The public sector should adopt the best e-governance practices to increase its efficiency, and ensure transparency and accountability, speakers said at a discussion in Dhaka yesterday. The e-governance initiatives, as the test cases across the globe, show results in better reduction of operational costs and expenses, they
Month: December 2010
Diversify EU exports: trade expert
The relaxed rules of origin in the European Union (EU) will allow Bangladesh to increase its exports to the eurozone, said a trade adviser in Dhaka yesterday. Exports of both ready-made garment products and other products, such as bicycles could increase, said Zillul Hye Razi, trade adviser of the EU trade delegation to Bangladesh, at ... Read more
Tickets on sale from Jan 1
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officially announced yesterday that tickets for next year’s ICC World Cup in Bangladesh will go on sale from January 1, 2011 at designated outlets across the country. The decision was taken during a Local Organising Committee (LOC) meeting on Tuesday night but the board has yet to finalize the specific ... Read more
Mashrafee inspires Shafiul
Bangladesh pacer Shafiul Islam, who wreaked havoc on Zimbabwe by picking up four wickets in the third match of the five-match ODI series, said the return of Mashrafee bin Murtaza inspired him to do well. ‘Mashrafee finding his rhythm back is really good for both himself and the team that also boosted our confidence and I ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Lankans conquer the world The 1996 World Cup was the second to be hosted in the subcontinent, with Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan the co-hosts. The big change to the format was that there were 12 teams involved. Nine were Test nations — Zimbabwe had been awarded Test status in mid-’92 — and three associate ... Read more
Utseya looks to the spinners
Zimbabwe captain Prosper Utseya is looking forward to utilising the spin-friendly wicket to their advantage as they practised at the Chittagong divisional stadium on Wednesday. Zimbabwe, who lost the last two one-dayers because of their inability to bat against the spinning quartet of Bangladesh, also have as many spinners as the
Bangladesh target last four
The Bangladesh women’s football team left Dhaka for Cox’s Bazar yesterday morning to take part in the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship with a hope of making it to the semifinals. Bangladesh have been placed in Group A along with favourites India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan while Group B consists of Nepal, Pakistan, Maldives ... Read more
Pioneer League starts
The DCC Pioneer Football League was inaugurated yesterday in the presence of participating 80 teams at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium. However, the organizers could not ensure when the matches would get underway. “We have not finalized the fixture yet because the examinations of the players is going on and
Trains collide head-on
14 killed, 100 others injured; wrong signalling seen as reason; PM, JS condole death At least 14 people were killed and over 100 injured, as two trains collided head-on at Narsingdi railway station yesterday. Witnesses said the collision between the two–Chittagong-bound intercity train Mahanagar Godhuli and Dhaka-bound local train Chattola–occurred at 4:45pm
Clean chit to Grameen
Norway clears the bank of fund anomaly allegation Norwegian Minister Erik Solheim yesterday said Grameen Bank had neither embezzled Norad fund nor used the money for unintended purposes. The minister for environment and international development also said the microfinance institution was not involved in corrupt practices,
Major price-correction forces investors to take to streets
The stock market Wednesday witnessed a bizarre kind of sea-saw price movements that forced some angry investors to take to the streets. The main index, the DGEN, shed a massive 547 points within one hour and 15 minutes from the start of the trading session at 11am, triggering serious panic among small investors. However, after ... Read more
Crew still out of contact
Hijacked ship close to Somali coast The hijacked Bangladeshi ship will reach the Somali coast early Saturday if it continues its current course and speed while people and authorities concerned wait to hear from the vessel, which remains out of reach. The management company of the Bangladeshi ship MV Jahan Moni expects the pirates to contact ... Read more
Govt asked to stop grabbing in week
Haikkar Canal Govt asked to stop grabbing in week The High Court yesterday directed the government to take steps to stop within seven days all kinds of encroachment, construction and earth filling in Haikkar Khal in the capital’s Mohammadpur. The deputy commissioner (DC) and the metropolitan police commissioner of Dhaka and officer-in-charge (OC) of Mohammadpur ... Read more
3 ‘robbers’ beaten to death
Three alleged robbers were killed in a mob beating at Jhenidabagia village in sadar upazila of Rajbari early yesterday. The dead are Dabir Mandal, 35, of Mulghar village, Faruk, 35, of Alladipur village and Mahinur of Brahmandia village of the upazila
Unrest at EPZs over wage
Ten officials of a garment factory in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) were injured as workers of the factory agitating over wages yesterday beat them up, and production was suspended. And in Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DPEZ), production remained suspended at a factory yesterday as a section of workers abstained from work over wage-related
Fancy dress bid to save the panda
What’s cuter than a baby panda? A baby panda being attended to by men in panda costumes, of course. Staff at Wolong Giant Panda Research Centre in China dressed up in the panda outfits in order to check on the cub’s progress. Although the centre uses hidden cameras to monitor the four-month-old baby panda, they ... Read more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange handed himself in to British police on Tuesday after Sweden issued a warrant for his arrest over allegations of sex crimes. Assange, whose WikiLeaks website is at the centre of a row over the release of secret US diplomatic cables, was arrested under a European Arrest Warrant. Swedish prosecutors want to ... Read more
Nicole Kidman Wants A Pet Snake
Nicole Kidman – who raises alpacas on her farm in Nashville, Tennessee – has revealed she would love to extend her exotic pet collection to include snakes. The ‘Rabbit Hole’ actress has already fulfilled a life-long dream by raising alpacas on the farm she shares with husband Keith Urban and two-year-old daughter Sunday Rose in ... Read more
Heritage Show-2010 in Gulshan
Bangladesh Arts Council is holding a three-day festival, titled ‘Heritage Show-2010’ at 12, North Gulshan Avenue in Dhaka. The festival will be held on December 9, 10 and 11. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed will inaugurate the festival. A press conference was held yesterday at Reporters Unity in Segun Bagicha to inform the press on the
Fire in Old Dhaka again
2 badly burnt In yet another chemical fire in Old Dhaka, two youths were badly burned yesterday while refilling cigarette lighters at a building storing liquid petroleum gas and lighter refill canisters on Nazimuddin Road. The injured–Mohammad Sujan Ali, 30, an occupant of the four-storey building, and his relative Ripon, 28–were rushed to Dhaka Medical ... Read more