The Bangladesh national football team will play two practice matches on April 16 and April 20 ahead of their AFC Challenge Cup Group-A fixtures. The Bangladesh Football Federation has decided that one of the matches will be played outside Dhaka and if possible against a foreign side. Bangladesh will play against Myanmar, Cambodia and either ... Read more
Month: April 2009
Shuvo knocking on the door
Promising batsman Shamsur Rahman caught the eyes of none other than Sri Lankan great Sanath Jayasuriya during the just concluded Premier Division Cricket League. And there was a genuine reason in the eulogies as the elegant Mohammedan right-hander not only finished as the highest run-getter in the country’s most coveted competition with 677 runs in ... Read more
India scent victory
India were on the brink of their first series win in New Zealand since 1968 after the hosts lost four second-innings wickets still needing 450 runs for victory in the third Test in Wellington on Monday. New Zealand were struggling at 167 for four when bad light stopped play almost an hour early on the ... Read more
Pakistan pick three ICL rebels in World T20 squad
KARACHI: Pakistan on Monday took a giant stride towards recalling their Indian Cricket League (ICL) rebels by including three of them in a 30-man preliminary squad for the 2009 World Twenty20 Championship to be held in England in June. Seasoned all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and opener Imran Nazir are the three ICL ... Read more
Shoaib is back, yet again!
Pakistan include controversial pacer in 15-man squad for series against Australia KARACHI: Controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar made yet another comeback on Monday when he was named in a 15-man squad for the one-day series against Australia in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Chief selector Abdul Qadir said that Shoaib has completely recovered from a knee injury ... Read more
Local Snippets
Railway Hospital Colony City Corporation High School were awarded the second semifinal of the Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under 16 National School Tournament yesterday at the City Club Ground in Dhaka. The match was abandoned due to rain and Railway School got the better of Faridpur Zilla School because of a better average run-rate. Railway ... Read more
Rahul catches world record
India cricketer and former captain Rahul Dravid has broken the world record for the number of catches in Test matches by an outfielder. When Dravid helped to dismiss the New Zealand batsman Tim McIntosh on Monday it was his 182nd catch in a Test career going back to 1996. Dravid’s landmark was reached on the ... Read more
Lanka rewards Pak bus driver
Sri Lanka rewarded a Pakistani coach driver with 21,800 dollars for his role in protecting the island’s cricket team during last month’s gun and grenade attack in Lahore in a ceremony held at Colombo. Meher Mohammad Khalil was hailed as a hero for driving the team to safety after their coach was attacked by suspected ... Read more
Govt to seek evidence from Pakistan, US
War Crime Trial Govt to seek evidence from Pakistan, US UN names 4 international experts to help in probe The United Nations (UN) has named four international war crime experts to assist Bangladesh in the trials of war criminals of 1971, responding to a request of the government, officials said. The government has also taken ... Read more
MPs get sweeping authority as upazila parishad bill passed
Parliament on Monday unanimously passed the upazila parishad bill with provisions giving lawmakers sweeping authority over upazila parishads in their constituencies. The house passed another bill cancelling the Gram Sarkar [village government] system enacted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government in the past. The Upazila Parishad (Repealed Act Re-Introduction and Amendment) Bill made it mandatory ... Read more
Action demanded for violation of EC code in poll spending
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Trusty Board Chairman Professor Muzaffer Ahmed on Monday called upon the government to conduct audit and take legal action against those responsible for additional expenditure during 9th parliamentary election in excess of the amount fixed by the Election Commission. This call was made while TIB Chairman are addressing a press conference ... Read more
Most think-tanks fulfilling foreign agendas
Source of funding shrouded in mystery Most think-tanks fulfilling foreign agendas With the source of funding remaining highly ‘mysterious’ there seems to be lack of transparency in financial matters of most so called think-tanks as they work more for themselves and their financers than the country and people. Talking to The Bangladesh Today, some top ... Read more
Green Crescent founder Faisal arrested
The Rapid Action Battalion on early Monday arrested Faisal Mostafa, a British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, who is the alleged patron of the militant’s den, Green Crescent in Bhola, where the RAB busted an ammo factory and seized a large cache of firearms and explosives on March 24 this year. The RAB also detained Hasan ... Read more
62 killed, 4258 hurt so far
Post-poll violence 62 killed, 4258 hurt so far At least 62 people were killed and 4258 injured in political violence mainly between activists of the Awami League (AL), Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami across the country after the December 29 general elections. According to Odhikar, an NGO that compiled newspaper reports on political ... Read more
Delay in reform may cost country: BDR chief
Delay in reorganising the BDR after the bloody mutiny at the border guards’ headquarters might cost the country, its chief and head of the paramilitary force’s reorganisation sub-committee Maj Gen Mainul Islam yesterday. “The sooner we finish with the reorganisation the better it is for the country because the mistrust that had caused all the ... Read more
NBR chief made OSD in major admin reshuffle
The government in a major administrative shake-up on Monday made the National Board of Revenue chairman, Mohammad Abdul Mazid an officer on special duty. Acting secretary of the housing and public works ministry, Nasir Uddin Ahmed has been made acting chairman in place of Mazid, who had held the post of the NBR chief since ... Read more
Sramik League mobs clash at RAJUK office
Dhaka, (bdnews24.com)—Two factions of ruling Awami League’s labour front Sramik League clashed Monday at the city developer RAJUK’s head office, vandalising offices and leaving at least three injured. Adherents of Abdul Malek and Shamsul Alam Milky, RAJUK staffers, fought each other for half an hour. The unruly activists damaged the main access to the RAJUK ... Read more
Trapped by nexus of brokers, employers
Shattered Dreams Of Migrant Workers -1 Trapped by nexus of brokers, employers The employment was supposed to be permanent and the monthly wages were promised to be 600 Ringgits (RM). But they were employed for only 22 days in the first three months and paid just RM 200. “Sometimes we could manage food with that ... Read more
Paris Hilton Wants To Wed Doug
Paris Hilton is desperate to marry her new boyfriend. The 28-year-old hotel heiress has denied rumours she is engaged to Doug Reinhardt, but insists she will walk down the aisle soon. She said: “He’s going to be my husband. We’re best friends. It’s not like we just met. We’ve known each other over the past ... Read more
Italy quake kills at least 50, devastates historic towns
L’AQUILA, Italy – A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns and killing at least 50 people, authorities said. Many remained unaccounted for as emergency services scrambled to find victims trapped under collapsed buildings in L’Aquila, which bore the brunt of the quake, and officials warned that the toll would ... Read more