A splendid 105 (not out) by Thilan Samaraweera powered Sri Lanka to earn a nail-biting five-wicket victory over India in their second ODI match of the IDEA Cup Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament at the flood-lit Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday. Samaraweera played 106 balls in his match-winning innings, which was laced with 11 ... Read more
Month: January 2010
Omari on the treble
Samir Omari struck a hattrick as Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra thrashed Chittagong Mohammedan Sporting Club 4-1 in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mohammad Mustafa Sta-dium in Dhaka on Tuesday. Title aspirant Sheikh Russel, which lost its only point when it was held to a 2-2 draw by Arambagh Krira Sangha ... Read more
Aktel to use Microsoft tech
Axiata (Bangladesh) Ltd. (AXB), one of the leading telecommunication cCompanies in Bangladesh, operating under the brand name Aktel, has signed an enterprise agreement with the world-leading software company, Microsoft. Michael Kuehner, managing director and CEO of Axiata (Bangladesh) Limited and Feroz Mahmud, country manager, Microsoft Bangladesh signed the enterprise agreement on behalf of their
Malaysian firm grabs passport project
The government will issue work order to the IRIS Corporation Berhad of Malaysia, the lowest bidder, for supplying machine-readable passports (MRP) and machine-readable visas (MRV) in the country. A total of 30 lakh MRPs and 1 lakh MRV will be collected from the Malaysian company during the next five years. The authorities concerned will issue ... Read more
Kate dumped beau over Madonna
Actress Kate Hudson reportedly dumped sportsman Alex Rodriguez, her boyfriend of nine-months,because he still has feelings for former flame Madonna — according to the latest reports. OK! magazine says the Bride Wars star warned the New York Yankees slugger that if he continued talking to the Material Girl she’d call time on their eight-month romance. ... Read more
Lanka tame Tigers
Sri Lanka started the Idea Cup Tri-nation series with a comfortable seven-wicket victory as Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed his first hundred (104) against Bangladesh while skipper Kumar Sangakkara scored 74 to steer their side to the target of 261 in 44.5 overs over hosts Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday. Chasing Bangladesh’s fighting total ... Read more
Mohammedan’s hard-fought win
A second-half strike by prolific striker Zahid Hasan Emeli gave Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club a hard-fought lone goal win over Farashganj Sporting Club in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on monday. Dhaka Mohammedan, which appeared desperate to win first professional football league title, took control ... Read more
KPM faces fund crunch as Tk 2cr papers lie unsold
Uncertainty looms over payment of salaries, debts Authority of the Karnaphuli Paper Mills, an industrial unit of the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation, is suffering an acute fund constraint as papers worth around Tk 2 crore lies unsold, said sources in the KPM. Uncertainty looms over payment of salaries and allowances to its workers and employees ... Read more
“Garbhodharini” premiered
Premier show of the drama serial “Garbhodharini”, based on popular writer Samaresh Majumdar’s widely read novel, was held at a city hotel on Saturday night. The first episode of the drama will be telecast on Channel 1 at 8:15pm on Wednesday. Audience will watch this serial on every Wednesday and Thursday at the same time. ... Read more
Capital market makes bullish start in new year
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) started the New Year with a bullish trend with the reaching of the DSE index to a new high at 4568 points gaining 32.9 points. Total turnover was Tk 1094 crore 95 lakh. Banking and non-banking financial institutes were down due to profit taking. Insurance and textile sector was also down. ... Read more
Development Bank takes off
Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd (BDBL) has formally went into banking activities yesterday with a huge burden including 534 court cases involving Tk 2,100 crore and a written-off liability worth Tk 2,480 crore. The management of the newly formed bank has already informed the government of their concerns on those issues. Another problem that may haunt ... Read more
Betar gets internet modems from GP
Grameenphone Ltd. provided 13 Internet modems with 13 internet connections for Bangladesh Betar, recently. Bangladesh Betar the government owned radio center has coverage all over the country and operate from 13 regional stations. These internet modems will be distributed among the regional radio stations. The modems will enable them to use Internet for better communication ... Read more
Tri-Nation Cricket: Bangladesh plays Sri Lanka in opener
Bangladesh Cricket team led by Shakib Al Hasan will face Sri Lanka led by Kumar Sangakkara today in the opening match of the IDEA Cup Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The match begins at 2.30 PM BST Bangladesh Standard Time). Kumar Sangakkara will lead the youthful Sri Lanka team ... Read more
Abahani keeps winning
Defending champion Dhaka Abahani maintained its winning streak in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football defeating Rahmat-ganj Muslim Friends Society 3-1 at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mohammad Mus-tafa Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday. The two-time Bangladesh League champions, who won their all previous six matches, recorded their seventh victory to remain at the top of the ... Read more
Nat’l handball team face Japan University today
Bangladesh national team will meet visiting Japan University team in an exhibition handball match today at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium at 8 am. It will be the third match between the two teams with each team winning a match. The Bangladesh national team is preparing for the participation in the upcoming South Asian Games. ... Read more
3 Idiots Review
Movie Review: ‘3 idiots’ Starring: Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi & Boman Irani Director: Rajkumar Hirani Directed by Rajkumar Hirani the flick opens with Farhan(R. Madhavan) and Raju (Sharman Joshi) beginning a journey in search of their lost friend Ranchoddas Shaymaldas Chajaad (Aamir Khan) who leaves college all of
Google Chrome is Now the No. 3 Browser
Don’t look now guys, but only 16 months after it was officially released, Google Chrome is now the world’s no. 3 browser, based on Net Applications’ web browser usage data for December. What makes this more interesting is that Chrome has edged out Apple Safari which has been occupaying the third spot next to Internet ... Read more
Katrina Kaif has no films!
The sensational beautiful queen of hearts, Katrina Kaif has no films after Raajneeti, ‘officially’. So, rumours are abuzz that Kat is calling all the producers and directors from her contact list to consider her for their next projects. Is Salman Khan not bothered about her career? Media reports even convey that Farah Khan’s ‘Tees Maar ... Read more
RAJUK stops approving designs above 10 floors
Construction cos fear big losses, worried over investment From The Financial Express The authorities have stopped approving designs of buildings with more than 10 floors in Dhaka, triggering outcry from the real estate developers and virtually halting vertical rise of the city. The capital development authority, better known as Rajuk, has not explained its position, ... Read more
Housing Fair begins on Tuesday
The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh begins the REHAB Fair 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel in Dhaka on January 5 (Tuesday). ‘REHAB is going to organise the fair to bring in dynamism in the sector,’ the association president, Tanveerul Haque Probal, said at a briefing at the National Press Club on Saturday. Two ... Read more