Bangladesh national football coach Robert Rubcic professed himself impressed by the calm environment at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan in Savar, but confessed that the players still had a long way to go to impress him at the end of a 12-day training camp at the country’s lone sporting institute. The Croat has reportedly shortlisted ... Read more
Month: September 2010
Black Caps arrive today
A 15-member New Zealand cricket team, led by all-rounder Daniel Vettori, will reach Dhaka today to play a five-match one-day international series against the hosts starting from October 5. The series, fourth between Bangladesh and New Zealand in the last four years, which originally had two Tests and three-ODIs, will be followed by two
Ashraful to lead BCB XI against Kiwis
Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful will lead the Bangladesh Cricket Board XI in the first warm-up match against New Zealand at the BKSP on October 1, the BCB said on Monday. The BCB announced a 14-memebr squad for the match with top-order batsman Shamsur Rahman named as the vice-captain of the side. The squad included ... Read more
Open Badminton starts today
Advocate Abdur Rob Smrity Summer Open (Rating) Badminton tournament gets underway at the Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur today. Some 133 shuttlers including 13 women will compete in four events — men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, said organisers at a press conference at the
DRU football
Bhorer Kagoj, Destiny, Channel I and Naya Diganta won their respective first matches in the second round of the DRU-Raid Securities Media Football tournament at Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Bhorer Kagoj defeated Daily Jugantar 1-0, Destiny blanked Daily Shamakal 2-0, Channel I
Metropolis table tennis
The Dhaka Metropolis Table Tennis League begins at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium today with the First Division. Some 18 teams, split into two groups, will take part in the first division as the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation has temporary brought an electricity line from the volleyball stadium to complete the
Open Tennis
Top seeded players in both men’s and women’s group of the Shahjalal Islami Bank Open Tennis had easy wins to move to the next round of games. Men’s top seed Amol Roy beat Sheikh Hasibul 6-2, 6-2 and second seed Alamgir Hossain blacked Jafar Imam 6-0, 6-0 to book a second round place. Among others, ... Read more
BRCS to launch quake awareness programme
The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, as part of its earthquake preparedness campaign, will provide training on first aid to students of 55 schools and eight colleges in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and Rangpur in the next six months. First aid boxes, awareness leaflets and banners with Dos and Don’ts would also be
Workshop on bio-gas begins in Dhaka today
The state-run financial institution, Infrastructure Develop-ment Company Limited, holds a two-month campaign programme that includes a series of workshops, discussions and exchange of views to increase the use of bio-gas in Bangladesh. As a part of the programme, a workshop on ‘sensitisation to increase the use of bio-gas as
Boutique staff beaten to death
An employee of a renowned boutique was allegedly beaten to death by his employer at an apartment in city’s Dhanmondi Sunday night. Dhanmondi Police broke into the house yesterday afternoon and recovered the body. Haider Ali Shaad owner of Valinda allegedly flogged Nurun Nabi, 28, to death and fled
Child drowns as launch hits boat in Buriganga
A child drowned, a college girl and a youth went missing, and five others were injured after a launch rammed a boat in the Buriganga river near Sutrapur area last evening. The deceased was Fardia Akter, 7, daughter of Mohammad Firoz of Kaliganj in South Keraniganj while her relative and college student Shoma Akter, 18, ... Read more
Two cos fined for selling bottled water without licence
A mobile court yesterday fined two companies in the city Tk 40,000 for selling bottled drinking water without licence from the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI). The team fined AR Enterprise at Arambagh Tk 10,000 and Safe Water Co at Uttar Shahjahanpur Tk 30,000, says a BSTI
Road accidents kill five
At least five people were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Bogra, Khulna and Barisal yesterday and on Sunday night. UNB from Bogra reports: Three people were killed and 10 others injured as a truck rammed into a bus on Bogra-Santahar road at Murail in Kahalu upazila on
Khulna patients to get telemedicine from Oct 2
Breast Cancer Khulna patients to get telemedicine from Oct 2 A breast cancer service centre in Khulna will provide telemedicine to the breast cancer patients in the city through videoconference from October 2. Under the Amader Gram Breast Care e-Health Programme, patients will be able to get access to health care from expert oncologists from ... Read more
RCC eviction drive begins
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) launched its month-long eviction drive in the city yesterday and demolished some makeshift shops and sheds of small businesses while ignoring the concrete structures on the way. RCC’s Executive Magistrate M Sadekul Islam led the drive, with help from Boalia Police Station
NHK to broadcast Bangla programmes
Japanese broadcaster NHK is soon to broadcast its bangla programmes through the various zonal centres of Bangladesh Betar in the country. A contract was signed between NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and Bangladesh Betar on the matter, and its announcement was made through
Varun Gandhi to wed Bengali girl
Wedding bells are all set to ring for young Indian politician Varun Gandhi who is set to tie the knot with a Bengali girl Yamini. Varun’s mother and BJP lawmaker, Maneka Gandhi, said on Sunday the 30-year-old leader, also of BJP, will get married this
Car sales drop drastically
Import and sales of reconditioned cars, which make more than 80 per cent of the country’s privately-owned automobiles, have declined by more than 50 per cent in the past three months, dealers said. Procurement data of used cars from Japan in the first month of the current fiscal year showed that the import was the ... Read more
Arvind to set up denim plant in Bangladesh
Indian textile maker Arvind will set up a denim manufacturing plant in Bangladesh with an investment of $66 million over three years, officials in Bangladesh said yesterday. The Indian company has signed an agreement with the local Nitol Group in Dhaka on Sunday to invest in Comilla Export Processing Zone for producing exportable denim fabrics ... Read more
OMEGA eggs hit market
PURNAVA Limited, a manufacturer of non-medicated healthcare products, has introduced OMEGA-3 or O3 eggs this month to add value to the country’s nutrition deficiency. Flaxseed, linseed and fish oils have enriched such egg, common in developed countries but it is for the first time it has been marketed in