Leaders of the national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports on Friday said that the government’s increasing power and fuel oil prices was irrational and against people. They said that the government was increasing prices in the name of reducing subsidy on power and fuel oils but did not explore cheaper ... Read more
Month: January 2013
Air monitoring station opened
Continuous Air Monitoring Station was inaugurated in Agrabad area in the Chittagong city on Friday. The forest and environment minister, Hasan Mahmud, formally inaugurated the CAMS in the morning. Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the minister said that conservation of environment was a big challenge. ‘Air is the most important element of environment and maintaining its ... Read more
Smartphone Expo 2013 draws large crowd
A three-day-long expo of smartphones drew huge crowd on its opening day on Friday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in capital. The Smart-phone Expo 2013 has been organised by Expomaker with major support from government telecommunication company
Sherpur villagers in fear of wild elephant attacks
Villagers of three upazilas under Sherpur district are passing sleepless nights as wild elephants have been coming down from adjacent Garo Hill areas and forests in search of food and attacking them for the last few days. During the attacks, the elephants broke into earthen houses to reach food grains stored inside, ate fruits growing in ... Read more
Saqlain spins North into final
BCB North Zone moved into the Bangladesh Cricket League final with a crushing 170-run win over Prime Bank South Zone in their last league match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday. They were joined by Walton Central Zone in the final after playing a drab draw against Islami Bank East Zone in Bogra where ... Read more
No payment, no NOC-players tell BPL franchisees
With the second edition of Bangladesh Premier League less than a week away, many franchises are yet to complete the payment of local players and obtain a no-objection certificate from its organisers. The BPL governing council asked the franchisees to submit the NOC as there are many claims and counter-claims, which left the authority confused ... Read more
U-18 longer version to begin from Jan 14
The longer-version Young Tigers Under-18 National Cricket Competition will begin from January 14 in five venues across the country with the aim to build a team for the Under-19 World Cup, said Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Friday. Dhaka South, Khulna, Rangpur, Dhaka Metro and Chittagong are placed in Group A while
Dull draw puts Jamal on top
Former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club played an insipid goalless draw against new leviathans Sheikh Russel at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday, to take solo lead in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League. The much-hyped tussle between the two powerhouses failed to live up to the billing and
BFF hopeful Kruif, Koster will sign contract
The Bangladesh Football Federation is optimistic that the Dutch coaches Lodwejik de Kruif and Rene Koster will sign a contract today, though there is still some confusion if they will be available anytime soon. The two coaches came to Bangladesh on Monday and they had several discussions with the BFF officials about a possible deal ... Read more
Tamim ends on a high
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal finished his stint for the Wellington Firebirds with a 41 against Otago at the Wellington ground yesterday. The Firebirds, who were chasing a target of 170, ended on 158 for 6 with Tamim the top-scorer. The left-hander will play no further part in the HRV Cup as he is scheduled to ... Read more
Beautified Hatirjheel attracts visitors
It’s now a recreation spot Hatirjheel seems to be a picture of Dhaka we could dream of. It is indeed a small piece of the capital that stood aloof from the rest. The sight of its jam-free express roads, uncluttered footpaths, modern bridges, walkways along a lake stretching as far as our eyes can see ... Read more
Cold claims 8 more
Mercury dips further; northern region worst-hit As mercury hit 45-year low yesterday with the minimum temperature recorded at 3 degrees Celsius in Saidpur, the cold snap claimed at least eight more lives. Cold-related complications left four people dead in Lalmonirhat, one each in Jamalpur and Madaripur and two in Moulvibazar from Wednesday
Hong Kong starts Bangladeshi housemaid recruitment in March
Hong Kong starts recruitment of Bangladeshi housemaids from March, officials said. They said that the host country would recruit the housemaids through government as well as private recruiting agencies. Recruitments would take place under an agreement between the Bangladesh government and Hong Kong general chamber, they said
2,592 pass 32nd special BCS exams
The final results of the 32nd Bangladesh Civil Service examination (special) were published yesterday with 2,592 candidates coming out successful. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has recommended 1,680 candidates out of the successful ones for recruitment in different
H1 export earnings fall short of target
December data raise hopes of revival The country’s export earnings growth in the first half of the current fiscal year fell to 7.01 per cent from that of 14.72 per cent in the same period of the last fiscal year but earnings in November-December raised some hope of a revival. The $12.60 billion export earnings ... Read more
Say no to violence against women
American feminist playwright urges American playwright, performer, feminist, activist Eva Ensler called everybody to observe February 14 as V-day for the protest against violence on women at a press conference held at the Hotel Ruposhi Bangla on Thursday. Tony award winning Enslar is visiting Dhaka as part of the ‘One Billion Rising Global Campaign’ marking February 14 ... Read more
Unsafe MR, abortion lead to higher maternal mortality
Unsafe menstruation regulation and abortion contribute to keeping the maternal mortality rate high in the country as statistics show an estimated 572,000 women suffer from complications from unsafe abortion every year. Couples should be aware of family planning methods to avoid unwanted pregnancy and this awareness can help reduce the rates of MR and abortion in the
Tributes paid to Nirmal Sen
The nation paid its last tributes to veteran journalist and left politician Nirmal Sen on Central Shaheed Minar premises in the capital yesterday. Nirmal died at LabAid Hospital in the capital on January 8 due to old age complications. He was 82. Political, cultural and media personalities, journalists and people from all walks of life
$130m loan signed with World Bank to bring back dropouts
The government yesterday signed a US$130 million loan agreement with The World Bank for the Second Reaching out of School Children Project II, with the aim to bring back to school 720,000 dropouts. The project will continue to support the government’s efforts to achieve the country’s “Education for All’ goal, which includes children from poor ... Read more
Kings get Tait, Thomas goes to Gladiators
The doubts about the participation of Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait in the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League came to an end on Thursday after Chittagong Kings gained an approval from the BPL governing council for his services. Chittagong Kings and Duranto Rajshahi and Dhaka Gladiators were locked in a three-way