Thursday, March 28, 2024

Nearly 25 Mln People in Bangladesh Have Access to Internet

An estimated 25 million people in Bangladesh have now access to the internet on sharing basis, country’s Science and Information and Communication Ministry said Thursday. Speaking at a press conference Thursday, Secretary of Bangladesh ‘s Science and Information and Communication Technology Ministry AKM Abdul Awal Mojumder said the country’s six mobile operators and Internet Service ... Read more

Hybrid fishes a threat to local species in Tangail

The indigenous fish species in Tangail are under a big threat due to their indiscriminate catching and rapid increase in farming and marketing of the hybrid ones. Besides, all varieties of local fish are also on the decline in all the twelve upazilas of the district because of drastic fall in waters of the rivers, ... Read more

Review Of The Year – Blockbusters

From FemaleFirst As this year in cinema draws to a close, FemaleFirst takes a look back over the years films. This time out, it’s the turn of blockbusters. This summer saw the launch of more blockbusters than ever seen before, filling the summer months with gorgeous touch guys, mind blowing special effects and more explosions ... Read more

Amy Winehouse Collapses At Home

Amy Winehouse is being treated for nervous exhaustion after she collapsed at home. The troubled ‘Back to Black’ singer was treated at home by a doctor over the Christmas period as a chest infection coupled with the stress of her recent arrest on suspicion of assault both took their toll. A source close to Amy, ... Read more

5 TECH THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN 2010

When the year winds down, looking back or looking forward is usually the done thing. I clearly prefer the latter. I stick my neck out for five technology things that I believe are likely to storm the world in 2010. Smartbooks/tablets: A laptop/netbook loaded with SIM card seems like a godsend mixing the twin conveniences ... Read more

Remittance, forex reserve beat doomsayers

The Year In Review Remittance, forex reserve beat doomsayers Foreign exchange reserve and remittance marked an important milestone in Bangladesh economy in 2009, beating the development partners’ glum forecasts in the face of global recession. In ten years, foreign currency reserve grew from $1 billion to cross the $10 billion mark this year for the ... Read more

Tk 170cr Citi syndication loans for Nasir Glassware

Citibank, NA, Dhaka branch on Sunday announced that it had successfully arranged syndicated facility of Tk 170 crore ($24.6m) to provide financing for Nasir Glassware and Tube Industries Limited, a sister concern of Nasir Group. This five-year term loan facility will be utilised to finance the purchase of capital machinery and other long-term investments associated ... Read more

Nokia’s Music Carnival rocks Dhaka audience

Nokia, the world leader in mobility, held a concert in the capital on Saturday night, at the Residential Model College playground in Mohammadpur as part of the festivities of the Nokia Music Carnival Concerts that took place all over the country. The concert featured renowned Indian singer, K K, as well as two of the ... Read more

Cricketer’s threat

First-class cricketers have threatened to boycott the upcoming National Cricket League if the Bangladesh Cricket Board does not increase the match fees for the players. Under a banner of Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) the players came up in hard line in a bid to fulfill their demands. In a formal press conference at ... Read more

Brothers post 1-0 win over Farashganj

Citycell Bangladesh League Brothers post 1-0 win over Farashganj Brother Union registered its second victory after three successive draws in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football defeating Farashganj Sporting Club by a solitary goal at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Moha-mmad Mustafa Stadium, Dhaka on Sunday. Taru scored the only goal of the match for Brothers Union ... Read more

Ranjan Ram wins double

Victory Day Tennis Championship Ranjan Ram wins double Ranjan Ram claimed the double crown in the Victory Day Tennis Championship winning the titles of men’s singles and double on Sunday. Ranjan Ram of National Tennis Complex (NTC) defeated Amal Roy of Engineers Club 7-5, 6-3 in the men’s singles final at Ramna National Tennis Complex ... Read more

Women’s cricket

Dhaka Division brushed aside Chittagong Division by 4 wickets while Sylhet Division posted a comfortable 75-run victory over Barisal Division in the Women’s National cricket League yesterday. At the SANS ground in Khulna, Chittagong put on 112 for the loss of nine wickets in their 50 overs. Fatema-Tuj-Johora was the topscorer for Chittagong with 36 ... Read more

School cricket

Rasulpur High School thumped Pole Star Poora School by 80 runs while Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Govt High School beat Sher-e-Bangla Ideal High School by 3 wickets in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers National School Cricket yesterday. At Satkhira Stadium, batting first Rasulpur made 129 all out in 32 overs, courtesy of a 33-run knock from Billal ... Read more

High-end car dealers having mixed experience

The year 2009 has been a mixed experience for the local sellers of brand new cars, especially who deal with the high-end market segment as some dealers had very good sales while others had little business. Some importers argued that huge increase on duties on the high-end cars depressed their sales while others said they ... Read more

Hits and Misses of 2009 in Bollywood

By far the biggest hit of the year is undoubtedly Rajkumar Hirani’s latest magnum opus ‘3 Idiots’. The film has witnessed unprecedented opening collections including the paid preview collections. Perhaps for the first time in the annals of the Hindi cinema, ‘3 Idiots’ had as many as 38 shows starting from the unearthly hour of ... Read more

Konal wins “Channel i Shera Kontho 2009”

Konal from Dhaka won the Channel i Sherakantha 2009 award. She got Tk eight lakh from Channel i and Tk 25 thousand from Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation. She also got gift hamper from Citicell and Tk three lakh from Falgu Polymer Industries Ltd. With the participation of 50 thousand audiences the name of this ... Read more

Hybrid fishes a threat to local species in Tangail

The indigenous fish species in Tangail are under a big threat due to their indiscriminate catching and rapid increase in farming and marketing of the hybrid ones. Besides, all varieties of local fish are also on the decline in all the twelve upazilas of the district because of drastic fall in waters of the rivers, ... Read more

Country gets back to standard time Dec 31

Clocks will be adjusted backward by an hour at 11:59pm on December 31, the cabinet decided on Thursday. The prime minister’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters after the cabinet meeting that the government had also decided to introduce daylight saving time on an annual basis. The cabinet decided that clocks would be adjusted ... Read more

Govt Schools Admission tests start in city

Admission tests in the city’s government schools began yesterday. The tests in schools under Group-A were held in two shifts, from 11:00am to 1:00pm and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Exams for class I to class IV were taken in the first shift and class V to class IX in the second shift. The schools under ... Read more

Christmas today

Christmas Day, the greatest religious festival of the Christian community, will be celebrated in the country today as elsewhere in the world with due solemnity and traditional enthusiasm in commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ. To mark the day, the Christian community will offer special prayers in different churches throughout the country. The day ... Read more