Nelson Mandela’s tearful widow was among scores of family and dignitaries who stopped to pay their last respects before Nelson Mandela’s open casket Wednesday, as the celebrated leader lay in state. Clad in a black head-dress, Graca Machel stood in silence before the raised coffin, which was guarded at each end by two navy officers ... Read more
Month: December 2013
Masuma dies after 13 days
Shishu Park Bus Arson Masuma dies after 13 days ‘She called me in the morning and asked me to hold her hand and hug. I tried to hug, but the burn wounds she was suffering from did not allow me to embrace her,’ Mahbubur Rahman, husband of Masuma, the latest victim of Shishu Park bus ... Read more
Salimullah Medical College closed sine die
Salimullah Medical College located in Old Town of Dhaka was closed for an indefinite period on Wednesday in the wake of Tuesday’s clash involving staff, interns and students. The students were asked to vacate their dormitories by Wednesday night. The decision was taken at a meeting of the academic
China wants peaceful end to deadlock
China wants Bangladesh to find out a peaceful solution to the political stalemate on forthcoming general election. A five-member Chinese delegation, led by Director General of Asian Affairs of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Luo Zhaohui, made this comment after a call-on the opposition leader, Khaleda Zia, at latter’s Gulshan residence on Wednesday night. The meeting
UK minister Warsi due today
Amid the ongoing dialogue between two major political parties ahead of the crucial national election, British senior foreign and commonwealth office minister Baroness Warsi will arrives in Dhaka today to discuss polls issues with political leaders. Warsi is likely to meet prime minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia during her short stay in
Woman kills husband over extramarital affair
A man, who was tortured allegedly by his wife and her associates in the capital’s Khilgaon area Monday night, died from his injuries in a city hospital early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Md Jahangir Alam, 35. Police and family members alleged that Bakul Akhter,
BCB sad, not worried as WI U-19 leave
The Bangladesh Cricket Board said it was sad that the West Indies Cricket Board pulled its Under-19 team out of its series in Bangladesh but insisted that there was little reason to be worried ahead of much bigger competitions. The WICB did not entertain a desperate BCB request to proceed with the seven-match series, and the ... Read more
World T20 doubts start surfacing
The West Indies Cricket Board’s decision of pulling out its Under-19 team from the Bangladesh tour has started taking its toll with Australia saying it would seek advice from the government on whether to send its men’s and women’s teams in the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 next year. A spokesman for Cricket Australia told Agence ... Read more
Faruk named new chief selector
The Bangladesh Cricket Board appointed former national captain Faruk Ahmed as the new national chief selector, BCB officials said on Tuesday. The decision came after an emergency meeting chaired by BCB president Nazmul Hasan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The post became
Wife, daughter of chess official added to Las Vegas tour party
The wife and daughter of a Bangladesh Chess Federation vice-president has been named a part of the team selected for a competition in US gambling capital Las Vegas in late December, officials said. Tahsin Anjum – an unrated female player – will join Fide Master Sheikh Nasir Ahmed, FM Khandoker Aminul Islam and Arifuzzaman Shikder for ... Read more
BCB moves over Tigers’ safety
The Bangladesh Cricket Board have provided the national cricket team’s coaching staff with an ambulance to ensure safe travel to and from the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The BCB is already on the back foot following the departure of the touring West Indies Under-19 side due to security concerns, and they are keen to
Nasir relishing captaincy role
Bangladesh batsman Nasir Hossain on Tuesday said that he was enjoying the captaincy role given to him for the three-match Twenty20 Challenge series starting from today. Nasir will lead the Bangladesh A side against the national team at Mirpur and will try to fulfil the responsibility placed upon him. ‘I was a captain
Premier football to kick-off on Dec 27
The seventh edition of the Bangladesh Premier Football League has been scheduled to start on December 27, Bangladesh Football Federation officials said after a professional football league committee meeting on Tuesday. The BFF also decided to hold the first leg matches at neutral venues in Dhaka after taking into consideration the country’s current political
Special Olympic team accorded reception
The state minister for social welfare, Promod Mankin, on Tuesday awarded a reception to the Bangladesh team back from the Special Olympics: Asia Pacific Games held in Australia. During the reception at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Mankin said that if the persons with disabilities get proper training they will
Barisal women entrepreneurs rally against political unrest
Women entrepreneurs in Barisal on Tuesday formed a human chain and burnt copies of their trade licences in protest at the ongoing political crisis and blockade. If this situation continued, they would not be able to pay workers’ wages, bank loan instalments and taxes of any type, they cautioned in the
Collective efforts essential for ensuring rights of disabled people
Speakers at a human chain cum street-corner meeting in Rajshahi on Tuesday emphasised the need for collective efforts of both the public and private organisations concerned for ensuring fundamental rights of people with disabilities. Terming the disadvantaged people as the
Three injured in oil tanker fire in Ctg
At least three people received burn injury in a fire in an oil tanker of the state-owned Jamuna Oil Company at Chittagong port Tuesday morning. The injured — Md Kamal, Azmi and Emon — were on duty in the engine room of the oil tanker, the police said, adding that they were admitted to
Bangladesh to collaborate with neighbours
Sustainable Development of Mountain Region Bangladesh to collaborate with neighbours Bangladesh has joined hands with other regional countries that cover a mountain region to share knowledge and experience about uses and abuses of mountains and ensure a sustainable development of the hilly region on the edge of the Himalayan range. As part of the efforts, ... Read more
Post millennium dev goals should be sustainable
Hossain Zillur Rahman tells consultation meeting in Bangkok The post millennium development goals should be centred on sustainable development, said Hossain Zillur Rahman, former adviser to a caretaker government, at a consultation meeting in Bangkok yesterday. International Union for Conservation of Nature organised the meeting titled “Sustainable Livelihood Options for Fisheries: Opportunities and Challenges”
CU postpones admission viva of H, G units
The Chittagong University authorities on Tuesday postponed the viva tests of Biological Science Faculty (H-Unit) and Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries (G-Unit) of first-year honours courses under 2013-14 academic session. The admission test committee member secretary, SM Akbar Hossain, said the CU admission committee in a meeting decided to