Dhaka: Pakistan and West Indies teams arrived in Dhaka on Monday evening to take part in the first quarter-final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup to be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on March 23. Pakistan team led by the mercurial all-rounder Shahid Afridi arrived in the capital directly from Sri Lanka. ... Read more
Month: March 2011
West Indies team to get ‘state-level’ security
The security personnel have spread a safety blanket ranking to ‘state-level’ for the West Indies team in an attempt to ensure a hassle free quarter-final match of the Cricket World Cup 2011 tomorrow, officials confirmed. To avoid repetition of the embarrassing March 4 like incident, the security experts are asked to
Roksana Khatun emerges as the Garbo of Bangladesh
The grand finale of the musical talent hunt for garment workers, “Premier Bank Garbo Gao Pran Khuley Gao” [by BGMEA], was held on March 19 at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended the event as chief guest. Commerce Minister, Faruk Khan; LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam and State Minister for ... Read more
Bangladesh not on ADB list of Asian leaders
Bangladesh has failed to manage a place on the list of eight Asian countries, which will drive the growth of the continent in the next four decades. India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam are projected to account for 95 percent of Asia’s growth between 2010 and 2050, said Asian Development Bank ... Read more
DSE turnover hits two-month high
Turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange hit a two-month high yesterday as high investor participation pulled trade volume up. Daily turnover on the prime bourse stood at Tk 1,524.38 crore, up Tk 181.30 crore from the previous day. Soaring investor participation fuelled trade volume and as a result, turnover rose, said a
Struggling Aussies face knock-out clash with India
The Sydney Morning Herald Australia will fly from Sri Lanka to India facing arguably the most daunting challenge of the cricket World Cup: beating India in a knock-out quarter-final on its own turf. India’s stuttering victory over the West Indies overnight gave it a second-placed finish in group B, ensuring it would be drawn against a ... Read more
Defeat spoils Tamim’s birthday party
Mumbai: Tamim Iqbal, who turned 22 on Sunday, accepted the congratulatory message, saying, “Thank you”, to this scribe. Had Bangladesh won its crucial World Cup match against South Africa on Saturday, the team could have had a grand party and his birthday celebration as well. “After leaving the team hotel, he preferred to celebrate the ... Read more
What is next breakthrough in technology?
Before I dwell on the subject- latest developments in technology- I wish to touch upon a few scientific truths to guide the readers to better appreciate my points of view. Progress of science happens exponentially, not linearly, meaning that exponential curve starts slowly and then skyrockets towards infinity. Accumulation of knowledge is like an inverted ... Read more
Gloomy face all over after sad exit
Dhaka: The euphoria which gripped the country for the last one month is over now. Bangladesh are now a mere spectator of the cricket’s showcase event in their own den as they will hold two quarterfinal matches on March 23 and 25. Surroundings of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) are beautifully lit up on the ... Read more
Room still there for compromise
Blake says about Yunus’ removal after meeting PM; Muhith says Yunus could be a fellow at GB US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake yesterday said “there is still room for compromise” in resolving the issue arising from the removal of Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus as the Managing ... Read more
Norwegian Television’s big lie
by David Bergman Tom Heinemann, the director of the documentary broadcast on Norwegian television which accused Muhammad Yunus of transferring aid money out of the Grameen Bank and using some of it to fund a telecom company, appears on the cusp of securing a big scalp. There can be little doubt that without the broadcast ... Read more
Power crisis affects boro irrigation
Many buying diesel pumps to cope with situation Farmers in different parts of the country are facing acute irrigation problems in the current boro season due to severe power outages and the low level of groundwater. Farmers say they have to endure power cuts of between six to eighteen hours a day and, in some ... Read more
Shah Alam sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent the Bashundhara Group chairman, Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, also known as Shah Alam, to jail in a tax evasion case in which he was jailed for five years during the emergency regime. Shah Alam was, however, admitted to United Hospital at Banani immediately after he had landed in jail. The ... Read more
Sailors return home today
The 26 crew, freed by Somali pirates after 99 days of confinement on board the Bangladesh-flagged ship MV Jahan Moni, will arrive Chittagong from Oman this afternoon, a day ahead of the schedule. Captain Golam Mostafa, company security officer of the ship’s operating firm, said the 26 Bangladeshis along with the officials of the ship ... Read more
Farmers in the north demand more electricity
Farmers in the country’s northern districts are demanding more power for irrigation of Boro crops during the on-going Boro season. According to the Boro cultivators, they need at least 12 hours’ irrigation a day while the power distribution agencies can hardly supply electricity for 10 hours a day, with frequent
Tigers’ WC dream shattered
The Proteas proved far too strong for the Tigers who failed firstly to check South Africa’s run making and later to withstand their bowling attack, folding for only 78 and thus ending their Cricket World Cup dream at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday. South Africa secured its place at the top on the ... Read more
Delwar laid to rest
BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain was laid to rest at his family graveyard at Khirai Pachuria in Ghior upazila of Manikganj Saturday afternoon. After two namaz-e-janazas in the upazila, he was buried with state honour at about 3:45pm, reports our Manikganj correspondent
Infant killed, parents hurt in city road crash
A 10-month-old boy was killed and his parents were seriously injured when a bus hit their CNG-run three-wheeler at Demra in the capital Saturday afternoon. Shilpi Begum, mother of the baby, Rafi, is now undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) while her husband Mohammad Mubin, a microbus driver, and
Robert Blake arrives in Dhaka
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O Blake arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon on a four-day visit to Bangladesh. Blake, who is visiting the country for a second time since his appointment as the assistant secretary in May 2009, is due to hold hold meetings with top government, ... Read more
Nawsheen’s journey to stardom
Nawsheen Nahreen, widely known as Nawsheen, has been present in the entertainment industry for a while now. Talented in both acting and TV show hosting, Nawsheen has already carved a niche in the media. For Nawsheen, who began as a Radio Jocky, journey to stardom has been fast. Acting, TV show hosting and modeling- she ... Read more