AFC U-19 Women’s Football Championship Hosts suffer heavy defeat Hosts Bangladesh and neighbours India made disastrous start in the AFC U-19 Women’s Football Championship when they were thrashed by their middle-eastern counterparts at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Bangladesh were humiliated by Jordan with a 1-6 drubbing, thanks to a hattrick from ... Read more
Month: September 2010
2nd Councilor Gold Cup
A flood of goals marked the both matches of the Second Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at Rajshahi District stadium on Monday. In the City Corporation sponsored tournament, ward no. 27 team defeated ward no. 11 by 7-2 goals in the afternoon while ward 12 no. defeated ward no. 26 by a 8-4 goal margin ... Read more
Realtors to face punishment for wrongdoings
Real Estate Development and Management Bill Realtors to face punishment for wrongdoings After over a year, a parliamentary body yesterday cleared the way for passage of the real estate development and management bill providing for punishment to developers for wrongdoings and protection of the interests of buyers and landowners. On scrutinising the bill, the parliamentary ... Read more
RU hall imposes restriction on laptops, luxurious mobiles
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall authorities at Rajshahi University have imposed restriction on using luxurious mobile phones, computers, laptops, audiovisual devices, ornaments and keeping cash in the hall rooms. The residential students, however, demanded withdrawal of the restriction as there is no
Students rush to colleges for admission forms
A huge rush of students besieged the government medical colleges in the city on Monday, which was the first day for distribution of admission test forms for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Forms were distributed by three medical colleges in the city, and the authorities of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College had to stop ... Read more
Pvt varsities miss deadline to opine on campus shift
The education ministry is soon to send reminder letters to the private universities, which missed the deadline to express opinions about shifting to their own campuses. On August 18, the ministry in a meeting with the Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) set a three-week deadline for the institutions to come up with opinions ... Read more
Citycell unveils new broadband package
Mobile operator Citycell introduced ultraSMART, the latest in its mobile broadband packages, in the local market yesterday. The company’s new product among the Zoom broadband internet services is capable of offering voice, data and SMS services facility through one single handset at the same time, its
Govt wants to tighten anthrax control
The government will formulate a National Steering Committee tomorrow to streamline its efforts for total control of anthrax infection before the Eid-ul-Azha. Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas informed newsmen at his office yesterday about the government’s steps to fight nationwide anthrax
63 more anthrax infection cases detected
The Institute of Epidemiology, Diseases Control and Research on Sunday confirmed 63 cases of anthrax infection in last three days across the country. The institute officials said the cases of anthrax infection were reported from Chitagong and Laxmipur districts. They did not have any report of anthrax infection in Gazipur last
Rehana fights for life
Rehana Akhter, a 22-year-old medical technician, who suffered appalling burns to her face and chest after acid was thrown on her allegedly by an army soldier and his accomplices on September 14, is fighting for life in the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Her family demanded the prime minister’s intervention to bring the ... Read more
Muggers shoot cop in Gulshan
Muggers shot a policeman at Gulshan-1 in the capital last night. Police constable Asaduzzaman, 28, was rushed to National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital at Mohakhali with bullet injuries to his chest. Constable Mominul told The Daily Star that he along with Asaduzzaman hearing screams
DCC polls by Dec
Says CEC The long-awaited polls to Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will be held by December this year, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said yesterday. “The commission will soon finalise the date for the election,” CEC Huda told reporters after a meeting of the EC. However, it might not be possible to hold the ... Read more
2 siblings knocked, killed by launch off Sadarghat terminal
Two siblings were killed when a launch hit them as they were trying to get on a boat from another vessel in the middle of the river Buriganga off Sadarghat launch terminal in the city Sunday morning. Sources said Nasima, 12, died on the spot while her brother Al-Amin, 9, died at Dhaka Medical College ... Read more
Driver jailed for 7 years over student killing in road accident
A covered van driver was on Sunday sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment on charges causing the death of a student by reckless driving at Moghbazar in the capital on October 26, 2007. The metropolitan magistrate, Munshi Abdul Mazid, sentenced to jail Nurul Islam on three charges of reckless driving, hurting and
Pont prompt in his business
Ian Pont, the newly recruited English coach for the pace bowlers of the Bangladesh national cricket team, aims to improve control and variation as he started working with the speedsters for the fist time at the Mirpur indoor stadium on Sunday. Pont, who worked as a fast bowling coach of his former county club Essex ... Read more
Sakib relishes time in county
Former skipper Sakib al Hasan relished his time with the English county side Worcestershire as he returned to home on Sunday and spent few hours at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium with his practising team-mates. ‘I am happy but not satisfied as it could have been much better,’ Sakib told reporters later. The mercurial all-rounder, who ... Read more
U-19 football fiesta begins today
Bangladesh face Jordan in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers at the Kamalapur stadium today. In the opening match of the four-team event India take on Iran at the same venue. Bangladesh, with only six players from the last SA Games squad, are confident to put up a good show against their opponents who will ... Read more
Mushfiqur doing fine
Mushfiqur Rahim is fast on the mend from a shoulder injury he suffered during training on Friday. National team physio Michael Henry confirmed yesterday that scans on his right shoulder have revealed nothing alarming, but the wicketkeeper would be asked to rest. “We did a scan on him and it showed some inflammation in his ... Read more
Councilor Gold Cup football
Ward No. 13 football team of Rajshahi City Corporation beat Ward No. 16 2-0 in the 2nd Councilor Gold Cup football tournament at the District Stadium on Sunday. Riad and Shimar scored the two goals while Tuhin was adjudged as the man of the match. In another match of the day, Ward No. 22 defeated ... Read more
Ansar lift women’s kabaddi title
Bangladesh Ansar emerged champions in the Meizan National Kabaddi Championship defeating BJMC 18-7 in the final at the Outer Stadium Kabaddi court yesterday. Shahnaz Parvin Maleka of the star-studded Ansar was adjudged the best player of the tournament. Before moving into the final, Ansar easily thrashed Magura 51-11 while BJMC outplayed