The Somali pirates who hijacked the Bangladeshi-flagged ship MV Jahan Moni were contacted again yesterday after four days. Officials of the ship’s operating farm Brave Royal Ship Management Ltd in Chittagong made the telephone contact around 4:00pm and managed to talk with the ship’s captain
Month: January 2011
Poush Mela starts on Friday
Puthi path (story telling), pala (narrative songs) and baul songs would be some of the new additions to be featured in the Poush Mela this year, said the organiser yesterday. The two-day fair will start at the Ramna Batamul from next Friday and will open for all from 7:30am to 11:00am and 3:30pm to
Ali Raj wins Merlin Award
Ali Raj became the first Bangladeshi to win the Merlin Award, the Oscar in magic, in the category of the ‘Best Family Magic Show’ given every three years by the International Magicians Society. The society’s chief executive officer and world president Tony Hassini handed over the award to Ali Raj in a ceremony at Sonargaon ... Read more
CPD spots flaws in stockmarket
Research organisation Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday said a game of ‘windfall gain’ is going on in the country’s stockmarket and some people are manipulating the prices. Irregularities, anomalies, oversight and poor policy framework have led to the bubble market, the private think tank said in its interim analysis on the state of the ... Read more
Manipulators benefiting from book building: CPD
The introduction of book building system has turned out to be a tool for manipulating market prices, the Centre for Policy Dialogue has observed. Instead of ensuring competition among big investors at the ‘price discovery’ stage, the market syndicates are abusing it for placement shares at an artificially high price, the CPD
Bangladesh to make CNG three-wheelers
Says Barua as he narrates success stories The government is set to manufacture CNG three-wheelers through state-run Atlas Bangladesh, said Industries Minister Dilip Barua yesterday. “We are looking for prospective investors from India and China,” said Barua in his ministry’s annual performance report
Microsoft claims Hotmail restored after email glitch
A computer glitch that caused some Hotmail users to temporarily lose all of their emails has been resolved, according to Microsoft. A number of people posted complaints to the company’s online message board at the weekend, claiming their emails had disappeared. In some cases, e-mails were mistakenly sent to their deleted mail
Salman & Katrina – Nothing Is Crystal Clear
The spotlight is on Katrina Kaif these days. The media’s prying eyes in Katrina’s private life seems to drive her nuts. After rumours of a split between Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina, Bollywood were buzzing with rumours that Katrina was probably trying to make her relationship work with her ex boyfriend, Salman Khan. Quite a number ... Read more
Leading stars rock the night
Nokia’s concert at Army Stadium The year 2011 began with a great show ‘Rock the Legends’ was the first major open air concert of this year. Army Stadium in Dhaka rocked to the riffs of Nagarbaul, Miles and LRB on January 2. Mobile devices manufacturer Nokia arranged the event. The concert was unique since it ... Read more
TIB documents ‘incomplete’
SC asks for more The Supreme Court yesterday sent a letter to the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) saying the corruption watchdog’s survey report involving the judiciary is “unclear” and “incomplete.” The apex court asked the organisation to turn in to the SC the survey questionnaire and responses from households, said court officials
Man killed for protesting at stalking
A group of youths allegedly beat a man to death for protesting against their stalking of his daughter-in-law at Raipura in Narsingdi on Monday. The deceased was identified as Ratan Bhuiyan, 48, a grocer of village Hasnabad under Raipura upazila. Police and locals said Ratan’s daughter-in-law Sonia along with her friends Shanta and Mitu was
Cold, fog disrupt life
A mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping through nine districts including Dhaka causing disruption in ferry services and intensifying sufferings of the poor. An official at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday said only one flight (of Jet Airways) was delayed by around two hours due to fog. Other flights took off or landed on ... Read more
Fog disrupts ferry services
Mild cold wave triggered by fog likely to continue for 2 days The sub-continental ridge (region of high barometric pressure), usually formed in the center of the Indian subcontinent during winter, moved eastward and caused a drop in the overall temperature across the country, disrupting ferry communications on Monday. Land, air and water communications were ... Read more
ISPs call off strike
Cable removal stopped for now Internet service providers have called off today’s one-hour strike on government assurance that no more overhead cables would be removed in the city until sufficient logistic support to lay cables underground is arranged. The decision came after the Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) held
DCC plans beautification ahead of WC
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has taken a project to renovate major roads, islands and dividers in the capital as a part of beautification on the eve of the World Cup Cricket-2011 scheduled to be kicked off on February 17. A total of Tk 54 crore has been allocated to implement the project that includes repair ... Read more
Fans wait in endless pain
Thousands of desperate cricket fans were still waiting in front of different City Bank and Agrani Bank branches countrywide for a ticket of the World Cup matches amid endless pain. Some of them have already completed their 48 hours of waiting under the open sky and still did not gain entrance to the bank. The ... Read more
MSC earn full points
Last season’s runners-up Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club earned full points edging Farashganj Sporting Club 1-0 in their second Bangladesh League outing at the Kamalapur stadium on Monday. Away at the Cox’s Bazar stadium, visiting Sheikh Russell KC recorded a
Sohel outshines Siddik in round two
Shakhawat Hossain Sohel came from behind to score (-8) under par and share the honours with ace golfer Siddikur Rahman after the second round of the BTI Golf Championship at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Monday. Shakhawat ended the second round with (-3) under par with 69 shots, one less than his more illustrious rival ... Read more
Metropolitan School Football
AK International High School, Siddheshwari Boys’ High School, A Latif Charitable School and Dhaka Residential Model School won their respective matches in the Ashian City Dhaka Metropolitan School Football Tournament on Monday. At the Rahmatganj MFS ground, AK International High School rode on two goals from Sohag to beat Islambagh Ashraf Ali High School. Siddheshwari ... Read more
Victory Day Hockey
BKSP and Bangladesh Army confirmed their semi-final berths in the Victory Day Hockey Championship as the group A champions and runners-up with 12 and 9 points respectively while Sonali Bank and Mukta Bihanga advanced to the round of four from the other group. Earlier, Sonali Bank crushed Armanitola 14-0 in their last group match at ... Read more