The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expressed hope that the youth movement at Shahbagh Square would encompass the issues of ‘democracy’ and ‘corruption’ apart from their demand for death sentence to all war criminals. The BNP high command in a meeting with party chairperson Khaleda Zia in the chair at her Gulshan office on Monday night took stock of ... Read more
Month: February 2013
Tk 1123cr duty waived on vehicles imported by 315 MPs
Only 37 lawmakers of the ninth parliament, including leader of the house Sheikh Hasina, opposition leader Khaleda Zia, and 15 ministers, have refrained from availing themselves the facility of importing duty-free vehicles. The state has waived a total duty of around Tk 1,123 crore on vehicles imported by 315 lawmakers, including 37 ministers, under the facility,
Gloom grips Gazipur
A pal of gloom descended on Naogoan, Harinal, Lagalia, Titarkul, Prahladpur and the adjacent villages under Gazipur Sadar and Shreepur upazilas as the news of 18 people including seven of a family from the area getting killed and 25 more injured in a road accident in Cox’s Bazar early Monday. The seven members of a ... Read more
Gloom grips Gazipur
A pal of gloom descended on Naogoan, Harinal, Lagalia, Titarkul, Prahladpur and the adjacent villages under Gazipur Sadar and Shreepur upazilas as the news of 18 people including seven of a family from the area getting killed and 25 more injured in a road accident in Cox’s Bazar early Monday. The seven members of a ... Read more
BTRC to bring int’l calls on single platform
Asks IGW operators to form clearing house for better monitoring The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority has directed the international gateway operators to form a clearing house in a bid to curb illegal international call termination and unhealthy competition among the service providers. The BTRC in a directive asked the IGW operators to from the central platform ... Read more
Book price pinches publishers, readers
Both the publishers and the readers feel the pinch of increased prices of books in Amar Ekushey Book Fair as most of the readers are turning away from books because of the price hike, leaving the publishers with little turnover. Talking to New Age, owners of different publishing houses said prices of books have been
Rajuk conducts drive at Gulshan Lake
The city development authorities, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, conducted a drive on Sunday at Gulshan 1-Badda Link Road to reclaim the Gulshan Lake area from encroachment. An enforcement team of Rajuk, led by its executive magistrate Rokon-Ud Dowla, conducted the drive. Rajuk executive engineer Nurul Islam said during the drive that they demolished some
REHAB fair begins Feb 13 in Ctg
The ‘REHAB Fair Chittagong-2013’ will begin on Wednesday at Chittagong Zila Krira Sangstha gymnasium in the city. Real Estate and Housing Association, Chittagong zone is organising the four-day fair. A total of 64 stalls of different housing companies including nine co-sponsors are participating in the fair, said the organisers at a news briefing at the Chittagong Club ... Read more
PM asks judges to consider people’s aspirations
War Crimes Trial PM asks judges to consider people’s aspirations The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday urged judges of the international crimes tribunals to ‘consider the aspiration of the people while delivering verdicts’ and vowed to do ‘everything to ensure the maximum punishment of war criminals.’ Hasina, also the leader of the house, said ... Read more
People in other places jump onto bandwagon
Shahbagh Protests People in other places jump onto bandwagon Protests at Shahbagh seeking death penalty for all who have committed crimes against humanity in 1971 passed the sixth consecutive day on Sunday with national cricketers expressing solidarity. Protests spilled over to Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Rangpur, Mymansingh, Sherpur, Kishoreganj, Sylhet, Chandpur, Brahmanbaria, Bandarban, Dinajpur, Moulvibazar, Sunamganj, ... Read more
Pvt univs hedge research
Eleven private universities spent nothing on research in 2011, a feature that does not go with such institutions as there is no alternative to conducting research for maintaining the standard of tertiary and higher education, said the University Grants Commission. The UGC in its yet-to-be-published report for 2011 also said research in many
Tigers join Shahbagh protest
The members of the Bangladesh national cricket team took their time off on Sunday to join the popular youth protest at the Shahbagh Square demanding death sentence for the war criminals of 1971. Senior cricketers Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafee bin Murtaza, Mohammad Ashraful and Abdur Razzak accompanied by top officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board arrived ... Read more
Jurgensen eyes SL success
Shane Jurgensen was pleasantly surprised to learn of the BCB’s decision to continue with him as Bangladesh’s head coach but knows he has a challenging assignment ahead. ‘I have a lot of feelings at the moment,’ he told ESPNcricinfo. ‘I am surprised, excited and honoured to be given the responsibility to look after the team. ... Read more
Dutch duo set new conditions
Dutch coaches Lodewijk de Kruif and Rene Koster have left the Bangladesh Football Federation in a quandary by attaching some preconditions to their interim stint in charge of the national team during the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers, which will be held in Nepal from March 2 to 6. The two were supposed to take charge ... Read more
Crucial phase from today
BPL T20 Crucial phase from today The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will enter its most crucial segment today with just four more days to go before the next round of the competition, officially known as the Race to the Final. The way things stand at the moment, Dhaka Gladiators and Sylhet Royals with 14 points ... Read more
Bangladesh Championship League begins today
The Premier Bank 2nd Bangladesh Championship League, the second tier of professional football competition, begins today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Eight teams will compete for two places in the Bangladesh Premier League with Farashganj SC facing Chittagong Abahani in the opening match
Khulna and Chittagong face off in U-18 final
Khulna Division and Chittagong Division reached the final of the Young Tigers Under-18 National Cricket after overcoming Sylhet Division and Rajshahi Division respectively. The final will be played at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi from February 13-15. Khulna defeated Sylhet by seven wickets in their semi-final encounter at the
Siddikur’s team sixth
Siddikur Rahman’s team Tamilnadu Pullees finished sixth in the inaugural Pearls Golf Premier League which concluded at the Aamby Valley Golf Course in Pune, India yesterday. The three-day event, styled after cricket’s box-office hit Indian Premier League, featured eight teams of four players each who played 54 holes over the three
School chess
India’s Suvradeepta Das took solo lead in Group A of the 13th Standard Chartered School Chess Tournament at the close of the fifth round at the National Sports Council Tower yesterday. Suvradeepta beat Wahidul Alam of Rangamati Shaheed Abdul Ali Academy to secure maximum five points from five matches. Three players — Akib Jawad of Chittagong,
Exhibit on dolphins, whales starts at coastal villages
An exhibition on dolphins and whales is being held at 14 coastal villages to educate people about the species of cetaceans and to introduce effective efforts to conserve these animals. Titled “Shushuk Mela”, the interactive, touring exhibition features the diversity of cetaceans (the scientific grouping of dolphins, whales and porpoises) living in the rivers, estuaries