Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club emerged champion in the Ispahani Tea Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League defeating arch rival Dhaka Abahani by three wickets in the last Super League match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. Batting first, Abahani scored a challenging 273 for nine in its stipulated 50 overs, Mohammedan batsmen showed great determination ... Read more
Month: December 2009
Pilot the ultimate hero
Mohammedan skipper Khaled Mashud Pilot thanked his luck after he sealed a last-ball thriller to help his side regain the Dhaka Primer League title with a Three-wicket win against Abahani. Mashud came to the crease only to face the last ball in which Mohammedan needed a boundary to win the match and the trophy. Mashud ... Read more
League moved to Kamalapur Stadium
The Citycell Bangladesh League resumes today (Tuesday) after a day’s break at the new venue Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium at Kalamalur. All the 13 participating clubs agreed to play the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Kamalapur stadium in the best interest of football. The decision was made at a meeting of the ... Read more
Biman finish as runners-up in Premier Division Cricket League
Bangladesh Biman became runners-up in the Ispahani Tea Premier Division Cricket League by defeating CCS by six wickets at the Fatullah stadium on Monday. Both Biman and Abahani, who lost to Mohammedan the same day, finished their campaign with 25 points but Biman clinched the second spot on the head to head results. Batting first, ... Read more
Victory Day Hockey
Bangladesh Army was held to a 2-2 draw by the spirited Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishthan (BKSP) in the Auto Museum Victory Day Hockey Championship at Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city on Monday. With the both sides tied at goalless, Army shot into the lead when Jamal Khan converted a penalty corner on ... Read more
Padma bridge tender in February
The government is expected to float an international tender for construction of Padma Multipurpose Bridge next February as a high-powered coordination meeting yesterday finalised a revised estimated cost of US$ 2.4 billion for the 6.15 km bridge. The cost almost entirely will be financed by the country’s development partners, which has gone up by one ... Read more
No mechanism to curb misuse of govt vehicles
Govt spends Tk 35,000 a month on each car The government does not have any central mechanism to check misuse of its transport, especially the vehicles under various projects, allowing many officials and employees to avail themselves of transport facilities round the clock which they are not entitled to. An officer of the rank of ... Read more
Diseases on rise for climate change
Not only natural calamities, global warming is imposing precarious effects on human health by increasing various diseases. Experts said with the increase in the temperature vector and water borne diseases are escalating in the country. Besides, more areas are going to become submerged due to frequent flooding which will contaminate drinking water. The water would ... Read more
Four tunnels to ease congestion in Dhaka
The Dhaka City Corporation has taken up a plan to construct tunnels at four important intersections in the capital to facilitate smooth movement of vehicles, said official sources on Sunday. The tunnels will be constructed at Shahbagh, Sheraton, Banglamotor and Sonargaon intersections which are plagued by heavy traffic, according to the decision taken at the ... Read more
Third Person Singular Number released
The much expected 123-minute film ‘Third Person Singular Number’ was premiered on December 10 at Star Cineplex of Bashundhara city amidst an air of festivity. Produced by Impress Telefilm and directed by Mustafa Sarwar Farooki, the film was released at several cinema halls in Bangladesh on December 11, including Star Cineplex, Balaka Cineworld, Abhisar and ... Read more
Sushmita Sen to adopt again
FORMER Miss Universe Sushmita Sen is planning to complete her family by adopting another baby. The news is doing the rounds in Bollywood about the single mother who wants a little sister for her daughter Reene who she adopted in 2000 becoming the first single mum in Bollywood. It is said that the 34-year-old, who ... Read more
Disabled mom fighting to keep her son
Can a quadriplegic woman be a good parent? Her ex-boyfriend filed a custody suit that says no. From Chicago Tribune Kaney O’Neill knows she has limits as a mother. The 31-year-old Des Plaines woman cannot walk, move her fingers independently or feel anything from the chest down. A decade ago, O’Neill was a Navy airman ... Read more
Ash, Salman – Is Still Something Cooking?
Well for all the Sallu & Aish’s fans here is the news. Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan almost came face to face recently at Mehboob Studios where Ash was shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish and Salman Khan was shooting for a promo for his next release, Veer. Talking to a leading daily, an ... Read more
Traffic congestion returns on the city streets
The nagging traffic congestions on the city’s roads appeared to have returned to previous level as very few drivers were going by the lane system introduced by Dhaka Metropolitan Police to bring discipline on the streets. Commuters blamed the law enforcing agencies for lack of monitoring whether the drivers were going by their designated lanes. ... Read more
Move on mutual fund loans draws mixed reactions
SEC’s new decision effective from today The new criteria fixed by the stock market regulator for margin loans for mutual funds have drawn mixed reactions from fund managers, investors and an academic. The fund managers and investors fear that the new criteria will send wrong signals to market. But some experts said the restriction is ... Read more
Toyota showroom opens in Ctg
Navana Limited, the local distributor of world class brand Toyota, extended its customer access points at commercial hub Agrabad by opening a new showroom of the brand new quality vehicles today. Vice-Chairman of Navana Limited Saiful Islam, General Manager of Toyota Tsushu Corporation (Dhaka Office) Y. Miura, President of Chittagong Press Club Abu Sufian, Editor ... Read more
Banglalion gets new brand officer
Banglalion Communi-cations Ltd, a WiMAX internet service provider, has appointed Aftab Mahmud Khurshid as its chief brand officer, said a press release. Prior to joining Banglalion, he was the head of brand and marketing of The City Bank Ltd. Khurshid, also president of JCI Bangladesh, has a master’s in banking from Dhaka University and
Jamuna Bank opens branch at Feni
Sakhawat Abu Khair Mohammad, chairman of the board of directors of Jamuna Bank Limited inaugurated 46th branch of the bank at S. S. K. Road in Feni as chief guest. Al-Haj Nur Mohammed, chairman of Jamuna Bank Foundation, Md. Ismail Hossain Siraji, vice chairman, Kanutosh Majumder, director of Jamuna Bank and a large number of ... Read more
Pertex Beverage MD elected Gulshan Club president
Rubel Aziz, managing director of Pertex Beveragr has been elected as president of Gulshan Club, for the year 2009-2010 in the Annual General Meeting followed by Election held on Friday, at the Club premises. It was a landslide victory for Rubel Aziz, says a press release. Ten elected members of the executive committee are Obeid ... Read more
Hoteliers stage demo in Rajshahi city
Hotel owners and employees staged a demonstration in Rajshahi city on Saturday in protest at ‘harassment’ of the hoteliers during the mobile court drive. Several hundred hotel owners and employees from different parts of Rajshahi division brought out a protest procession from Saheb Bazar at 1:00pm. They paraded the main streets in the city and ... Read more