SA Games kicks off
January 30, 2010
The 11th South Asian Games got underway with a dazzling opening ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday with thousand of athletes and performers taking part in the three-and-a-half hour programme.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared the 12-day regional sports extravaganza open. Bangladesh had hosted the event in 1985 and 1993.
The colourful opening ceremony started with the march-past led by Afghanistan and Read more
Send SMS for train tickets
January 30, 2010
Bangladesh Railway will introduce SMS ticketing service through mobile phone next month to ease sufferings of commuters.
“Initially, the service will be launched on the Dhaka-Chittagong route. If successful, it will be expanded to the countrywide rail network. All necessary technical aspects have been checked and duly completed. We hope to launch the service at the end of February,” said BR Joint Director General Read more
7 Nepalese hurt as hotel lift crashes
January 30, 2010
Six players and a Nepalese official were injured yesterday when a lift crashed at a hotel in the city, three-and-a-half hours before the launch of the South Asian Games.
The injured players are Radha Devi Rai, Debu Thapa, Kulu Man Tamang, Ramesh Magar, Gyan Bahadur Shrestha and Gopal Shrestha. The injured official is Dem Basnet.
The players had come to Dhaka to participate in the 11th South Asian Games inaugurated at Read more
Bangladesh exports crocs to Germany next month
January 30, 2010
Bangladesh is going to first-ever crocodile export next month as the country’s lone croc farm has finally obtained permission from the concerned authorities to this end, reports BSS.
‘We have finally got the permission from the Department of Forest on January 21 that paved the way for our croc export,’ Mushtaq Ahmed, Managing Director and CEO of Reptile Farm Ltd told the Read more
BD women booters lose opener
January 30, 2010
Bangladesh women football team’s bid to win the gold medal of the South Asian Games suffered an early blow when they were beaten 1-0 by Nepal at Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium yesterday.
Jamuna Gurung struck the all-important goal in the 36th minute for the visitors.
Before the Bangladesh-Nepal match, favourites India handed a thumbing 8-1 defeat on Sri Lanka, thanks to a hat trick from Moirangthem, who Read more
DCC polls likely in May: CEC
January 30, 2010
The Dhaka City Corpo-ration (DCC) polls will be held in May if the writ petition filed with the High Court (HC) seeking demarcation of the DCC wards based on the latest census is settled within the time, the Chief Election Commi-ssioner (CEC) said.
CEC ATM Shamsul Huda disclosed the plan while talking to newsmen at a get-together of Dhaka University History Department Alumni Read more
People suffer as money matters in land offices
January 30, 2010
Common people suffer serious hassles as a section of officials at land and sub-registrar offices allegedly indulge in corruption and anomalies in the district, as also in other parts of the country.
People are subjected to such harassment when they go to get government services such as land registration, mutation, acquisition and leasing.
During fact-finding visit to different offices, it came to light that unscrupulous land officials first Read more
Convocation of JU today
January 30, 2010
The 4th convocation of the Jahangirnagar University (JU) will be held on the university campus today.
Chancellor of the university president Md Zillur Rahman will preside over the function and hand over certificates and medals to the students.
Chief justice Mohammed Tafazzal Islam will address the convocation as a convocation Read more
Rani won’t be mummy!
January 30, 2010
Mumbai: Rani Mukerji has walked out of Deepa Mehta’s film, an adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s masterpiece novel Midnight’s Children, because she apparently didn’t want to play the mother of a 14-year-old.
That she happily played a mother of two kids in Yash Raj Films’ “Ta Ra Rum Pum” almost three years ago is another matter.
A source says, “She asked Mehta that how she can play the mother of a 14-year old when she herself is just 30? She preferred to leave the film instead.”
Initially, Rani was Read more
‘Salman Khan’ arrested in Gujarat
January 30, 2010
A man posing as Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on the web to swindle people in the name of charity has reportedly been arrested by sleuths of Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) in Gujarat.
Reports say a man named Gathiya Balam Pathan from Surat had posted the photographs of Salman Khan on the net a few years back and asked people to donate money for a number of charitable causes that Salman endorses. Pathan even gave his mobile number and talked to people posing as Read more