Veteran sports journalist and former sports editor of New Age, Lenin Gani, breathed his last in London on Thursday due to heart failure. He was 46. His family members said that Lenin had long been suffering from acute respiratory and pulmonary disease and also from hypertension and accompanying heart problems.
Month: May 2013
BOA sees long- term prospect in five sports
The Bangladesh Olympic Association singled out five disciplines for a six-month development programme initiated by BOA president General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, it was decided at an executive committee meeting on Tuesday. The BOA had their eyes on shooting, archery, boxing,
Bangladesh look to end on a high
Bangladesh will look to end their AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifying campaign on a high note when they will face the Philippines in their final game at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. The hosts displayed a marked improvement in the 2-0 loss to Iran in their second match on Thursday after a dreadful start to ... Read more
AFC U-14 qualifiers from May 28
The Bangladesh Under 14 football team will depart for Myanmar today to take part in the AFC U-14 Championship qualifiers which will begin from May 28. The Bangladesh Football Federation announced a 21-member squad for the competition on Friday. Bangladesh has been drawn under the Asean zone in Group
Mondol Group Cup Golf ends
The two-day long Mondol Group cup Golf tournament ended at the Ghatail Shaheed Salauddin Cantonment golf course in Tangail on Thursday. A total of 50 players from 11 golf clubs from different part of the country participated in the tournament.
30 extrajudicial killings, 10 enforced disappearances in 2012, says AI
Some 30 alleged extrajudicial killings took place in Bangladesh in 2012 alongside at least 10 enforced disappearances, said the Amnesty International in its report on the state of human rights across the world. State security forces were implicated in torture and other ill-treatment and the government failed to protect ‘indigenous communities from attack by
Ministers decry AI’s report
Three ministers on Thursday turned down the assessment of the Amnesty International on Bangladesh’s human rights situation in its annual report, terming it error-ridden and lopsided one. Home minister MK Alamgir said, the figure given by the Amnesty International on the number of the incidents of extra-judicial killings, disappearances and killing
EU urged to act to prevent factory accidents
Following the recent fires and building collapse at factories in Bangladesh, Members of European Parliament on Thursday called for justice for victims and EU action to prevent similar events in future. The Parliament recalls in the resolution adopted on Thursday that Bangladesh benefits from duty and quota-free access to the EU market and that these
Why will govt listen to failed persons, asks PM
Trashing the past caretaker government for its failure to run the country smoothly, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Bangladesh won’t advance and democracy won’t be well-established if the government listens to the ‘prescription’ of the advisers of the past caretaker government. “Why we would listen to the prescription of those who could not
BNP pushes for dialogue on poll-time govt
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has again urged the government to arrange a dialogue with opposition for reaching a consensus to form a non-party and neutral poll-time government to ensure a participatory election for transferring power through democratic process. In a statement following a standing committee meeting of the party held in Dhaka on Wednesday
Pre-monsoon rain triggers waterlogging
Incessant rain since the early hours of Thursday threw life out of gear in different parts of the capital and elsewhere in the country. The downpour in two hours totalled 64 mm. Two persons were electrocuted when they came in contact with a snapped electric wire while crossing a water-logged road at about 10:30 am ... Read more
Machines make big inroads into rural farms
A majority of farmers in Bangladesh use modern equipment, such as two-wheeler power tillers and four-wheeler tractors, for farming, according to a recent study. The USAID-funded study revealed that the use of mechanical power for farmland preparation in Bangladesh was quite high as 72 per cent of farmers at the national
12 RMG factories closed amid labour unrest in Ashulia
The authorities suspended production in 12 readymade garment (RMG) factories in Ashulia industrial belt for today (Thursday) as labour unrest flared up over wage hike. Sources said about 50,000 workers of 12 garment factories in Berun, Narasinghapur and Nischintapur areas staged demonstration sporadically in front of their factories
New Act to draw private investors to PPP projects
The government has finally decided to enact a legislation, named Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Act 2013, to draw private investors to its public-private initiatives to accelerate development. And this after losing a substantial amount of money, time and projects during the last four years, sources in the PPP office said. The draft bill is likely to ... Read more
US transfers Cutter Jarvis to Bangladesh Navy
The United States Coast Guard is due to handover a ship named ‘Cutter Jarvis’ to Bangladesh Navy on Thursday night. The 378-feet long ship will be the largest ship in Bangladesh Navy, US Ambassador to Dhaka Dan W Mozena told journalists on January 15. “At 10:00am
WB lines up $500m budget aid for Bangladesh
The World Bank (WB) is going to provide USD 500 million budgetary support to Bangladesh for the next fiscal year, sources at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) told The Independent on Thursday. The government has to utilise the money in three
Buddha Purnima celebrated
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, was celebrated across the country on Thursday. As per the belief of the Buddhists, the emergence of Lord Buddha took place on this day 2,556 years ago. The celebrations started with lighting
Tea garden workers demand pay hike
Workers of seven teagardens in the Sylhet city and its outskirts on Thursday observed a strike to push for a charter of demands that include forming a separate wage board for them and fixing Tk 300 as daily salary. About 7,000 workers of Malni Chhara, Hilua Chhara,
Tree planting fund lies idle
None of the two city corporations of Dhaka planted any trees in the capital in the last two years, leaving the allocations earmarked for that purpose unused. Dhaka South City Corporation environment circle executive engineer Mohammad Towhid Siraj said Tk 10 lakh was allocated for tree plantation for
High-priced litchi floods Rajshahi markets
Juicy fruit litchi has flooded the markets in the Rajshahi city but the price is still beyond the reach of the commoners. Many seasonal traders have set up makeshift shops at different points in the city especially at Shaheb Bazar, Shalbagan, Luxmipur, Sheroil Bus Terminal,