Hyundai test for Shantoo
November 26, 2009
Interim coach Shahidur Rahman Shantoo gets his last chance to watch his players before picking his side when the Bangladesh national team take on Ulsan Hyundai FC in a friendly match at Bangabandhu National Stadium today.
Having lost the first warm-up against Sheikh Russel KC and winning the second game against BFF XI, Shantoo is focusing on rectifying the mistakes of the first two preparation games through the match against Hyundai, a two-time champions in the K. League.
Build socio-political system prioritising people’s needs
November 26, 2009
Prof Muzaffer Ahmad yesterday stressed the need to create a socio-political system that would prioritise the people’s needs.
“It would be a system that would take people in, not push them out,” he said at the concluding session of a conference titled ‘International Convention on human Security Approach to Counter Extremism in South Asia: Relevance of Japanese Culture’.
PM flies to London via Dubai
November 26, 2009
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her way to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 in Port of Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago, reached Dubai, UAE, on Thursday. On her arrival at the Dubai International Airport by an Emirates flight at local time 12:30am, the prime minister and the Bangladesh delegation were received by Nazmul Quaunine, the Bangladesh Ambassador in United Arab Emirates. After over two-hour transit waiting, the prime minister and the Bangladesh delegation left Dubai for London at 2:55am. Sheikh Hasina and her team are expected to arrive in Port of Spain at 5:20pm Thursday.
Source: thedailystar.net
Minister for dividing highways into 4 lanes
November 26, 2009
Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain on Thursday said all highways in the country should be made into four lanes as the first and foremost requisite to ensure road safety to avert high rate of road accidents with about 3,500 causalities every year.
Mad rush for home
November 26, 2009
Thousands of people started leaving the capital on Thursday and head for their homes outside Dhaka to spend their Eid holidays with relatives, withstanding the difficulties of transportations.
The hustling and bustling metropolis is showing signs of tranquility in the coming days. The pace of people leaving Dhaka is gaining momentum as bus and launch terminals and railway stations are crowded with homebound people.
No chance to review extra stimulus: Muhith
November 26, 2009
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday gave the cold shoulder to the dissent over the extra stimulus package for export industries saying there was no chance to review the package.
The country’s highest export-earning industries’ apex trade bodies–BGMEA and BKMEA–are not too happy with the government-declared bailout package that has been made conditional for the apparel sector. And they made a strong plea for a review.
Govt rolls out Tk 1,000 cr extra stimulus
November 25, 2009
The government has rolled out an additional Tk 1,000 crore economic stimulus package for export-focused industries to tide over the impact of global economic recession.
Finance minister A M A Muhith announced the package titled ‘The second stimulus package for the development of export sector’ in a news conference on Wednesday.
Under-19s look to build on success
November 25, 2009
Bangladesh Under-19 team are looking not only to carry their impressive run of form into the tri-nation series in Sri Lanka but have also set a target of getting their batting in shape ahead of the World Cup.
The series, also involving hosts Sri Lanka Under-19s and Pakistan Under-19s, is the last opportunity for preparation for the youth team ahead of the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand in January next year. Bangladesh have been drafted in a group along with Papua New Guinea, West Indies and Pakistan.
Under-19s look to build on success
November 25, 2009
Bangladesh Under-19 team are looking not only to carry their impressive run of form into the tri-nation series in Sri Lanka but have also set a target of getting their batting in shape ahead of the World Cup.
The series, also involving hosts Sri Lanka Under-19s and Pakistan Under-19s, is the last opportunity for preparation for the youth team ahead of the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand in January next year. Bangladesh have been drafted in a group along with Papua New Guinea, West Indies and Pakistan.
Remote-controlled bomb kills 6 in Afghanistan
November 25, 2009
A remote-controlled bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing six members of a family, including four children, authorities and relatives said.
The victims were caught in the blast as they travelled in a car on a shopping trip ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid this weekend, a relative, Qimat Khan, told Associated Press Television at the scene of the bombing in the eastern province of Khost.