Imrul Kayes scored 68 runs and Liton Kumar Das added 52 to lead the BCB Green team to a four-wicket victory over BCB Red in a practice match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Chasing BCB Red’s 219, BCB Green got off to a fast start, with openers Kayes and Jahurul Islam putting together ... Read more
Month: July 2013
Hockey practice matches against ONGC finalised
Indian club side Oil and Natural Gas Corporation have agreed to take part in three practice matches against Bangladesh at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium ahead of next month’s Asia Cup. The warm-up fixtures were finalised on Sunday as ONGC are set to arrive in Dhaka on July 27 to play three friendlies against the ... Read more
Surgery needed for Abul
Bangladesh pace bowler Abul Hasan will need back surgery as he has not responded to more conservative treatment, the Bangladesh Cricket Board physician said on Sunday. The bowler sustained the injury in March during the second test against Sri Lanka in Colombo and had been rehabbing since, before finally using high-dose injections
New boycott threat looms over hockey
The Bangladesh hockey players, representing the Hockey Players’ Welfare Association, is set to boycott all sorts of hockey activities if the current predicament regarding the player transfer does not go away by August 2. 10 players including national captain Zahid Hossain,
Training camp of 44 shooters conclude
Rabbi Hasan’s level of performance, which landed him a gold medal in the 10-metre air rifle event in the Bangladesh Games, decreased significantly in the shooters’ assessment competition after seven weeks of training for 44 shooters at three different venues. Asif Hossain Khan, Commonwealth gold-winning medalist,
Women’s Club Cricket
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club earned an emphatic 117-run victory over Kalabagan KC in a rain-interrupted match of the 5th Women’s Club Cricket at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Batting first after winning the toss, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondhi Club scored moderate 201 for 4 in stipulated 40 overs with 98 runs coming in the opening ... Read more
India makes good start in SAFF U-16 football
India made a good start in the 2nd SAFF Under-16 Championship outplaying Sri Lanka by 4-1 goals in a Group B match at the Nepal Army ground in Lagankhel, Kathmandu on Sunday. Bangladesh will start their SAFF Under-16 campaign taking on Sri Lanka in a Group B match on Tuesday (July 23) at the Nepal ... Read more
No specific date for completion of work
JATRABARI FLYOVER No specific date for completion of work After missing out on several deadlines, the government seems unwilling to give a specific date for commissioning of the under-construction Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover, apparently due to slow pace in the project implementation. Slow progress of construction forced the local government division to postpone the opening of the ... Read more
Most buildings since 2009 in Dhaka have no fire approval
About 95 per cent of more than 11,000 buildings constructed in Rajuk areas between 2009 and 2012 without fire service approval, an Anti-Corruption Commission probe official said. Fire Service and Civil Defence Act requires the construction of any building of six storeys or above a fire service approval.
2 IOCs to explore oil, gas in 3 Bay blocks
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has endorsed Petrobangla’s proposal to award two international oil companies (IOCs) rights to explore hydrocarbons in three shallow offshore blocks in the Bay of Bengal. “Last week, she (the Prime Minister) approved the proposal as the line minister. However, the proposal would be placed at the next cabinet meeting, for final
Dipu Moni’s foreign trips galore
When Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni ends her tenure as foreign minister, within the next few months, she will leave behind a record of having undertaken the most’ number of overseas visits as a Bangladeshi minister, in a single term. With 187 foreign visits in over four-and-a-half years,
Hasina accuses Tarique Rahman of attempting to kill her on Aug 21
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday blamed Tarique Rahman for attempting to kill her through grenade attack on August 21, 2004. Hasina sharply criticised the BNP-led four-party alliance government for making Bangladesh a haven of terrorism, militancy and corruption tarnishing the country’s image abroad. She was addressing a civic gathering at Ashuganj
Greens want relocation of Rampal Power plant
Ringing an alarm bell, green activists on Saturday demanded that the government should relocate all power plants including Rampal Thermal Power Plant close by the Sundarban, a world heritage site, to protect the mangrove forest from its adverse impact. The ecology of the Sundarban, the world’s largest mangrove forest,
MP Roni assaults Independent TV staff
Ruling party lawmaker Golam Mawla Roni along with his associates allegedly beat up two journalists of private satellite TV channel Independent Television mercilessly when they went to his office located on the ninth floor of Meherba Plaza at Topkhana Road in the city to perform their official duty. In this connection a case has been ... Read more
BNP condemns assaults on two journos
The main opposition BNP on Saturday condemned the attack on two journalists of Independent Television by a ruling party MP and said it has proved that Awami League government does not believe in freedom of expression. In a statement, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the history of Awami League rule is ... Read more
Holding of impartial election under Hasina admn impossible: Khaleda
BNP chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia has warned the government that a tough movement would be waged nationwide if the next general election is not held under a non-party caretaker government (CG) system. “Holding of a peaceful and impartial next general election under Hasina administration is impossible. Restoration of the non-party
Menon apprehensive of unconstitutional intervention
President of Bangladesh Workers Party Rashed Khan Menon on Saturday expressed his apprehension that an unconstitutional government could intervene in national politics again. “If the election time government is not settled or compromised, apprehension would not be removed from the minds of the people. The nation will march on into
Prosecution to submit formal charges against Jamaat
The prosecution will submit formal charges in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against the Jamaat-e-Islami within a month. The organisation committed atrocities against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. The prosecution has acquired documents and
No evaluation for non-govt teachers in 5 years
The education ministry has failed to implement the annual performance evaluation, focused on rewards and punishment, for non-government schoolteachers even five years after the ministry had issued an order in this regard. The officials concerned said that callousness of some education officers and opposition by some leaders of
Eminent citizens demand Jamaat ban
Twenty eminent citizens of the country on Saturday demanded the government start the process to ban Jamaat-e-Islami considering the greater national interest. “As in other countries, there should be no right for the political party that opposed the country’s independence and committed was crimes to do politics,” they said in a statement. The statement,