The five-run defeat against Ireland in the last warm-up match before the ICC World Twenty20 will be a wake-up call for the side, said Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan on Monday. Chasing 165 runs for victory win, Sakib’s blistering 28-ball 52 made Bangladesh the favourites until the last 10 overs of the game but lack ... Read more
Month: September 2012
Ireland down Tigers in last T20 warm-up
Bangladesh failed to sign off their preparations with a win as they went down by five runs to Ireland in their thrilling last warm-up match before the ICC World Twenty20 on Monday. It was a sweet revenge for the Irish side, who lost all their three T20 matches at home against Bangladesh in July, after ... Read more
Hope hits double century
Kyle Hope’s unbeaten 214 helped the visiting West Indies High Performance unit take a commanding position against SAHARA-BCB Academy before rain halted the second day’s play of the four-day match in Khulna on Monday. Hope converted his overnight century into a double ton as West Indies HP unit piled up a massive 521 for the loss of ... Read more
Siddik 37th in Taipei
Bangladesh’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman finished joint-37th after closing with one-under-par 71 at the rain-shortened Yeangder Tournament Players Championship in Taipei on Monday. Siddik stroked three birdies against two bogeys in the last round at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club which saw him move up from his 51st place and end with
Down with the hills!
Probir Kumar Sarker Though Bangladesh is prominently a plain land, its Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban and Sylhet have hilly areas with forests and rich biodiversity. These areas are full of natural resources fulfilling needs of the people and other living species. But at present, the destruction of hills in every area has become ... Read more
Students take part in Buriganga clean-up campaign
Around 200 students of different private universities have taken an initiative to set a good example about how to keep the capital’s water bodies clean. They spent around three hours on Friday cleaning the Buriganga river near Buriganga Second Bridge in Keraniganj with fishing nets from boats. Though the volunteering students could collect a very ... Read more
Essence of tradition takes to tranquility
The houseful audience got the essence of the traditional mystic songs and the raw flavour of the soil in the splendid performance of veteran baul singer Chandrabati Roy Burman on Saturday at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The octogenarian singer Chandrabati Roy Burman, a torchbearer of the baul music genre of
A man of many hues
Syed Mujtaba Ali’s 108th birth anniversary Dr. Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904-1974) was a Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist. September 13 marked the 108th birth anniversary of the versatile litterateur. Ali was born in a prominent family in Sylhet. His father, Syed Sikandar Ali, was a sub-registrar. Ali studied at various educational institutions on account ... Read more
Traditional boat race held on Chitra River
Communal harmony was reflected at the traditional boat race held on the Chitra River on Saturday, which was organised in memory of Danbir Fazel Ahmed and Hindu community’s Bishakarma puja festival at Peroli village under Kalia upazila in Narail. Ten boats comprising each of 50 rowers from different places of Gopalganj, Magura, Jessore, Khulna
CG may be in place in new form for next two polls
SC releases full text of 13th amendment verdict The Supreme Court on Sunday released the full text of its judgment that declared unconstitutional and illegal the Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act, 1996 with prospective effect from May 10, 2011. The full text of the verdict was released by former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque and six ... Read more
Govt moves to lay down rules
MLM Swindle Govt moves to lay down rules Draft bill goes to cabinet today The government will enact a law to clamp down on multi-level marketing (MLM) companies, such as the Destiny Group, which are blamed for swindling people out of their money with their controversial marketing system. The law will ban the so-called pyramid schemes ... Read more
Turn in bank details
Hall-Mark Scam Turn in bank details Central bank asks 32 Sonali officials; scam buster not allowed to probe suspicious loan The central bank yesterday asked 32 Sonali Bank officials, including a former managing director, to submit their bank statements within 10 days. The statements will be sent to the Anti-Corruption Commission for legal action if ... Read more
Destiny spent lavishly on certificates
After the detection of massive corruption ranging from money laundering to fake recruitment, a large-scale misuse of fund has been discovered in the controversial Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd. The latest fund misuse involves printing of its 8.5 lakh shareholders’ certificate from abroad when printers in the country say they have the latest technology for
Biman flight schedule collapses
Passengers suffer in Dhaka, Ctg More than 1,000 passengers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines endured untold sufferings at Dhaka and Chittagong airports for several hours yesterday due to a flight schedule disaster of the national flag carrier. Aggrieved passengers even vandalised a Biman counter at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong around 5:30pm after Biman delayed ... Read more
The Daily Star – HSBC 3rd Climate Awards launched
The banking giant HSBC and The Daily Star launched Climate Awards for the third year yesterday to recognise the initiatives of organisations and individuals committed to protecting the environment and tackling the impact of climate change. The launch of the annual awards was announced at a media briefing at
Protecting archaeological sites underscored
Archaeologists on Sunday demanded initiatives to conserve and protect the heritage and archaeological sites of the country. Speakers said that due to mismanagement and a lack of proper conservation, a number of heritage and archaeological sites are at the brink of extinction, causing economical losses to the
Income tax fair kicks off to boost receipts
A weeklong income tax fair kicked off across the country yesterday to provide tax related information and assistance to the existing and potential taxpayers. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) organised the show in seven divisional cities and 11 districts to issue TIN (taxpayer’s identification number) instantly, help file tax returns, submit and
Top five firms that move market
Five big listed companies are strong enough to push the price indices up or down on a single trading day. It was seen in yesterday’s trading also. The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DGEN, gained 134 points, to which the contribution of the top five firms was more than
DSE turnover tops Tk 1,100cr
Dhaka stocks surged on Sunday as the investors went on a buying spree when the turnover crossed Tk 1,100 crore mark after five months. DGEN, the benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 3.02 per cent or 135.21 points, to close the day at 4,565.72 points
‘Not just a T20 specialist’
Bangladesh-Ireland warm-up today The Bangladesh cricket team will play their second warm-up game against Ireland at the Moors Cricket Ground in Colombo today. The Tigers, who defeated Zimbabwe on Saturday, will leave for Kandy after today’s match, where they’ll face New Zealand on September 21. The team’s scheduled net practice session at the Premadasa stadium ... Read more