The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) expressed its disappointment at BPL T20 franchise Dhaka Gladiators’ claim to be unpaid 25 percent of the player fees in the recent past ahead of the extravaganza.
Day: January 30, 2013
Bollywood star Khan caught in India-Pakistan spat
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been caught in a verbal slugfest between India and Pakistan after he wrote a magazine article that led to heated exchanges between the rival nations.
Tripura’s power export stalled
Tripura’s Communist chief minister Manik Sarkar says India’s union government is sitting on his plans to export surplus power to Bangladesh. Bangladesh has helped Tripura’s ambitious 700MW gas-based power project materialize at Palatana , south of state capital Agartala, by…
Bhutan King due on Feb 11
On a 9-day visit, the 5th and current reigning Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo) of the Kingdom of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will arrive here on February 11. He along with his queen will visit Sundarbans and Cox’s Bazar on…
‘Bribed judge disgraces Ecuadorian’
A former Ecuadorean judge has claimed that after stepping down from the bench, he illegally ghostwrote a judgment in which Chevron was ordered to pay $18.2 billion (11.5 billion pounds) for polluting the rain forest, and that the plaintiffs paid…
Smart garment bosses remanded
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday placed Chairman of Smart Garments Zakir Ahmed and Managing Director Sharif Ahmed on a 2-day remand for police interrogation. Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque granted the remand when police produced him before the court with a…
Legal notice to PM: Tarique gives 15 more days
Opposition BNP vice chairman Tarique Rahman extended 15 days for the Prime Minister to reply to his legal notice sent on January 2 to withdraw her ‘false’ remark. On Wednesday, Tarique’s lawyer Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon said, “The prime minister…
ICT-appointed counsel to defend SQ Chowdhury
The first war crimes tribunal of Bangladesh said it will appoint a defence lawyer to conduct BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s trial. After accepting the BNP policymaker’s application cancelling the appointment of his two lawyers, tribunal Chairman Justice A T…
Security alert in city !
Law enforcing agencies have taken all out security measures in city on Wednesday centering protest demonstration of Jamaat-e-Isalmi and Chhatra Shibir to thwart any unwarranted incident.Security measures and vigilance in the capital have been beefed up, sources concerned said. Additional…
Jamaat calls shutdown for today
The Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown for Thursday demanding an end to the war crimes trial and release of their top leaders. The announcement came as authorities denied them permission to hold countrywide agitation rallies on Wednesday.…
Poor FDI blamed on weak infrastructure, instability
Bangladesh has failed to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) at a satisfactory level due to the absence of congenial political atmosphere and infrastructure, experts said.
‘Light green’ to sustainable buildings
The buildings in which we live and work are a major consumer of energy, responsible for some 30—40 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, a similar share of total solid waste, and 12 percent of all fresh water used. With…