State Of Women Sports (03) Shooting provides best Olympic hope In a male-dominated society like Bangladesh women face struggles in every walk of life, and sports is no exception. Religious barriers and a lack of support from family have forced women to take a backseat for years in the sporting field. Yet they have still ... Read more
Month: December 2013
Veteran sports organiser Golam Rasul Molla dies
Former Bangladesh Olympic Association general secretary Golam Rasul Molla breathed his last at a city hospital in the early hours of Thursday. He was 68. A renowned sports organiser, Professor Golam Rasul Molla left behind his wife, two sons, a daughter and a host of relatives and friends to
MSC election postponed sine die
The elections to the board directors of Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited, previously scheduled for December 29, have been postponed for an indefinite period due to the current political situation of the country. The decision was made at an emergency meeting of the club’s current directors on Thursday. Earlier on Tuesday, it was announced that the club
Fahad moves to 2nd round in World Youth Chess
FIDE Master Fahad Rahman received a walkover in the first round of the World Youth Chess Championship 2013 in Al Ain, UAE on Wednesday. Fahad was scheduled to meet Tamir Mohammad of Egypt in the first round before being given a walkover. In the second round, the young Bangladeshi
Ruling party men bag 5 more insurance cos
The polls-time government, formed to perform routine activities only in the run up to the upcoming national elections, on Thursday awarded licences to five new insurance companies owned by businessmen loyal to Awami League. Earlier on July 4 this year, the AL-led government had issued eleven new insurance licences on political consideration.
Reserve crosses $18b as idle dollar keeps swelling
The country’s foreign exchange reserve crossed $18-billion mark on Thursday after Bangladesh Bank purchased fresh US dollar worth $2.28 billion in the first five months and 19 days of the current fiscal year to keep the inter-bank foreign exchange market stable. Higher export earnings against a lower import
IMF limits foreign loan to $775m by June 2014
Petroleum Product Import IMF limits foreign loan to $775m by June 2014 International Monetary Fund has asked the government to limit borrowing from foreign sources to $775 million by June 2014 for fuel oil import by the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, officials said. The condition has been tagged with further disbursement of the IMF’s $1 billion loan ... Read more
Govt to give stimulus to RMG exporters
Political Unrest Losses Govt to give stimulus to RMG exporters Finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said readymade garment exporters will be given stimulus to recoup the losses they have incurred because of lingering political unrest. He, however, told reporters that the incentives were not finalised after a meeting with the officials of central bank, ... Read more
Stocks end flat in volatile trading after 4-day fall
Dhaka stocks ended four-day losing streak on Thursday with the bourse’s general index inching up by 4.50 points amid volatile trading as investors remained skeptical about the possibility of end to the ongoing political impasse. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, closed flat at 4,244.63 advancing by 0.10 per cent.
Target says data from 40m bank cards stolen in holiday period
Target Corp said data from about 40 million credit and debit cards might have been stolen from shoppers at its stores during the first three weeks of the holiday season, in the second-largest card breach at a US retailer, reports Reuters. The data theft, unprecedented in its ferocity, took place over a 19-day period that began ... Read more
Airtel launches 3G in Sylhet
Airtel Bangladesh Limited has launched its 3G network in considerable parts of the Sylhet metropolitan city as part of its 3G roll-out plan. Right after its network outreach in the capital city, Dhaka, and the port city, Chittagong, Airtel Bangladesh Limited has announced the availability
SCC starts re-dredging canals
The Sylhet City Corporation authorities formally started reclaiming and re-digging an encroached canal on Wednesday to reduce the water-stagnation problem in the city. The city mayor, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, inaugurated the renovation work of Gavial Khal, one of the nine major canals of the city that covers
Initiative to preserve mass killing ground, torture cells in Barisal stalled
The preservation of the mass killing ground and torture cell at the then WAPDA campus, used as regional cantonment of the Pakistan occupation army during the liberation war, has remained stalled. Barisal city mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron on June 14 unveiled the curtain of a proposed project to preserve the spots, but the initiative fell through. After ... Read more
Election to JU teachers’ association on Dec 27
The Jahangirnagar University Teachers’ Association election for the year 2014 will be held on December 27, 2013. The association chief election commissioner, Professor Akter Mahmud, announced the poll schedule on Tuesday. A 15-member executive committee of the organisation including four office bearers- president, vice-president, secretary general, joint
8 BCL men sentenced to death
A court, on Wednesday, sentenced to death eight Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists, for the murder of tailor Biswajit Das, 24, at Shankharibazar in Old Dhaka a year ago. Judge ABM Nizamul Haque of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 also awarded life terms to 13 others for the daylight killing that had shocked the
PM slams Pak resolution
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday strongly condemned the Pakistan National Assembly’s resolution expressing concern over the execution of Bangladesh’s war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah. “We strongly condemn it…there has been a trial of a war criminal in our country (Bangladesh) what’s Pakistan’s business in it? Why are they (Pakistanis) so compassionate
Talks only on 10th JS polls: BNP
Govt must resign for inclusive polls, says Fakhrul BNP has renewed its call to the government to step down for ensuring an inclusive and acceptable general election under a non-partisan interim administration. “If the government does not quit power paving the way for inclusive and acceptable polls, the people will intensify movement immediately,”
Stray violence marks 2nd day of blockade
Stray incidents of violence marked the second day of the 72-hour-long nationwide blockade programme, called by the BNP-led 18-Party alliance, on Wednesday. The opposition alliance called the blockade, demanding that the next election be held under a non-party poll-time administration and that the already announced date for the 10th parliamentary election be
Ganajagaran ultimatum to cut ties with Pakistan
Dr Imran H Sarker, convener of the Ganajagaran Mancha has urged the government to cut diplomatic ties with Pakistan unless Islamabad apologises for condemning the execution of its collaborator, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah, on charges of crimes against humanity during the liberation war. Otherwise, he announced the Mancha activists would stage
Ershad won’t be sent abroad, says Firoz Rashid
There is a speculation among the Jatiya Party (JP) leaders and activists that their party Chairperson HM Ershad is likely to send abroad for treatment under state arrangement. Members of the RAB picked Ershad up from his Baridhara residence on December 12 and took him to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for treatment,