Personnel of the Detective Branch of the police early on Monday arrested seven people, including a local leader of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the students’ wing of the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), from a residential house at East Goran in Khilgaon area in the city along with eight kilograms of bomb-making materials. Those arrested ... Read more
Month: December 2013
Blockade takes heavy toll on goods transportation
As the nationwide siege by the opposition continues, it has taken a heavy toll on the country’s exports, imports and marketing of perishable commodities, leaving everyone — from producers to buyers — gasping. On Sunday night, only 100 to 150 container lorries rolled in and out the Chittagong Port, the country’s gateway to the world by ... Read more
Party centres set to go broke
Strikes, blockades do it Commercial party centres have suffered huge financial losses in the last few months due to ongoing political turmoil, businessmen said Monday. A number of owners said nearly 200 party centres in Dhaka city are now facing the biggest blow in their business operations this season as even
8 year old ‘raped, murdered’ in city
An 8-year old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Shipaibagh area in the capital. Khilgaon police recovered the body of Antora from her aunt’s residence in Shipaibagh at around 9:00am Monday. Antora was a student of class two. She was the daughter of Ali Hossain, from Araihazar upazila in Narayanganj. The girl along with her ... Read more
Zainul, Quamrul on display
A treasure of one hundred paintings by Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin (1914-1976) and Potua Quamrul Hassan (1921-1988) has been displayed at the Nalinikanta Bhattashali gallery of Bangladesh National Museum. The special exhibition has been organised as part of the concluding programme of two-year long celebration of hundred years of the museum. The exhibition also marks the100th ... Read more
Poush mela ends with music, dance
The three-day poush mela concluded with music, dance and fair at the Ramna Batamul in the capital on Sunday. The city dwellers had nostalgic experiences at the ending day programme which lined up a number of folk songs, dance recitals and recitations featuring the spirit of the poush, the first of the two month’s of ... Read more
Deepika, Kapil get Indian of the Year awards
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone and comedian Kapil Sharma have received Indian of the Year 2013 awards for their contribution to the entertainment industry. In an awards ceremony held here Friday, a news channel honoured 11 extraordinary Indians across Politics, Sports, Entertainment, Business and Public Service categories.
Mushfiq fifty leads Abahani past MSC
Comfortable victories for Abahani Limited and Prime Bank CC left all four teams level on points with one win and one loss after two games of the Victory Day Twenty20 Cup in Sylhet on Monday. Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim blazed his way to a fine half-century as Abahani defeated arch-rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club by 77 runs, while ... Read more
Jimmy’s Oman mission irks BHF
Suspended hockey player Russell Mahmud Jimmy is now in Oman to play in the Omani Hockey League much to the irk of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation, confirmed his relatives and colleagues on Monday. It has also been learned that another suspended player Kamruzzaman Rana accompanied Jimmy in Oman. Hockey’s governing body recently
Abahani clinch V-Day hockey title
Abahani Limited clinched the title of the season’s first hockey tournament when they thumped Bangladesh Army 7-1 in the Victory Day Hockey Championship final at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Monday. The Dhanmondi-based club faced very little challenge from the Army men thanks to Puskar Khisha Mimo and Ashraful, who scored a brace
Mushfiq hails Sylhet crowd
The passionate crowd’s enthusiasm has had a huge impact on the cricketers, and the players are expecting similar support during the ICC World Twenty20, national skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said in Sylhet on Monday. ‘Victory and defeat are part of cricket, but we hope to receive the same kind of support when we play our world cup ... Read more
BOA to start camp from January 10
The Bangladesh Olympic Association will start the long-awaited specialised training programme for 26 athletes from January 10, officials said after an executive committee meeting on Monday. The BOA picked the athletes from four different disciplines to prepare themselves for the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games next year. ‘We initially
BFF out to evaluate dev coaches
The Bangladesh Football Federation on Monday formed a three-member committee to evaluate 19 development coaches, whose contracts will run out on December 31. BFF technical director Bayejid Jubayer Nipu and two senior coaches, Saiful Bari Titu and Maruful Haque, were given the responsibility
Bangladeshi in 5th at Youth Chess
Bangladesh’s FM Fahad Rahman moved up to fifth place in the Open Under-10 category at the World Youth Chess Championships in Al-Ain, UAE on Monday. Fahad played to a 5-5 draw against Iran’s Mahan Saberi in the seventh round on Monday to move up from ninth place. He defeated Vietnam’s
Pacers crush Celtics, OKC streak ends
Paul George scored 24 points, guard Lance Stephenson had a triple-double, and the Indiana Pacers defeated the Boston Celtics 106-79 to improve the best record in the Eastern Conference, reports Reuters. Stephenson finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, his second triple-double in two games against the Celtics this season. Pacers forward
BB eases loan rescheduling for all unrest-hit businesses
Bangladesh Bank on Monday relaxed rescheduling policy for all kinds of loans of the businesses who have suffered losses due to the current political unrest for the next six months. The central bank’s move came after the country’s major trade bodies demanded for the support as the businesspeople are now facing dull
Body to look into CGA-NBR revenue accounts mismatch
The office of the Controller General of Accounts has formed a joint committee to find out the reasons behind mismatch between the revenue figures of the National Board of Revenue and CGA office, officials said. The CGA office, at a meeting with the NBR, Bangladesh Bank and office of the Comptroller and Auditor General on December ... Read more
Vegetable prices down with easing of transportation
The prices of kitchen items have decreased in the city’s kitchen markets in last couple of days as a semblance of normalcy has returned in the transportation across the country amid the blockades enforced by the opposition alliance. The prices of most of the vegetables decreased by Tk 10-Tk 15 a kg on the retail market ... Read more
BJMC suffers Tk 140cr in losses due to blockade: officials
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation is suffering shipment problems in exporting its goods that caused financial loss of Tk 140 crore due to ongoing countrywide blockade, BJMC officials said on Sunday. The foreign buyers of the BJMC products have started cancelling their orders due to shipment problems, and were shifting their orders to other countries,
BTRC to block more IGWs for non-payment of dues
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission is likely to block operation of more international gateway operators who would fail to pay their dues by today, said the commission officials. The BTRC on December 1 had asked all the IGWs to pay their dues by December 25, they said. ‘The IGWs who will fail to pay their dues by today ... Read more