Wasfia Nazreen, who was set to scale the Mount Everest today, has deferred her climb to the summit by a day due to inclement weather. “Wasfia will push for the summit tomorrow [Saturday] night,” Korvi Rakshand, spokesperson of Bangladesh on Seven Summits’ campaign, which arranged the trekking, told The Daily Star around
Month: May 2012
BCB wants only T20s
Tour of Ireland BCB wants only T20s Bangladesh will be touring Ireland only if they agree to change the format of the proposed series and play five Twenty20 matches instead of three one-dayers, the Bangladesh Cricket Board decided at a meeting on Thursday. Ireland had issued an ultimatum to the BCB to let them know ... Read more
Kent interested in Ashraful
Former Bangladesh skipper Mohammad Ashraful is likely to be approached by Kent to play for them in the upcoming Twenty20 campaign, revealed their coach Jimmy Adams on Thursday. Ashraful, 27, is currently playing for Blackheath – and also coaching the side – in the Kent Premier League and scored a century on Saturday that caught ... Read more
Lima lifts Muktis to top
Brazilian midfielder Wellington de Souza Lima scored a hat-trick as Muktijoddha Sangsad KC regained their top spot in the Bangladesh Premier League with a 4-1 win over Arambagh Krira Sangha on Thursday. Apart from the treble by Lima, Ariful Islam scored the other goal for Muktijoddha while Benjamin Cooper of Arambagh scored the consolation for ... Read more
Naznin Hasan Chumki: Acting, scriptwriting and anchoring
“Nurjahan”, the popular novel by Imdadul Haque Milon, has been adapted into a TV serial. In the serial, Naznin Hasan Chumki plays an important character. The serial is aired on Channel i on Saturdays and Sundays at 7:50 pm. Chumki shared her views with The Daily Star regarding the serial and more. Tell us about ... Read more
Calcium pills pose ‘heart risk’
People who take calcium supplements could be increasing their risk of having a heart attack, according to researchers in Germany. Calcium is often taken by older people to strengthen bones and prevent fractures. But the study, published in the journal Heart, said the supplements “should be taken with caution”. Experts say promoting
Freida Pinto Doesn’t Fear The Fashion Police
FREIDA Pinto loves to fly in the face of the fashion police. The stunning actress is currently basking in the limelight at Cannes but says she feels no pressure to live up to her style icon reputation. “I really don’t worry about things like being on the red carpet. To me it’s a treat,” says ... Read more
Catching up with time
Ctg’s giant commodity hub Khatunganj tune itself to tech Chittagong city’s bustling commodity hub Khatunganj, which has given birth to a number of well-known local conglomerates such as Partex Group, Abul Khair Group, PHP Group and TK Group, is changing. Large and medium commodity market leaders are hiring trained executives in top and mid level ... Read more
Destiny 2000 bank account frozen
Tk 100cr tax anomalies found so far; HC asks govt to sue Destiny for construction on beach The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday asked banks to freeze the accounts of Destiny 2000 Ltd, a major arm of Destiny Group, to check whether it had been involved in tax anomalies, said an NBR official. The ... Read more
Mushfiq in no hurry for coach
Head coach or no head coach, Bangladesh must play well in Zimbabwe to keep up the momentum they gained in the Asia Cup, skipper Mushfiqur Rahim told reporters on Wednesday. Mushfiq joined the preliminary camp on Wednesday ahead of the tour that features a tri-series Twenty20 tournament involving Bangladesh, South Africa and hosts
BCB to decide on Irish tour today
New TV deal also in talks A decision on the Tigers’ proposed tour to Ireland in late July will be up for discussion, apart from the new TV deal, when the Bangladesh Cricket Board directors hold a meeting today at its headquarters in Mirpur. The board has been sent a schedule by Cricket Ireland (CI) ... Read more
Newell confirms interest in Tigers’ job
Mick Newell, the Nottinghamshire director of cricket, has confirmed that he has held discussions regarding taking up the Bangladesh coaching role. While Richard Pybus remains the first choice of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to replace Stuart Law, ESPNcricinfo understands that talks between the parties have hit a stumbling block over financial issues and
BJMC, Sk Jamal win
Newcomers Team BJMC and holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club chalked up comprehensive victories in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League yesterday. A brace from Guinean Ismael Bangoura helped Team BJMC defeat a spirited Brothers Union 3-1 while Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club thrashed Rahmatganj MFS 4-2. Both matches were
Movie on Bangladeshi expatiates wins award
Canada based Bangladeshi filmmaker Golam Mustofa’s movie ‘A Drop of Love’ created a wave recently by winning five awards at the American International Film Festival (AIFF): Best Narrative Feature, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Animator and Best Animation Feature. The movie, in English language, however, had its world premiere on January 17, 2012 at the
The Avengers tops US box office again
Superhero movie The Avengers has topped the US and Canadian box office for the third week in a row, taking $55.1m (£34.8m), studio estimates suggest. The film easily saw off new release Battleship, which took $25.4m (£16.1m). The Avengers also raked in another $56m (£35.4m) globally over the weekend – taking its total worldwide earnings ... Read more
Google Chrome eclipses Internet Explorer as world’s top browser
For the first week in history, Google Chrome is the most-used browser in the world, according to Statcounter. While Chrome has been leapfrogging the incumbent Internet Explorer on weekends for some time now, the week of May 14th–20th marks the first time Chrome has averaged a higher traffic share over a full seven-day
Brutal hijack on highway
Criminals kill one, injure two to take away rod-laden truck; mills, transport owners concerned at rise in such crimes A truck helper was killed and his two colleagues were injured as carjackers threw them from a running truck in the capital’s Agargaon area, after hijacking the rod-laden truck from Savar yesterday. A gang waylaid the ... Read more
Muzaffer Ahmad no more
Noted economist and leading civil society member Prof Muzaffer Ahmad breathed his last at around 10:30pm yesterday at the age of 76. The former chairman of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Trustee Board and outspoken environmentalist suffered a heart attack shortly after dinner at his
Bandwidth poses problem of plenty
The country will get an additional 96 gigabytes (GBs) of Internet bandwidth from the international submarine cable consortium (ISCC) in the middle of June this year, sources in Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company (BSCCL) say. At present, the country gets 44.6 GBs of bandwidth from the ISCC through the lone submarine
Muggers shoot businessmen, loot Tk 25 lakh
Unidentified muggers yesterday shot two businessmen and snatched away Tk 25.7 lakh from them in the old part of the capital. Injured Rafiqul Islam. 35, owner of Robin Metal Works at Nalgola Lane, and Amir Hossain, 48, manager of a nearby metal store Munna Enterprise, have been admitted to