Friday, July 11, 2025

Plain sailing for big guns

It was smooth sailing for all three favourites — Sheikh Russel KC, Mohammedan SC and Team BJMC — in the opening day of the Grameenphone Federation Cup held at two different venues yesterday. On the opening day of the 15-team season’s curtain-raising tournament, the focus was obviously on the moneybags Sheikh Russel KC who showed ... Read more

23 sign for Muktijoddha

Last season’s professional football league runners-up Muktijoddha Sangsad formed a mediocre squad as the freedom fighters’ side completed their registration formalities by signing up 23 players at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday. Muktijoddha Sangsad were forced into forming a mediocre side after most of their last

World Teachers’ Day today

World Teachers’ Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere in the world today on the theme ‘take a stand for teachers’. But police action on the non-government teachers agitating for salary hike clouded the occasion. Police charged batons and fired tear gas on teachers and employees of non-government

UAE stops giving all types of visa

Foreign ministry unaware of the ‘temporary move‘ The United Arab Emirates has temporarily stopped issuing all kinds of entry permits for Bangladeshi passport holders as Dhaka has failed to resolve the UAE’s security concerns over identification and fake documents, Gulf News reports. However, officials at the foreign ministry and the Bangladesh embassy in Abu Dhabi ... Read more

No cattle market on roads, highways before Eid

Decides inter-ministerial meeting The government yesterday decided not to allow makeshift cattle markets on roads and highways to avoid traffic gridlock ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the two largest religious festivals of Muslims. The decision came at an inter-ministerial coordination meeting, to ensure safe and smooth passenger movement centring the festival, in the capital’s Institution of ... Read more

Deprived children share life stories

Children’s Rights Week Deprived children share life stories Many disadvantaged children gathered in the auditorium of the National Museum in the capital yesterday and shared their stories of struggles and successes in life. Marking children’s rights week 2012, Aparajeyo Bangladesh, an organisation working for disadvantaged children, arranged the gathering

Prime Bank NCL’s first franchisee

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has penned a Memorandum of Understanding with Prime Bank Foundation, a subsidiary of Prime Bank, for the upcoming National Cricket League (National Cricket League). According to the agreement, Prime Bank Foundation has received a franchisee license to operate an NCL team for the next ten years. The Bank will have ... Read more

Ansar & VDP keep women’s crown

KFC Women’s Football Ansar & VDP keep women’s crown A brace from Aungmra Ching Marma helped Bangladesh Ansar & VDP retain the title of the KFC National Women’s Super League with a convincing 4-0 win over Jessore in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Bangladesh Ansar & VDP, who faced a stiff challenge ... Read more

U-15 team to play in India

The Bangladesh U-15 national school football team will finally fly abroad to play three friendly matches after their originally scheduled tour of Denmark in July was cancelled due to unavailability of visa. The National U-15 squad comprising of the players from the National School Football Championship will now play three matches in

Women’s handball

Holy Cross College, Mirpur Girl’s Ideal Laboratory Institute and Central Women’s College won their respective matches in the 15th Delta Life Women’s College/University Handball Tournament at the Shaheed M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium yesterday. Holy Cross thrashed Lalmatia Women’s University College 12-0 after leading the first