200cr
Disconnection drives hindered The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has failed to realize outstanding bills amounting to more than Tk 200 crore as most of the defaulters are influential people or backed by influential politicians, sources said. The commercial manager of Dhaka WASA, Uttam Kumar Roy, said of the long accumulated
Millions fail to watch WC match for power outages
Millions of viewers across the country could not watch the inauguration of the FIFA World Cup and the first match between hosts South Africa and Mexico on Friday because of frequent power outages. People at Hatiya in Noakhali vandalised a small power plant of the Power Development Board on Friday night after they had failed ... Read more
Latin flair in Dhaka University
World Cup favourites Brazil and Argentina are engaged in an unlikely aerial battle in sports-lover Dhaka University as football fever reaches a pinnacle in the country. Supporters of Brazil and Argentina football teams hoist the national flags of the two countries in their halls, departments and in
Kajol to lift up sister Tanisha’s career
Tanisha Mukherjee who debuted with ‘Ssssh’ could not make any big move in the film industry. Sister of one of the most talented actresses of Bollywood, Kajol, Tanisha failed to firm her foothold in the competitive world of filmdom. She created little ripple when she starred in Yash Raj ‘Neal N Nikki’ but her career ... Read more