Bangladesh Cricket Board North Zone were eying their first victory in the Bangladesh Cricket League after a solid batting performance was backed by their bowlers against Prime Bank South Zone at Mirpur on Thursday. North Zone, who had taken a valuable 86-run first innings lead earlier, rode on
Month: January 2013
Sheikhs seek solo lead
Title contenders Sheikh Jamal DC and Sheikh Russel KC will be vying for the solo lead in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League when they lock horns in today’s crucial match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Both are in at the top of the nine-team table with Sheikh Jamal and Abahani leading
MSC back to winning ways
Dhaka giants Mohammedan Sporting Club returned to the winning ways after two consecutive defeats when they beat Feni Soccer Club 1-0 in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Mohammedan’s Ghanaian striker Usei Morrison scored the winner in the 37th minute,
Strike halts river communications
River transport workers on Wednesday went on strike for an indefinite period halting river communications and transport goods on waterways across the country. Thousands of motor launch passengers got stranded at terminals and the offloading and transport of goods remained suspended at seaports in
26,192 primary schools nationalised
The government has nationalised 26,192 primary schools employing 104,000 teachers in the face of a movement non-government schoolteachers have carried out for two decades. The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, made the formal announcement at a rally of non-government primary schoolteachers in the National Parade Square in the capital on
Biting cold batters life
Mercury dips 45-year low; 82 deaths reported in a week; more cold spells this month A record-breaking cold spell sent the mercury plummeting across the country yesterday, with Dinajpur experiencing 3.2 degrees Celsius, the lowest in almost half a century. Many thousand people suffered badly as the persisting chilly weather with strong winds sent them ... Read more
Grameen Shakti lights up rural backwaters
The company installs more than one million solar home systems Prof Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Shakti team were showered with praises from people of all strata for installing more than one million solar home systems across the country. Economists, academics, development partners and diplomats also urged the Nobel laureate to move on to greater ... Read more
DSE CEO resigns over board ‘interference’
The chief executive officer of Dhaka Stock Exchange, Musharraf M Hussain, on Wednesday resigned after the board of directors grilled the management team led by Musharraf on the day before over repeated ‘operational failures’. ‘I have decided to resign as the board’s approach towards the management had hurt my
Citycell caught in frequency dispute with regulator
Citycell found itself in a frequency dispute with the regulator as the mobile operator did not receive as much radio frequency as it paid for. In August, the operator got its cellular phone (2G) licence renewed for the next 15 years after paying Tk 333 crore for 10 Megahertz frequency in the
Expo on eco-friendly industrial equipment in March
A three-day show on eco-friendly industrial equipment and sustainable development — Greentrade Bangladesh Summit and Eco-Industrial Engineering Technology Expo — will begin in Dhaka on March 12. ExpoNet Exhibition (Pvt) Ltd in association with International Training Network and the architecture department of Buet will jointly organise the summit and expo at
Domestic workers on the rise worldwide
The number of domestic workers has grown significantly in the past 15 years to more than 52 million, the International Labour Organisation said in a report yesterday. “From caring for children, to caring for elderly and persons with disabilities, to performing a wide range of household tasks, domestic workers are an indispensable
Novoair starts flying
Private airline Novoair yesterday launched its flights on three domestic routes with promises of providing better services and highest level of aviation safety. The carrier initially began its operation with Brazil made two 49-seater Embraer EMB-145 jets on Dhaka to Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Jessore
Strict laws sought
Violence against Women Strict laws sought Strict laws should be passed and enforced to prevent violence against women in the country, speakers demanded at a human chain yesterday. They said the whole society, including the government, political and social parties and individuals, should hold strong protest movements to prevent violence against
A macaw of discord
In January 2010 when Md Ikram Selim was shifting from his Eskaton house to Baridhara, he gave his male blue-gold-macaw to Abdul Wadud, a private mini zoo owner, so that Wadud could take care of it in the meantime. Two years later when Selim wanted the bird back, Wadud refused to return it. He argued that Selim ... Read more
Marshal, Mehrab into record books
Walton Central Zone’s Marshal Ayub and Mehrab Hossain Jr made their way into the record books as they both registered a double century on the second day of their third round Bangladesh Cricket League match against Islami Bank East Zone on Wednesday. Marshal and Mehrab, who earlier scored a century each in the tournament, became
Rony propels Abahani to joint top
In-form striker Shakhawat Hossain Rony scored a brace to power Abahani to a 3-1 win over Team BJMC at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday, which also took the defending champions to the top of the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League. Rony put the Sky Blues ahead in the first half before midfielder Pranotosh Kumar
Kruif looking forward to take charge of booters
Bangladesh national football team’s probable coach Lodewijk De Kruif after his two-day stay in Dhaka on Wednesday said that he had a good impression both on the country and its footballers and is looking forward to taking charge of the side. The Dutch coach, who along with his assistant Rene Koster, is on a week-long ... Read more
Nipa researches on folk dance
For the last few years, Shamim Ara Nipa has been conducting vast research on Bangladeshi folk dance forms. With her great passion for folk dance, the dance diva is trying to popularise the folk genres like jari, lathi, dhamail, bratachari and more. ‘Folk are the only dance forms which are uniquely ours. To represent our ... Read more
Role-play comes easy to Badhon
Badhon reached the top five in the 2006 Lux Channel i Superstar pageant, which built her confidence and paved the way for the realisation of many of her dreams. The platform provided by the competition also steered her towards her first major acting role — a spot in a Humayun Ahmed play. She made her ... Read more
New Year’s gift awaits non-govt pry teachers
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, is scheduled to make a formal announcement today on the nationalisation of 26,200 non-government registered primary schools for further development of elementary education. Primary and mass education ministry officials said that of the 1,04,000 teachers of the