Weekend
Schoolchildren
rally to protect playground
Several hundred students of seven schools along with the local people formed a human chain on the Gabtali playground in Dhaka on Tuesday demanding protection of the playground from encroachment. Students of the schools who gathered on the playground in Mirpur Majar Road area are Mirpur Siddanta High School, Hazrat Shah Ali Model High School, Al-Amin Adarsha School, Natun Kuri School, Oxford Pre-cadet, Juvenile Care Academy and Kabi Nazrul Academy...[ + ]
President underscores developing knowledge to world standards
President Iajuddin Ahmed on Tuesday underscored the need for developing knowledge and skills to international standards to sustain in this age of globalisation and exploit the country’s growth potential. Describing Bangladesh as a country of immense prospects, he said it had huge human resource, fertile farmland and potential natural resources...[ + ]
CA distributes National Sports Award 2007
Chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed on Tuesday called for launching a countrywide sports movement for protecting people’s health and providing recreation for them. ‘Children, juveniles and youths from the capital city to the remote villages should be included in this movement,’ he added. He made the call while distri uting National Sports Award 2007 at the Osmani Memorial Hall organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports...[ + ]
ICC sleuth quizzes Akhtar over
fixing claims
An International Cricket Council investigator has questioned banned fast bowler Shoaib Akthar over his claims that he was offered money to throw matches, Pakistani sources said Tuesday. Akthar, 32, was banned for five years a week ago for criticising the Pakistan Cricket Board. He later alleged that that he had refused offers of bribes to underperform in international games...[ + ]
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