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
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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
Ill-paid teachers barely make ends meet
Non-govt teachers get Tk 100 as house rent About 4.8 lakh teachers of non-government schools, colleges, technical institutions and madrassahs under monthly pay order have been receiving only Tk 100 as house rent per month for 28 years and Tk 150 as medical allowance for 18 years. They draw 25 per cent of their basic ... Read more
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
Ensure security of all places of worship
HC asks govt The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to ensure forthwith safety of all mosques and places of worship of other religions across the country. The court issued the order after hearing a public interest litigation writ petition Supreme Court lawyer Jyotirmoy Barua had filed on
Carjacking gang busted
Sarwar Hossain and Mohammad Jahangir had been running an organised gang that lifted more than 500 vehicles from Dhaka and elsewhere in the last 20 years. With around 25 members across the country, the gang has the expertise and equipment to engrave new numbers on the engine and chassis of a stolen
Slow exports to pull down GDP growth to 6pc: ADB
Bangladesh’s economic growth may come down to 6 percent in the current fiscal year due to sluggish exports and a decline in domestic demand, the Asian Development Bank has said. The lender launched its Asian Development Outlook 2012 in Bangladesh and throughout Asia Pacific yesterday. GDP (gross domestic product) rose by 6.3 percent
Cooperatives come under NBR lens
The National Board of Revenue has brought the banking business of cooperative societies and cooperative banks under its scrutiny. The tax administrator also asked its field offices to examine tax records of the cooperatives that are doing banking business
Mozena visits Eskayef Bangladesh
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena Tuesday said his vision of Bangladesh as the next Asian tiger is already reality there at Eskayef, a pharmaceutical company. “The future is here,” he said while visiting a plant of Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd at Tongi where Eskayef Chairman Latifur Rahman and Chief Executive Officer
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
Adivasi long march concludes
Hundreds of Adivasis participating in a two-day long march demanding a law and a national commission on indigenous affairs reached Rajshahi yesterday. The marchers headed for Rajshahi from Chapainawabganj on Tuesday morning. They pressed for a four-point demand, which also includes formation of a land commission for
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
Gen (retd) Gomes appointed envoy to the Philippines
The government has decided to appoint Major General (retd) John Gomes as the new Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines. General Gomes was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army as an infantry officer in 1977 and retired as a Major General in
UK visa: Documents only from designated financial institutions
The UK Border Agency in Bangladesh has announced a list of financial institutions from which only it will accept documentation in support of visa applications to be made under the points based system, in short PBS. This list will come into effect for PBS visa applications to be submitted from
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
Focus on fielding & fitness
Bangladesh national cricket captain Mushfiqur Rahim has vowed to improve the team’s fielding and fitness levels before the upcoming series against the West Indies in November. It was a statement that reflected Bangladesh’s below-par performance on the field that contributed towards their early exit from the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 in
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