Thursday, July 10, 2025

Two Dutch coaches for BD football

Two Dutch professional football coaches have been all but confirmed for the Bangladesh national football team and for the position of the head of the Sylhet Football Academy, said a Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) official yesterday. Lodewijk de Kruif, a former player-turned-coach has been contacted for the job of the

Biting cold grips country

Fog disrupts communications Dense fog coupled with bitter cold has disrupted movement of all modes of transport across the country in the last two days, causing immense sufferings to passengers. Ferry services remained stalled for hours and launches anchored mid-river, and bus and train trips were delayed. A cold spell has been sweeping the country ... Read more

ICT fair abuzz with tech-savvy youth

The exposition organised by Bangladesh Computer Samity ends on Dec 29 Amid great youthful excitement, Bangladesh Computer Samity’s computer fair kicked off yesterday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Titled “BCS ICT World 12”, the theme of the exposition is “technology and education for development”. Spread across 90 stalls, the exposition, in its 14th year, ... Read more

Net gets submarine backup

Internet cost to go competitive; outsourcing business to rise The cost of Internet service in the country is set to become competitive as NovoCom commercially launched data and voice connectivity with International Terrestrial Cable (ITC), which will serve as a backup to the submarine cable. NovoCom, a private company, launched its operations taking a connection ... Read more

Tourism fair begins Thursday

The government needs to act fast to ensure rapid growth in domestic tourism with better services and road communication, said an association of the tour operators yesterday. “The number of domestic tourists is increasing at 10 percent a year. Now the government should provide them with better accommodation, security,

Unregistered SIMS banned from Friday

Mobile operators will not be able to sell pre-activated connections from Friday as the telecom regulator introduced a raft of measures to tighten the registration process to fight crimes committed using cellphones. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said mobile operators would have to stop purchase and sales of all kinds of pre-activated SIM (subscriber identity ... Read more

35 get certificates on TV news presentation training

Participants of training course on “TV News Presentation” were awarded certificates at a function at Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) in the capital on Saturday. Maasranga Television Chief Executive Officer and Chief Editor Syed Fahim Munaim as chief guest distributed certificates among the

Written tests of 33rd BCS put off

Bangladesh Public Service Commission yesterday postponed the written test of the 33rd Bangladesh Civil Service examination scheduled to start today in the wake of question leak allegations. Exams on the compulsory subjects scheduled to be held from October 7 to October 18 have been postponed. But the subject-wise tests due from October 30 to November ... Read more

BB wants more control over state banks

Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman yesterday called for more control over state-run commercial banks to help them run professionally and enhance their accountability. Exemption of state-owned banks from some of Bangladesh Bank’s supervisory empowerments of Banking Companies Act stands in the way of effective supervision of

Autumn welcomed through music, dance

Cultural organisation Chhayanaut Sangskritik Kendra welcomed the month of autumn by arranging a colourful programme at the early morning of Friday held at the Bakultala of Faculty of Fine Art of Dhaka University. The programme featured Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore’s timeless songs synchronised with dance recitals upholding the beauty of autumn. The students and

Stop rental power plants

Speakers tell seminar Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed on the need for shutting down rental and quick rental power plants and repairing national power plants to meet the country’s power demands. They also suggested taking initiatives and setting up big power plants to increase energy production locally rather than depending on multinational companies

Teachers living miserable lives

Discussions marking World Teachers’ Day told Teachers in Bangladesh are living miserable lives and their socio-economic conditions, compared to those living in other South-Asian countries, are poor, said speakers at programmes in the capital marking World Teachers’ Day yesterday. Providing the country’s students world-class education requires a world-class