Educationists and social workers on Tuesday urged the government to take necessary initiatives for ensuring rights of the slum children. The discussants in a study report presentation at the National Press Club also said slum children, especially the girl children, were facing different
Month: February 2011
CCC organises ship procession marking world cup cricket
The Chittagong City Corporation on Tuesday brought out a ship procession in the city, marking upcoming World Cup Cricket 2011, with a view to spreading enthusiasm among the city dwellers. The procession was brought out from Sadarghat terminal at 11:00am and ended at Patenga seaport. A total of 8 ships, 50 Shampans, 3 high-speed boats ... Read more
Book fair begins in Khulna
The month-long Khulna Ekushey Book Fair 2011 began on the Khulna Divisional Government Public Library premises at Bayra in the Khulna city Tuesday afternoon. Organized by Khulna district administration, the fair began with the slogan ‘Book to achieve vision 2021’ and aims at creating readership of good books and make the young chaps interested in
Power price hike likely from March
Power prices the consumers pay to distribution agencies are likely to increase immediately after the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission announces an increase in the rate at which such as agencies will be buying electricity. The commission’s member Salim Mahmud told New Age that the commission would
Booklovers swarm Boi Mela
Fill up premises minutes into opening by PM Thousands of booklovers yesterday thronged the Bangla Academy premises after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2011 and left the fair. Nobel laureate and noted economist Amartya Sen attended the inaugural session as the guest of honour, glorifying the dignity of the ... Read more
UAE deports 71 Bangladeshi workers
The United Arab Emirates deported 71 Bangladeshi workers on Monday on charges of instigating a strike demanding a pay hike by their employer, a construction company, Arabtec in Dubai. They arrived in Shahjalal International Airport around 12:30am yesterday by a flight of GMG Airlines, an official at the airport confirmed
Nobel committee lends support to Yunus again
Norwegian Nobel Committee has recently said it had awarded Prof Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank the peace prize in 2006 after it pieced their “larger and very positive picture together”. “When a bank has 7-8 million borrowers, it is easy to find isolated negative examples. It was only when the Committee had pieced this larger ... Read more
All 111 soldiers jailed in first Dhaka verdict
One hundred and eleven soldiers of the records wing of the Border Guard Bangladesh, formerly Bangladesh Rifles, were on Tuesday sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for varying terms on charges of the February 25–26, 2009 mutiny in the border guards’ headquarters in Dhaka. The special court 9 of the Border Guard Bangladesh, chaired by the force’s ... Read more
Gold trader killed, shop looted in city
Unidentified criminals strangled a gold trader to death and looted nine tolas of gold ornaments from his shop at Tantibazar in the old part of the capital early yesterday. Police recovered the body of Rajib Chandra Ghosh, 25, from his shop RL Jewellery Workshop at Raj Rajeswar Mandir Market in the morning
Spectacular WC opening planned
The World Cup Opening Committee promises to stage a grand 135-minute spellbinding show for the VVIP guests and fans to spark the opening of the World Cup Cricket Championship on February 17 here at Bangabandhu National Stadium. The spectacular show is expected to begin at 5.50 pm. Prior to the main event, a pre-show
Decorations two days before WC
Dhaka Mayor Sadeque Hossain exchanged views with Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal on the progress of work which the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has taken up in collaboration with the BCB at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNS) in Mirpur yesterday. The renovation and repair of streets and upgradation of drainage system, which ... Read more
GP Masters from tomorrow
The Asian Development Tour comes to Bangladesh for the first time with the tee off od the Grameenphone Bangladesh Masters 2011 at the Kurmitola Golf Club tomorrow. Bangladesh’s golfing sensation Siddikur Rahman is the favourite for the event where some 94 golfers including 42 from Bangladesh and the rest from 15 other nations namely — ... Read more
Bangladesh League to get a break
Bangladesh Football Federation’s Professional Football League Committee have decided to keep the professional league off from February 14 to March 3 after a meeting with 12 participating clubs on Tuesday. The competition will go to a break because of the absence of the Under-23 national team players who will be engaged in their Olympic Pre-qualifiers ... Read more
Fighting fire with fire
In March 2010, Tamim Iqbal went to Michael Atherton for some tips in his home town Chittagong. But the former England captain-turned-commentator did not feel himself qualified enough for the job. A few months later in his column in London Times, Atherton revealed the truth saying he thought Tamim was far better a batsman than ... Read more
Tragic suicide of star teenage swimmer
Teenage swimmer Arifa Khatun committed suicide on Monday night at her residence in Khayerpur village under Mirpur Thana of Kushtia district following a disagreement with her parents. Arifa, a student of Class X, reportedly took poison at night after coming back from school as she had earlier had brawl with her parents regarding some family
U-14 tennis
Delwar Hossain reached the final of boy’s singles in the ITF 14 & Under Asian Championships 2011 (Group 2) beating his Singapore counterpart in the semis at the Heinbyu Tennis Center, Yangon, Myanmar yesterday. Delwar handed a 6-4, 2-6 and 6-3 defeat to Isaac Ong to set his final against
Kim Kardashian’s W Magazine nude pics Made Her Cry
Apparently, the photographs that came out of Kim Kardashian’s photoshoot with W Magazine weren’t exactly what she expected, if her tearful reaction on ‘Kourtney & Kim Take New York’ was any indication. Kim was nude but covered in body paint. She thought the people at W Magazine would add more things in to cover her ... Read more
Mahmudullah ready to take up challenge
All-rounder Mahmu-dullah is ready to take up the challenge of batting powerplay during the upcoming World Cup as prescribed coach by Jamie Siddons. Siddons suggested Mahmudullah and wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim take the role of power hitting after seeing their encouraging performances in the first phase of ongoing
Gazi firm in title race
A brilliant century by Nasir Hossain helped Gazi Tanks beat Abahani by five wickets in their Super League match on Monday and bolster their title chance. A six-wicket haul by Tanvir Haider powered Old DOHS to a 12-run victory over Mohammedan SC in Rajshahi despite their Pakistani recruit Shoaib Malik scoring a
Wins for Rahmatganj, Ctg Mohammedan
Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society and Chittagong Mohammedan SC won their respective Bangladesh League sixth round matches on Monday. Rahmatganj got their third consecutive league triumph defeating Chittagong Abahani 1-0 at the Kamalapur stadium which lifted them to fifth place in the league table with