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Month: September 2010
Klusener turns down Bangladesh
South African all-rounder Lance Klusener finally refused to be the Bangladesh cricket team’s new bowling coach. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) spokesperson Jalal Yunus said, “Klusener told us on Monday that he is not coming to Bangladesh.” “Klusener couldn’t convince his wife in this
Psychologist joins Tigers
Newly-appointed sports psychologist Soumendra Saha has joined the Bangladesh cricket team on Wednesday, hoping to enhance the mental strength of struggling Tigers. Soumendra was accompanied by his wife Srilekha Saha, a doctorate in sports psychology, when he visited the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to see the practice of national players in
Bangladesh get direct entry
AFC Challenge Cup Bangladesh get direct entry The Asian Football Confede-ration (AFC) yesterday revealed the rules and regulations for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup with Bangla-desh playing in the 16-team finals directly. The fourth edition of the Challenge Cup, which is designed for the third-tier nations of the continent, will however have stage qualifiers among ... Read more
Hockey team lose first tie in Germany
Bangladesh hockey players who are touring Germany played their first practice match against a Second Division side on Tuesday after arriving in Bonn the previous day, said a letter sent by coach Gerhard Peter Rach yesterday. Rach, who took 17 of his best players for giving them some experience of the
Aminul cleared for Asiad
Experien-ced goalkeeper Aminul Haque is eligible to play in the Asian Games after the Asian Football Confederation gave him clearance on Wednesday. An e-mail from the AFC stated that Aminul’s one-match suspension, after he was red-carded when playing against Sri Lanka in the AFC Challenge Cup last January, will not be
Online transfer system debuts at BFF
A two-day workshop on FIFA’s electronic transfer matching system got underway at the BFF house today, with the participation of all the professional league clubs. The day also opened the window of the foreign players’ transfer, which will be closed on October 15. Each of the 12 clubs will be eligible to sign five foreigners ... Read more
Kaya opens second outlet
Kaya Skin Clinic, a subsidiary of Marico Bangladesh Ltd, yesterday opened its second outlet at Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The new clinic will provide customised services to consumers, based on their skin needs. “We inaugurated the second branch as there is a huge demand for our services in Bangladesh,” said Soumendra Das, Marico marketing
BRAC Bank opens branch on Elephant Road
BRAC Bank has opened a new branch on Elephant Road in Dhaka recently. Bank’s director Tamara Hasan Abed inaugurated the Elephant Road branch on Tuesday in presence of managing director and chief executive officer Syed Mahbubur Rahman, said a
Historic zamindar house may be lost forever
In Focus Historic zamindar house may be lost forever The last portion of Zamindar (landlord) Nagendra Narayan Acharya Chowdhury’s house in Muktagachha may just go into oblivion. The house, which has seen no human habitation for around 60 years, is now overrun by weeds due to the negligence of the concerned authority. Nagendra Narayan had ... Read more
Asin Chucks Boney Offer; Stuns Sridevi!
In a dramatic move that’s likely to set collective tongues wagging in cinedom, Asin Thottumkal thumbed down an offer to be cast in a… Boney Kapoor production! This, when Sridevi and Boney Kapoor are her acknowledged Godparents in B Town; besides, reports of Sridevi and her two cuties being expressly close to Asin too have ... Read more
Telefilm “Jol Jotsna” on ATN Bangla
Telefilm “Jol Jotsna” will be aired on the Eid day on ATN Bangla at 3:45 pm. Mohon Khan has written and directed the telefilm. The story of the film follows Ratul and his family. Ratul is content with his family — mother and younger sister Shimu. He runs a guesthouse that is named after his ... Read more
Tele-film “Poltibaj” on Rtv
Tele-film “Poltibaj” will be aired on Rtv on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr at 2:45 pm. Written and directed by Masud Sezan, the cast of the tele-film includes Mosharraf Karim, Tisha, Adnan Faruk Hillol and Mishu Sabbir. The story of the film revolves around an unpredictable love affair. Riya is new in the neighbourhood. Suman and ... Read more
“Aloker Ei Jhornadhara” on ETV
Single-episode TV play “Aloker Ei Jhornadhara” will be aired on ETV on the second day of Eid-ul-Fitr at 11:30 pm. Written and directed by Arun Chowdhury and Chayanaika Chowdhury respectively, the cast of the play includes Tinni, Apurba, Tamalika Karmakar and Prova. The story follows a newly married couple who are on a five-day
Pollution warnings fall on deaf ears
311 factories still without waste treatment plant; 371 have installed it but hardly use Despite making repeated commitments many of the industries, especially fabrics, dyeing and tannery processing ones, continue heinous acts of polluting rivers, canals and other wetland in the city just to boost their profit, say Department of Environment officials. There are still ... Read more
Rubber dam project gets climate fund
To restore 10,000 hectares coastland at Urir Char in 2 years The government will be constructing a rubber dam at Urir Char near Noakhali to reclaim around 600square kilometres of land from the Bay. The board of trustees of Climate Change Trust Fund approved the two-year-long project of Tk 37.40 crore at a meeting at ... Read more
Power crisis persists in city
Though it was the government’s utmost priority to ensure smooth supply of power to households and offices during the holy month of Ramzan, and the city dwellers are yet to be relieved of the power outages. The power outages were almost common during the last 20 days of Ramzan in the city and elsewhere in ... Read more
Low-quality seats supplied for ICC WC: JS panel
A parliamentary panel has found that a local supplier provided low-quality chairs for stadiums in Bangladesh as part of venue decoration for the 10th ICC World Cup, scheduled for February–March 2011. ‘We have compared the samples and found a portion of the products are below standard,’ the head of a two-member subcommittee of the parliamentary ... Read more
ISPs, cable operators want govt to lay out common duct
Removal of risky overhead cables by the extended yearend deadline has become uncertain as cable television operators and internet service providers in the capital find it an impossible task. Cable television operators and internet service providers called on the Dhaka City Corporation to lay out a common duct in the city to take underground such ... Read more
Rare rabbit caught and released
Three rare black-nape rabbits have been released into Bhaowal National Park, three days after they were caught by fishermen in Rajshahi. Tapan Kumar Dey, forest conservator (Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle) of the Forest Directorate, freed them on