The UK assured Bangladesh of assistance in rebuilding coastal embankments and constructing cyclone shelter centres to help save people from natural disasters. This pledge came when Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzaque met British Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan at his office in
Month: September 2010
High promise, little success
BCB president completes one-year in office Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal will complete his first year in the hotseat today that drew mixed reactions from country’s cricket fraternity. Kamal, a ruling party lawmaker and chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the finance ministry, was appointed BCB president on September 23, 2009, nine
Iran thrash hosts
Iran defeated hosts Bangladesh 6-0 with winger Syedeh Tanin scoring a hat-trick to go top of the points table in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship Group B qualifiers at the Kamalapur stadium on Wednesday. In the first match of the day, India bounced back to the winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Jordan at ... Read more
GP enters football
Grameenphne, the largest cell phone operator of the country, entered into the football arena by buying all the perimeter billboards during the AFC Women’s Championship qualifiers at the Kamalapur Stadium. The billboards were absent on the opening day but Grameenphone erected these around the pitch on the second matchday on
WC opening ceremony in Mirpur?
If you happen to visit the ICC (International Cricket Council) website these days, you will find a glaring error. Under the venue guide for the 2011 Cricket World Cup, Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur is credited to be the ground where the opening ceremony will take place. The website informs: “Established in 2006, the venue was ... Read more
FIFA official happy over U-19 football tourney
Bengt Roland Arnqvist, the Swedish consultant sent by FIFA to observe the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers, expressed his satisfaction with the local arrangements and the standard of the game on Wednesday. Arnqvist was surprised to see Iran and Jordan as well as India displaying a good brand of
2nd Councilor Gold Cup
Ward No. 1 thrashed Ward No. 2 7-0 in the day’s first match of the Second Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi Stadium yesterday. Polash and Russel struck hattricks while Rana scored the other goal for the winners. Polash was adjudged man-of-the-match
Tough day for men’s and women’s teams
Bangladesh went down in their opening game of the 39th World Chess Olympiad when they lost to eighth-seeded Bulgaria 3.5-0.5 at Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia yesterday. Only FM Abu Sufian Shakil drew his board against Bulgarian GM Kiril Georgiov while FM Minhazuddin Ahmed, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and Debaraj Chatterjee lost to GM Ivan Cheparinov,
Local surfers hold their own
The 6th International Surfing Championship was held at the Kolatoli point of the tourist city of Cox’s Bazar yesterday. About a hundred surfers took part in the day-long competition. A large number of spectators enjoyed the water sport organised by Surfing Bangladesh and sponsored by Akiz Food and Beverage Limited.
United to add 4 new aircraft
United Airways, the sole aviation company in the capital market, has purchased one airbus A-310/325 and three ATR aircraft. The aircraft will be deployed for flights on international and domestic routes, according to a post on the Dhaka Stock Exchange’s web site on
Golden Son to market solar lights, computer casings
Golden Son Ltd will start marketing solar lights and computer casings from early next year. The company has already started producing light emitting diode (LED) modules for solar lights and central processing unit (CPU) casings for computers, said Belal Ahmed, managing director of Golden Son. “We will start marketing the LED modules and CPU casings ... Read more
Electrical goods trade fair begins
A four-day exposition of electric products and machinery began at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital yesterday. The fair, known as ELECTROTECH Bangladesh, showcases electronic goods and merchandise, raw materials and capital machinery — both local and foreign. Co-organised by Bangladesh Electrical Merchandise Manufacturers Association (BEMMA) and Ask Trade and Exhibitions Private Limited of ... Read more
Aftab inks deal with high-tech Chinese firm
Aftab Bahumukhi Farms Limited, a sister organisation of Islam Groups, has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Yuan Longping High Tech Agriculture Company of China for technical cooperation on hybrid rice seeds. ABFL managing director Fazle Rahim Khan Shahriar and Yuan Longping general manager
Third Person Singular Number goes for Oscars
Popular TV play and film director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s latest feature film ‘Third Person Singular Number’ has been selected by the Oscars Bangladesh Committee to represent Bangladesh at the Foreign Language Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards (Oscars). The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be presented in February 27 next year. Oscars Bangladesh Committee chairman, ... Read more
TV serial “Haat-er Rekha Kotha Boley” goes on air
TV serial “Haat-er Rekha Kotha Boley” goes on air on ATN Bangla tonight. Written and directed by Ali Imran and Zahid Hasan, the serial will be aired every Thursday at 9:20 pm. Palmist Haradhon works in mysterious ways. Haradhon can predict not only the fate of the alive but can also
“Shobuj Nokkhotro” goes on air tonight
A new TV serial “Shobuj Nokkhotro” goes on air on ntv tonight. Written and directed by Masum Reza and Golam Sohrab Dodul, the serial will be aired Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:45 pm. The cast of the 52-episode serial includes Humayun Faridee, Tisha, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Farhana Mili, Chanchal Chowdhury, Dilara Zaman, Mir Sabbir, Dr. ... Read more
Govt to remove illegal markets, structures on highways
Measures to enforce seatbelts for car drivers, helmets for motorcyclists The communication has decided to launch a crackdown on illegal establishments along the country’s major highways and strictly enforce safety rules like buckling seat-belts for the car drivers and wearing helmets for motorcycle riders. The decisions were taken at a meeting of the National Road ... Read more
Move initiated to tackle anthrax before Eid-ul-Azha
The government on Tuesday formed steering committees at all tiers – from the national level to the grassroots – across the country to check spread of anthrax among cattle and humans as well and contain the situation ahead of Eid-ul-Azha when Muslims would sacrifice hundreds of thousands of animals. An inter-ministerial meeting at the secretariat took ... Read more
3 Bangladeshis die in Saudi road crash
Three Bangladeshi expatriates were killed and three others critically wounded in a road accident in Madinah of Saudi Arabia early Monday. The deceased were identified as Mohammad Kutub Uddin, 42, owner of a residential hotel, his eight-year-old son Minhaz Uddin, his business partner Hazi Rafique Ahmed, 40, and
Ban likely on mobile talk while driving
Buckling seatbelts while driving and wearing helmets when riding motorbikes have been made mandatory in the country in a bid to curb road accidents. The 33rd meeting of the Road Transport Advisory Council has also decided to impose a ban on talking over mobile phones while driving. The meeting was held yesterday at the