Friday, March 29, 2024

Sakib urges Tigers to take half-chances

When everyone is looking for a solution to Bangladesh’s batting woes, former skipper Sakib al Hasan urged team-mates also to lift their fielding standard against Pakistan. According to Sakib, Bangladesh must take advantage of every opportunity in the field and make use of the half chances to put their opposition under

Birthday celebrations for Suborna Mustafa

With an impressive acting lineage, Suborna Mustafa established herself as a leading lady in Bangladeshi TV plays decades ago. To date, she remains unparalleled with her superlative expressions, immaculate diction and that charming, yet mysterious smile. Though at present Suborna does not play the conventional “heroine” roles any more, she appears on the

Busy days for Runa Laila

Bangladeshi diva Runa Laila is well and away in Hyderabad for the nine-day Times of India Festival. Today, she will rock Hyderabad with her evergreen hit “Dama Dam Mast Kalandhar”, songs in Bangla and Punjabi, Urdu ghazals and more at the Qutub Shahi Tombs. She is accompanied by eight Bangladesh musicians. Runa is busy on ... Read more

Dhaka tuned to ICT

eAsia 2011 opens in city, draws host of experts, policy-makers, industry leaders from the region Asia’s mega technology event, eAsia 2011, kicked off in the capital yesterday, thereby putting regional information and communication technology focus on Bangladesh. No other ICT event hosted in the country has seen so many foreign and local experts sharing their ... Read more

Animals predict quakes

Animals may sense chemical changes in groundwater that occur when an earthquake is about to strike. This could be the cause of bizarre earthquake-associated animal behaviour, scientists say. Researchers began to investigate these chemical effects after seeing a colony of toads abandon its pond in L’Aquila, Italy, in 2009–days before

WiMax operators set to go aggressive

With the promise of high-speed internet connectivity at an affordable cost, the country’s two existing WiMax operators have geared up to secure greater market penetration in the years to come. Equipped with advanced 4G technology, the WiMax operators are determined to sustain their already achieved success and intensify service operation. “We are focusing to expand ... Read more

Remittance flow to Bangladesh, Asia might be hit: WB

The indigenisation programmes being considered or implemented in the countries under Gulf Cooperation Council including Saudi Arabia have raised concerns of adverse implications for future remittances to migrant-sending countries including Bangladesh, said a World Bank report released on Thursday. ‘While the indigenisation may not affect remittances in the near-term, they highlight the

Another no match

The Bangladesh batsmen are well on their way to confine 2011 as their worst year in recent memory after yet another sub-100 score in the five-wicket defeat to Pakistan yesterday. The first day-night one-dayer at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium was over as a contest by the first two hours after the Tigers were all out ... Read more

One step forward & going two back

Another meek surrender by the Bangladeshi batsmen to versatile Pakistan bowling attack in the first one-dayer of the three-match series simply compelled home team skipper Mushfiqur Rahim to bring up the same old question regarding Bangladesh’s progress in the highest level of the game. Following Bangladesh’s dismissal below hundred runs and Pakistan top order batsmen’s

Not at home at home!

Mushfiqur Rahim remarked after the five-wicket loss to Pakistan yesterday that he hadn’t seen much “home advantage” since October. But the more telling comment was that the Tigers are not entirely sure what score is good on the surfaces they are being served at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The Bangladesh captain’s confusion on what is ... Read more

Environment: Future farmers hold key

GLOBAL food demand will double by 2050, according to a new projection, and the farming techniques used to meet that unprecedented demand will significantly determine how severe the impact is on the environment,  researchers say. The study researchers warn that meeting the demand for food will clear more land, increase nitrogen use and significantly add ... Read more

Brac launches e-education

A new website containing interactive and easy-to-understand lessons on mathematics, general science and English at secondary level was launched by Brac Education Programme yesterday. The e-education.brac.net, launched by Brac Founder and Chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed at the city’s Brac Centre Inn. Prof Dr Mohammad Kaykobad of Buet, Nazrul Islam Khan, national project director of

Durban set to pick up more heat

Compromise formula on Kyoto Protocol faces obstacle Durban burned with sweltering heat yesterday and the UN’s weather agency World Meteorological Organisation’s just-released report that 2011 is the 10th hottest year since records began in 1850 had probably something to do with a new-found formula to save the Kyoto Protocol. The compromise formula to give a ... Read more

BB receives 37 applications

Bangladesh Bank has received 37 applications for permission to set up new banks. On the list of the applicants are many influential lawmakers, politicians and businessmen having strong links with the ruling alliance.  Under pressure from government high-ups, the board of the central bank in September decided to give its approval for new banks, provided ... Read more

If you can’t win, then compete

There has been something missing in the Tigers’ tent this time. It may be a lack of self-belief. Prior to all their previous home series, regardless of the opposition’s strength, Bangladesh have never looked as submerged as they do now in the early exchanges of the home challenge against an in-form Pakistan team. It seems ... Read more