When thousands of fans queued up for opening ceremony tickets across Dhaka and while Shoaib Akhtar was speaking his heart out in Sheraton, the big news was of the national cricketers being stranded in Chittagong yesterday. That the World Cup has truly arrived was further reaffirmed when the England cricket team arrived to play two ... Read more
Month: February 2011
Stock crash may hurt economy
Economists warn at CPD dialogue; Rehman Sobhan terms stockmarket a casino The ongoing crisis in the sharemarket might affect other areas of the economy that faces the risk of high inflation and volatility in the forex market, economists have warned. They suggested capital market reforms and strong monitoring by Bangladesh Bank to curb excessive credit expansion
Ship-breaking recognised as industry
The government yesterday took decision to place the ship breaking sector under the Ministry of Industries. The decision was taken at a high level meeting on ship breaking and ship recycling with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at her office. The prime minister said the ship breaking sector has been identified as a ... Read more
Muggers shoot one dead
Tk 36 lakh looted Muggers shot dead one person and injured another at the capital’s Badda and Gandaria yesterday. They took away about Tk 36 lakh in total. The deceased, Shamsul Islam, 50, was an employee of Satarkul Rice Agency at Middle Badda and the injured, Abdul Huq, a transport businessman
Not two, only one ticket!
Latent irregularities marked the first day of selling the World Cup’s opening ceremony tickets at various Dhaka Bank branches in the city yesterday. According to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) a total of 9,700 tickets have been put on sale and the tickets are being sold through 10 branches of the
England stand good chance
Captain Andrew Strauss believes England have a great chance of winning the World Cup even though his side are not among the perceived favourites of the tournament. The Ashes holders arrived in Dhaka last afternoon and immediately after, Strauss said that it would be the co-hosts who would feel the weight of
Rahmatganj’s narrow win
A brace from Idris Kasirye helped Rahmatganj MFS edge visitors Chittagong Mohammedan 2-1 in a Grameenphone Bangladesh League match at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur yesterday. With their fifth win in eight matches, Rahmatganj leapfrogged to the third position from
Army reach hockey final
Bangladesh Army moved into the final of the Chowdhury Group Shaheed Smriti Hockey Tournament defeating Usha Krira Chakra 3-2 in their last group match at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium yesterday. Bangladesh Army now top the six-team table with 12 points, two clear from both Usha and Shadharan Bima. Malek, Siraj and Sanwar scored for ... Read more
Pohela Falgun celebrated
Pohela Falgun, heralding the arrival of spring, the king of all seasons, was welcomed by Dhaka residents as well as others in the country with flowers, poems, songs and dances yesterday. The capital put on a colourful festive look celebrating the first day of Bangla month Falgun with several socio-cultural organisations and educational institutions organising ... Read more
Biraj wins WPP award
Andrew Biraj, the photojournalist for Reuters in Bangladesh, has won the most prestigious World Press Photo Award 2011. A 19-member of jury declared Andrew Biraj the recipient of 3rd Prize in Daily life category as World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Saturday, said
Stocks plunge to nine-month low
Protests continue for sixth straight day Stocks continued their nosedive for the fourth consecutive session as the key index hit a nine-month low yesterday. At the end of a four-hour trading session, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange — DSE General Index — came down to 6,052 points, marking a sharp decline of ... Read more
Canada Showcase set for Sunday
A daylong fair, Canada Showcase 2011, will be held on Sunday for the first time in Bangladesh, aimed at expanding bilateral trade. High Commission of Canada and Canada Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry will jointly organise the fair where a number of Canadian organisations will showcase
EBL launches new Visa card
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) yesterday launched limited edition Visa prepaid cards on the occasion of ICC cricket world cup this year. EBL managing director and chief executive officer Ali Reza Iftekhar launched the special prepaid cards in a press conference at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in
Just Go With It: movie review
Director: Dennis Dugan, Screenwriter: Allan Loeb, Timothy Dowling, Starring: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Brooklyn Decker, Bailee Madison, Running time: 110 mins. Throughout his career Adam Sandler has gotten away with some very bad behaviour thanks to his boyish charm. He makes a point of it in his latest comedy as Danny, a philandering ... Read more
The Eagle: movie review
However you slice it, ‘The Eagle’ is hokum, but modern-day Scots may get a kick out of the film’s depiction of their ancestors. If you have a hankering for movies about the Roman Empire set in 140 AD, you could trundle off to see Kevin Macdonald’s “The Eagle,” I suppose, but you may discover that ... Read more
Pamela Anderson Sues Ex-Boyfriend Over Las Vegas Condo
Actress Pamela Anderson is suing her former boyfriend for $1 million for allegedly failing to honor his pledge to build a Las Vegas condo for her. The former Baywatch star filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles earlier this week claiming she made a deal with her former partner, real estate entrepreneur Laurence Hallier, in 2006 ... Read more
‘Divorce from Eva Longoria was hard’: Tony Parker
Tony Parker admits splitting from Eva Longoria was “hard”. The basketball star — whose divorce from the Desperate Housewives actress was finalized in late January, almost three months after they separated — is hoping to move on with his life now, and despite his personal woes, still feels “lucky” in his life. “Divorce was hard. Like ... Read more
Janet Jackson Keeps Thinking about michael
Janet Jackson thinks about her late brother Michael every day. The 44-year-old singer did “everything” with her superstar sibling — who died of acute Propofol intoxication in June 2009 aged 50 — and says they were confidantes for each other. “We shared every dream, every confidence,” she said. “I was his little sister and he always ... Read more
Teenage girl collapses and dies after first kiss
A teenager girl collapsed and died from sudden adult death syndrome (SADS) minutes after she was kissed for the first time, an inquest has heard. Jemma Benjamin, 18, was kissed by fellow university student Daniel Ross, 21, at his home after a night out together. But Miss Benjamin suddenly slumped onto the sofa – and ... Read more
Poetry festival kicks off in Rajshahi
Rajshahi: A three-day poetry festival began in Rajshahi city on Saturday with the theme “Poetry for creation” for the first time. Kobi Zulfikar Motin Sangbardhana Commi-ttee organised the event marking reception to renowned poet Zulfikar Motin, also a professor of the Bangla Department of