Lottery to be held in December 21-22 The results of primary selection of forms for admission in Class I of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College will be disclosed today, principal of the school Husne Ara Begum told New Age on Monday. The results will be available at the branches of the school at 11:00am. This ... Read more
Month: December 2010
Regional confce on early childhood dev begins today
More than 400 participants, including about a hundred renowned academics and experts from across the world, will join the first ever South Asia Regional Conference on ‘early childhood development’ beginning in Dhaka today. The primary and mass education minister, Md Afsarul Ameen, will inaugurate the meet to be
Third conference of development organisations begins today
The two-day third grand conference of development organisations will begin at RRF Training Centre in Jessore today. The conference has been jointly organised by Ganokendro, Lokkendro, Ekota, CBO and Lahanti Akhra, being managed by Dhaka Ahsania Mission, ActionAid Bangladesh, CARE Bangladesh,
Road crashes kill four
Four people were killed and 37 others injured in road accidents in Bagerhat and Netrakona on Sunday night. A correspondent from Bagerhat reports: Three people died on the spot and 37 others were injured when a bus collided head-on with a truck on Bagerhat-Mawa highway in the district’s Mollarhat on Sunday night. The deceased are ... Read more
Medexpo-’10 begins Dec 9
A three-day international exposition of medical furniture, equipment and services, Medexpo-2010, will begin on December 9 at Sonargaon Hotel in the capital. The inaugural ceremony will be held at 10:30am and prime minister’s health adviser Syed Modasser Ali is scheduled to inaugurate fair, the organisers
Two get Gemcon Literary Award
The Gemcon Group awarded two writers with the Gemcon Literary Award 2010 in a function held at Sheraton Hotel in Dhaka on Monday. Wasi Ahmed got the award for his book ‘Trishimana’ and Emran Kabir for ‘Nidragahan Mohashunney’. The program was inaugurated by a welcome speech from Gemcon Group director
Course on TV news ends
The concluding and certificate awarding ceremony of a month long training course titled ‘TV News Presentation’ organised by Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) was held on Sunday. Ministry of Labour and Employment Secretary Md Nurul Haque was present as the chief guest and distributed certificates among the participants at the institute’s conference ... Read more
Fate of hijacked Bangladeshi ship unclear
Contacts snapped The fate of the Bangladeshi vessel, which was reportedly hijacked from the high seas about 80 nautical miles west of the Indian port of Cochin, remained unclear as all contacts with the ship remained snapped since 6:00 pm Sunday, shipping officials said. The ship has 25 crew members on
Govt plans to double power price by 2013
The government is planning to double the price of electricity in six phases, once every six months, by 2013. Power Development Board general manager Abduhu Ruhulullah told New Age that the PDB had been planning to raise the bulk rate of electricity to Tk 4.68 from Tk 2.12 for each unit in six phases by ... Read more
Tigers go 2-1 up against Zim
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak and paceman Shafiul Islam grabbed four wickets each to give Bangladesh an easy 65-run win against Zimbabwe in the third one-day international and a 2-1 lead in the five-match series on Monday. Zimbabwe looked distinctly second best when they were reduced to 47 for six before limping
Robbers kill 2 villagers in Sunamganj
Two people were killed and five injured as robbers opened fire on the villagers in Derai upazila of Sunamganj Sunday night. The deceased were Dipon Bala Das, 16, daughter of Sudhir Ranjan Das and Anup Das, 26, son of Baroda Das of Sutargaon village of the
Expressway work from next month
Communications chief tells JS A guideline for introduction of modern communication technology in taxicabs has been prepared to reduce harassments to passengers and improve cab service, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain told the House yesterday. He also said the construction of elevated expressway would begin from
Mobile court jails stalker in city
A mobile court yesterday awarded three months’ jail term to a caretaker of a residential building in the city’s Banashri Housing Project on charges of stalking a female tenant of the house. It also ordered police to produce another caretaker before a judicial magistrate’s court on the same charges. Executive Magistrate Al Amin told The ... Read more
Mashrafee finds form finally
Mashrafee bin Murtaza finally found his form and rhythm that he was looking for ever since his comeback from injury, in the third one-dayer of the five-match series against Zimbabwe on Monday. Mashrafee started the third match like a man on a mission, bowling superbly from ball one. His line and length were excellent and ... Read more
Razzak deadlier by the day
In the space of just three games, Abdur Razzak has almost doubled his wicket-tally for the year. Wicketless in the first five one-day matches of 2010, the left-arm spinner has gradually built into the sort of year we have gotten used to from this steady performer. Before the Zimbabwe series, Razzak had picked up 16 ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Sachin, Lara and others The 1992 World Cup was the first appearance on the global stage of players who are well-known to today’s generation, and some who have since been idolised and elevated to the status of all-time greats and geniuses. Two of the greatest names in batsmanship, Brian Charles Lara of West Indies and ... Read more
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Rain fleeces SA There was one black mark against the 1992 World Cup that called into question the fairness of some results, particularly the semifinal between England and South Africa in Sydney on 22 March. It was the rain rule — specifically the calculations regarding overs and runs to chop off from a target in ... Read more
Eves warm up well for SAFF
Omra-ching Marma and Sabina Khatun scored a brace each while Jahanara Janu, Suinu Pru Marma and Suravi Eti netted one apiece as Bangladesh women’s football team thrashed their Bhutanese counterparts 7-0 in the preparation match ahead of the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship at the Mohammadpur Physical Training Institute ground on
BCB mulls day-night match in Ctg
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is desperately looking to hold one of the last two matches of ongoing series against Zimbabwe in Chittagong under floodlight to fulfil its commitment to the visitors. The BCB was forced to abandon the day-night arrangement for Monday’s third game in Dhaka due to floodlight problems at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium ... Read more
‘We lack one Razzak’
Zimbabwe coach Alan Butcher said they must overcome the psychological problem of facing left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak if they are to bounce back from the 2-1 deficit in the five-match series. Razzak claimed 13 wickets in three games including his man-of-the-match performances in two matches in a row, helping Bangladesh to put their shock nine-run ... Read more