The Bangladesh Cricket Board avoided a major embarrassment on Sunday when it cancelled today’s day-night match against Zimbabwe for insufficient light and decided to hold a day game instead. The match, third of the five-match series scheduled to begin at 2:30pm, will now begin at 9:00am. The decision was made after a drama in the ... Read more
Month: December 2010
Zim hope to fight
Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batsman Tatenda Taibu feels that if his side keep on fighting then they can make a comeback in the third one-dayer today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. He added that in international cricket every team goes through bad patches, from which you need to learn how to bounce back
Siddons leaves for Australia
Bangladesh will go into the third one-day international against Zimbabwe today without their coach Jamie Siddons, who left for Australia to be with his pregnant girlfriend Kim late on Sunday. Siddons, who attended a practice session in the morning, hardly had any idea about the tour and hastily arranged an air ticket of the Australia-bound ... Read more
Nepal to face Maldives in SAFF opener
The first ever SAFF Women’s Football Champion-ship will kick off on December 12 with the match between Nepal and the Maldives at 2:30 pm at the Cox’s Bazar stadium. Bangladesh Football Federation announced the fixtures of the meet on Sunday. Hosts Bangladesh will face Sri Lanka on Dec 13, Bhutan on Dec 15 and India ... Read more
Gridlock slows city life
Arifa, a private jobholder, left her Shahjahanpur residence at 9:00am to attend a very important meeting scheduled to be held at 10:00am at her Shahbagh office. But she failed to reach her destination on time as she reached the office at 12:00 noon due to huge traffic congestion yesterday
RU students hold demo as body parts of rats were found in curry
Residential students of Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque Hall at Rajshahi University staged demonstrations on Sunday after they found body parts of rats in their meals served at the hall dining room. Agitating students beat up the chief cook of the hall dining Sultanul Islam. The hall sources said Abdul Matin, a student of the hall ... Read more
Dipjol’s bail prayer rejected
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected a bail petition of actor and Dhaka City Corporation Ward Councilor Dipjol in a case filed against him for assaulting a traffic police constable on November 16 in the city’s Gabtoli area. Metropolitan Magistrate SK Tofail Hassan passed the order after Dipjol’s lawyers submitted a petition seeking bail in the case
‘Amend law to stop child marriage’
Some early marriage victims say they suffer from various ailments “When I was only ten years old, parents gave my marriage with a man who was 24 years older than me,” said Rumi of Barguna at a view-exchange meeting at a hotel in the city yesterday. “I was always afraid of facing my husband at ... Read more
Criminals attack schoolgirl with razor blades
A gang of criminals attacked a schoolgirl and slit different parts of her body with razor blades in Parnaogaon area of the district town of Naogaon yesterday. The victim Asha Alamgir Mili, 13, daughter of Alamgir Hossain of Parnaogaon area, is a class seven student of Naogaon Government Girls High School
Road accidents kill four
At least four people were killed in separate road accidents in Barisal and Chittagong on Saturday night and yesterday. A correspondent from Barisal reports: Three people were killed in separate road accidents on the outskirts of Barisal city on Saturday night
RU sings MoU with German univ
Rajshahi University and the University of Education, Fryeburg, Germany signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange students, teachers, scientists and researchers for the development of education in higher studies at Rajshahi on Sunday. The RU vice-chancellor, Abdus Sobhan, and the University of Education,
German hackers gained access to computers of Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga
Two German hackers gained access to the computers of more than 50 pop stars, including Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga in an attempt to steal unreleased songs and issue blackmail threats over intimate photographs, prosecutors allege. German police say the pair used simple invasive programs called trojans, which can break into private computer
Japan finalises Padma Bridge loan modalities
The Japan government has finalised the modalities of its pledged US$400 million loan for building Bangladesh’s largest rail-cum-road bridge over the mighty Padma, officials said. Finance ministry officials said Japan would charge 0.01 per cent interest for its proposed loan providing 40 years’ repayment facilities with 10 years’ grace
New rice to withstand drought
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) with the help of two organisations has successfully field-tested a drought-tolerant rice variety in the northern part of the country. The IRRI in collaboration with Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) and Rangpur-Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS) had been experimenting on the rice variety over the last two
DMP drive fails to enhance traffic rules compliance
A month long drive by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police failed to enhance enforcement or compliance of traffic rules in the city. The drive utterly failed to ensure seatbelt and motorbike helmet compliance, said critics. Dhaka shows little sign of enhanced enforcement or compliance with traffic safety rules, they
Razzak hattrick levels series
Abdur Razzak’s hattrick, only the second in ODI history by a spinner, inspired Bangladesh to a series-levelling six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday in the second one-dayer of the five-match series. The left-arm spinner first removed Prosper Utseya off the last ball of the 45th over, his ninth,
Artificial crisis of bamboo cuts production
Karnaphuli Paper Mills Artificial crisis of bamboo cuts production Two units of Karnaphuli Paper Mills are shut down due to an ‘artificial crisis’ of raw material, bamboo, allegedly created by a vested quarter. Incurring a loss of about Tk 3-4 lakh a day, the factory is now producing 30-40 tonnes of newsprint using just one ... Read more
Grameen Bank denies charges
Grameen Bank has dismissed reports that its founder Muhammad Yunus had diverted nearly Tk 7 billion in aid to another company as ‘inaccurate and misleading’. It denied any wrongdoing and said ‘these reports are a total fabrication and baseless’. Norway’s national TV NRK aired a documentary on November 30 titled ‘Fanget i Mikrogjeld’ or
Three killed in Rab ‘shootouts’
Three ‘gunfights’ between members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and criminal gangs left three offenders dead in the capital, Meherpur and Barisal districts early yesterday. The deceased are Abdullah Mohammad Nazimuddin alias Honda Babu, 30, of the city’s Malibagh Chowdhurypara, Durjoy Babu alias Bachchu, 36, of Gangni upazila in
4 held at DU for harassing female students
Police yesterday arrested four bike-riding youths from Dhaka University campus for harassing a number of female students of the university. The arrestees were identified as Sohan, Ripon, Sonny and Tareq of Old Dhaka. Witnesses said the youths riding on three motorbikes behaved “indecently” with a group of