Friday, March 29, 2024

Imran says any guilty players must face tough punishment

 Former cricket captain Imran Khan called for exemplary punishment to be given to any player found guilty of spot fixing during the tour of England. “I think there is a need to send out a message to youngsters…that crime does not pay,” Imran told Geo News on Sunday

44 workers stranded in Sharjah for 5 months

Waiting for verdicts in cases filed against errant employers At least 44 Bangladeshi workers have been languishing in the United Arab Emirates for the last five months after they sued their employers for not paying wages for nearly a year. The workers living in two camps in Sharjah can neither find new jobs nor have ... Read more

Shops at Banani playground demolished

A team of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) yesterday demolished around 50 makeshift shops erected at Banani playground following a report carried in this daily on August 22. Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), however, has not yet freed the Chairman Bari Khelarmath (playground), in the residential area of Banani, occupied by Zaker Party to hold its

Eid shopping gets momentum

The shopping for Eid-ul-Fitr festival has started gaining momentum as people of different ages thronged the city’s shopping malls to buy panjabis, dresses and other necessary items for their near and dear ones for celebrating the biggest occasion in the country with joy and gaiety. With the advent of the Eid-ul-Fitr, city’s customers especially women ... Read more

Ctg ship-breaker fined for ignoring workers’ safety

The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a ship-breaking yard at Sonaichhari under Sitakunda upazila Tk 7 lakh for ignoring workers’ safety and environmental pollution. A team led by DoE Director (Enforcement) Munir Chowdhury fined Messrs Sultana Ship-Breaking. This is the first time a ship-breaking yard was

Confusion over Fitra

Govt now says Tk 45 is minimum In a span of three days, the Islamic Foundation has fixed this year’s fitra at Tk 100 and Tk 45 per head creating confusion among people. At a meeting yesterday, Islamic Foundation fixed the minimum fitra at Tk 45. Earlier on Thursday, it fixed the fitra at Tk ... Read more

Four deals signed

Bangladesh and Chinese Yunnan Province yesterday signed four Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) aiming to enhance further cooperation in the areas of agriculture, tourism, energy and education. The MoUs were signed at a delegation level talk between Bangladesh and Yunnan province last evening at Sonargaon Hotel. Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain and

Four factories fined for food adulteration

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday in an anti-adulteration drive fined four factories in old Dhaka for producing adulterated vermicelli and fraud in marketing the product. Rab-10 along with the members of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institute (BSTI) raided Kamrangirchar, Lalbagh and Chawk Bazar areas from 11:30am to 4:30pm to check

BRTC to operate 200 buses during Eid holiday

Additional leased buses, alongside regular buses, will travel on inter-district routes during Eid holiday, a Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation statement said Sunday. As many as 200 buses will be available during the holiday, which will start from Sep 8 and will continue three days after the Eid. BRTC will start selling tickets in

Air passengers’ number drops as manpower export falls

In recent years due to massive manpower export fall since global financial meltdown Bangladesh’s main aerodrome Hazrat Shah Jalal Airport in Dhaka suffered a decline in the number of passengers, according to an official record. Officials at the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) say the decline in

Robi’s profits boom in Apr-Jun

Mobile operator Robi’s profits rebounded to Tk 34.1 crore in the second quarter of the year, after a sharp fall in the first quarter, according to Axiata Bangladesh, Robi’s owner. According to Axiata’s financial report, Robi earned its highest-ever quarterly revenue in the second quarter, touching Tk 34.1 crore. It had dived to Tk 6.2 ... Read more

One step ahead

Sarwar Ahmed As you step out of the lift at the entrance of an outstandingly modern, crisp and clean office, you see an oil painting of a lion and a lamb lazing together. If the painting is a paradox, so is the story of Imdad Haque, a 55-year-old Bangladeshi who locked horns with his future. ... Read more

Eid shopping peaks in Khulna

Eid shopping has peaked at different shops, shopping centres and markets in the Khulna city, with female buyers outnumbering their male counterparts. Sales of saris, garments, footwear and cosmetics are now remarkable at New Market, Aarong, Western Plaza, Daulatpur Market, Save and Safe, Khulna Shopping Complex, Malek Chamber,

RU Eid vacation from Sept 1

The authority of Rajshahi University (RU) has prepared for a 16-days vacation from September 1 on the occasion of Eid- ul- Fitr. The classes and examination will resume on September 18. The classes of the different department will remain closed from September 1 to September 16, official sources said

Operation of Adventure World in Sylhet resumes

Operation of the Adventure World, a private amusement park near Osmani International Airport in the Sylhet city, resumed on Sunday, 16 months after its closure following a directive of the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation. The park authorities in a press conference at the Sylhet Press Club in the afternoon

Dr Farid made atomic energy body chairman

Government appointed Dr Farid Uddin Ahmed, a renowned nuclear scientist, as the next Chairman (current charge) of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), on effect from September 24, 2010, says a BAEC press release. Dr Ahmed was born in December 31, 1954 at Kathalia Upazila in Jhalakathi. He

Prof Nazrul new Buet VC

Prof Dr SM Nazrul Islam of Mechanical Engineering department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has been appointed the vice chancellor (VC) of the institution. A reliable source at the education ministry confirmed The Daily Star yesterday afternoon that procedure of appointing Prof Nazrul to the post has been

Tele-flm “Phirey Jabar Bela” on Channel i

Tele-film “Phirey Jabar Bela” will be aired on Channel i at 12:30 pm on the fourth day of Eid-ul-fitr. Written by Imdadul Haque Milon, The film has been directed by Mahbuba Islam Sumi. The story of the film zooms in on a triangular love story. Ifty and Lara, a newly married couple, go for honeymoon ... Read more

Wake-up call for Tigers

The latest match-fixing scandal of Pakistan gripped the Bangladesh cricket team on Sunday as they resumed practice after two days off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The Tigers were also under the scanner just two months ago at the same Lord’s after Sakib al Hasan had confessed a day before their Test match against England ... Read more