Bangladesh’s hopes of hosting the Asia Cup in February-March received a further blow after a top official of the Asian Cricket Council dropped a hint that they could the shift the venue elsewhere from Dhaka. A decision in this regard could be taken at the ACC meeting on January 4 in Sri Lanka, said Syed Ashrfaul ... Read more
Month: December 2013
Mushfiq suffers back injury
National skipper Mushfiqur Rahim sustained a back injury on Wednesday and his status remains in doubt for the rest of the Victory Day Twenty20 Cup. Mushfiq, who is leading Abahani Limited in the competition, sustained the injury while batting against Prime Bank on his way to a second successive
Fahad slips to 14th at World Youth Chess
FM Fahad Rahman fell to 14th place at the World Youth Chess Championship in Al-Ain, UAE on Wednesday, losing to Abdrashev Arlen of Kazakhstan in his eighth round match. After eight rounds Fahad has earned six points in the Open Under-10 classic category. Fahad will take on Kushagra Mohan of India in his
Injury blow for Jr Tigers
Vice-Captain cum wicket-keeper of the Bangladesh Under-19 team Mohammed Jasim Uddin has been ruled out of the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup UAE 2014 due to a finger injury Jasim Uddin was hurt during a training session on Tuesday and an X-ray confirmed an oblique fracture of the right index finger. Zakir Hasan will replace Jashimuddin in ... Read more
NSC cancels work order for Khulna pool
The National Sports Council has cancelled the work order for construction of a swimming pool at the Khulna Women’s Sports Complex as the contractor could not complete it within the specified time. According to NSC engineer Awlad Hossain, Parija Construction Co was awarded the contract a cost of Tk 7.29 crore. But the firm failed to ... Read more
EU may review GSP facility if democratic process hampered
Experts, exporters fear Experts and exporters fear that the European Union might take negative decision on the trade facilities Bangladesh is enjoying now in the European market in the review in July next year due to the ongoing political violence and threat to democratic process in the country. Besides, experts said, the persistent political
BB warns 8 banks for poor farm loan release
Farm loan performance to be brought under CAMELS ratings Bangladesh Bank has warned eight private commercial banks for their worst performance in disbursing farm loans in the first five months of the current fiscal year, said officials of the central bank. The eight banks disbursed below 10 per cent farm loan of their targeted programme ... Read more
Honda motorcycle assembling target cut by 70pc due to unrest
Bangladesh Honda Private Ltd, a joint venture of Japan’s biggest motorcycle manufacturer Honda Motor Company and Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation, has lowered its target of motorbike assembling in the first year by 70 per cent due to ongoing political turmoil, officials said. At a board meeting of the company held on December 23, the
GSMA seeks review of BWA guideline
The GSM Association, an international alliance of mobile phone operators, has recently urged the Bangladesh government to reconsider the amendment to broadband wireless access guideline saying it opened 4G technologies to the WiMAX operators in a non-transparent and discriminatory process. In a letter to posts and telecommunications secretary
Loan approval committee sanctions Tk 65cr
Stock Market Refinance Scheme Loan approval committee sanctions Tk 65cr The loan approval committee for government refinance scheme of Tk 900 crore for the affected small investors has sanctioned around Tk 65 crore loans for investors, while 99 per cent or 9,41,952 investors are yet to file applications before December 31 deadline. Investment Corporation of Bangladesh ... Read more
Fernhill inks deal with Watermark
Multinational consultancy firm Fernhill Consulting House has recently signed an agreement with Watermark Communication in a city hotel. As per the agreement, Watermark will provide all types of public relation support for Fernhill in Bangladesh and abroad, said a news release.
Owners get one year to replace 4,500 CNG autos
The communications ministry has given owners one year more to replace some 4,500 CNG auto-rickshaws. The decision came at a meeting with the vehicle owners at the ministry on Tuesday. Following the announcement, the owners withdrew their pre-scheduled 72-hour strike from Thursday, said the ministry officials. The ministry has also taken an initiative
‘March for democracy’ Sunday
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday announced the Dhaka March programme for December 29 and called upon people from all walks of life to assemble in front of the BNP central office at Naya Paltan “to compel the government to accept her party’s demand for holding a free, fair and credible election”. “This march is to ... Read more
Khaleda statement full of lies: AL
Ruling Awami League has described BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Tuesday statements as ‘unrealistic, absurd and full of falsehood’. “There is no truth in Khaleda’s speech. All of her words in the statement are baseless and unrealistic,” said Amir Hossain Amu, a senior leader of Awami League. He made the remarks at a press conference at Party ... Read more
UN chief urges PM to send more troops for UN mission
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made a telephone call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday and requested her to send one battalion of Bangladeshi soldiers for its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. “Yes, the UN Secretary-General called the prime minister over telephone in the evening (Bangladesh time) and asked her to provide one battalion
Same syndicate was in VoIP racket in SL
37 foreigners placed on 2-day remand The 37 foreigners, who were arrested on charges of illegally operating a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business at Uttara area in the city, were earlier involved in an illegal VoIP business in Sri Lanka and were jailed, sources in the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said. A team of ... Read more
Govt injects fund to Sonali, Rupali banks
The finance ministry on Tuesday injected Tk 2,205 crore to state-owned Sonali Bank and Rupali Bank to shore up the struggling commercial banks from capital crunch and keep them afloat. Another Tk 1,895 crore would be given to Agrani and Janata banks tomorrow, a senior finance ministry official told New Age. Earlier, the ministry had decided to ... Read more
Policeman killed in petrol bomb attack
A traffic policeman was burned to death and two others sustained injuries in a petrol bomb attack on a requisitioned bus at Bangla Motor in the capital Tuesday night. The policeman, Ferdous Khalil, 40, was son of Abdul Hamid Mandal of Nagervita under Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibanda. Constable Faizul Islam, 40, and the bus driver ... Read more
Access to info on EC website ‘made difficult’
Nine eminent citizens decry ‘move’ Amid media reports on unusual surge in the wealth of political leaders, technical problems have been created disrupting access to the personal information of candidates of the 10th parliamentary elections on the Election Commission website, reports UNB. The EC website, www.ecs.gov.bd, on Tuesday stopped showing the personal information of the ... Read more
Mancha stir violated Vienna Convention, says home ministry
The home ministry has said that Ganajagaran Mancha’s agitation in the diplomatic zone violated the Vienna Convention and other international norms. In a letter to law enforcement agencies, the ministry blamed such activities for undermining the country’s image. “That’s why it has become essential to