Sparks are expected to fly when traditional Dhaka archrivals Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club clash against each other today in the Bangladesh Premier Football League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. An encounter between Abahani and Mohammedan is not only a battle for points but more importantly a matter of pride. And Abahani currently have
Month: January 2014
Siddik jumps to 20th
Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman made some improvement in the King’s Cup on Saturday as he hit a one-under-par 71 in the third round. The 29-year old Bangladeshi golfer started the penultimate round in joint 35th position at the Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand but a reasonably good display enabled him to rise to ... Read more
Winning start for Abahani, Usha
10-time champions Abahani Limited and last year’s runners up Usha KC both made winning starts in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League at the Moulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Saturday. Usha, also the champion of the recently concluded Club Cup, clinched a 9-1 victory over Dhaka Wanderers Club. Penalty corner specialist Mamunur Rahman Chayan
Tribunal for quick trial as hearing resumes today
The Anti-Corruption Tribunal, appointed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board, wants a quick disposal of the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing cases as it resumes hearing today. The much-hyped trial of the BPL match-fixing scandal began on November 24 with all nine accused individuals attending the preliminary hearing through
Brothers post win to go fourth
Brothers Union moved to fourth position in the Bangladesh Premier Football League standings after a 2-1 win over promoted side Chittagong Abahani at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Brothers recorded their second consecutive victory and the Oranges now have six points from four matches. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra
BCB names women’s World T20 preliminary squad
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday announced a 30-member preliminary squad of Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team for the ensuing ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh-2014. Squad: Rumana Ahmed, Shaila Sharmin, Lata Mondol, Khadiza Tul Kubra, Sultana Yesmin Boishakhi, Farzana Hoque, Salma Khatun, Panna Ghosh, Lily Rani Biswas,
Audits find Tk 3,024cr dodged in 2 yrs, NBR collects Tk 150cr
Income Tax Thru Self Assessment Audits find Tk 3,024cr dodged in 2 yrs, NBR collects Tk 150cr The National Board of Revenue till November last year collected Tk 150 crore out of the Tk 3,024 crore in income taxes which were dodged by taxpayers in 2010-11 and 2011-12 fiscal years and later detected by the ... Read more
Local makers get import duty waiver on raw materials
Optical Fibre Cables Local makers get import duty waiver on raw materials The National Board of Revenue has exempted country’s optical fibre cable manufacturers from paying duties on import of four types of raw materials required for the industry in a bid to protect local producers from competition with importers of the finished product, NBR ... Read more
Telecoms ministry to finalise rules for Tk 330cr fund
Telcos’ Social Obligation Telecoms ministry to finalise rules for Tk 330cr fund The posts and telecommunications ministry is likely to finalise the Social Obligation Fund Regulation to ensure the effective use of Tk 330 crore fund contributed by mobile phone operators. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has sent a draft to the telecom ministry which ... Read more
Last of the DC-10s not to end days in US museum
The world’s last operating DC-10-30 aircraft that Biman Bangladesh Airlines owns will now not end its days in a Seattle museum in the United States for shortage of space, officials said. Instead, the authorities have invited proposals to buy the last DC-10-30 aircraft any time after February 25 either from Dhaka or the United Kingdom ... Read more
Stocks gain for 3rd week as optimism returns
Dse Weekly Review Stocks gain for 3rd week as optimism returns Dhaka stocks advanced last week, third week in a row, pushing the bourse’s key index to a fresh high since its inception as investors became active amid easing of political tensions. Market operators said turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange also increased as investors ... Read more
India, Pakistan agree to boost trade
Seeking to boost bilateral trade, India and Pakistan on Saturday decided to have a non-discriminatory market access programme, keep Wagha-Attari border open 24 hours throughout the year and facilitate the opening of bank branches in each other’s country, reports Times of India. ‘We have agreed that we will open Wagha-Attari border for trade 24X7…Central banks of ... Read more
Potato blight could cause low yield
Dense fog in winter has caused ‘late blight’ in potatoes, particularly in the northern districts, growers and agriculturists have said. Potato plants, infected with the disease, would certainly yield less production, they said. Department of Agriculture Extension officials said they were giving necessary advice to the potato growers to control late blight. A senior
Amal fair kicks off in Jessore
A two-day ‘Amal fair’ marking the 11th anniversary of death of Tebhaga movement leader Amal Sen began at Bankri Primary School ground in Bagharpara on Friday. The fair features discussion meetings, art competition, recitation, dramas and cultural programmes. Civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon, MP, inaugurated the fair as the chief guest. Workers ... Read more
Private univs turn deaf ear to law
Majority of private universities seem to have turned a deaf ear to the Private University Act provision which requires them to move to their own campus in seven years after establishment as only 11 of the 52 private universities have done so. There are now 77 private universities running in the country and 52 of them ... Read more
N Korea, IOM greet Hasina
North Korea and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have congratulated Sheikh Hasina on her assumption of the office of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the third time. According to a foreign ministry release issued yesterday, Pak Pong Ju, premier of the Cabinet, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, greeted the new government headed by ... Read more
EU asks parties to consider early elections
Asks BNP to sever ties with Jamaat-Hefazat The European Union on Thursday called on the government and opposition to consider early elections to ‘give the Bangladeshi people a chance to express their democratic choice in a representative way’. In a resolution adopted on the ‘recent elections’ in Bangladesh, the EU also urged the Bangladesh Nationalist Party ... Read more
Cut Jamaat ties for talks, AL tells BNP
Awami League joint general secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanok yesterday alleged that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was engaged in spreading lies to mislead the people after her blunder for boycotting January 5 parliamentary elections. Addressing a press conference at the party chief Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi political office, Nanok said Khaleda Zia is now engaged
Suchitra Sen no more
An enigma even in her final journey; president, PM, BNP chief condole Iconic Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, often described as India’s Greta Garbo after she quit acting at the height of her career to lead a hermit-like existence, died on Friday aged 82, reports AFP. The star had been ill in hospital in the eastern ... Read more
Ershad, Rawshan divide widens
The tussle between Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad and his wife, also the senior member of the JP’s presidium and leader of opposition in Parliament, Rawshan Ershad, is worsening day by day. The schism relates to control over the party and its functioning, inside Parliament. The conflict between HM Ershad and Rawshan Ershad worsened further ... Read more