The long wait for Dhaka Premier League player transfers will come to an end today when the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis will complete the process in a new but complicated system at a city hotel. The so-called players-by-choice transfer will begin at 3:00pm in the Marble Room of Ruposhi Bangla Hotel with 12 clubs ... Read more
Month: August 2013
Bangladesh to begin Asia Cup campaign today
Bangladesh national hockey team will start their Group B campaign in the 9th Asia Cup today against defending champions South Korea at the Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh in Malaysia. The Asia Cup got underway on Saturday with Bangladesh’s group rivals India romping to a massive 8-0 victory over Oman in the opening game.
Goals galore in Corporate Soccer
The 8th Ascent Corporate 5-A-Side Indoor Soccer Cup 2013 continued to produce a flurry of goals in the tournament’s second day at the STM Hall of Scholastica School’s Uttara Campus on Saturday. Defending champions Beximco Pharmaceuticals put six goals past Unilever, Gemcon posted a 5-1 win over Mutual Trust Bank, Lanka Bangla Finance thrashed
Jamaica confirm CPL final berth
Jamaica Tallawahs ensured their place in the final of the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 after a seven-wicket win over Barbados Tridents on Friday in Trinidad as Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan barely featured. Jamaica were scheduled to encounter Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final in Trinidad on Saturday night. Barbados posted 148-6 in their 20 ... Read more
Bangladesh A end with another hammering
The Bangladesh A team bowlers conceded more than 300 runs for the third consecutive time against the England Lions in the third and final one-dayer in Taunton on Saturday. The Lions posted 319-7 in their stipulated 50 overs as the Bangladesh A team bowlers failed to stop the flow of runs. Earlier in the first ... Read more
Int’l Women’s Kabaddi begins today
The Walton Refrigerator International Invitational Women’s Kabaddi Tournament’ 2013 begins todayat the Dhaka Kabaddi Stadium. Film Star Elias Kanchan, who is also the Executive Director of the meet’s sponsor RB Group (Walton), will inaugurate the five-day five-team tournament in the afternoon. BJMC, the lone representative of Bangladesh
First Security Bank hands over cheque for Nat’l School Hockey
The First Security Islami Bank on Saturday handed over a cheque of Tk 1 crore to Bangladesh Hockey Federation to organise the 10th National School Hockey Tournament’ 2014. Managing Director of First Security Islam Bank AAM Zakaria officially handed over the cheque to the President of Bangladesh Hockey Federation
Biman, United to use narrow-body aircraft due to runway crack
Kathmandu Flight Biman, United to use narrow-body aircraft due to runway crack Biman Bangladesh Airlines and United Airways Limited are likely to use narrow-body aircrafts for Dhaka-Kathmandu flights as Nepal has banned all wide-body aircraft at Kathmandu Airport. Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal on August 18 issued a notification imposing the ban for three months ... Read more
REHAB Housing Fair New York starts Oct 1
REHAB Housing Fair New York 2013 starts on October 1 at NTV Bhaban at Astoria in New York to attract expatriate Bangladeshis to the country’s housing sector. Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh is going to organise the three-day fair which will have 50 stalls. This was stated at a press conference
Doctors urged to stop taking money from diagnostic labs
Medical practitioners must stop taking commission from diagnostic laboratories and pharmaceutical companies, urged doctors at a conference of Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) in the capital yesterday. “Doctors prescribe unnecessary check-ups or unsuitable medicines to their patients just because they get a commission from the parties concerned,”
HSC Exam Answer Sheets
9,370 examinees in Sylhet apply for re-evaluation A total of 9,370 HSC examinees under Sylhet board have applied to have their answer sheets re-evaluated. The Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education (BISE), Sylhet saw the highest pass percentage among the education boards this year. However, this year also saw the highest number
Boost support for Bangladesh’s capacity enhancement
UN Peacekeeping Missions Boost support for Bangladesh’s capacity enhancement International community urged from DU conference Lauding Bangladesh’s contributions to United Nations peacekeeping missions, speakers at the inauguration of a two-day international conference yesterday called upon the international community to increase support for enhancing Bangladesh’s capacity to serve in these missions. Bangladesh’s national and foreign policy ... Read more
‘Student-Teacher Repression Day’ observed at RU
Over 300 Rajshahi University (RU) teachers and students yesterday observed “Student-Teacher Repression Day” marking the countrywide atrocities on their fellows from August 20 to 23 in 2007 during the military-backed caretaker government rule. On August 20, 2007, army personnel beat three Dhaka University (DU)
Only 291 acid throwers convicted in 11 years
4,682 accused Out of a total of 4,682 people accused of acid throwing in the last 11 years only 291 of them have been convicted, said speakers at a press conference yesterday. The cases caught up in the judicial backlogs date back till 2002, when the phenomenon achieved a paramount proportion of 498 instances
17,000 children drown every year: survey
A huge number of children die in drowning in the country every year. Many children die during floods that hit the country every year. Moreover, there are tidal surges in the coastal areas which also cause drowning of children. On an average, 30,000 children die in accidents in Bangladesh every year. Of them, 50 per ... Read more
Create climate awareness
Speakers at a workshop on Saturday said south-western part of Bangladesh is one of the disaster prone zones of the globe owing to its geographical location as well as natural reasons. Due to climate change the frequency and intensity of disasters are increasing, threaten lives and livelihood. A large number of people are become ultra ... Read more
Crores spent, yet Buriganga polluted as ever
Despite having spent over Tk. 16 crore, the authorities are yet to clean up the capital’s lifeline, the Buriganga, which lies by the western edge of the 400-year-old city. The river water remains highly polluted on a 23km stretch, where no aquatic life can survive. In spite of their failure, the authorities are planning another ... Read more
Transport operators defy govt fare charts
The government has seemingly failed to enforce the fare chart it prepared for different modes of public transport, including long-route and city buses, cabs and CNG-run autos. Passengers said transport workers were forcing them to pay more than the fares fixed by the government-fixed fare, which often led to altercations between them.
Vote for boat again, Hasina urges people
PM inaugurates largest public sector power plant Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday, urged the people of the country to vote her party to power again, “to keep the present momentum of development uninterrupted”. Addressing a public meeting at Shaheed Monju Stadium at Araihazar upazila in the district, the Premier ... Read more
Salinity reaches up to Magura
Seminar told indiscriminate extraction of groundwater paves the way for peril Within a few years, sea water intrusion from the south might reach Dhaka and make its groundwater salty, if proper measures are not taken, speakers at a seminar said yesterday. “The saline water has reached up to Magura. Once the groundwater of the capital ... Read more