The Barisal Divisional Museum is yet to be launched as the renovation of about 200-year-old Barisal Collectorate Building, to be used as museum, was not completed for lack of fund and approval of its organogram by the government. After the end of a museum construction project for 2005-2007, the divisional museum was scheduled to be ... Read more
Month: February 2011
Climate fund must be compensatory: Experts
The global climate fund for Bangladesh must be in the form of compensation for climate damage done by the developed world, environmentalists told a roundtable yesterday. “The developed countries should compensate Bangladesh with debt cancellation for the climate damage,” said Dr Hasan Mahmud, state minister for environment and
Young sports leaders organise annual event in Dhaka
More than 600 students from different schools in Dhaka took part in the annual sports, supported by the British Council Bangladesh, at Sultana Kamal stadium, Dhanmondi in the capital. Students from fourteen different schools including Alia Madrassah, Kamrunnessa Govt Girl’s High School Dhanmondi, Motijheel Govt Boy’s High School participated in the event
Book fair gains momentum
Novel tops choice list The Ekushey Book Fair started gaining momentum, drawing good crowd and witnessing good sales as well on the ninth day on Wednesday. Visitors, who were just thumbing through new arrivals, also started buying books, publishers said, adding that novel was on top of the selling list, followed by volumes of
HC asks cops to arrest Rubel, Mithun
Gulshan Double Murder HC asks cops to arrest Rubel, Mithun The High Court yesterday directed the police to immediately arrest Rubel and Mithun, two principal accused of a sensational double murder at Gulshan in Dhaka, as they allegedly obtained bail from this court by practicing fraud. Rubel and Mithun allegedly shot dead Sadequr Rahman, general ... Read more
CWASA starts new phase of water supply project
The Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, through a ceremony at the Arefin Nagar Hill in the city at 11:00am on Wednesday, launched the third phase of Karnaphuli Water Supply Project. The goal of the project financed by a loan from the Japan International Coopera-tion Agency to the Govern-ment of Bangladesh is to strategically improve ... Read more
5-day Chinese spring festival from Feb11
Embassy of China in Dhaka will organise gala events for five days beginning February 11 to celebrate the Chinese Traditional Spring Festival, the most important festival to Chinese people. In observance of the Chinese New Year, the embassy will celebrate its Spring Festival Gala-Happy Spring Festival 2011 and Spring Festival
Investors take to street for 4th day
Investors of Dhaka Stock Exchange went on a rampage for the fourth day on Wednesday blocking a thoroughfare at Motijheel in the city as the general index of the bourse took a 149-point plunge. Although the index had gained around 117 points in early trading till 1:00pm, it then started to slide and closed the ... Read more
New DMD for Trust Bank
MM Haikal Hashmi has joined Trust Bank as deputy managing director, the bank said in a statement yesterday. Prior to the appoin-tment, he was the senior executive vice president and head of credit risk management of Dhaka Bank. Hashmi also served Credit Agricole Indosuez, ANZ Grindlays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, American Express Bank and Mashreq ... Read more
Goals differ, dreams remain the same
There couldn’t be any starker contrast between two batsmen who have a similar game, are in the same team and have the big tournament temperament. Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Ashraful have done batting look easy when on song but while the former sounds every bit confident as his bat flourishes, the latter is almost grateful ... Read more
Razzak eyes top spot in bolwers’ ranking
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has set his sights on the number one spot of the ICC ranking for one-day bowlers and doing it in the forthcoming World Cup would be just an icing on the cake for him. Razzak is not too far from realising his dream as he is currently ranked number three in ... Read more
Bopara handed World Cup chance after injured Morgan is ruled out
By Will Hawkes Ravi Bopara has been called up to the England World Cup squad after it was confirmed yesterday that Eoin Morgan would not be fit to play in the tournament. Morgan injured his finger in the one-day international at Adelaide during England’s tour of Australia and, although it was initially thought to be ... Read more
Mahmudullah ready to make an impact
Mahmud-ullah promised to make an impact in the impending World Cup after the all-rounder had rediscovered his batting and bowling form and is confident to leave his recent bad patch in international cricket behind him. After playing in every game of all formats since the tour of West Indies in 2009,
Ashraful just one big innings away
Experienced batsman and former captain Mohammad Ashraful believes he is just one big innings away from returning to his blistering best during the forthcoming World Cup. Ashraful was one of the key figures in Bangladesh’s successful campaign in the West Indies four years ago but with another World Cup looming, he is still uncertain about ... Read more
Abahani take lead for now
Holders Abahani returned to the winning way but runners-up Mohammedan received a jolt in the eighth round of games of the Grameenphone Bangladesh League at different venues yesterday. A brace from Ghanaian midfielder Twum Frank helped Abahani edge Arambagh 2-1 at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalpur while Mohammedan stumbled against 10-man
Good luck Tigers
Coming into Bangladesh’s fourth World Cup, I have become nostalgic recalling the days when we worked so hard to qualify for the first time. You all know about the 1997 ICC trophy which gave us the foundation where Bangladesh cricket stands now. It was a big challenge for us and I am thankful to my ... Read more
Opening tickets now from Feb 13
Tickets for the opening ceremony of the World Cup will now be available for the general public from Sunday, February 13, informed a BCB media release. The tickets will be sold through ten branches of Dhaka Bank. The list of the branches will be made known on Saturday through advertisements in the daily
Bangladesh ready for WC, says Kamal
Bangladesh is fully ready to host the World Cup matches of its share and the opening ceremony, Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal declared on Wednesday. Speaking at a Meet the Press programme, organised by the Dhaka Reporters Unity, Kamal said Bangladesh has already won the confidence of the International Cricket Council and
Willes into semifinals
Willes Little Flower will face Dhaka Ideal School in the first semifinal of the Mini World Cup today, while Residential Model School will be playing against Incidin in the other semifinal. At the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium, Ideal School won by six wickets against Mirpur Bangla School, Willes defeated Rayer Bazar High School by 63 runs, ... Read more
Nat’l Tennis
Shathi Sarker overcame Victory Day Tennis title holder Ishita Afroze 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in a three-and-a-half-hour semi-final battle to confirm her place in the final of the Sony National Tennis Championship at the Ramna Tennis Complex on Wednesday. In the men’s singles, Amol Roy beat sensational youngster Delwar Hossain 6-3, 6-2,