SA Games champions India maintained their dominance of South Asia’s women’s football edging past Nepal 1-0 in the final to win the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship on Thursday. It was an action-packed match, full of attacks and counter-attacks at a full house Cox’s Bazar stadium. The spectators cheered all along despite the absence ... Read more
Month: December 2010
ICC Cricket World Cup History
ICC Cricket World Cup South Africa 2003 Cup Facts The 2003 World Cup, the eighth cricket World Cup, was the first to be held in Africa. The co-hosts were South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. The majority of the matches were played in South Africa, with Zimbabwe hosting six matches and Kenya two. The 2003 World ... Read more
MSC sack Mashud as skipper
Defending Dhaka Premier League champions Mohammedan Sporting Club sacked skipper Khaled Mashud on Thursday and replaced him with national star Sakib al Hasan after just two matches of the new season. Mashud, who helped the side regain the trophy after eight years in the last season, was made their new head coach as well as ... Read more
Sale soars as people crowded into Chittagong victory fair
The victory fair in Chittagong crowded round as several thousand people from all walks of life stream into the fair in the Chittagong city everyday. The fair organisers said the sale of various items in the stalls, especially handicrafts, also soared as the number of visitors increased in last few
Cervical cancer kills 18, infects 35 women a day
Finds a 2-year research As many as 18 women die from cervical cancer and more than 35 others are diagnosed as having the fatal disease in the country every day, oncologists and gynaecologists told a research report dissemination session on Thursday. Cervical cancer is transmitted by virus and, in most cases, is related to sexually
Rare species of birds found in Ctg
A team of Chittagong Divisional Forest and Animal Preservation Department recovered at least 21 different species of birds and one mongoose here on Wednesday. Among them, three were common parrots, two Black Maynaes, 13 munias, one White Parrot, two Yellow Parrots and a mongoose
Dhaka food festival begins
The festival on traditional Dhaka food started yesterday to conclude the celebration of the 400th year of Dhaka as capital. Dhaka Kendra and Spellbound jointly organised it on a Kalabagan sporting club ground with the assistance of city group, says
Mobile user growth picks up again
Total subscribers reach 6.66cr in November The growth in the number of mobile subscribers picked up again in November as the country’s six operators added 10.58 lakh new subscribers while the state-run Teletalk again went back to losing track. The total number of active mobile subscribers increased to 66.62 million or 6.66 crore at the ... Read more
Insurance industry posts robust growth
The insurance industry, both life and general, posted robust growth in 2009. But the sector is still going through poor professionalism and research and development, insurers told the annual general meeting of the Bangladesh Insurance Association yesterday. Top insurers who gathered at the meeting hoped that the regulatory authority would help the
Asif Ibrahim new DCCI president
The new board of directors of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry was elected with Asif Ibrahim as its president on Thursday. The board was elected 2011 at the association’s 49th annual general meeting, said a press release. TIM Nurul Kabir and Nasir Hossain have been elected as senior vice president and
New president for ICAB
Parveen Mahmud has been elected president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) for 2011 in its council meeting yesterday. Mahmud is the first woman president for ICAB since its establishment in 1973, said a statement. Former ICAB vice president in 2008, she is the deputy managing director of
Ityadi in Puthia
Over the last couple of years, popular variety show “Ityadi” has been under the camera at different historic places. The latest episode of the show was shot in the zamindar estate of Puthia, Rajshahi. The episode will be aired on December 31 at 9:30pm on Bangladesh Television. Planned and anchored by Hanif Sanket, this episode ... Read more
Investment board goes online
The Board of Investment (BoI) yesterday introduced online registration system to help investors get their proposals approved faster and with less paper works. With the web-based automation, the prospective investors will be able to complete registration within just a day compared to six days in the existing
DU team wins Battle of Minds
Dhaka University’s finance department team won the Battle of Minds 2010, a real-life business case solving competition, said a statement yesterday. The grand finale of the show, organised by the Bangladesh unit of British American Tobacco (BAT), was held at North South University (NSU) on
M-banking to take a full shape soon
Bangladesh will enter a full-fledged mobile banking network within the next three months, and the shift will be implemented within a bank-led model, the central bank governor said yesterday. “The upcoming mobile banking has to be led by the banks,” Atiur Rahman said at a discussion at the National Press Club in Dhaka
Youth stabs schoolgirl, stalker injures woman
A drug addict youth stabbed a schoolgirl in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur district while stalkers injured a housewife and two of her relatives when they tried to save her sister-in-law from kidnap attempt by the4 delinquents at village Manirampur in Magura Sadar upazila on Tuesday evening. Seriously stabbed by a drug addict pervert in Birganj ... Read more
Road crashes kill 11, injure 34
Eleven people were killed and 34 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Gaibandha, Brahmanbaria, Pabna, Netrakona and Gazipur on Tuesday and yesterday. Our Sirajganj correspondent reports: A truck rammed a CNG-run auto rickshaw at Hatikumrul on the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge at about 7:30am, killing four people
Nat’l council session of Girls Guides begins in Barisal
The two-day 33th national council session of the Bangladesh Girls Guides Association started in Barisal Wednesday morning with a call to prevent stalking. The Barisal mayor, Shawkat Hossain Hiron, opened the programme by illuminating 33 lamps at Barisal Govt Girls School and participated in the anti-stalking human chain in front of the
Runway screened in Sylhet
A three-day screening of the film, Runway, of Tareque Masud begins in Sylhet today. Two cultural organisations — Shrutichitra and Prantik Parshad — in association with Chokh Film Society and Moviana Film Society, have taken the initiative to show the film along with Narasundar, a movie based on the story of War of Independence, at ... Read more
Pran hosts anti-stalking concerts from Dec 25
Pran Group plans a musical concert programme to be held in 10 cities and towns across the country from December 25 to April 14 with the slogan ‘Take Pran Up in hand and prevent sexual harassment’. The programme is aimed at raising social awareness on preventing eve teasing and violence against women, the group’s brand ... Read more