The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Wednesday suspended trading of Imam Button and Meghna Pet Industries for unusual price hike of their shares. The price of Imam Button’s shares rose to Tk 13.4 on Wednesday, whereas it was Tk 7.2 on September 23. On the other hand, the price of Meghna Pet’s
Month: October 2013
Airtel launches test-run 3G service
Mobile phone operator Airtel on Wednesday launched 3G service on test-run basis in its Gulshan and Banani offices for the customers to experience the performance of the service. Posts and telecommunications minister Sahara Khatun launched the service at Airtel’s Banani office on the day. Later she used the video call service
Selectors for all out attack
Bangladesh name squad for 1st New Zealand Test Selectors have picked three pacers and three spinners in the Bangladesh’s 14-man squad for the first Test against New Zealand, announced on Wednesday, hoping for Bangladesh’s first ever win against a major side at home. Regular spinners Sakib al Hasan and Sohag Gazi were joined by veteran ... Read more
The beginning of a new journey
In early 2009, former national coach Sarwar Imran was invited by one his friends to give some tips to players from relegation-threatened second-division side Lalmatia KC. There he found two young pace bowlers in the nets, bowling very fast. Yet neither of them had secured a regular place in the side, and the explanation
Sakib added to BCB XI for NZ warm-up
In a surprise move by the selectors, talismanic all-rounder Sakib al Hasan has been added to the BCB XI squad, scheduled to face New Zealand in a three-day match at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong from October 4-6. Sakib was not on the BCB XI squad list when it was first announced on Friday, but ... Read more
Abahani troubles deepen
Abahani Limited’s freefall continued as they suffered their fifth consecutive defeat, while Mohammedan lost their third match in a row and Prime Doleshwar had their four-game winning streak snapped in the Dhaka Premier League action on Wednesday. Abahani lost to Prime Bank by 120 runs at
De Kruif hits back at fact-finding committee
Bangladesh national football team coach Lodewijk De Kruif hit back at the fact-finding committee on Wednesday and said that they have misjudged his performance at last month’s SAFF Championship in Kathmandu. The fact-finding committee, headed by Bangladesh Football Federation vice-president Badal Roy, said that De Kruif was found, after 10 days
UCBL to sell tickets for NZ series
The United Commercial Bank Limited will sell the tickets for the forthcoming Bangladesh-New Zealand cricket series, this was announced at a press conference on Wednesday. UCBL bought the rights from Exiom Technologies, a marketing firm, which holds the ticketing rights of BCB’s all bilateral series upto June, 2016.
U-19s beat Tota Academy 6-0
Under-19 national football team beat Tota Academy 6-0 on Wednesday in a practice match ahead of their tour of Iraq for the AFC Under-19 qualifiers, to be held in Baghdad from October 8 to 12. The Bangladesh Football Federation said the opponent team were made up of players from the second tier league. The BFF ... Read more
ICT admits leaking of SQC verdict
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) registrar, AKM Nasiruddin Mahmud, on Wednesday admitted that the draft of the verdict on BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was leaked a few days before the court delivered it. He said that a general diary has been filed with Shahbagh Police Station in this connection. Chances of such incidents are ... Read more
One govt school, one college in each UZ, if AL voted to power again: PM
Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that if the Awami League came to power again, one school and one college in each upazila would be nationalised. Addressing a large rally at Roopur in Pabna, the Prime Minister criticised Khaleda Zia for not willing to accept her as the head of the interim government.
BNP protest rally against SQC sentence today
BNP on Wednesday spewed fire against the death sentence awarded to the party’s standing committee member, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, for war crimes. In its official reaction to the ICT verdict a day earlier, BNP accused the government of a conspiracy to deny justice to SQC. In protest, the party
PM ushers in nuclear dawn at Rooppur
Highest safety measures will be maintained Bangladesh embarked on a nuclear power programme on Wednesday when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the work for the first phase of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) here. “After decades of speculation, plans and programmes, the commissioning of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is going to be a ... Read more
90pc high rise buildings in city lack environmental clearance
Over 90 per cent high-rise buildings were erected in the capital city and the adjoining areas without caring to take mandatory clearance from the Department of Environment, said DoE officials. Owners took environmental clearance before constructing 1,256 high-rise buildings from 1997 to 2013, they said. During the same period, they said, the owners
Foreign investments by local businesses okayed
Five-year road map laid out for local and foreign investors The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, approved a five-year road map withdrawing restrictions on capital account convertibility allowing local businessmen to invest abroad and facilitates foreign direct investments in the country. Muhith approved the road map that the Bangladesh Bank worked out on Monday. ... Read more
All death sentences should be overturned: AI
The death sentence against BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and all others convicted of war crimes must be overturned, the Amnesty International, a global rights body, said on Tuesday. “The death sentence imposed against a Bangladeshi MP convicted of crimes against humanity is not the way to bring justice to the many victims of the ... Read more
DCs to have no role
Electing Grameen Directors DCs to have no role The government will not appoint deputy commissioners (DCs) to oversee the election for nine borrower directors of Grameen Bank as it does not want to involve public servants in the election process. A two-member government committee made the suggestion for appointing the DC, but the finance ministry ... Read more
SC clears release of GM brinjal
The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for the government to release the genetically modified (GM) crop, Bt Brinjal, in the country. Following a petition filed by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, chamber judge of the apex court,
Judge embarrassed to hear writ on Rampal
A High Court (HC) judge on Wednesday felt embarrassed to hear on a writ petition filed seeking a stay on the government’s move to start construction of the Rampal power plant till an assessment of the environmental impact of the project is carried out. The HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider Chowdhury and Justice Jafor ... Read more
Ershad proposes new electoral system
Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday proposed a new electoral system, on the basis of proportionate ratio of votes obtained by different political parties, for electing public representatives. “Voters will not cast their votes for any candidate or any specific constituency. They will cast votes only on the symbol of political parties. The ... Read more