Sachin Tendulkar felt relief yesterday after achieving the long awaited 100th international hundred in India’s 5-wicket loss to hosts Bangladesh in the Asia Cup on Friday. “I have to admit I was relieved. This is now out of the way and I can start a new chapter. It was possibly the toughest phase of my ... Read more
Month: March 2012
At least 36 dead
Cargo Vessel Hits Launch At least 36 dead 200 missing; vessel could not be salvaged yet from 70 feet under Meghna water At least 36 people died and more than 200 others went missing when a packed passenger launch capsized in the river Meghna after colliding with a cargo vessel at Gazaria in Munshiganj yesterday. ... Read more
Rivers losing navigability
The country’s rivers have lost half of their navigability since independence, creating serious socio-economic and environmental impacts. According to the latest statistics, the length of navigable waterways, which was about 14,000 km way back in 1964, now shrinks to 6,000 km during the rainy season and to 3,800 km in winter. Besides almost 80 per ... Read more
Twin-ton up India’s easy win
Indian batsmen in Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli got homelike conditions to put aside their dismal tour of Australia as they made an emphatic start in the Asia Cup with a 50run victory over Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Usually the focus was on master batsman Sachin Tendulkar when Mahela ... Read more
My casual batting cost Tigers: Nasir
Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain admitted that his casual attitude cost him his wicket against Pakistan in their opening game of the Micromax Asia Cup which ultimately led to the Tigers’ downfall. Nasir made 47 and was involved in a fabulous 89-run sixth-wicket stand with Sakib al Hasan, which raised the hopes of the hosts of ... Read more
Kohli the real deal
It was Virat Kohli’s 19th century which eventually went on to become his fourth double-century in ODI cricket. Don’t be surprised as more accurately it was his tenth ton yesterday though it was for the nineteenth time that the Delhi batsman had added a century-stand for India. The Asia Cup game against Sri Lanka was ... Read more
Focus on pace
India take on Sri Lanka today Sri Lanka have every reason to employ three pace bowlers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium when they take on defending champions India in the Asia Cup today. On Sunday, Bangladesh used Shahadat Hossain alongside Shafiul Islam and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza against Pakistan. Though two of the three seamers weren’t ... Read more
Tamim was actually thanking Akram
A mini collapse in the middle-order can still be covered and the innings resurrected if the top three play out more than twenty overs. What Bangladesh did wrong on Sunday was they did not finish with a flourish, and it resulted in the 21-run loss to Pakistan in the Asia Cup opener. The majority of ... Read more
Smoke and mirrors
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday broke his silence two days after his return from abroad but he turned up only to provide some pointless answers to the recent burning issues and controversies surrounding him. Everybody was expecting some clear explanations from the BCB boss regarding some issues
Tigers fall at the death again
It was another case of ‘so near yet so far’ for the Tigers as they failed to put an end to their long drought against Pakistan, going down by 21 runs after putting up a brave fight in the Asia Cup opener at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. It could so nearly have ... Read more
How long must we sing this song?
And it happens again. Only the harshest of hearts would not have broken a little at the sight of Shakib Al Hasan standing with shoulders slumped by his shattered stumps, a defeated man after trying so hard to yet again pull off a victory single-handedly. What happened at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday in the ... Read more
Tamim makes his point
Tamim Iqbal successfully drowned out the noise that was surrounding him like a traffic jam on a busy weekday in Dhaka. He figured a way out of the rut through the 20th ODI half-century, though the Tigers lost the game to Pakistan by 21 runs in the Asia Cup opener yesterday. The left-handed opener was ... Read more
Budget carrier starts flights to Singapore
Singapore’s low cost carrier Tiger Airways yesterday began flights from Dhaka. The airline will connect with Singapore by operating four flights a week, with plans to carry business and leisure travellers by offering low fares, airline officials said in a programme. “Tiger Airways’ new flight is timely as there is an increasing demand for direct ... Read more
Asha mesmerises Dhaka audience
It was like the show of the century where a legend delivered a galore of her vast experience of over six decades in music. The prima-donna did not just sing and dance onstage, but moved the thousands of music lovers, who gathered at the Army Stadium on Friday, to enjoy soul shaking songs in a ... Read more
Bangladeshi woman embarks on Everest conquest today
Wasfia Nazreen, the first Bangladeshi attempting to climb the seven highest mountains of the world’s seven continents, will leave the country today to conquer Mount Everest, the highest peak of the world. A send off ceremony was organised at the head office of City Bank Limited, the key sponsor of Wasfia’s climb, in the city ... Read more
Asia Cup cricket opens today
Tigers take on Pakistan The Bangladesh cricket team will take on Pakistan in the opening game of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. This is the eleventh edition of the regional competition and has returned to the country after 12 years. Bangladesh were hosts in 1988 and 2000 previously
Tigers’ chance to prove
Misbah counts Shakib as ‘main man’ in Asia Cup opener today Regardless of all the controversies and the high-profile arrivals, the focus has returned to the field and a largely dry win column, as Bangladesh have the Asia Cup opener today against an opponent they haven’t conquered in almost thirteen years. The hosts take on ... Read more
When it was everything
Once it was a dream for the cricketers in the country to play the Asia Cup but obviously those days are well and truly gone. In those days, the country’s cricketers hardly got the opportunity of getting international exposure and this tournament was the only platform for them to show what they’ve got. International cricket ... Read more
Tamim’s date with destiny
When Tamim Iqbal walks out to bat at the centre of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today, he will be a marked man by a lot of people, many of whom are not going to be Pakistanis. The screeching sound of many a sharpening knife will buzz in his ears but it will be his prerogative ... Read more
Akram returns as the boss
Akram Khan withdrew his resignation letter yesterday to continue as the chief selector. The former captain, who submitted his resignation letter three days back in protest of interference from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal regarding selection of the Asia Cup squad, explained the reasons behind the withdrawal during a press conference ... Read more