The Bangladesh Football Federation in a development committee meeting on Tuesday decided to launch a countrywide talent hunt programme from September 1 in order to start its first academy in Sylhet. The nearly two-month long programme will be divided in four phases – upazila, district, division and national level – and 60 players (30 of ... Read more
Month: August 2012
Salma confident of doing well
Bangladesh Women’s national cricket team will fly for Ireland tonight and their skipper Salma Khatun expressed her confidence of doing well in the tri-nation ODI and Twenty20 tournament involving the host and Pakistan. ‘I think we will put up a good show as our team is more balanced than before,’ Salma
Humayun’s swan song
Eid special telefilm on Channel i Channel i will air a telefilm, titled “Jodi Bhalo Na Lagey Toh Dio Na Mon” on Eid day at 12:05pm. The play is the last script by noted litterateur Humayun Ahmed. Raikhan Khan has directed the telefilm. The star cast includes Swiss model-actress Janine Dominique Allery, leading Bangladeshi film ... Read more
Sagor-Mimo in Eid dance show
For the first time Super Hero Sagor and Super Heroine Mimo have worked together in a dance show. They will be seen to perform in a special dance show titled “Aha Ki Ananda,” which was directed by Wahidul Islam Shuvo. This programme will go on aired after Eid day on NTV. Besides Sagor-Mimo, another popular ... Read more
Prova’s comeback
After lying low for sometime, model and actress Prova is busy reviving her career with consistent performances in one-hour plays, tele-films and serials. Prova says acting is her passion and she intends to nurture her love for the medium. The audience will get to see her performances in upcoming plays, she says with confidence. Like ... Read more
End of a supreme carnival
London Olympic 2012 End of a supreme carnival At the end of a long, raucous night, it was inevitably the words of Lord Sebastian Coe that best summed up the last sixteen days of whirlwind madness in London. “When our time came, we did it right,” said Coe in his short and sweet speech towards ... Read more
Shakib, Nasir and Sunny nominated
ICC Awards Shakib, Nasir and Sunny nominated Bangladesh premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been nominated in the long-list of the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the year for the ICC Awards, which takes place on 15 September in Colombo. The 9th annual LG ICC Awards took into account the players’ performances over the period ... Read more
Ctg Kings looking to form stronger team in BPL
Bangladesh Premier League franchise Chittagong Kings and Radio Amaar hosted an iftar party at a local hotel in the city on Sunday. The iftar was graced by Chittagong Kings’ local players from the inaugural edition of the BPL including captain and Bangladesh team vice-captain Mahmudullah Ryad and his national team mates Ziaur Rahman and
Illegal VoIP calls galore
Some quarters inside BTCL involved While a government move is on the way to bring illegal Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) operation under a legal cover, some quarters within the state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) is still terminating international calls with their E1 devices, sources have said. E1 is an all-digital communications line that ... Read more
Ask Myanmar to settle it
PM tells UK, other countries not to put pressure on Bangladesh on Rohingya issue Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the United Kingdom and the countries concerned about Rohingya refugees to talk to the Myanmar government instead of pressuring Bangladesh. She said this when British Secretary of State for International Development Affairs Andrew Mitchell ... Read more
US worried about GB
Mozena tells Muhith The US has reiterated its concern at the government’s move to curtail the power of Grameen Bank’s borrowers in the selection of the bank’s managing director. Its ambassador in Dhaka, Dan Mozena, expressed his country’s concern at a meeting with finance minister AMA Muhith at the latter’s secretariat
Women leaders rally behind GB
Say govt actions will make its owners powerless More women professionals and leaders have raised their voices against a government move to amend the Grameen Bank Ordinance of 1983, and thereby curb the autonomy of the Nobel-winning microlender. Forty-six women yesterday issued a statement under the banner of Friends of Grameen, condemning the proposed changes ... Read more
Hallmark loan scam under ACC probe
Several Sonali Bank officials involved in lending Tk 3,547cr to little known entities The Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating a state-run bank’s illegal lending of Tk 3,547 crore to little-known Hallmark Group and five other companies, and the people involved in the scam. The amount embezzled by the six entities is equivalent to almost 15 percent ... Read more
Students burst into protests, writ petition filed
New admission system for MBBS, BDS courses Students burst into protests, writ petition filed Admission seekers on Monday burst into protests across the country against the government’s decision to enrol students at medical and dental colleges without admission tests. A Supreme Court lawyer on Monday filed a writ petition challenging the government decision to enrol ... Read more
Witness says Quader killed her husband in 1971
War crimes trial Witness says Quader killed her husband in 1971 A prosecution witness on Monday testified that detained Jamaat assistant secretary general Abdul Quader Molla had killed her husband along with 50 to 60 people at Ghatarchar village of Keraniganj in Dhaka on November 25, 1971. Nurjahan, the eighth prosecution witness against Quader, stated ... Read more
Country now without top 3 leaders
The country is running without top leaders, including the president and the prime minister, as all of them are on foreign trips. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been in London to attend a nutrition conference since August 11. She is expected to return at 8:40am today
ACC challenges granting bails to Destiny officials
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday challenged the legality of an order passed by the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court granting bail to five Destiny Group top officials including managing director Rafiqul Amin and president Left. Gen. Harun Or-Rashid. ACC deputy director Mozahar Ali and assistant director M Towfiqul Islam, also complainants
Rush for home begins today
Eid Holidays Rush for home begins today With the Eid-ul-Fitr now only days away, a mass exodus from capital will begin today as a six-day-long public holiday commences tomorrow. Thousands of people have already bought advance bus and train tickets to go to village homes to celebrate the festival with their families
Eid shopping spree at peak in Chittagong
Shopping spree reached at its peak at the Chittagong city markets and malls on Sunday, one week ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Shopping centres, including Sanmar Ocean City, New Market, Amin Centre, Afmi Plaza, Mimi Super Market, Akhtaruzzaman Centre, Chittagong Shopping Complex, Lucky Plaza and Bangkok-Singapore Market, were jam-packed with buyers Customers,
Bangladeshi peacekeeper shot dead in Sudan
A Bangladeshi peacekeeper was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Darfur region of Sudan yesterday morning. Md Ajgar Ali, 40, was killed when a bullet went through his neck in gunfire in front of a UN structure in Darfur. The gunfire also left two others injured. He was serving at Otash Community Police Camp in