Stamford University lifted the ULAB Cup trophy for the first time after they beat State University of Bangladesh by 31 runs in the final at the ULAB cricket ground yesterday. Batting first, Stamford made 139-8 in their 20 overs with Ariful hammering 44 and Rana making 33. In reply, SUB were restricted to 108-8 with ... Read more
Month: January 2011
Victory Day badminton
Young Cricketers emerged champions as the six-day Victory Day Badminton Tournament ended yesterday at Pallabi in the city. The event got underway on January 17 with 31 teams participating. In the final at the Lalmath of Pallabi, Young Cricketers defeated Nazrul Smriti Academy to win lift the
Exhibition Of Tagore Reproductions At Chhayanaut
KG Subramanian speaks on Rabindranath’s Artwork As part of Chhayanaut’s yearlong programmes to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary [May 8, this year] of Rabindranath Tagore, an eight-day exhibition featuring reproductions of the Nobel laureate poet’s artworks is on at Chhayanaut Shangskriti Bhaban in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. Renowned Indian artist and art teacher KG Subramanian inaugurated the ... Read more
Water crisis to rice crisis in coming decades?
Dr. Aminul Islam Akanda Bangladesh is blessed with suitable soil and climate for growing rice in all three crop seasons in a year. Rice grown during summer is locally known as Aus, during monsoon as Aman and during winter as Boro. The Boro is really the improved rice variety that is cultivated in almost all ... Read more
Local organic soaps go fashion shops in Japan
A number of selected Japanese retail shops are set to start selling organic soaps made by underprivileged women in Bangladesh within the next few months. Around 100 village women in Mymensingh district employed by Shapla Neer, a Japanese-funded non-governmental organisation, are producing export-quality soaps with locally-procured
Padatik Natya Sangsad observes 33rd founding anniv
Cultural organisation Padatik Natya Sangsad on Friday observed its 33rd founding anniversary. Marking the occasion, a colourful procession was brought out at the Teacher Student Centre in Dhaka University. Media personality M Hamid inaugurated the procession by freeing pigeons at
Chobi Mela VI begins in city
Representative photographers from all the continents inaugurated the sixth international photography exhibition, Chobi Mela VI, at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s National Theatre Hall on Friday. More than 500 photographs from 31 countries will be put on display at seven venues in the two-week festival titled ‘dream’
RU admission date extended
Admission date for the first year honours courses under 2010-11 academic session of Rajshahi University extended on February 28 from January 6, says a press release. Students were asked to know the detail information from the respective faculty offices. The university authorities also asked to visit the university website at
Rangamati gunfights kill 4
At least three were killed and a score others were injured in a gunfight between supporters of two hill political parties in remote forests of Jurachari in Rangamati early Friday. Another hill man went missing. Another was killed at Gabachhara of Kaptai by unnamed armed people and a schoolboy was injured with bullet in Khagrachari
Delay in cracks repair to cost additional Tk 120cr
Bangabandhu Bridge Delay in cracks repair to cost additional Tk 120cr The public exchequer will have to fork out around Tk 120 crore extra due to a delay in repairing cracks on Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge. Experts said the repair cost will increase due to development of many new cracks while the old ones became bigger
Devotees throng Ijtema ground
3-day congregation of Muslims begins A large number of devotees thronged the bank of Turag in Tongi yesterday as the first phase of Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest congregations of the Muslims, got underway. The Ijtema venue literally turned into a human sea during the Juma prayers. Pesh Imam (prayer leader) of Kakrail Mosque ... Read more
BSF tortures 2 Bangladeshis
Two Bangladeshi cattle traders, who were tortured and left unconscious by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in border areas of the district’s sadar upazila, are fighting for life at Satkhira Sadar Hospital. Of the two, Rafiqul Islam, 35, is from Sultanpur of Satkhira town and Fazlur Rahman, 45, from Mahmudur village of sadar upazila
Abahani dispatch Rahmatganj
A brace from Shakhawat Hossain Rony powered holders Abahani to an emphatic 4-1 win over giant-killers Rahmatganj MFS in their Bangladesh League match at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. Apart from Rony’s double, Ghanaian recruit Twum Frank and Awudu Ibrahim struck one goal
Mashrafee to fly to SL
Fans continue to protest Former skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza will fly for Sri Lanka today to meet David Young to have his injured knee checked by the Australian orthopaedic surgeon amid continuing protests for his inclusion in the World Cup squad. He will meet Young, who is a regular visitor to Sri Lanka since the ... Read more
WC opening ceremony tickets from early Feb
The tickets for the opening ceremony of the ICC World Cup will go on sale on the first week of February. The opening ceremony for the 14-nation grand tournament will be held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on February 17. BCB’s ticket and seating committee chairman GS Hasan Tamim informed yesterday that the
Super League from Jan 25
League leaders Abahani take on Bangladesh Biman in one of three Super League matches of the Premier Cricket League on January 25 at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra. Defending champions Mohammedan Sporting Club, who are three points adrift of Abahani with 17 points, face Cricket Coaching School (CCS) at the BKSP while surprise package ... Read more
Footballer father, cricketer son
His action said is to have some similarity with South African Makhaya Ntini, but Nazmul Hossain reminded all of Australian legend Glen McGrath with his accuracy in a foggy January morning in 2009 when his three-wicket burst left Sri Lanka reeling at an unprecedented five for six in the tri-series one-day final in Dhaka. Until ... Read more
Street Cricket
Cricket Kids One and Kathalbagan Royals won their respective matches on the opening day of Polar Ice Cream Street Cricket Championship at the Dhanmondi cricket ground on Friday. Cricket Kids One defeated Street Boys by 78 runs while Kathalbagan Royals won by three wickets against Royal Champs in the day’s second match. Former captain and ... Read more
Stock efforts fall apart
6 brokers’ trading suspended for 30 days on market volatility charges; top bosses stripped of responsibilities; book-building system on hold; markets closed on Sunday The share index breaker failed to prevent a free fall in prices on the Dhaka and the Chittagong stock exchanges yesterday. The Dhaka stock index had nosedived 600 points before the ... Read more
India initiates probe of Felani killing
Indo-Bangla talks end, Delhi pledges to stop border killing India has initiated a ‘court of inquiry’ into the recent killing of a Bangladeshi minor girl in the border by its Border Security Force, according to Indian home affairs secretary. It also iterated its assurance, at the 11th India-Bangladesh home secretary-level talks that concluded in Dhaka ... Read more