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Written by admin on 05 February 2012
Dhaka, Feb 5 (IANS) Malaysia will loan $3 billion to Bangladesh to construct a river bridge, a minister said Sunday.
Bangladeshi Communications Minister Obaidul Quader told reporters a memorandum of understanding on this will be signed in Kuala Lumpur Feb 21.
The announcement comes after Malaysian envoy Samy Vellu informed the minister about his government’s interest in the Padma river bridge project.
A high-level delegation from that country is expected to arrive here Feb 20 to sign the deal, Xinhua reported.
The bridge will help connect nearly 30 million people in Bangladesh’s southwest region to the rest of the country and also enhance regional trade.
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Written by admin on 04 February 2012
Dhaka, Feb 4 (IANS) India completed a double, winning both men and women’s titles at the Bangladesh Amateur Open golf championships at the Kurmitola Golf Club Saturday.
Manav Das completed a fine win and Anisha Padukone edged out teammate Millie Saroha for the women’s title. One of India’s most experienced amateurs, Das overcame some tense moments in the closing stages to card 74, his first over-par round of the week, and win by three shots.
Das, after rounds of 69, 68 and 71 in the first three rounds, totalled a six-under 282 that won him the title. Bangladesh’s Md Nazim fired a final round of 72 and ended second at 285, while Dulal Hossain shot 69 and climbed to third spot at 288.
Manav Das had two birdies and one bogey on the front nine as he moved to nine-under for the tournament. But on the back nine, he bogeyed the tenth and 16th and then double bogeyed 17th as the gap narrowed to two. But he birdied the 18th to win by three shots.
Defending champion Khalin Joshi (73) ended sixth at five-over 293.
In the women’s section, Anisha Padukone, who was tied with Millie Saroha for the lead, after the first round Friday, shot 75 and won by one shot. Millie carded 76 in both rounds for a total of 152, one behind Anisha’s 76-75 for 151.
Apart from hosts Bangladesh, golfers from Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are participating in the meet.
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Written by admin on 02 February 2012
Dhaka, Feb 2 (IANS) Indian golfers Manav Das and Khalin Joshi won the team title, while Manav extended his individual lead to seven shots at the Bangladesh Open Amateur golf Championships here Thursday.
Das, who shot 69 in first round, scored 68 in second and is now seven-under 137 for two rounds.
The next best is Abdus Sobarhan (70-73) and he is one-under, but the best official entry from Bangladesh, Md. Nazim, was another stroke behind after rounds of 73 and 71 at the Kurmitola Golf Club here.
Defending champion Joshi shot another 74 and was tied eighth at 148.
The Indian duo of Manav and Joshi emerged winners in the team event as they aggregated 285 for two days and finished 10 strokes ahead of the Bangladesh A team, Sajib Ali and Dulal Hussain, who were at 295. Sri Lanka’s N. Thangaraja and Vijita Bhandara also totalled 295 but lost on countback.
Apart from hosts Bangladesh, golfers from Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are participating in the five-day meet.
–Indo-Asia News Service
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Written by admin on 01 February 2012
Dhaka, Feb 1 (IANS) Manav Das grabbed the opening day’s lead with a three-under 69 and, with his teammate and defending champion Khalin Joshi, India held the team lead after the first day at the 2012 Bangladesh Open Amateur Golf Championships at the Kurmitola Golf Club here Wednesday.
Das was one ahead of Abdus Sobarhan (70), who was not the official entry for Bangladesh A team.
Khalin Joshi shot 74 and India’s score was 143, ahead of Sri Lanka’s 147, who played with N Thangaraja (73) and Vijita Bhandara (74). Bangladesh’s Md Nazim (73) and Dulal Hussain (75) were third at 148.
In Individual standings, Das (69) was followed by Sobarhan (70) and there were three golfers Md Rubel, N Thangaraja (Sri Lanka) and Md Nazim (Ban) at 73.
Das had birdies on first, third, seventh and then 14th and 18th. He bogeyed in the sixth and 16th.
Players from seven countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — are participating in the five-day meet.
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Written by admin on 31 January 2012
Dhaka, Jan 31 (IANS) Malaysia will give Bangladesh $35 million for a state Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) project that will generate an additional 150 million litres of water in the capital city of Dhaka, where running water is an acute problem in many areas.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two governments Monday in this regard, Xinhua quoted an official press release as saying Monday.
The project will help generate water in Dhaka’s Mirpur residential district.
The agreement was signed in presence of a high-level Malaysian delegation led by special envoy of Malaysia Dato Seri Samy Vellu and Bangladeshi State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives(LGRD) Jahangir Kabir Nanak.
WASA presently produces 2,100 million litres of water everyday for nearly 12.5 million people in the capital, according to the Dhaka WASA officials.
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Written by admin on 30 January 2012
Dhaka, Jan 30 (IANS) An activist of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party died and several others were injured Monday when party activists clashed with police, a media report said. Four people died in similar clashes Sunday.
Monday’s clash took place in Rajshahi city, along the border with India’s West Bengal state. At least 10 policemen were injured.
Shafiqul Islam received bullet injuries when police fired at violent protesters of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, the Daily Star reported.
Police later claimed Islam was shot dead by his own party men.
The 30-year-old Islam was an employee of Islami Bank Hospital in the city.
To protest the death, the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led four-party alliance has called for a six-hour strike in the city Tuesday.
CNN said that four people died Sunday following violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters. Two people died in Chandpur district and two in Laxmipur district.
The opposition had called for anti-government rallies across the country but the government slapped a ban on all gatherings in Dhaka and five other cities — Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal.
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