Businessmen and employees at Khilgaon (Taltala) City Corporation Super Market in Dhaka have complained that they were facing serious trouble in running their businesses as the authorities have kept waste containers in front of their shops for the past few months. Employees of these shops have complained that it was tough
Month: August 2013
Ctg education board to re-evaluate 28,008 HSC answer sheets
This year Chittagong Education Board will re-examine a total of 28,008 answer sheets of 7,978 HSC examinees. The revised results will be published on September 3, said Dr Pijush Dutta, examination controller of the board. The results will be published on the board’s website. Students can also know their results through Teletalk SMS service. The ... Read more
Hall-mark Scam
2 more petitions filed against Jasmine’s bail The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed two more petitions with the High Court to cancel the lower court orders that have granted bail to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in two loan scam cases. On August 4, a Dhaka court granted bail to Jasmine in all the 11 cases ... Read more
Relief as ICC hands report
The cricketers, fans and organisers felt relived as the International Cricket Council formally charged nine individuals for various offences committed during the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League. Though the ICC did not name any individual, it has been widely published in the media, clearing the unease that prevailed in the cricketing arena
Saber launches election bid
Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury formally announced his candidacy for president in the forthcoming BCB election on Wednesday, ending months-long speculation. Saber made the announcement at a press conference at his residence at Paribagh in the evening, hours after he met the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina,
Stevens admits BPL corruption charge
English cricketer Darren Stevens on Wednesday admitted to being charged by the International Cricket Council with failure to report attempted corruption in the Bangladesh Premier League. The ICC announced on Tuesday that seven people had been charged with match-fixing in the BPL, with a further two accused of failing to
Kruif blames fatigue for poor display
A day after his national football team’s disappointing display in their practice match on Tuesday, coach Lodewijk De Kruif blamed fatigue and said he needs to recharge his team. The Dutch coach also criticised the Bangladesh Football Federation for its failure to arrange his family’s accommodation in due time and reacted angrily to
Zia hits 104 off 69 balls for A team
Ziaur Rahman smashed a cracking century on the Bangladesh A team’s tour of England against Nottinghamshire in their one-day match at Trent Bridge on Wednesday. Batting first, A team piled up a big total of 292-7 in 50 overs with Zia making an unbeaten 104 from 69 balls with seven sixes and as many boundaries
No warm-up match for hockey before departure
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation has failed to arrange any practice match for the national hockey team ahead of the Asia Cup starting on August 24 in Malaysia. The national team are making preparations since the first week of July and other than some trial matches dividing themselves into two teams they did not play any
Stephens stuns Sharapova, Federer wins
American Sloane Stephens snatched her second major scalp of the season as she toppled former champion Maria Sharapova in the second round at Cincinnati on Tuesday. Stephens rallied to beat the world number three from Russia 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, bringing Sharapova’s injury return to an abrupt end in this combined WTA and
Nation observes National Mourning Day today
The nation is set to observe the National Mourning Day on Thursday – the 38th martyrdom anniversary of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On this fateful night of August 15 in 1975, Bangabandhu and most of his family members were brutally assassinated by a group of derailed army officers at
Mujib killers evade govt dragnet
A government task force has failed to lay its hands on six convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, even 15 years after a court sentenced them to death. The task force, led by law minister Shafique Ahmed, however, has managed to trace the whereabouts of two of the absconders – former
SQC trial ends: verdict any day
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday after hearing both the sides in the war crimes case against Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, MP, said it would deliver the verdict at a later date. Curia advisari vult, or judgement CAV, is a Latin legal term meaning ‘the court wishes to deliver the verdict at a later date. After ... Read more
Reject commission report on Grameen, US Senators among 40 urge Hasina
Forty eminent personalities of the world urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to reject the report of the government Commission on Grameen Bank (GB) saying that implementation of the report ‘would jeopardise the role that GB and the Grameen family of businesses have played in that fight’.` Commending the leadership of the prime minister in the ... Read more
Shouting would not help Yunus to regain Grameen Bank: Muhith
The finance minister, AMA Muhith, on Wednesday said that no ‘shouting’ would help Muhammad Yunus to get back Grameen Bank. ‘Yunus may shout a lot, but he would not be able to regain the Grameen Bank,’ Muhith told reporters after a meeting of the cabinet committee on economic affairs at the
One killed on second day of Jamaat hartal
A ward level leader of the Islami Chhatra Shibir was killed in a clash between police and pro-hartal activists on Wednesday, the second day of the 48-hour nationwide hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami. According to eyewitnesses, Khalilur Rahman was killed in police firing. Police, however, said that Rahman was crushed under the wheels of a ... Read more
UN calls for Adilur release
The United Nations has voiced concern about the arrest of human rights activist Adilur Rahman Khan and urged the government of Bangladesh to secure his immediate release. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson Liz Throssell made urge in Geneva on Tuesday, reported the UN News Centre on
Ex-CJ Amin to lead BCB trial
BPL Scandal Ex-CJ Amin to lead BCB trial The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is now focused on forming a disciplinary panel after nine individuals — cricketers and officials — were charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday with breaching BCB’s anti-corruption code during the second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League. The charges ... Read more
Plan to build 2 rail bridges over Jamuna under PPP
Cabinet body also okays project to set up 5 medical colleges The government has decided to implement nine projects including construction of two rail bridges on the river Jamuna under public private partnership (PPP) initiative. Cabinet committee on economic affairs at a meeting with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair yesterday approved proposals of ... Read more
Odhikar says it acted on bona fide
Human rights organisation Odhikar on Wednesday demanded immediate release of its secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and said that it acted bona fide for the just and proper cause of human rights without prejudice to any quarter. In a statement, Odhkiar clarified the positions of both the organisation and its secretary