Grameenphone on Monday introduced ‘Nirvoy Life Insurance’, a microinsurance product underwritten by Pragati Life Insurance and powered by MicroEnsure Bangladesh. Nirvoy Life Insurance rewards Grameenphone subscribers with free life insurance cover based on the amount of airtime used each month. The product has been
Month: June 2013
Mobile banking customers over 52 lakh: BB
The number of users availing themselves of mobile banking facilities in the country has hit 52.54 lakh, said a Bangladesh Bank official on Monday. ‘In April, the number of subscribers has exceeded 50 lakh taking the total number to 52.54 lakh (as of June 10),’ he told UNB.
Rafi Ahmed new DMD of Islami Bank
Rafi Ahmed Begh has been promoted to deputy managing director of Islami Bank Bangladesh, said a press release. A graduate of Chittagong University, Rafi started his banking career at Sonali Bank in 1978. He then joined Islami Bank in 1985 as a senior officer.
DSE gets four new directors
Four members of the Dhaka Stock Exchange were elected as new directors of the bourse on Monday. Two hundred members, out of the total 240, cast their vote in the elections.
Akram calls on BCB to shift focus on cricket
Bangladesh Cricket Board needs to shift their focus back on cricket instead of channeling all its energies into the ongoing match-fixing scandal, feels chief selector Akram Khan. ‘We are talking too much on the issue [match-fixing] that is bad for overall cricket of this country,’ Akram told reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday.
Clubs snub demands of pay rise
The Dhaka Premier League clubs refused to pay any importance on the proposed pay structure placed by the Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh for the forthcoming edition, said officials on Monday. The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis sat
Nadir Shah set to appeal against ban
Banned senior umpire Nadir Shah said on Monday that he is expected to appeal to the Bangladesh Cricket Board president soon to minimize his punishment after receiving his expulsion letter from the BCB recently. Nadir Shah lost his retainership for 10 years on
Jamal, BU get ready for Super Cup
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Brothers Union will look to improve on their contrasting fortunes as they are gunning to meet each other in their opening match of the Super Cup on June 15 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Sheikh Jamal are eyeing to finish the ongoing season
Arambagh await league lifeline
Arambagh Krira Sangha, relegated from the sixth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, can get a lifeline to stay at the top flight as the Bangladesh Football Federation is planning to increase the number of participating clubs in the country’s top professional league. After going down in the recently concluded BPL,
Hockey players join nat’l camp
The revolting hockey players ended their boycott and joined the national camp for the forthcoming Asia Cup as 24 players from a 33-member preliminary squad reported to coach Mahbub Harun as the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothisthan on Monday. A 10-day conditioning camp got underway without
Mohammadpur crushed by Cantonians
Cantonians piled up a comfortable 43-14 points victory over Mohammadpur Basketball Club in the Citycell Basketball League at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium on Monday. The winners led the first half by 23-6 points. Shimul caged 17 and Ali 9 points for the winners while
‘Madman’ Pep ready for Bayern arrival
Incoming Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has been working like ‘a madman’ ahead of his first press conference at the club on June 24, reports Soccernet. With Guardiola’s Bundesliga arrival only a fortnight away, German media have already begun their coverage.
JS witnessed heated debate on Tarique, caretaker govt issue
The Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday witnessed a heated debate on the issues of Tarique Rahman, a senior vice-chairman of opposition BNP and a non-party and neutral caretaker government as demanded by the party. The debate was initiated by Syeda Ashifa Ashrafi Papia, a BNP lawmaker from Chapai Nawabganj, when she demanded immediate withdrawal of a ... Read more
Bombs hurled at Inu’s city residence
Unidentified miscreants hurled crude bombs at the house of information minister Hasanul Haque Inu in Darus Salam area of Mirpur in the city on Sunday afternoon. A media statement said Inu’s residence suffered “heavy damage” in the explosion, but no one was injured. It also said that family members of the minister were inside the ... Read more
MK Anwar pushes for dialogue outside JS
BNP standing committee member MK Anwar on Sunday said the prevailing environment of the Parliament does not support the discussion of the election-time government. “We want formal dialogue to be held with the government to resolve the prevailing political impasse. There is no environment to discuss poll-time government in Parliament,” he said while addressing
‘No plan to use EVM in next polls’
The Election Commission (EC) has no plan for the time being to introduce Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the next Jatiya Sangsad polls.Information Minister Hasanaul Haque Inu, who is also in-charge of the Election Commission Secretariat in the House, said this today in reply to a scripted query from treasury bench member Momtaz Begum. The ... Read more
Barisal poll: BNP leader questions EC’s impartiality, seeks army deployment
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday raised questions about the impartiality of the Election Commission (EC) and demanded deployment of the army in the Barisal City Corporation (BCC ) election. The BNP’s central vice-chairman Abdullal Al Noman and the BNP’s Barisal city unit president Mojibor Rahman Sarwar levelled these allegations
ICT-2 convicts two Jamaat leaders for contempt of court
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Sunday handed down imprisonment for three months to Rafiqul Islam Khan, acting secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, and Hamidur Rahman Azad, central executive committee member of the party, for their contemptuous comments about the trial over crimes against humanity. The court also fined them Tk.
Hasina becomes first Bangladeshi to receive Rotary Peace Award
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been conferred the prestigious Rotary Peace Award, for her leadership and vision, Dr Ishtiaque A Zaman, Governor of the Rotary International District 3280 said. The theme of the award this year was ‘peace through services’. “Under her leadership Bangladesh has made wonderful progress in three areas selected by the Rotary ... Read more
Jamaat calls hartal today
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal across the country on Monday, in protest against the punishment meted out to its three leaders by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-2) on charges of contempt of court. Mokbul Ahmed, acting ameer of the Jamaat-e-Islami, announced the programme through a press release, hours after the ICT-2 jailed