In an unprecedented step, the visiting New Zealand cricket team avoided the press on Wednesday ahead of today’s fourth one-day international against Bangladesh. New Zealand are under huge pressure to turn things around as they trail Bangladesh 2-0 in the five-match series. It was seen as the lowest point in their cricket history and the ... Read more
Month: October 2010
New incentives for Tigers
The three overseas coaches of the Bangladesh cricket team have introduced new incentives for players in order to motivate them in the ongoing series against New Zealand, team sources said on Wednesday. Head coach Jamie Siddons, who is mainly looking after the batting, is rewarding the best batsman while Ian Pont and Julien Fountain are ... Read more
TT leagues decided
Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra, Molar TT and Biman Bangladesh won the three table tennis leagues that came to a conclusion yesterday. The women’s crown went to the national airliner after they won six consecutive matches in the competition. Molar TT won the First Division title with 10 points and Biman ended as runners-up with
Jamal blank Fakirerpool
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club got off to a winning start in the Federation Cup football when they blanked Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool 3-0 at the Kamalapur stadium on Wednesday. In the other match of the day, Bangladesh League outfit Arambagh KC beat BKSP in tie-breaker after stipulated 90 minutes ended in a goalless
Stop ship breaking, relocate chemical factories: greens
Green activists, academicians and chemical experts at a roundtable on Wednesday called for bringing an end to the ship breaking operation in the country as the toxic chemicals in the ships damaged forest, seawater, fishes, and trees along with workers’ lives. The speakers also urged the government to make effective the drives against chemical
Primary terminal exams begin Nov 23
Terminal Examinations 2010 for students in the primary levels of general and madrasa education would begin on November 23 across the country, said the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) as it announced the schedule, yesterday. It is the largest public examination in the country where class-V students of both general primary schools and ibtedai madrasas ... Read more
46 students vie for one RU seat
The admission tests for honour first year courses at Rajshahi University under the academic session 2010-11 begin on October 30, with 46 students vying for one seat. According to the university registrar office, this session 1 lakh 73 thousand and 316 students have registered for the first year admission tests while the number of seats ... Read more
Dhaka city faces threats of various disasters
Experts suggest taking effective steps Academics and disaster experts on Wednesday underscored the need for taking effective steps to tackle manmade and natural disasters in the Dhaka city as the city is exposed to a wide variety of risks. The seminar, styled ‘Making cities disaster resilient: the state of Dhaka city’ and held at the ... Read more
Bangladesh now world’s 2nd largest cotton market
Declining shipments of apparels had earlier kept the demand for cotton dull, but revival of export to the US and EU markets has pushed up cotton procurement by Bangladeshi spinners sharply in the past few months, according to a report by the US Department of Agriculture. The report shows that Bangladeshi spinners purchased 9,14,000 tonnes ... Read more
Bangladesh to benefit from ITU membership: BTRC
Bangladesh will be able to take part in the decision-making process of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as the country has been elected a council member of the union, telecom regulator BTRC said yesterday. At an election on Tuesday, Bangladesh got 123 votes out of 161 and acquired the sixth position, beating giants like Australia, India ... Read more
Yunus floats social business for agriculture
Grameen Krishi (agriculture) Foundation (GKF) has tied up with a leading Japanese agro-company, Yukiguni Maitake Company (YMC) Ltd, to produce mung beans in Bangladesh. Both the sides entered into a joint venture agreement yesterday. Prof Muhammad Yunus, chairman of GKF, the agriculture arm of Grameen Bank, and
U.S. military ingenuity applied to epidemic destroying honey bees
A group of Montana researchers working with the United States military has proposed a new, unique answer to the ongoing global epidemic destroying honey bee colonies: A fungus and virus working in tandem, aided by mites, may be the cause. The ongoing honey bee deaths are widespread, causing losses in the USA, Europe and Asia. ... Read more
Young girls between 12 and 15 sexually abused by their teachers
In Kenya, hundreds of young girls are being sexually abused by their own teachers during the past two years, a senior government official told BBC News. The official said the number of cases of sexual abuse was much more widespread than previously thought, adding that most of the cases are prevalent in the rural areas. ... Read more
Bus plunge death toll at 11, 40 still missing
Bus pulled out of Turag 55 hours inside accident The death toll from Sunday’s bus accident at Savar reached 11 with about 40 still missing till Tuesday evening when rescuers pulled out the 52-seat bus from the River Turag, more than 55 hours inside the accident. Seven bodies could be found several kilometres downstream and ... Read more
Law to curb cyber crimes on cards
Police officials for integrated law to curb cyber crime, pornography The government is considering enactment of a law particularly to curb cyber crimes and pornography in the country. The home ministry has already prepared a draft bill titled Pornography Control Bill-2010 outlined by the police headquarters
Anthrax vaccination of cattle to be suspended from tomorrow
The government has decided to suspend the anthrax vaccination programme across the country from October 14 until after Eid-ul-Azha keeping in mind that cattle should not be slaughtered 21 days inside vaccination. Mahmudur Rahman, director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research, said, ‘The Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated next month. As we have ... Read more
1 hacks brother’s wife to death
A young man allegedly hacked his elder brother’s wife to death and also injured his brother over a trifling matter in the city’s Sabujbagh area yesterday. The victim was identified as Rabeya Begum, 25, wife of Mostafizur Rahman, 32. Police quoting family members of the victim said Shahin, 20, had an altercation with
No dead body found inside salvaged bus
Just before dusk the rescuers succeeded in getting the plunged bus nearer to the bank. The rescue team said no dead body was found inside the bus. The UNO of Savar, Rabbi Mia informed reporters the rescued dead bodies are being handed over to the relatives. He said after bringing the bus ashore, the Fire ... Read more
Durga Puja begins today
Greatest religious festival of the Hindu community, the Sharadiya Durga Puja begins today (Wednesday) with much enthusiasm. This year Durga puja is going to celebrate in around 27,000 mandaps across the country with pomp and grandeur from October 13 to October 17. 191 pandals have been erected in the
Impasse at Ctg port
Cargo handling yet to resume as dockers continue agitation; negotiations on The impasse over container handling at all the 12 jetties of general cargo berths (GCBs) at Chittagong Port continued for the second day yesterday with dock workers still agitating to realise their demands. Officials of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and labour leaders were chased ... Read more