Mutiny at Naogaon 25 BDR men jailed Twenty-five jawans of 43 Rifles Battalion were yesterday sentenced to various jail terms–up to seven years–for their involvement in the BDR mutiny in Naogaon in 2009. The special court-12, headed by Rajshahi Sector Commander Col Ehia Azam Khan, also fined Tk 100 to each of the convicts. The ... Read more
Month: January 2011
Real estate firm fined for cutting hills
Department of Environment yesterday slapped a fine of Tk 7 lakh on RF Properties Ltd, a real estate firm, for destroying the natural balance of Prabartak Sangha hill. A team of DoE led by its Director (enforcement) Munir Chowdhury conducted the drive around 10:30am, in association with Chittagong Metropolitan Police
Expats in UAE can get MRP from now on
Bangladesh missions abroad have finally started issuing machine-readable passport (MRP), nearly 10 months after the modern passport was launched in the country. Missions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi received applications for the MRP on Sunday and Monday respectively, said sources in the foreign ministry
Mash vows to be fit before WC
Fast bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza expressed his desire to give a last fight to regain his fitness before the World Cup when he visited the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium on Monday after arriving from Sri Lanka. Mashrafee looked confident after meeting Australian orthopaedic surgeon David Young in Colombo on January23, for his opinion on his ... Read more
Mithun puts Muktis on top
National striker Mithun Chowdhury scored a brace while his skipper Rajani Kanta Barman netted one as Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra went top of the Bangladesh League with a 3-0 thrashing of table-toppers Sheikh Russell KC at the Kamalapur stadium on Monday. Muktijoddha now have 12 points in their tally while Sheikh Russell slipped to second ... Read more
Rich like Riyad
Muhamudullah Riyad, the youngest of three brothers, was brought up in a cricketing environment as his elder Emadullah played in the local cricket league of Mymensingh, who was also his first coach. He had won the man of the match award in the Nirman School Cricket final in 2000 where he was spotted by a ... Read more
Super League starts today
The Dhaka Premier League Cricket will lose much of its gloss as the national players will miss the super league starting in different venues of the country from today. The national players are due to start their World Cup preparations from January 26 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium
Shakib to return to New Road
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan will continue playing for English county side Worcestershire, it was announced yesterday. Shakib will join Worcestershire for a seven-week period during June and July this year, which will include the Friends Provident Twenty20 competition. The signing is subject to receiving a
American Express Golf starts Jan 26
The Professional Golf Tour of India starts its new season with the American Express Bangladesh Open starting at the Kurmitola Golf Club on January 26. This was revealed at a press briefing on Sunday. The City Bank, under the banner of American Express, is hosting the Tk 30 lakh tournament in association with the Bangladesh ... Read more
Club Cup cricket
Barisal Abahani beat Barguna Warriors by a massive margin of 165 runs to move to the second round of the 2nd Inter-District Club Cup cricket tournament yesterday. In the day’s other matches, Mukti Shangha of Rajshahi beat Rahamatganj Young Associatioin by 8 wickets, Bir Bikram Yamin Krira Chakra of Sylhet easily beat Hobiganj’s Modern Club ... Read more
SEC halves circuit breaker limit on share prices
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday halved the limit of circuit breaker on individual stock in a bid to tighten the price fluctuation of shares of the company. ‘The new circuit breaker will come into effect on Tuesday (today),’ said an SEC official. If a company’s share price is Tk 200, then its share ... Read more
Trading at bourses resumes today
Finance ministry finalises 14 decisions to stablise market Trading at the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges will resume today with the circuit breaker on general indices withdrawn after a two-day trade suspension following a share market debacle and subsequent violent protests by small investors. The market regulators, as per the directive of the government, had ... Read more
Investors worried about Tk 3,969cr investment in 2 suspended IPOs
Thousands of investors, who have deposited around Tk 3,969 crore for purchasing initial public offerings of Mobil Jamuna Limited Bangladesh and MI Cement, are in agony over the fate of their investments after the government suspended the IPO procedures of the two companies under the book-building method. Analysts said that the market regulators should immediately ... Read more
Biman, GMG raise ticket prices
Cite fuel oil price hike as reason The state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines and private GMG Airlines last week raised their ticket prices on a number of local and international routes by $5 to $100. Officials of the airliners said the ticket prices were increased as they raised fuel surcharge following recent hike in jet fuel ... Read more
Bangkok Airways to operate flights to Dhaka
Thai private owned airline Bangkok Airways will start flights on Dhaka-Bangkok route very soon, the localrepresentatives of the airline on Monday said. A senior official of Jupiter Logistics, the Bangladesh representative of the airline, said that they were expecting the launching of the flights by the end of
77 candidates file nominations
A total of 77 candidates vying for the posts of director of the executive board of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association filed their nomination papers on Monday. The contestants are mainly grouped in two panels— one led by the incumbent vice-president Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin and the other by former BGMEA president Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury Parvez
Mohabbat, Faruque become NCC Bank DMDs
Mohabbat Khan and TM Faruque Chowdhury have recently been promoted to the posts of deputy managing director of NCC Bank Ltd. Prior to the promotion, they were senior executive vice-presidents of the bank, said a news release. Mohabbat started his banking career in 1977 and Faruque in 1978 as probithonary
Nokia launches X2 Qwerty
Nokia yesterday launched its new X2 QWERTY, an social networking device offering full blown music and networking experience, at The Westin in Dhaka. The new X2 device enables access to social networks directly on home screen. It allows people to chat, send emails, comment, and update pictures via their preferred network sites such as
Film screening begins
The formal film screening of the fourth International Film Festival began in nine theatres in Dhaka on Sunday. A total of 40 films on children in different format including feature film, short film, animation and documentary films were screened on the second day of International Children Film Festival. The houseful viewers of Dhaka enjoyed films ... Read more
Chobi Mela VI
Laurence Leblanc’s Out-of-focus, Dreamlike Images To confront the out-of-focus images of fleeting moments by the internationally acclaimed photographer Laurence Leblanc is an unsettling yet fascinating experience. Born and raised in Paris, Leblanc took courses in design and painting at a very young age. She also trained in engraving at the “Ecole des Arts décoratifs du ... Read more