FM Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag were sharing lead in the points table with maximum 3 points each after 3rd round games of the Mercantile Bank 36th National Championship-2010 at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room on Sunday. GM Reefat Bin Sattar earned two points out of 2 games. In the
Month: July 2010
TT League from July 17
The Dhaka Metropolis Table Tennis League will get underway on July 17 at the newly-built Wooden Floor Gymnasium adjacent to the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The league will comprise Senior and First Divisions and women’s event, said a press release
Stocks return to the black
Stocks returned to the black yesterday, following the resumption of trade in the new fiscal year, riding on the speculations of investors about good half yearly financial disclosures, especially from banks and non-banks. The banks and non-banking financial institutions, especially those having capital market wings,
Dhaka Laptop Fair 2010 begins on July 7
With the theme “Light up the technological light” a three-day Dhaka Laptop Fair 2010 is going to start from July 7-9 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), will be organized by Maker Communication. Acer, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Samsung are the four sponsors and HP is the promotional partner of
Chevron accords reception to SSC scholars
Chevron Bangladesh accorded a grand reception to honour the students who received A and A+ in the last SSC examination held at Nadampur High School premises, Bibiyana, Habiganj recently. Dale Brown, Director, Asset Development of Chevron Bangladesh was present as Chief Guest while as Special Guest Katie Brown, Khaled Ahmed Pathan, Chairman, Managing Committee of
DBBL awards scholarships to students
Dutch-Bangla Bank awarded scholarships to 109 meritorious but needy students including eight physically disabled students who passed HSC Examination in 2009 and studying at graduate level in different disciplines including commerce, business, medical, engineering, agriculture, etc. Atiur Rahman, governor of Bangladesh Bank was present as the chief guest and gave away the
Soon, govt to survey number of disabled persons
The government will soon conduct a survey to determine the exact number of disabled people in the country. The survey will first begin in Dhaka division, said Gazi Md Nurul Kabir, managing director of Jatiya Pratibandi Unnayan Foundation, at a meeting held at LGED Bhaban on Sunday. Manusher Jonno Foundation, an organisation for promoting human ... Read more
LGED’s role in infrastructure dev highlighted
‘Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is playing an important role towards infrastructure development in Bangladesh’. This was observed by Thevakumar Kandiah, the newly appointed country director, Bangladesh resident mission, Asian Development Bank (ADB), during his visit of LGED headquarters in the
Cristiano Ronaldo: I Have a Baby Boy
With his Portugal squad having recently been ousted from the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo made the surprise announcement that he’s the father of a baby boy. While he opted to keep the mother’s name unknown, the Portugal soccer stud felt it was the perfect time to reveal the news. Posting a message on his Twitter ... Read more
“Jamai Mela” on Banglavision
TV serial “Jamai Mela” will be aired tonight on Banglavision at 8:15pm. Written by Brindaban Das, the serial has been directed by Azharul Karim. The story of the serial revolves around a village. Most of the males from the village live abroad. As a result, the villager elders often marry off their daughters and keep ... Read more
Cops telling lies
Finds The Daily Star investigation into 2 custodial deaths Although the police is denying the custodial deaths of Mizanur Rahman and Mujibur Hossain, The Daily Star investigation has found that the fact is quite the opposite to that of the police version of the incidents. Police picked up businessman Mizanur Rahman from his Badda house ... Read more
Grabbers occupy ancient buildings of Panam Nagar
Some of the 52 ancient buildings built by Hindu landlords and merchants during the 16th century at Panam Nagar of Sonargaon in Narayanganj have either gone under illegal occupation or facing extinction due to lack of maintenance, reports The Independent. In 2003, the government declared the Panam Nagar, 27 kilometres southeast of Dhaka city, as ... Read more
Dolphin rescued, released in river
The Wildlife Division of Forest Department rescued a river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) locally known as Shusuk from Bhurungamari upazila in Kurigram and released it in Dudhkumar river on July 1. Fishermen netted the dolphin from Dudhkumar river on July 1 and brought it at Chandipara
BB to setup 10,000 digital centres in upazilas
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to set up 10,000 digital centres across the country to bring the grassroots level people under the digital facilities so that the citizens can avail essential digital services. The objectives of the centres are to provide service like payment of different bills, e-top up, e-ticketing, e-commerce, online share trading and
Free media vital for peace in South Asia
Media should rely on independent sources to cover events, speakers say at roundtable There is no alternative to a free media with independent sources for ensuring peace in the South Asian region, speakers at a roundtable said yesterday. “Media has to be allowed to perform its role independently for establishing peace in South Asia,” said
DU teachers given dean’s award
Thirteen teachers of Dhaka University Business Studies faculty on Saturday were given Dean’s Academic Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions in research works. The Dhaka University vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, as chief guest, handed over the crests to the awarded teachers in an award ceremony at the Business Studies conference hall on
‘Free Lal Math’
Paribesh Bachao Andolan and Barnak Samaj yesterday jointly launched a programme to free “Lal Math” of Mirpur in the city from encroachers. Poba chairman Abu Naser Khan and local lawmaker Ilias Uddin Mollah inaugurated the programme. Eviction of the shops at the field and building boundary walls for the field started
ASA holds free eye treatment
Hope for the Poorest (HP), a sister concern of ASA and Prime Medical College Hospital, Rangpur signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) tecently to provide free eye treatment to the extreme poor of Rangpur district, says a prèss release. Poor people will be provided with free eye treatment including operation and necessary
Crocodile eggs up for sales on local market
With the growing global market for crocodile products, the country’s lone crocodile farm is now offering such products in the local market on a limited scale alongside its exports abroad. The Reptiles Farm Ltd now offers crocodile eggs, teeth, and live crocodiles for the local market on a
Stocks pass dull week as investors lose appetite
Dhaka stocks edged down last week, as profit-booking sales and a price fall in the telecom sector shadowed the market. The benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange — DSE General Index — fell 36.17 points, or 0.58 percent, to 6,153.68. Many investors, including institutions, booked profit ahead of the half-yearly