Bangladesh face Pakistan in Asia Cup cricket final today Most of Bangladesh will be glued to TV screens, while a lucky few will find their way to Mirpur, today when Bangladesh take on Pakistan in the final of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. It will be a watershed moment for cricket in ... Read more
Month: March 2012
Can Tigers keep the momentum going?
Bangladesh have already made history in the Asia Cup. But the heroic Tigers will not be sitting on the laurels; they will want something more tangible, more lasting. Mushfiqur Rahim’s men have one bigger challenge left — a meeting with cricketing behemoths Pakistan in the final of the biggest regional competition which will be held ... Read more
Mashrafe the motivator
Having returned from injury and surgery after eleven months, he has taken four wickets and bowled seven tight spells in the Asia Cup, but what Mashrafe Bin Mortaza brings to the Bangladesh dressing-room as a cricketer is more than just wickets or the confidence of a brave cricketer. “If Mashrafe bhai is in the team, ... Read more
Diti now busy with TV plays
Besides acting movies, noted film actress Parvin Sultana Diti these days is directing and acting in several number of TV plays. The selective artist has just finished her work in PA Kajol’s film Mukti. ‘I appeared in an important role in Kajol’s film, which won the government grants,’ Diti told New Age. ‘I could have worked ... Read more
HISTORY Tigers in final
We are part of history today. The collective joy of 160 million people has finally been given a rightful place as the Tigers, the beloved Bangladesh cricket team, reached the finals of a major cricket tournament for the first time in its cricket history last night. In beating Sri Lanka by five wickets, the country’s ... Read more
United in joy
To see glory from such close quarters is a pleasure unto itself. Some of us are lucky to hear Stuart Law break into a broad smile while walking into the dressing-room to join the team song Aamra Korbo Joy. The former Australian cricketer said in an interview to this newspaper only a few days ago ... Read more
Impossible is nothing
Mushfiqur Rahim’s men introduced a new Bangladesh to world cricket by reaching the final of the Asia Cup after beating Sri Lanka in the must-win game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Bangladesh beat a team like India and South Africa to book their place in the second round of the 2007 World ... Read more
Best already, even better it may get
Days like yesterday, when Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka to reach the Asia Cup final for the first time in history, transcends the limitations of sport. To understand the importance of such an achievement, one not only needs to appreciate the travails of the Bangladesh cricket fan, but also the peculiarities of life in Bangladesh. People ... Read more
Bowling well done
It was the forty-third over, Bangladesh were bowling and there were six fielders inside the thirty-yard circle. That image alone summed up Bangladesh’s fielding effort against Sri Lanka in their Asia Cup match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. Bangladesh had to win the match to go through to the Asia Cup final for the ... Read more
Airtel introduces Talk2me
Bharti Airtel has recently launched a new value-added service — Talk2Me — for its Bangladeshi customers to interact with favourite celebrities. With the service, Airtel users can now interact with Indian actress Vidya Balan, Bangladeshi cricketers Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Ashraful in a session to be held at 9pm on
Hajj charge goes up
The draft Hajj Package for 2012, approved by the cabinet on Monday, proposes to increase the charge each pilgrim would have to pay for performing Hajj under government management to Tk3,03,440 from last year’s Tk 2,59,042, said officials. They said that the religious affairs ministry placed the draft at the weekly cabinet meeting
BASIS members join CeBIT
BASIS (Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services) in collaboration with Export Promotion Bureau participated at the CeBIT 2012, the digital industry’s biggest international event in the world, says a press release. CeBIT 2012 was held at Hannover, Germany from March 6 -10. Five Bangladeshi ICT companies participated as exhibitor of Bangladesh stand and two
‘Semifinal’ for Tigers today
The Bangladesh cricket team stand to make history today as they take on Sri Lanka in the last league match of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Make it simple, it is a semifinal for the Tigers; if they manage a win against Sri Lanka, they will qualify for the Asia ... Read more
Tigers’ date with destiny
Bangladesh’s crunch match against Lanka today The Tigers have plenty of motivating factors today in their bid to upstage Sri Lanka for a place in the Asia Cup final against Pakistan on Thursday. The Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium will be the scene of history since this tournament has never been one for the underdogs. Bangladesh have ... Read more
Onus on batsmen
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium curator Gamini de Silva has won a lot of praise from all except one section of the cricket community over the past week: the bowlers. It has been a barren existence for the likes of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain, Abdur Razzak and even Shakib Al Hasan, none having topped three wickets ... Read more
Tendulkar meets PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina described batting genius Sachin Tendulkar as the pride of this subcontinent. She made the remark when the world’s most prolific batsman met her at her official residence Gono Bhaban on Sunday evening. Hasina greeted Sachin for his 100th international century. After the meeting, Tendulkar told reporters that it was a great ... Read more
‘Not here to do any favours’
Sri Lanka has no stake in today’s Asia Cup match. This simple statement may send the wrong message to their opponents; Bangladesh. But if the Tigers heed the words of Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene they should get a clearer picture about how serious Lankans are about the match even though they have already been ... Read more
Govt’s LP gas for cheats
Racketeers eat up Tk 50cr subsidy, pocket up to Tk 160cr a year by spiking prices At a time when consumers are grappling with soaring prices of liquefied petroleum gas, unscrupulous traders with the help of some government officials are making crores of taka by selling subsidised LP gas at more than twice the government-fixed ... Read more
Bangladesh emerging as hotspot for suit making
Bangladesh is turning into a lucrative destination for manufacturing high-end formal suits as foreign investment proposals are coming to the sub-sector, with China losing its competitiveness, industry insiders said. The foreign brands are either sourcing the suits, formal jackets and trousers for men and women or establishing joint ventures in Bangladesh to tailor the
The Fantastic Five
The Bangladesh players enjoyed a break yesterday after their stunning 5-wicket win over world champions India on Friday evening that opened up the Asia Cup. After Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim’s exploits were documented immediately after the game, The Daily Star Sport’s Bishwajit Roy and Mohammad Isam spoke to the five architects who helped the ... Read more