The professional league committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation has decided to preserve the prize money of the Super Cup to Tk one crore, despite initially planning to reduce it by half. The Super Cup is scheduled to be held in November, confirmed Abdus Salam Mursehdi, chairman of the professional league committee after a meeting ... Read more
Month: May 2013
Abahani held by Three Star
Abahani Limited began their AFC President’s Cup group – A qualifiers mission with a 1-1 draw against hosts Laxmi bank Three Star Club at the Dashrath Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday. Jagjeet Sreshtha put the Three Star Club ahead with a long range free kick in the 15th minute before Touhidul Alam brought the scoreline ... Read more
Mominul struggles at one-down
Bangladesh are yet again encountering a crisis in the vital number three position in the one-day format after their experiment with left-handed batsman Mominul Haque backfired in the ongoing three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. It was filled by the experienced Mohammad Ashraful
IM Shakil targets GM title
International Master Abu Sufian Shakil has set his eyes in two tournaments in India in the coming weeks to pursue his dream of becoming the country’s sixth Grand Master. Shakil became IM two years ago but could not attain any GM norm so far as he only participated in a handful of international tournaments. He ... Read more
Int’l Open Chess from May 10
The International Open Chess Tournament will begin on May 10, the Bangladesh Chess Federation said on Tuesday. The competition, organised by the Leonine Chess Club, was originally scheduled to begin on Tuesday. The Swiss-League system tournament has a prize money of Tk one lakh for the winners.
Tales of Commoners in Jahangir’s Drawings
Any impartial assessment of our country must bring into light the vital significance of its industrious destitute people and the rivers. Eminent artist Syed Jahangir has tried to give vent to this assessment in his ongoing 39th solo exhibition titled Ink Drawing, Drawing and Color held at Shilpangan Gallery in Dhanmondi. The exhibition includes 45 ... Read more
Prof Anisuzzaman receives lifetime achievement award
Professor emeritus Dr Anisuzzaman, who is also a renowned scholar and Tagore researcher, was conferred with the eighth Channel-i Rabindra Mela lifetime achievement award at a programme held on Monday at Channel-i office in Tejgaon, Dhaka. In past years, Tagore singers and researchers including Kalim Sharafi, Ajit Roy, Rezwana Choudhury Bannya,
Dhaka to be centre of Asian children theatre
Chairman of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation Liaquat Ali Lucky has been appointed the president of Asian regional centre of the International Amateur Theatre Association for the next four years in a recent council held in Singapore. Earlier, he had served as the vice-president of the organisation for the past four years.
Will Smith plans comedy with son
Hollywood star Will Smith said Friday that he will probably shoot a comedy with his son Jaden when they team up for the third time in film-making, reports Hindustan Times. Smith, who arrived in Taiwan on Thursday on a promotional tour, said it was fantastic to work with the 15-year-old in their second movie together, ... Read more
Justin Bieber tackled by fan during Dubai stage show
A member of the audience at Justin Bieber’s stage show in Dubai tackled the singer from behind while he was performing at a grand piano, reports BBC online. Bieber managed to free himself and ran to the side of the stage while security guards grabbed the intruder, who managed to knock the piano over and ... Read more
31 killed in police, Hefazat clash
Fierce clashes broke out between the Hefazat-e-Islam activists and the law enforcing agencies from early Monday morning and as many as 31 people, including three members of the law enforcing agencies, were killed in different areas of the country. Around 3 am, members of police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) stormed ... Read more
Hefazat an enemy of Islam: Ahle Sunnat
Leaders of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama’at (ASWJ) on Monday said Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) has proved once again that it is a militant organisation and an enemy of Islam and humanity by setting fire to the Holy Quran, Hadis, mosque, shrine and properties of poor people. “We have been saying for a long time that HIB ... Read more
MKA warns of action against Khaleda
Home minister Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on Monday said the authorities will take action against Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for instigating the Hefazat-e-Islam (HIB) activists who went on the rampage in and around Shapla Chattar at Motijheel while organising their rally. The minister stated that Jamaat-Shibir activists had joined
18-party calls hartal for Wednesday, Thursday
BNP-led 18-party alliance called dawn-to-dusk hartal for May 8 and May 9 protesting what they said ‘killing of innocent Alems of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh (HIB) in a massacre at Shapla Square in Motijheel by the law enforcers’. The decision to enforce the hartal was taken at a meeting of the alliance, chaired by the BNP chairperson ... Read more
Hanif slams Khaleda for inciting Hefazat
The Awami League joint general secretary, Mahbubul Alam, on Monday accused the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of spreading canards over the casualties in police operation at Shapla Square in Motijheel. He also lashed out at the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, for inciting Hefazat men. Referring to the allegation of the BNP standing committee member, MK ... Read more
Hefajat secy gen Babunagari detained
Police detained Hefajat-e-Islam secretary general Junaid Babunagari from Dhakeshwari Temple area in Lalbagh on Monday night. Contacted, DC (Lalbagh zone) Harun-Or-Rashid said that Babunagari was detained at about 8 pm for interrogation. But witnesses said Babunagari was brought to the police station shortly after 8.30pm on the day. His arrest came hours after police today
Hefazat chief flown to Chittagong
Radical Islamist outfit Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh ameer Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi was reportedly forced out to Chittagong from Dhaka city by air on Monday afternoon. He reached Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport at 7:40 pm by a flight of Regent Airways. Allama Shafi was taken to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport by DB police and was scheduled ... Read more
PM for cooperation among Muslim countries for dev of science, tech
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for cooperation among the Muslim countries in the areas of science and technology, saying that it could help realize the goal of growth and prosperity. “Backwardness of Muslim countries in the areas of science and technology is one of the factors that aggravate our difficulties. Utilization of science and ... Read more
Ganajagaran Mancha dismantled
In a drive carried out early on Monday morning, law enforcement personnel dismantled the Ganajagaran Mancha at the city’s Shahbagh intersection after three months. The mancha (platform) had been erected to press for the demand for capital punishment of all the war criminals who committed crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Security ... Read more
Testimony of IO ends
Recording of testimony of Moniruzzaman Chowdhury, investigating officer (IO) in the Chittagong arms haul cases, ended in the court of SM Mujibur Rahman, judge of the Special Tribunal-1, on Monday. He began his testimony on April 22. Later, he was cross-examined by defence lawyers. On the last day of his testimony, Chowdhury said: “After examining ... Read more