Practise sessions could not be arranged for the cricketers participating in the Amber Victory Day Twenty20 tournament that will start today in Sylhet as carrier Biman Bangladesh failed to reach the destination in time, said sources on Saturday. Biman Bangladesh is the official carrier of the tournament that will feature four teams – Abahani Limited, Mohammedan
Month: December 2013
Top tier league yet to find its title sponsor
The Bangladesh Football Federation is yet to find a sponsor for the seventh edition of the domestic football league, which is scheduled to get underway from December 27. Grameenphone, who sponsored the last two seasons of the top flight, has not renewed their contract due to the current political situation that has
BSPA nominates Siddik, Tamim for sportsperson of the year award
Bangladesh Sports Press Association has nominated Golfer Siddikur Rahman and cricketer Tamim Iqbal for the best sportsperson of the year award (SA Mohsin Trophy) for 2011 and 2012 respectively, said officials of BSPA on Saturday. The award giving ceremony will be held on January 11 at the National Sports Council auditorium where
Abahani, Army face off in V-Day hockey final
Abahani Limited will face Bangladesh Army in the final of the Walton Victory Day Hockey Competition after thrashing their respective semi-final opponents Azad Sporting Club and Usha Krira Chakra at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Saturday. Abahani beat Azad Sporting Club 6-0 in the first
BSEC becomes ‘A’ category IOSCO member
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has been upgraded to ‘A’ category from ‘B’ category after 18 years of its membership of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, BSEC officials said on Saturday. The IOSCO is a Madrid-based association of securities market regulators across the globe with 182 members. ‘The IOSCO on
Bank sector at long-term risk amid weak monitoring: UO
Weak surveillance system and structural problems have led the country’s banking sector to long-term risks which will ultimately lower the rate of the growth of gross domestic product, said Unnayan Onneshan, a local think tank, in its monthly economic updates for December. It said the decline in the rate of growth in credit
Bangladesh RMG exporters pay highest for container shipment
The country’s apparel exporters pay second highest cost after India and almost double compared to other rival countries while sending a container to export destinations because of transport and bureaucratic hurdles. The cost to export at $ 1,025 per container in Bangladesh is compared to $ 600 per container in many other RMG-exporting countries including
Pakistanis fear investment in B’desh faces uncertainty: report
Billions of dollars of investment made by more than 10,000 Pakistanis in Bangladesh is facing uncertainty in the wake of tense situation ahead of next parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. Experts monitoring the situation, however, say although the situation poses some risk of loss to the Pakistani investors, it will ultimately benefit the overall economy of Pakistan,
DSE Weekly review
Stocks end 2-week bull run as polls consensus hope fades Dhaka stocks lost value last week after a two-week bull run as hopes of a political consensus on the upcoming national polls faded, market operators said. Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange also dipped over the week due to a decreased participation of investors amid ... Read more
Tanjil Chy new BMBA president
Tanjil Chowdhury of EC Securities was on Saturday elected the new president of the Bangladesh Merchant Bankers’ Association for the term of 2014-15. Akter Hossain Sannamat of Union Capital was elected vice-president while Mashiur Rahman of ICB Capital was general secretary and Mostofa Kamal
Rozina the feisty fighter
Celebrated actress Rozina is a multiple National Film Award winner. In her lengthy acting career, she has received the adulation of millions. Besides Bangladesh, she has acted in the films of Kolkata, Nepal and Karachi. Originally from Rajbari district, Rozina’s family name was Renu. As a child she often visited cinema halls and dreamt of ... Read more
Awareness campaign against Nipah begins
The health ministry has recently launched an awareness campaign against Nipah in 27 districts of the country to prevent the people from taking raw date or palm juice. The directorate general of health services has identified 217 Nipah-prone upazilas in the 27 districts, Be-Nazir Ahmed, director of disease control at
JP not in polls race, Quader reaffirms
GM Quader, a Jatiya Party presidium member, said on Friday JP will not join the coming election, reaffirming his party’s position. “There is no scope for any confusion over party’s stand regarding participation in the next polls,” Quader, brother of JP Chairman HM Ershad and former commerce minister, told a press conference at his Uttara ... Read more
Fresh 18-party blockade begins
A fresh spell of the countrywide road-rail-waterway blockade began from 6am today. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18-party alliance is enforcing the 83-hour blockade to mount pressure on the government to hold the next national polls under a non-party interim management and postpone the 10th parliamentary election scheduled for January 5. BNP Standing
Army deployment from Dec 26
CEC decision draws flak from civil society Army personnel will be deployed from December 26 till January 9 to maintain law and order before, during and after the general election, to be held on January 5, chief election commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced on Friday. “A total of 154 candidates has already been elected unopposed ... Read more
Zohra Tajuddin passes away
Awami League Presidium Member Syeda Zohra Tajuddin died at the United Hospital in the capital on Friday morning. She was 80. Her daughter Simin Hossain Rimi, an AL parliamentarian, said that her mother died at around 10:20 am. Zohra was the wife of the country’s first Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmad, who was assassinated inside the Dhaka ... Read more
No chance of consensus if AL remains stubborn: NI Khan
In response to prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s remarks on dialogue and consensus over the 11th parliamentary polls, Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said it saw no chances of a consensus in future if the ruling party did not change its stubborn attitude. The BNP said the prime minister had made the statement to ‘mislead’ the people. ... Read more
Resolution not interference, says Pakistan
Mollah execution internal affairs of Bangladesh Pakistan has described the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah as an internal affair of Bangladesh, adding that the Pakistan National Parliament did not mean to interfere in the internal affairs of Bangladesh by passing a resolution. Islamabad also said that it did not want to respond to ... Read more
Blockade blisters vegetable farmers’ fate
A drastic drop in the price of winter vegetables at the growers end caused by supply chain disruption because of recent blockades of roads, railway and waterways has left thousands of farmers in the country in dire straits. Farmers in Rangpur, Narsingdi, Munshiganj, Sirajganj. Rajshahi, Bogra, Gazipur and Manikganj reported a fall in price to ... Read more
Kazi Zafar floats own JP; blasts at council hurt 5
At least five people were injured in a bomb attack inside the auditorium of the National Press Club immediately after the inauguration of the Jatiya Party’s(Zafar) special council on Friday afternoon. Kazi Zafar had announced the special council after he was expelled from the Jatiya Party by party chairman HM Ershad on November 28. The Juba ... Read more