Manzur Ahmed, a former wicketkeeper-batsman, joined the Bangladesh Cricket Board as its new chief executive officer on Wednesday, ending the country’s cricket oversight body’s long wait for the top executive post. Manzur, who had a distinguished club and zonal cricket career spanning two decades in
Month: September 2010
Thai fair starts Sept 16 in Dhaka
A three-day long fair, Destination Thailand Fair in Bangladesh 2010, organised by the Thai embassy, Dhaka and its partners from September 16 to 18, will be held on the embassy premises in Baridhara. The fair will be open to the general public and no entry fee will be required, says a press release. Civil Aviation ... Read more
Main Eid congregations in city
Preparations have already been made to hold Eid-ul-Fitr jamaats in the capital and other districts across the country. The main Eid congregation will be held at the National Eidgah in the High Court premises at 8:30am on Eid day. Five jamaats will be held at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, scheduled at 7:30am,
Some to seek blessings, some to beg alms
Eid Congregation Some to seek blessings, some to beg alms City dweller heading to the mosque or eidgah with family members early on the Eid day morning to attend the Eid congregation is a common scenario. Thousand of beggars go there too, but with a different purpose altogether. They gather in front of different mosques ... Read more
Teachers’ recruitment exam result published
The results of assistant teacher and headmaster recruitment examinations for government primary schools were published yesterday. Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) published the results in its website at www.dpe.gov.bd. At least 30,712 examinees succeeded for the post of assistant teacher and 1,852
Officials unhappy as Eid holiday falls on weekend
A three-day public holiday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr at the weekend has this time disappointed many of the people who leave the capital for Eid celebrations with families. Although Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of the Muslims, is likely to fall on either Friday or Saturday depending on the sighting of the moon, the government ... Read more
Literacy for all still elusive
A half of people aged 7 years and above illiterate Literacy for all remains elusive as at least a half of the people aged seven years and above are still illiterate, according to experts. People in rural areas lag behind people living in urban areas in literacy rate and so do the females in comparison ... Read more
Night abuzz with Eid shoppers
Colourful balloons and festoons catch eyes as one enters the atrium of the mall. A red car, decorated with ribbons and balloons, is placed on the way to the elevators filled by shoppers of all ages. Some are going upstairs while some are coming down, holding shopping bags containing clothes, footwear and so
76 more cases detected in Satkhira, Lalmonirhat
Anthrax Infection 76 more cases detected in Satkhira, Lalmonirhat Seventy-six more cases of anthrax infection have been detected in Lalmonirhat and Satkhira, taking to 413 the total number of such cases in seven districts. Twenty-six cases of anthrax infection were first detected in Sirajganj on August 19. Other places from where the infection has been ... Read more
Stalking victim kills herself
Stalkers beat a man to death for protesting harassment A schoolgirl in Satkhira yesterday killed herself by taking poison reportedly after failing to bear the brunt of stalking. In Chapainawabganj a man was beaten to death by stalkers as he protested teasing of his colleague’s wife and daughter. The deceased girl, Chameli Khatun, 14, daughter ... Read more
Home goers face terrible sufferings
Thousands of homebound passengers are facing terrible sufferings due to shortage of transport just three days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr and most of the bus terminals, railway stations and launch terminal were found jampacked. Even taking risk of life, passengers are crowding in buses, trains and launches beyond their carrying capacity as there is no other ... Read more
New Karnaphuli bridge opens to traffic today
The Karnaphuli Bridge-III on the River Karnaphuli opens to traffic today connecting vast areas of southern Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban with rest of the country, ending miseries of the commuters of the region. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will formally inaugurate the long-awaited bridge, the longest in Chittagong division, this morning, sources at the ... Read more
Two families perish days before Eid
Road Accidents Two families perish days before Eid At least 10 people, including seven of two families, were killed in two road crashes in Sylhet and Sirajganj yesterday. The deceased family members are UK expatriate Mainul Islam Chowdhury, 35, his mother Kochoi Bibi, 60, Mainul’s cousins Shahangir Chowdhury, 28 and Mubashswir Chowdhury, 25, of Nabiganj ... Read more
Blood crisis hits hospitals
Professional donors make brisk business as safe contributors stay away during Ramadan Professional blood donors, mostly junkies, are taking the advantage of blood crisis in the month of Ramadan, as safe donors refrain from donating due to physical weakness caused by daylong fasting. Visiting several hospitals in the capital, this correspondent found professional donors doing ... Read more
Hard times for 197 cheated workers
No solution before Eid Uncertainties gripped the 197 Bangladeshi workers in Libya who had been camping on a field under the open sky since they had quit their jobs a week earlier for alleged tortures and non-payment of salaries. Since then they had been living in a field near a police station at Borak Al ... Read more
Int’l Literacy Day today
International Literacy Day will be observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere around the world today with the theme — Literacy and women’s empowerment. The day is being observed with girls still accounting for more than a half of the 6.75 crore out-of-school children in the world and with females accounting for two-thirds of the 79.6 crore
Online Dhaka University admission site launched
Dhaka University on Tuesday launched its online admission site as the authorities aims to digitalise its admission process. The admission seekers can download and submit their application forms from the site between September 27 and October 14, official sources
Tigers learn from golf
Bangladesh cricketers had a fanfare when they were taken to the Kurmitola Golf Club on Tuesday for the practice of golf which has things common with cricket. All 26 the cricketers but Sakib al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal joined coach Jamie Siddons and his assistant Julien Fountain at the golf club where they stayed for ... Read more
Shahiduzzaman Selim emphasises on quality in TV plays
Popular actor and director Shahiduzzaman Selim was awfully busy performing in and directing TV plays for the approaching Eid. He has directed two plays ‘Shayla’, written by Dewan Shamsur Raqib and ‘Jhamela Non Stop’, written by Maruf Rehman. The play, ‘Shayla’, termed as a semi-thriller, presents the tragic and mysterious death of the protagonist, who ... Read more
Eid provides platform for female directors
With the number of television channels increasing, the media world has been seeing more and more women in work here, not only on the screen but behind it too. Yet the number of women playwright and directors are not as much as it should to be. To provide an opportunity for the women directors to ... Read more