Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi, Uttara Sporting, Agrani Bank, Young Pegasus and North Bengal Cricket Academy won their respective matches on the first day of the First Division Cricket League yesterday. Favourites Sheikh Jamal (134/10) narrowly managed to beat Bangladesh Boys 124/10) by 10 runs at BKSP. Nayeem Islam took five wickets for 24 runs, but in ... Read more
Month: October 2010
Women’s college handball
Viqarunnissa Noon School & College, and Eden Girls College Senior & Junior teams moved into the semifinals of 13th Delta Life Women’s College Handball Tournament winning their respective quarterfinal matches at the Handball Stadium yesterday. Viquarunnisa thrashed Ispahani Girls College 20-1 in the first quarter. Pinky scored eight
Paul the psychic octopus dies in his aquarium tank
Paul the psychic octopus, the unlikely hero of the 2010 World Cup, has been found dead in his German aquarium, reports BBC News. Officials cite natural causes rather than angry German soccer fans, and say that the beloved psychic cephalopod will be cremated, not turned into calamari. The aquarium plans a monument. “Paul delighted people ... Read more
Syrian boy, 5, engaged to 3-year-old girl
They “could be the youngest couple in the world to get engaged of their own free will,” reports Gulf News. It would be tough to beat: The Syrian boy is five and the girl is three. Their parents swear it’s legit and even bought rings that have been exchanged. As the story goes, the boy, identified ... Read more
“Proshnobodhok”: Trifling with trafficking
Movie Review “Proshnobodhok”: Trifling with trafficking Dr. Habibul Haque Khondoker The telefilm “Proshnobodhok” is a love story presented in a sensitive manner by Adnan Al Rajeeb, a young director who also wrote the heart-warming screenplay. The romantic tale however clouds the purported theme of the film: the hazards of human trafficking. Tisha in “Proshnobodhok” is ... Read more
Anthrax caused ‘Tk 3,200 crore financial loss’
Livestock sector pinning hopes on Eid-ul-Azha Anthrax is estimated to have caused a financial loss to cattle owners, traders and butchers of about Tk 3,200 crore, according to research undertaken by one of the country’s leading experts on livestock sector. ‘Anthrax resulted in more than 80 per cent reduction in the number of cattle that ... Read more
HSBC to widen Islamic financial services
HSBC will offer a wide range of Islamic products in Bangladesh by year-end. Razi S Fakih, global deputy chief executive of the bank’s Islamic unit, who was in Dhaka on a day’s visit, made the disclosure. He made the visit last week to oversee the bank’s progress in Islamic banking here. Fakih said with the ... Read more
BCI gets new president
ATM Waziullah, chairman of Kobeda Group of Companies, has been elected president of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) for 2010-2012, according to a statement. The former president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry takes over from Shahedul Islam Helal. The election of the chamber’s office-bearers and directors was held
Hawkers rule roads, footpaths : City traffic system lacks direction
Traffic jam in the capital Dhaka is mounting gradually in an endemic form, causing untold sufferings to hundreds of commuters from morning till late night in almost every working days. According to traffic police, hawkers, indiscriminate parking and illegal establishments have occupied vast areas of roads, resulting in increasing traffic congestion day by day. Preferring ... Read more
Free all children from prisons
HC asks authorities as more than 100 below-18 are in jails under ‘safe custody’ The High Court in a verdict yesterday directed the authorities concerned to immediately release all the children from jails across the country. An HC bench of Justice Md Imman Ali and Justice Obaidul Hasan declared keeping children in jail in any ... Read more
Drought-tolerant rice variety innovated
After a long journey of research, Regional Station of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has developed two drought tolerant rice varieties for the farmers of the region’s drought-prone area for the first time in the county. This variety will give satisfactory yield with scanty rainfall without any irrigation during
Sher-e-Bangla’s 137th birth anniversary today
Today is the 137th birth anniversary of legendary national leader Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque. Different political and socio-cultural organisations will pay tribute by placing wreaths at his grave while they will also organise several programmes in his memorial. On the occasion, a special doa and milad mahfil will be held today at the residence of ... Read more
Victims to get govt cash help
Wild Animal Attack Victims to get govt cash help The government will pay compensation for people killed or crippled in attacks by tigers, elephants or other wild animals. And any one found guilty of deliberate killing of wildlife will be jailed for up to 12 years. The cabinet at its weekly meeting yesterday approved the ... Read more
Brutal murder of woman, grandson
Unidentified criminals hacked a woman and her five-year-old grandson to death and another grandson critically injured at the city’s Keraniganj yesterday. The deceased were Sahida Begum Moyna, 45, wife of Ismail Hossain who is a Dhaka City Corporation employee, and Ahad
Eviction of hawkers from pavements deferred
The government on Monday decided to defer the eviction of hawkers from footpaths in the busy areas of Dhaka city in response to fervent appeals by the hawkers’ leaders to stop the drives that were planned to be launched from 1 November, 2010. The decision was taken at a meeting with officials of concerned ministries ... Read more
Jitu fires Abahani to final
Dhaka Abahani reached the final of the Federation Cup for a record fifteen times defeating Brothers Union by a solitary goal in the first semi-final at the Kamalapur stadium on Monday. Midfielder Imtiaz Sultan Jitu netted the all important goal in the 45th minute of the match. Abahani will face the winners of today’s second ... Read more
Jamal-Muktijoddha second semi today
New powerhouse Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club face a revitalised Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the second semi-final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 5:00pm today. The semi-final will be an ‘acid test’ for Sheikh Jamal who arrived in the local football arena with the best team on papers. Making the final in ... Read more
Selectors call 20 for Zim series
The national selectors announced a 20-member preliminary squad on Monday for the one-day series against Zimbabwe in December this year. Chief selector Rafiqul Alam said that they picked the squad keeping the World Cup in mind. Former national skipper Mohammad Ashraful, who was dropped for the recently concluded
NCL 2nd round today
Favourites Rajshahi will face Chittagong in the second round of the National Cricket League one-day version at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Star-studded Dhaka will take on Sylhet at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi while Khulna will meet Barisal at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra in the other two matches of the
Sakib officially best of all Tigers
Sakib al Hasan has made big jump in the latest ICC ranking for one-day batsmen, moving 15 places up from his previous ranking to be placed at 26th, the International Cricket Council said on Monday. The latest ranking made him the highest ranked Bangladeshi batsman, bowler and all-rounder, a feat rarely achieved by any cricketer ... Read more