The Bangladesh Hockey Federation came down strongly on rebel leaders, handing Hockey Players’ Welfare Association chief Russell Khan Bappi a lifetime ban on Tuesday for creating a disturbance in national camp, engaging in undisciplined behaviour and assaulting national coach Naveed Alam. The BHF also suspended HPWA secretary Ariful Haque Prince for 10 years and senior
Month: July 2013
Forum places demands for independent BCB body
The District and Divisional Sports Organisers’ Forum have formally placed their demand that the National Sports Council form an interim committee for the impending Bangladesh Cricket Board elections, said the organisation’s leader on Tuesday. The organisation, popularly known as Forum, insisted that the sports regulatory body should
Bangladesh 3rd at SAFF U-16 Championship
The Bangladesh Under-16 national football team claimed third place in the 2nd SAFF U-16 Football Championship after pipping Afghanistan 1-0 in the third-place deciding match at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Al-Amin Tushar bagged the all-important goal in the 55th minute. Earlier, hosts Nepal
BJMC suffer second defeat in King’s Cup
Bangladeshi football club Team BJMC suffered their second loss in their third match of the King’s Cup at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu on Tuesday after going down by 1-0 against Laxmi Bank Three Star Club. Pukar Gahatraj grabbed the winning goal for his side in the 67th minute. Earlier in their opening game, BJMC ... Read more
Bangladesh in tricky group after draw
Bangladesh were handed a potentially tough assignment after the draw ceremony of the 10th SAFF Football Championship in Kathmandu on Tuesday as they were grouped together with hosts Nepal, defending champions India and Pakistan. Bangladesh will face Nepal in group A’s first game on September 1 followed by matches
DCs asked to free rivers from encroachment in a month
River grabbers to face stern action: task force The government on Tuesday asked the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police in all districts, including Dhaka, to take action against river grabbers in a month and free the waterways from encroachments. The task force responsible for ensuring navigability and natural flow of the rivers Buriganga, Shitalakkhya, ... Read more
Juba League leader shot dead in city
A Juba League leader of the Dhaka city unit was shot dead at Gulshan Circle 1 in the capital early Tuesday. The deceased, Reazul Haque Khan Milky, 42, was organising secretary of the Awami Juba League’s of Dhaka metropolitan (south) unit. Milky was shot in front of the Shoppers World on Road 123 at Gulshan ... Read more
MPO of 300 teachers cancelled
Graft Charges MPO of 300 teachers cancelled The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education on Tuesday cancelled the monthly pay of order of 273 non-government teachers after corruption had been spotted in the enlistment process, officials told New Age Tuesday. Officials said that all these teachers with the connivance of some officers and employees
CEC defends curtailing of EC’s authority to cancel candidature
The chief election commissioner, Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, on Tuesday termed the RPO Article 91E ‘self-contradictory’ and ‘inapplicable’ to defend Election Commission’s decision to repeal the Article that empowers EC to cancel candidature. The Article 91E of the Representation of the People Order 1972 empowers the commission
Court opts to see scientific documents
Modified Brinjal Court opts to see scientific documents The High Court yesterday directed the government and the petitioners to submit by September 19 scientific documents, if there are any, on whether Bt brinjal is harmful to public health and the environment. It gave the directive while hearing two writ petitions challenging a government move to ... Read more
Two killed in ‘gunfight’ with RAB
Two suspected carjackers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion in South Keraniganj early on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Sabuj Miah, son of Abdur Rashid of Bhola and Sagar Ahmed, son of Mobinur Rahman of Barisal
Poet Belal Mohammad dies
Poet Belal Mohammad, also a pioneer of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, died of old-age complications in Apollo Hospitals in the capital early Tuesday. Belal’s long-time close aide Ayub Hossain said that the poet had died about 5:00am. He was taken to the hospital on Monday evening when he complained of uneasiness, Ayub
Selfishness a big flaw in modern economy: Yunus
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that ‘selfishness’ was a big flaw in modern economy and it should be converted to ‘selflessness.’ The concept of modern economy be change if selflessness earns its place in business, Yunus said hours after he had returned to the
Air tickets for domestic flights sold out before Eid
The tickets of all airlines for all domestic flights ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr have already been sold out due to the rush of affluent and upper middle-class people to domestic airlines, said airlines officials. They, however, said that they might operate additional flights on different domestic routes if the demand increased. They also said that a ... Read more
HC defers again its decision on DSC, DNC mayoral polls
The High Court on Monday deferred again its decision on the two writ petitions seeking a directive on the government and the Election Commission to announce schedule for holding stalled mayoral elections in Dhaka North and Dhaka South cities. A bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar
Court fixes August 21 for hearing on case filed by Rony
The Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday fixed the next date on August 21 for hearing on the final report which submitted by police in connection with the case filed by lawmaker Rony. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Shariar Mahmud Adnan set the next date for hearing on submitted final report in connection with his case filed ... Read more
Truck, covered van, lorry banned for 7 days on highways during Eid
Plying of trucks, covered vans and lorries on national and regional highways will remain suspended for seven days starting three days before the Eid-ul-Fitr. A release issued by the communication ministry on Tuesday said that the vehicles, carrying essentials, perishable products and fuels, would remain
Clash over land kills 1
A man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a land related dispute at Niamatpur village in Doarabazar upazila on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Abul Mia, 31, son of late Soab Ali of the village. The people of the area said there had been a longstanding conflict between ... Read more
BSF picks up Bangladeshi
Members of Indian Border Security Force picked up a Bangladeshi labourer from Lauergarh border in Tahirpur upazila on Monday evening. The victim was identified as Ichha Mia, 28, of Manigaon village in the upazila. Local people said BSF troops chased Ichha and caught him as a group of people including
Runa Laila visits India on first assignment
SAARC GOODWILL AMBASSADOR Runa Laila visits India on first assignment ON her first assignment as a goodwill ambassador of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, internationally acclaimed singer Runa Laila will leave for India tomorrow. During the four-day programme, she will meet the Indian foreign affairs minister, home affairs minister, visit clinics and HIV centres. ... Read more