Opener Tamim Iqbal received an MRI scan from doctors on Wednesday as a precautionary measure after the southpaw felt some pain in his lower abdomen during the second one-dayer against New Zealand, said officials on Friday. Tamim was the highest scorer for the Tigers with 58 to help them defeat the visitors by 40 runs and seal ... Read more
Month: November 2013
19-member U-19 squad announced for WI
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday announced the preliminary squad of the Bangladesh Under-19 team for a three-week camp ahead of the home series against their West Indian counterparts, said a press release of the BCB on Friday. The 19-member squad were asked to report at the SAHARA-BCB National Cricket Academy today. The preparation camp will get ... Read more
Premier Division Chess begins today
The Premier Division Chess League 2013 starts at 2:30pm today at the Bangladesh Chess Federation. The league will feature nine teams: Sreejan Chess Club, Leonine Chess Club, Faith Chess Club, Titas Club, Pritam-Prism Chess Club Narayanganj, Gopalganj Chess Club, Bangladesh Navy Chess Team, Access Group Chess Club and reigning champions Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited.
Yet another deadline missed
Nitor-Gb Link Road Yet another deadline missed The construction of the road linking Mirpur 2 with Agargaon in the capital has again missed its deadline as only one-seventh of the road has been completed till now. The construction work was supposed to be completed by June of this year as was said by the then ... Read more
Educate youths about climate change, say speakers
Speakers at a meeting in the city on Friday underscored the need for imparting more knowledge to the new generation on climate change and its impact. Addressing a prize giving ceremony on Quiz Competition on Climate Change and Environment, they also underlined the need for building logic and science based society. Institute for Environment and ... Read more
20th Titas gas field well starts test supply
The newly drilled 20th well of Titas Gas Field in Brahmanbaria started supplying 10 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) experimentally to the national grid on Wednesday. The well, which has been drilled for the last nine months at the field in Brahmanbaria municipality, will go in full production at 12mmcfd within a ... Read more
JUTA concerned over JU admission tests in Dec
Uncertainty looms over the forthcoming honors admission test of Jahangirnagar University under the session 2013-14 is to be held in December because of the teachers’ movement demanding vice-chancellor’s resignation. Meanwhile, JU teachers’ association made an offer to vice-chancellor Professor Anwar Hossina to shift the responsibility of honors 1st year admission test to
BCC at loggerhead with BIWTA
The Barisal City Corporation is constructing shopping-stalls on the leased land of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority in the river port area on the bank of River Kirtankhola. The BIWTA authorities sent a letter to the BCC protesting against the construction but the BCC authorities ignored the letter. The BIWTA Barisal office
25 officials off to Korea for healthcare training
Twenty-five senior officials left on Friday to participate in a 14-day healthcare management training in Korea, reports UNB. They will participate in the course as a part of a project ‘Establishment of National Institute of Advanced Practice Nurses in Bangladesh’ supported by Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) with a budget of US$ 13.75 million. Kim Bok-Hee, the
RAB nabs three from Tongi
Arms-ammo sized Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested three young men from Kazi Market area at Anarkoli road of Tongi under Gazipur town Thursday night. RAB also sized a foreign made pistol and two rounds of bullets from their possession. The arrested were identified as Sumon, 30,
Lawyer’s assistant held in Sylhet
Detective branch of police arrested an assistant of a lawyer along with 125 pieces of Yaba tablet and 35 grams of heroin in Sylhet on Friday. The arrestee was identified as Azad Ahmed, 35, a resident of Kazitula area in the city and assistant of a lawyer, sources in the police said.
Investment in nat’l savings tools up 362.88pc in Q1
The net investment in the national savings certificates and bonds increased by 362.88 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year 2013-14 compared with that in the same period of the FY13 because of a dull investment situation amid political unrest and a lower rate on the banks’ savings products. According to the ... Read more
22 out of 30 banks post lower profit in Jan-Sept
NBFIs show mixed performances Twenty-two out of 30 listed banks with the capital market posted a lower profit in the first nine months of this year compared with the corresponding period of 2012 due to existing poor business environment and a Bangladesh Bank’s directive to keep more provisions against defaulted loan. On the other hand, ... Read more
Tourism fair begins Nov 28
Bangladesh Founda-tion for Tourism Develop-ment (BFTD) and Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) in collaboration with Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Bangladesh Tourism Board, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of commerce and Industry, Bangladesh Inbound Tour operators Associ-ation and Bangladesh International Hotel Association will
Disrupted supply chain pushes up red lentil, sugar, potato prices
The prices of red lentil, sugar, potato and ginger increased on the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday. The prices of some vegetables, however, decreased in the markets with the increase of supply of winter vegetables. Traders said that the prices of local variety of red lentil and potato increased in both wholesale and retail markets ... Read more
UCB raises $23m under IPFF
United Commercial Bank Limited as the lead arranger raised $23.03 million under the Investment Promotion and Financing Facility (IPFF) of Central Bank funded by International Development Association (IDA) of World Bank, says a press release. Bangladesh Bank took this praiseworthy initiative and disbursed a fund of $19.91 million which will be utilized
Citigroup faces multiple probes over currency trades
Citigroup Inc, the US bank with the biggest international business, said on Friday that US government agencies and authorities from other jurisdictions are investigating its foreign-exchange trading, reports Reuters. The bank has put its chief currency dealer in London on leave, it was reported earlier this week, in an action that mirrors developments at a number ... Read more
Polls as per constitution, Hasina tells JP leaders
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her firm determination to hold the next elections as per the constitution, saying that her government wants to create a permanent political stability in the country. “We have reestablished the parliamentary democracy by amending the constitution and we want to hold the next elections by upholding the
Another blow to manpower export
Oman restricts visa for six months The country’s manpower export sector will again suffer a setback as Gulf state Oman has imposed restrictions on visas for construction and cleaning workers for the next six months. The Oman Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said it will stop issuing visas to non-Omani workers in construction and cleaning sectors ... Read more
Oppn mulls non-stop movement after Nov 7
The main opposition BNP-led 18-party alliance on Friday threatened that it will begin a series of non-stop anti-government movement after the poll schedule is declared. The Election Commission may announce the poll schedule either in the last week of November or in the first week of December. As part of its campaign, the 18-party alliance leaders ... Read more