Iranian coach Ali Akbar is scheduled to arrive here this morning to take charge of three-time Bangladesh League champions Abahani for the upcoming season. Akbar, an AFC instructor and who has experience to guide an Iranian professional football club, is expected to put pen to paper for six
Month: September 2010
DRU football
Daily Janakantha and Naya Diganta won their respective matches in the DRU-Rapid Securities Media Football Tournament at the Handball Stadium yesterday. Janakantha crushed Radio Today 4-0 while Naya Diganta beat ATN News 2-0. In the day’s other matches, ATN Bangla played out a 1-1 draw against Bhorer Kaghoj while
2nd Councilor Gold Cup
Ward No. 8 beat Ward No. 3 by 4-3 in tiebreaker in the day’s first match of the 2nd Councilor Gold Cup Football tournament at the Rajshahi Stadium yesterday. The match was locked at 1-1 in the regulation time. Suman was adjudged man of the
TT leagues from next week
The Dhaka Metropolis Table Tennis Leagues gets underway on September 28 through the First Division at the newly-build Wooden Floor Gymnasium. The First Division League will feature 18 teams while ten teams will take part in the Senior Division League, which will star on
“Lux-Channel i Superstar 2010” audition round begins in Mymensingh
Regional audition round of the talent hunt “Lux-Channel i Superstar 2010” began in Mymensingh on September 22. Regional auditions will also be held in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Sylhet, Bogra and Rajshahi. Contestants selected in this round will have the opportunity to take part in the national audition to be held in the capital. Popular TV ... Read more
Mimo finds way to silver screen
Whenever Mimo watched any fighting scene in commercial Bangla films, she just giggled at the way actors fight to take revenge on someone or save someone. She does not dare to laugh at those kinds of fighting anymore. ‘It is no joke, playing roles in this kind of fighting is very hard job for an ... Read more
Tania behind camera again
Though Tania Ahmed has obtained popularity as an actor, her hobby for TV plays and music videos lead her to emerge as a director too. Recently, she is going to direct a 26-episode drama serial titled ‘A Team’ which will be shot in different places in London. Written by Masud Sejan, the serial features a ... Read more
No room for complacency
Zillul Hye Razi The Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) of the European Union (EU) is a preferential trade arrangement that allows reduced or zero import duties for imports from developing countries. It is a unilateral arrangement and includes the Everything But Arms (EBA) arrangement, which grants duty and quota-free access to all goods, except arms ... Read more
Checklist of 1,042 animals published
Wildlife of Bangladesh Checklist of 1,042 animals published When Dr Reza Khan looks at the nature, he goes for the miniscule detail. Even, with his one eye impaired, he can pick a camouflaged spider that looks like a scorpion from the hillside. He has an enormous interest in the nature and its wildlife. So, when ... Read more
Rajuk’s negligence leads to unplanned growth of city
The negligence and corruption by some officials of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) have led to the unplanned growth of the mega city Dhaka, alleged the city dwellers. There are widespread allegations that RAJUK gives permission for construction of buildings illegally in exchange of money without considering their future consequences, putting the capital into a deplorable ... Read more
House of horror
About 350 people living dangerously in a 3-storey structure; pay Tk 1,200 a month for each room From the middle of a three-storey bamboo structure, Shoma looks out across the road at a wide view of the flowing Buriganga. Newly wed to a rickshaw-puller from Manikganj, she has just moved into her home. Her “window”, ... Read more
Chemical warehouse relocation moves at snail’s pace
The government appears to be doing very little to meet the deadline for shifting the warehouses of inflammable and risky chemicals from Old Dhaka as no step has so far been taken to monitor the progress of relocating the stores scheduled to be completed by September 30. The industries ministry, which is looking into the ... Read more
Malaysia to hire 5,000 fishermen
Manpower export from Bangladesh set to resume Malaysia offers to hire around 5,000 fishermen from Bangladesh, which the government thinks would be the first step of reopening the door of the Southeast Asian country to Bangladeshi workers. “Having received offers from the Malaysian side, our high commissioner in Kuala Lumpur inquired if we could send ... Read more
JS passes bill to punish errant realtors
The parliament on Wednesday passed a bill provisioning for punishment of real estate developers for wrongdoings and protection of the interests of buyers and landowners. The house passed the Real Estate Development and Management Bill 2009, prepared keeping an ordinance concerned promulgated by the immediate-past interim regime, which
50 fall sick for toxic fume emission
Dyeing factory staff go into hiding At least 50 people fell sick due to toxic fumes from a dyeing factory on the ground floor of a six-storey residential structure made of tin sheets at Madhya Kunipara in the capital’s Tejgaon industrial area yesterday. Of the sick people, 25 were rushed to local hospitals. Most of ... Read more
DCC, municipal polls by Dec, UP by Feb
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday decided to hold the long overdue elections of the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) and municipalities by December and union parishad polls between January and February next year. Considering school examinations, Eid-ul-Azha and Hajj, the EC will hold the elections for
Properly boiled meat a way to avert anthrax
Say experts Properly cooking meat in 120 degree Celsius temperature is an easy way to avert anthrax, said the experts in the capital yesterday at a seminar. They also said the spore (germ) of anthrax cannot sustain in 120 degree Celsius. But we are use to cook meat in a pot at 100 degree Celsius ... Read more
4 die taking toxic liquor
Four people died and another fell ill after drinking toxic alcohol in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj Tuesday night. Police sources said the victims collected the toxic liquor from Lahiri Mohanpur Bazar in Ullapara upazila Monday night, and fell ill after drinking the homemade alcohol. When their condition
DU cancels results of 12 students
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday cancelled graduation and post-graduation results of 12 students for obtaining admission with forged academic certificates. An investigation committee declared the forgery after verifying the documents with relevant education boards. The university Syndicate committee yesterday took the decision in this regard at its
Int’l scientific confce begins today in Ctg
A three-day scientific conference begins today at Hotel Agrabad in the Chittagong city with an aim to create a network for the implementation of One World One Health. The fisheries and livestock minister Abdul Latif Biswas is expected to be the chief guest of the 8th Annual International Scientific Conference 2010 to be opened by