The fourth match of the five-match one-day series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe was abandoned on Friday without a ball being bowled following an overnight and early morning showers. Though the sun shone brightly at the Chittagong divisional stadium in the afternoon, it was not enough to make the waterlogged ground playable and the match officials ... Read more
Month: December 2010
ICC Cricket World Cup History
Wills World Cup 1996, India-Pakistan-Srilanka ICC Cricket World Cup History Warne pulls one out of the hat The baton of cricket’s sole superpower passed from West Indies to Australia when Australia beat the West Indies at home in ’94-’95. A clutch of greats and would-be greats had arrived for Australia, while West Indies lost a ... Read more
BNS gets pass mark from the ICC
ICC’s venue inspection team was happy with the progress of the Bangabandhu National Stadium as they went straight into business after arriving in Dhaka on Friday. The 19-member delegation, headed by ICC event manager Chris Tetley, are looking into cricket operations, commerce, grounds, legal matters, security, broadcast and
Stage set for grand opening
Swedish female football superstar Johanna Frisk will inaugurate the first ever SAFF Women’s Football Championship along with the chairman of FIFA and AFC women’s wing, Worawi Makudi, informed Sirajul Islam Bachchu, the chief of the Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s wing, at a press conference at the BFF Bhaban on
Siddons wants int’l matches
Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons is keen on the Tigers playing international cricket next month after yesterday’s washout in Chittagong. The current series against Zimbabwe is the last international fixture Bangladesh have ahead of the 2011 World Cup. The Tigers head coach, who returned from Brisbane on Friday night after wife Kim gave birth to
Siddikur slides
Bangladesh’s golfing sensation Siddikur Rahman once again showed the erratic nature of his game as he slid down from third position to joint 23rd after round two of the 300,000-dollar Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open yesterday. Siddikur finished round two with a disappointing 1-over-par 73 for an overall score of
Muktijuddher Bijoy Mela begins in Chittagong
Muktijuddher Bijoy Mela, a 22-day fair marking Victory Day, began at the Outer Stadium in the Chittagong city with the slogan ‘Muktijuddher Bijoy Bir Bangaleer Ahanker’ on Friday. The state minister for liberation war affairs, AB Tajul Islam, inaugurated the fair by lighting the victory flame at MA Aziz Stadium Gate as chief guest at ... Read more
Adulterated cosmetics flood markets
Physicians warn skin diseases from use of fake cosmetics Adulterated cosmetics have flooded markets to such an extent that the sellers themselves are unable to distinguish between the original and the adulterated. Wholesalers claim it has become impossible to identify the pure commodity before use. They also say a number of manufacturers are defunct, but ... Read more
‘Shah Rukh, Rani take Dhaka by storm
Indian film icon Shah Rukh Khan on Friday took Dhaka city by storm as more than 25,000 people watched him and fellow actors Rani Mukherjee and Arjun Rampal perform live at the Army stadium. The ‘Shah Rukh Kahn Live in Dhaka’ show, organised by Antar Showbiz, began at around 8:00pm, nearly three hours behind schedule
Dhaka-Istanbul flight this month
Air link between capital Dhaka and Turkish largest city Istanbul will be established on the last week of this month. “Initially the Turkish Airlines will operate Dhaka-Istanbul flights four day in a week from this month,” Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Shafique Alam Mehdi told the news agency
Domestic violence still widely seen as private affair: rights activists
Rights activists on Friday said one in every two women in the country is tortured within the family while domestic violence is still widely considered a private affair. They at a press conference at the National Press Club cited an international survey which put Bangladesh in the fourth position as regards violence against women
DMC student commits suicide
A forth-year-student of Dhaka Medical College on Friday committed suicide at Dr Fazle Rabbi Hall in the city’s Bakshibazar. The deceased, Nehal, hailed from Habiganj, was a resident of room A/8 at the hostel. The hostel sources said Nehal was found unconscious sedated by anti-histamine tablets at about
Behaviour change vital to prevent stalking
Says Irene Khan Former secretary general of Amnesty International Irene Khan yesterday said laws will not be enough to prevent stalking and repression on women unless we change our behaviour. ”We have some responsibilities alongside the fundamental human rights that our constitution and the UN charter has given us,” she said. ”We should discharge those ... Read more
Rehabilitation centre for prisoners planned
The prison authorities have decided to set up a rehabilitation centre in the city to train prisoners in different vocational skills and motivate them to return to normal life after they serve out their prison sentence. ‘We have decided to set up the centre with two goals in mind. One is to reduce the pressure of ... Read more
Hijacked ship to reach Somali coast today
Says ship’s operating firm The hijacked Bangladeshi ship MV Jahan Moni was expected to reach Somali coast early today. Officials of Brave Royal Shipping Management Limited, the operating firm of the ship, said they spotted the ship around 60 nautical miles off the coast around 7:00pm yesterday. They were monitoring the ship’s position through
Joypurhat coins relic of Akbar era
Over two dozen coins, found about 11 months ago at Kashbawri village of Joypurhat district, have been identified as of Akbar era. Dilip Kantu Mahata, of the village under Panchbibi upazila, found 28 coins at the construction site of Nilkanto Mondir on January 25 last year, said Panchbibi police
TUs allege attempts at re-grading workers to avoid minimum wage
Some apparel factory owners are trying to place workers in a lower pay grade to deprive them of the new minimum wage, trade union leaders said. The Garment Workers’ Trade Union Centre general secretary, KM Ruhul Amin, alleged that Kaniz Fashion at Tejgaon, Padma Poly Cotton at Uttara and Madina Pel Fashion Craft Limited tried ... Read more
1,235 arrested in 10 months for violence against women
A total of 1,235 people, mostly youths, were arrested in 172 cases of alleged harassment of or physical assault on women in the first 10 months of the current year, police statistics show. In addition, 466 ‘general diaries’ alleging harassment of women were recorded with different police stations across the country in the same period, ... Read more
Apparel workers rally for new wages
Workers vandalised an apparel factory at Shyampur in the capital on Friday demanding wages in the new wage structure. Witnesses and the police said some workers of the Imam Dying and Printing Industry Limited saw the general manager to discuss their wages in the new
BSF kills Bangladeshi in C’nawabganj border
India’s Border Security Force killed a Bangladeshi in the Masudpur border at Shibganj in Chapainawabganj early Friday, the police said. The deceased, Mahbubul Alam Kalu, 30, of Thutapara in Shibganj, was a cattle trader. The Indian border guards have killed 14 civilian Bangladeshis since September 27 when the