National Cricket League Twin tons bring Dhaka back in it Anamul Haque and Mehrab Hossain applied themselves brilliantly on way to hitting twin hundreds as Dhaka staged a fightback against Rajshahi on the fourth day of the National Cricket League final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Riding on a 165-run fifth wicket ... Read more
Month: May 2011
Easy wins for arch-rivals
Dhaka Abahani moved to the top in the Bangladesh League points table with a 2-0 win over Chittagong Mohammedan SC while their arch-rivals Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club also recorded a win on Friday. Abahani are now sharing the top position with Muktijoddha Sangsad KC bagging 35 points each, though the latter played a game
78pc Pass in Ctg
Fauzdarhat tops list Pass rate in SSC examinations under Chittagong board rose by 5.96 percentage point to 78.27 percent this year from last year’s 72.31 percent. Total examinees were 77,465 under the board this year. Of them 77,325 students sat for the examinations and 60,521 came out successful from 921
CNG price now Tk 25 a unit
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has again increased the price of compressed natural gas by about 50 per cent to Tk 25 a cubic metre from Tk 16.75 with effect from midnight past Thursday. The commission announced the decision at a press conference on Thursday afternoon. The chairman and two members of the commission met ... Read more
Prof Yunus resigns
Prof Muhammad Yunus has stepped down as the managing director of Grameen Bank in order to prevent undue disruption in the activities of the microfinance bank, the Nobel laureate confirmed yesterday. “I am today [yesterday] relinquishing the post of managing director of Grameen Bank on the basis that the Deputy Managing Director Nurjahan Begum would ... Read more
SSC pass rate increases this year
Combined pass rate 82.31 The pass rate of the Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations has this year increased than the figure of the previous year. According to the results published on Thursday, 2.91 per cent more students have passed the exams this year, marking an increase by 2.33 percentage
Rajshahi edge ahead on Naeem ton
Naeem Islam scored a laborious century to put Rajshahi on top against Dhaka on the third day of the National Cricket League final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The seven-hour long marathon innings under humid conditions from Naeem, who made 112 off 281 balls with fifteen boundaries, helped Rajshahi take a small ... Read more
Ex-captains wade in on game development
A number of former national cricket captains have given their opinions on a long-term strategic plan which the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has prepared to improve the standard of the game in the country. They put their suggestion while exchanging views with BCB’s chief executive officer (CEO) Manzur Ahmed, who placed a four-year long plan, ... Read more
Caretaker system declared illegal
HIGHLIGHTS o 13th amendment unconstitutional o Caretaker govt may hold next 2 JS polls for ‘safety’ o Judges may be kept out of caretaker govt The Supreme Court has declared illegal a 15-year-old constitutional provision that mandates an elected government to transfer power to an unelected non-partisan caretaker administration to oversee a new parliamentary election on completion of ... Read more
Pippa Middleton Bra Pics Provoke $5 Million Movie Offer
Pippa Middleton’s “bra pictures” which have been circulating the internet since last week, have led to a huge offer from an adult movie company. Photos of Pippa Middleton dancing with a man at a party have attracted the attention of ‘Vivid Entertainment’, who decided to write to the Royal Wedding bridesmaid last week, reports Tmz.com. ... Read more
Stipend stopped for not being maid
The headmistress of Parul Government Primary School in Pirgachha upazila has stopped giving stipend money to a very needy schoolgirl after she refused to continue as a domestic help in her house. Ironically, this very headmistress persuaded the girl’s family to get her admitted to the school promising government stipend, family members
Machine readable visa launched
The government yesterday started issuing machine readable visas (MRV) from the passport office in the capital’s Agargaon and aims to expand it to other divisional offices within a fortnight. Home Minister Sahara Khatun launched the process by handing over the passport to a foreigner with an MRV sticker
Yet another shocking arbitration
Village arbitrators shaved the head of a woman accusing her of adultery at Binahali of Adamdighi upazila here yesterday. Garment worker Lovely Begum, 26, has been married to Abdul Kader for the last 14 years. Lovely said they went to Dhaka five years ago looking for work. They secured jobs at a garment
Lindsay Lohan is a Vampire
Lindsay Lohan’s fangs are coming out. The train wreck attended her close friend Tyler Shields’ photo exhibit, “Life Is Not A Fairytale,” in a warehouse in East Los Angeles this weekend. At the event, Shields unveiled artful shots in which Lohan portrays a vampire. The inspiration was simple: “Lindsay loves vampires,” Tyler said. “It’s well ... Read more
Big-hitting Gayle blasts 37 in one IPL over
Chris Gayle blasted an astonishing 37 off one seven-ball over to set Royal Challengers Bangalore on their way to a nine-wicket romp over Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the Indian Premier League on Sunday. The former West Indies captain plundered paceman Prasanth Parameswaran for four sixes and three fours in the second over of Bangalore’s reply ... Read more
Nicole Scherzinger Goes Topless For GQ India
Pop star Nicole Scherzinger has gone topless for the Indian edition of top men’s magazine GQ. The sexy singer poses seductively in a loose-fitting vest top and bikini bottoms in a series of steamy shots for the upcoming June issue, but it’s a semi-naked image of the former Pussycat Dolls beauty which will really set ... Read more
Solar power raises farmers’ hope
Solar power has brought hopes to thousands of farmers of the country, who have long been fighting with severe power crisis and high diesel price to run water pumps for irrigation of their farmlands. “I am no longer worried by frequent power-cuts or increasing diesel price. My solar panel gives me enough electricity to pump ... Read more
Different routes to success
The moment Nasiruddin Faruque chose to stop thinking too much about his game, he reaped the rewards. On the other hand, a deeply motivated Mosharraf Hossain Rubel is also on his way to reaching his pre-season target. “I used to think too much about everything,” Faruque said. “There is less negativity now
Rajuk to allot 1,250 plots in Jhilmil project
Applications to be invited for the third time soon Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) is set to invite applications for a third time for allotting around 1,250 plots in its Jhilmil Residential Area project in Keraniganj within a few days. Rajuk Chairman Nurul Huda said the Ministry of Housing and Public Works (MHPW) has already approved ... Read more
Carjackers on the prowl
Make city too risky for drivers, bikers Shamsur Rahman was coming home from a party on a Friday night with his wife. It was around midnight when he made a turn to his Gulshan road but he noticed a car behind him. It was moving slowly and it felt like it was shadowing him. Shamsur ... Read more