BCB mulls List A status for the league The forthcoming Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League has been rescheduled again as the Bangladesh Cricket Board is still working on the by-laws of the tournament, said the officials on Sunday. The DPL, already delayed several times due to umpteenth reasons, will now start on July 3 instead ... Read more
Month: June 2013
62 nomination papers for 28 BHF posts
A total of 62 nomination papers were submitted on Sunday for 28 posts in the forthcoming election of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation. None of the two panels, backed by Mohammedan and Abahani, could finalise their candidates and so some of the candidates submitted nomination
Siddik falters on final day
Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman endured a horrible final day at the Santiburi Samui Country Club in Thailand as he missed a great opportunity to claim his first Queen’s Cup title and his second Asian tournament win. Siddik scored just one birdie and as many as three
Premier Basketball begins today
The Citycell Premier Division Basketball League will begin today with Rangers taking on DOHS in the opening game at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium. A total of 10 teams will participate in the event organised by the Bangladesh Basketball Federation in association with Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited.
Monsoon welcomed
The monsoon was welcomed presenting songs and poems glorifying the season on the first day of the Ashar on Saturday. Artistes in special attires in group and solo performed in the day-long programmes organised by Satyen Sen Shilpi Gosthi at Dhaka University. The morning session took place at Hakim Chattar where solo artistes and leading ... Read more
Maljora Gaan, jatra pala presented
Two popular indigenous art forms-maaljora gaan and jatra pala- were presented by the traditional artistes on the concluding day of the two-day programme organised by Chhayanaut at its auditorium on Friday. The festival titled Desh Ghorer Gaan was organised marking the late cultural personality and journalist
Puppet show entertains children
Many children with their parents enjoyed puppet shows presented by internationally acclaimed puppeteer artist Mustafa Monwar on Friday at the National Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The moral teachings delivered through the artistically rich traditional puppet show performances gave
Amina Sundori staged on 2nd day
A traditional pala based experimental theatre production Amina Sundori was staged by Theatre Art Unit on the second day of Nattyateertha’s theatre festival Ponchadosher Ponchadin on Friday at National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Through the simple narrative of a woman named Amina, the play features the fact that women have no respect
BNP candidates sweep polls in 4 cities
All the four candidates backed by opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) have won the mayoral elections in the four city corporations – Sylhet, Barisal, Rajshahi and Khulna – with a large margin of votes over their rival candidates supported by the ruling Awami League. Ariful Haque was the first candidate to have been officially declared ... Read more
Polls free and fair, claim AL leaders
Terming the BNP’s allegations about the civic elections as “false, fabricated and baseless”, the ruling Awami League said on Saturday that fearing a debacle in the four city corporation polls, BNP leaders were spreading falsehood. Addressing an impromptu press conference at the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi political office, senior Awami League leader
No celebration until final results: Khaleda
Opposition BNP on Saturday night asked the party leaders and activists to have patience instead of celebrating the partial results of the four city corporations’ polls. “The BNP chairperson has asked the leaders and activists of BNP and 18-party alliance not to pay heed to any provocation. She asked all to have patience,” said BNP ... Read more
People cast vote freely: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the voters in all the four city corporations cast their votes freely and peacefully on Saturday, which was very rare in the past. She made the statement while addressing the 27th rising anniversary of the Special Security Force (SSF) at her office. The prime minister said elections were
Tesco stops sourcing from a Bangladesh factory
Tesco, the world’s No. 3 retailer, has stopped sourcing clothes from a factory in Bangladesh after discovering serious problems with the safety of a building, the company said on Saturday. The move follows a survey the British-based supermarket chain conducted in the wake of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka in ... Read more
Technical books written in Bangla would enhance knowledge: Nahid
If technical books are written in the mother tongue, it can help inculcate the subject matter and knowledge more clearly and deeply in common readers and students, education minister Nurul Islam Nahid said on Saturday. “Most of the technical books are written in English. As a result, laypersons and students do not understand the subject ... Read more
Eco groups slam ‘ineffective’ global climate fund
A consortium of civic organisations on Saturday presented a charter of 11 demands for effective functioning of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The demands by the seven groups were made public in a joint press conference at Jatiya Press Club in the city. The seven groups are Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA), Campaign for Sustainable Rural ... Read more
Mobile operators ready to take part in 3G auction
The country’s mobile phone operators on Saturday expressed their readiness to participate in the upcoming 3G (Third Generation) auction, but they sought regulatory clarity on a few issues, including investment security, tax and VAT. Their demands include reduction of VAT and licence fees for 2G and 3G services and an amicable settlement of all related ... Read more
EC pats self after ‘successful’ civic polls
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed on Saturday appealed to everyone to accept the “people’s verdict” in the corporation polls in four cities. “In a democracy, it’s the people’s right to give their verdict through polls. It’s the responsibility of the Election Commission (EC), law enforcing agencies and media to empower them in this ... Read more
Hassan Rowhani wins Iran presidential race
Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday, the interior ministry said, scoring a surprising landslide victory over conservative hardliners without the need for a second round run-off. Celebratory crowds assembled near Rohani’s headquarters in downtown Tehran a few hours before his victory was confirmed.
Greens call for effectiveness of Green Climate Fund
Seven civic groups on Saturday called for need-based utilisation and effectiveness of the Green Climate Fund. The demand was made in a press conference jointly organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan, Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, Climate Finance
Recognition of domestic work demanded
Labour rights activists on Saturday urged the government to recognise domestic workers in the amended labour law and ratify ILO Convention 189 to ensure the rights of domestic help. At home and abroad there are 20 lakh domestic workers and 80 per cent of them are women and children, said speakers addressing a press conference.