International Cricket Council’s chief executive Dave Richardson could lead the Anti-Corruption and Security team during their next visit when they are expected to submit a report on the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing saga,’ said the officials. Baring any dramatic change in the tour schedule, a four-member delegation comprising
Month: August 2013
Suspended players hit back at BHF
The suspended hockey players have accused Bangladesh Hockey Federation officials of having double standards for filing a police case against them and ruining their Eid celebrations. The BHF filed a case on July 31 against five hockey players – Russell Khan Bappy, Ariful Haque Prince, Asaduzzaman Chandan, Ashikuzzaman and Shamsuddin Tuhin – for
Education law draft proposes BKSP Univ
The draft Education Act of the country proposed that Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan would be made a full-fledged sports university with the establishment of schools and colleges of sports at district levels under the university. At present the BKSP, located at Savar on the outskirts of the capital, the lone
Tamim-led Zouks fall to Antigua
Tamim Iqbal scored 33 at the top order, but his St Lucia Zouks fell short of the target posted by the Antigua Hawksbills, losing by 33 runs in Gros Islet on Tuesday. Johnson Charles and Devon Thomas led Antigua with 36 and 32 runs respectively to take the visitors to 166/6. Marlon Samuels then bowled ... Read more
Musaddek’s ton lifts U-19s to 286
Musaddek Hossain scored an unbeaten 110 to help the Bangladesh Under-19s post a total of 286-4 in the first innings of their one-day match against the England Under-19s in Sleaford on Wednesday. Openers Shahriar Sumon and Sadman Islam put together an opening stand of 57, before two quick wickets brought Musaddek to the middle to ... Read more
Walton-Singra rowing on Sunday
The Walton-Cute Singra rowing competition is scheduled to be held in the Singra Kumri Lake under the Kalihati Upazila of Tangail on August 11, with 1,500 rowers taking part in the sixth edition of the competition. Mir Kaisar Sadik Sajib, the convener of the competition, made the announcement at a press conference in the Bangabandhu ... Read more
Zia leaves for World Cup tomorrow
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman will leave Dhaka tomorrow for Norway to take part in the Chess World Cup which will be held in the city of Tromso from August 10 to September 3. Zia will play two games in the first round against ninth-ranked player in the world, Boris Gelfand (rating 2764) of Israel, on ... Read more
BCB, Aamra extend partnership
The Bangladesh Cricket Board and Aamra Networks Limited inked a three-year deal on Wednesday, ensuring that the IT solutions firm will remain as the BCB’s official ISP partner until December 31, 2015. Under the new agreement, Aamra’s services will include providing dedicated high speed connectivity to BCB sites and furnishing the BCB media centres with ... Read more
People stream out of capital city
3 passengers fall from train roof, die At least three passengers fell from the roof of a running train and died as thousands of holidaymakers left Dhaka on Wednesday, the last working day before the Eid-ul- Fitr on overcrowded busses, trains and ferries risking their lives. The capital experienced severe traffic congestions all day as ... Read more
Draft seeks regn of all edn institutions
Education Act Draft seeks regn of all edn institutions The draft of the first-ever education act provisions for penalty for all types of educational institutions — Bangla and English mediums, kindergartens, and madrassahs — offering nursery, primary and secondary course if the do not have government approval and registration with relevant authorities. The draft that ... Read more
Govt to formulate rule to elect GB‘s Directors: Muhit
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said a policy for electing Directors to the Grameen Bank board will be worked out soon. He said, “We’ve to formulate a rule on how to elect the Board of Directors as there’s no rule to this end at the moment.” Muhith also said the government did not want ... Read more
BNP leaders focus on polls rather than movement
Bangladesh Nationalist Party has made the most of the month of Ramadan for a campaign of sort in the form of iftar parties and religious events for the next polls rather than preparing for the post-Eid movement for an election-time ‘non-party’ government. BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia had earlier declared Ramadan as the month of its ... Read more
Eid tomorrow if moon sighted
Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in Bangladesh tomorrow subject to sighting of Shawal moon after a month of fasting. The national moon sighting committee meets at 7:10pm today at the Bangladesh Islamic Foundation to review reports on the sighting of the Shawal
Nuke plant work starts in October
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation stone for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Pabna in October, formally kicking off its construction work. The decision for laying the foundation was taken at the third meeting of the national committee on nuclear power plant project with Hasina in the
Dhaka waits for TICFA signing with Washington
Dhaka wants to make the best use of the singing ceremony of the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement with Washington to bolster the country’s ties with the USA, officials said. The foreign ministry officials are trying to complete the signing of the much-talked-about deal next month in Washington coinciding with prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s ... Read more
Blood-stained trousers recovered from Nasim Osman’s ‘torture cell’
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members recovered a pair of blood-stained pants from the office of the son of influential MP Nasim Osman in the city on Wednesday. In a raid on ‘Winner Fashion’, known as torture cell of Azmeri Osman, at Allama Iqbal Road, the elite force members also seized a sofa ... Read more
Children toil in sweatshops
Aged between 10 and 18, they work in Keraniganj garment factories, but get no pay While apparel stores in the capital are doing a roaring trade before Eid, the workload for thousands of unpaid children in tailoring factories on the outskirts of the city has multiplied. Eleven-year-old Jewel works 14 to 18 hours every day ... Read more
No more MPO for new edn institutions
Newly established educational institutions will no longer be given salary from the state exchequer in the form of monthly pay order, government officials said. According to the latest statistics, the government needs to spend more than Tk 5,000 crore every year on the salary and other benefits of about 4.7 lakh teachers
3 ‘robbers’ beaten to death by mob in Gazipur
Three suspected robbers were killed in an attack by a mob during a robbery incident in Kapasia upazila early Wednesday. One of the deceased was identified as Masum, resident of Haridebpur village in Kaliganj upazila. The police and residents said a gang of robbers, numbering 10/12, broke into the house of one Niranjan at Palashpur ... Read more
Bangladesh National Museum completes 100 years
Eventful Innings Bangladesh National Museum completes 100 years Jahangir Hussain Today (August 7) is the centennial anniversary of Bangladesh National Museum. Bangladesh National Museum, one of the most important and largest museums in Asia, is dedicated to the collection, preservation, display and study of history, heritage, culture and natural history. On August 7, 1913 Lord ... Read more