Monday, July 7, 2025

NCC Bank opens Madambibir Hat branch

NCC Bank Limited opened its 72nd branch with online facility at Madambibir Hat of Sitakunda in Chittagong recently. Chairman of the bank Yakub Ali Montu inaugurated the branch as chief guest, said a news release. Bank’s managing director and chief executive officer Mohammed Nurul Amin presided

Marks All-rounder 2010 ends Ramisa, Bipa, Ranjan win crowns

The grand finale of the Marks All-rounder 2010 competition was held the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre at Sher-e-Banglanagar in the city on Sunday night. The gala event was broadcasted live on Ntv. Maliat (Ramisa), Sadia Rahman (Bipa) and Ranjan Bala Pranab won the crowns of primary, secondary and lower secondary section categories. The year-long competition vetted out

Drugs debilitate society

Two million bottles of smuggled Phensedyl seized since 2009 Smuggling of banned codeine syrup Phensedyl has increased manifold in recent times causing alarm among the agencies concerned. Nearly two million bottles of Phensidyl have been seized across the country by the law enforcers and the narcotics control department since January 2009, officials

Deal inked allowing Cairn to sell gas to third party

The government on Sunday signed an amended production sharing contract with UK-based Cairn Energy and its partners for the block 16, allowing the companies to sell gas directly to a third party from the newly found structures in the block. The government for the first time took such a decision to allow any international

Khairul Haque made CJ

Justice ABM Khairul Haque on Sunday was appointed the 19th chief justice of Bangladesh. The president, Zillur Rahman, made the appointment with effect from September 30. Justice Khairul Haque will replace the incumbent chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim, who will retire on September

Body found in bin identified

Victim was a jeweller of city’s Pallabi The body recovered from a roadside dustbin near the Mirpur Ansar camp Saturday noon was identified as of a jewellery shop owner of the city’s Pallabi yesterday. Ayub Ali Bhuiyan identified the body as his brother Mizanur Rahman at Dhaka Medical College morgue. Mizan, 25, was the owner ... Read more

Income tax fair receives huge response

The National Income Tax Fair, arranged for the first time in the country, got a huge response from the tax payers on the first day yesterday. But the people who came in the fair to submit their income tax returns and obtain tax identification number (TIN) have to undergo sufferings standing in long queues due ... Read more

Sakib joins Tigers

Sakib al Hasan is confident to carry on the good form in the upcoming series against New Zealand after joining the practice session of the national team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Sakib, who had a successful stint in county cricket where he helped his side Worcestershire get promotion to Division One, was holidaying ... Read more

BCB unveils domestic cricket calendar

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday unveiled the new calendar for domestic season starting with the Dhaka Metro Under-18 Academy Tournament on October 1. The different standing committees of he BCB will organise as many as 29 competitions during the long season with the development committee hosting highest 12 tournaments including

BFF to resume Nat’l C’ship

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has decided to resume the National Football Championship in December after a four-year gap as the reshuffled competition committee sat for the first time at the BFF House yesterday. The meeting decided to invite all 64 districts, services teams and public universities in

DRU football

Twelve teams, including The Daily Star, made it to the second round of the DRU-Rapid Securities Media football tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. The twelve teams are — The Daily Star, Bangladesh Pratidin, Jugantor, Bhorer Kagoj, Destiny, Independent, Samakal, Janakantha, Naya Diganta, Boishakhi TV and

JBFH provides 100th ECP therapy

World Heart Day JBFH provides 100th ECP therapy The Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital of Dhanmondi in the capital gave the 100th external counter pulsation therapy to a heart patient on Sunday, marking the 1st anniversary of the introduction of the therapy in the country. The information was disclosed by the ECP heart therapy specialist Dr ... Read more

Tk 316.78cr remains unpaid to CAAB by 54 airlines

As many as 54 local and international airlines owe Tk 316.78 crore to the Civil Aviation Authorities of Bangladesh (CAAB) for using Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. During question time yesterday, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader placed in parliament a list of names of the airlines that did not pay the arrear to

DU online admission process begins today

Dhaka University (DU) today will launch its first-ever online application process for the participants of the upcoming admission tests for 2010-11 session. Admission seekers for the various departments can get application forms for the tests from the website addressed www.admission.univdhaka.edu starting from

Lohan walks free on $300,000 bail

Lindsay Lohan was released from jail overnight after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge overturned a decision to put the actress back behind bars. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore told the media Lohan would have to serve the full 30 days she was sentenced to for failing two drug tests andviolating her probation on Friday (24Sep10), ... Read more

Rajuk foot-dragging on inviting applications for Jhilmil plots

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha is foot-dragging on inviting applications for allotting approximately 1,200 plots at its Jhilmil residential project in Keraniganj, about five kilometres from the city’s zero point. It already shifted its tentative and unannounced schedule thrice since January for inviting the applications with pressure mounting on residential facilities for the city’s growing

Recognise the indigenous in constitution

Adivasi Forum urges govt Bangladesh Adivasi Forum yesterday reiterated its demand for constitutional recognition of the ethnicity, language and culture of the country’s indigenous people. They also demanded constitutional recognition of the indigenous people of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) for their political, economic, social, cultural and religious

9-hour strike at LabAid diagnostic centre

Pathological tests in all four branches of LabAid Diagnostic Centre halted for almost nine hours yesterday as the medical technologists went on work abstention over assault on one of their fellows. The technologists, who perform diagnostic analyses, started the agitation in front of the Dhanmondi branch at 8:00am, leaving a number of patients waiting in ... Read more

‘Vote for Sundarbans’

Speakers at a meeting yesterday urged the people to vote for the Sundarbans to keep it in the list of the seven natural wonder’s list to boost the country’s tourism. They said all should contribute to inclusion of the Sundarbans in the new list of seven natural wonders. They were speaking at a discussion to ... Read more