Former Bangladesh captain Sakib al Hasan said he has no grudge against his team-mates despite his yet another masterful innings went in vain as Bangladesh could not win the game. Sakib played one of the best innings in the history of ICC World Twenty20 against Pakistan on Tuesday when he hammered 84 off 54 balls, ... Read more
Month: September 2012
Spinners seal win for ‘A’ team
Bangladesh ‘A’ team Spinners continued their annihilation on the last day of their four-day match against the West Indies High Performance unit to propel the host to a 52-run victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. The left-arm duo, Saqlain Sajib and Enamul Haque Jr, shared eight wickets between them
Dual challenge for Siddikur
Siddikur Rahman is expected to be tested again this week as he will have to deal with a dip in form as well as windy conditions at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters starting today. Strong winds will put Siddikur to the test as gusts of over 30 kilometres per hour are expected to sweep the Taiwan ... Read more
New plant in Munshiganj to treat Padma water
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is going to set up a water treatment plant at Jasholdia point of Munshiganj, with a capacity of supplying 45 crore litres of water per day. An agreement was signed yesterday between Dhaka Wasa and China CAMC Engineer Com Ltd in this regard. CAMC will construct the plant ... Read more
Housewife found killed in flat
A housewife was found dead with stab wounds at a rented house in the capital’s Dakkhinkhan early yesterday. Police and locals suspect that Emon Hossain killed her wife Liza Akhter, 18, sometime on Saturday and went into hiding. Police recovered the body from the second floor of their Fayedabad residence around
Mob beats up two women mistaken as child traffickers
A mob beat up two women mistaking them as child traffickers in the capital’s Dania yesterday. While Firoza Begum, 50, and Rahima Begum, 32, were talking to a boy at noon, local people beat them up. On information, police rescued the women and admitted them to a local hospital. Firoza and Rahima claimed that they ... Read more
WB wants to witness ACC quizzing
Padma Graft Suspects WB wants to witness ACC quizzing As part of its condition for the revival of the Padma bridge loan deal, the World Bank wants its expert panel to be present when the Anti-Corruption Commission interrogates the persons allegedly involved in corruption in the project. The panel will comprise three experts in the field ... Read more
Sonali Bank won’t file criminal case
Tk 2,686cr Hall-Mark Scam Sonali Bank won’t file criminal case Wants ACC to deal with criminal charges Sonali Bank has decided not to file any criminal case against the controversial Hall-Mark Group, which swindled Tk 2,686 crore out of the bank’s Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch using forged documents. “Legal advisers have suggested that we don’t ... Read more
Jobs at stake, for Biman
Worried to death, 2 workers leave for KL a week after schedule; 1,000 hajj pilgrims also stuck Ekhlasur Rahman and Nasir Hossain, two young migrant workers, yesterday left Dhaka with job worries as their departure was delayed by a week due to the flight disorder of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. They had first come to Hazrat ... Read more
Many Google services disrupted in Bangladesh
Blocking YouTube Many Google services disrupted in Bangladesh The government’s blocking of video streaming website YouTube is disrupting many popular Google services in Bangladesh. Most Internet users in Bangladesh are unable to access Google services like Google+ (Google’s social network), Google Maps, Google Drive (cloud storage of Google), Google News, Google sync and Google Play (application ... Read more
Robi revenue grows by 16pc in Q2
Mobile operator Robi’s revenue stood at Tk 962.70 crore in the second quarter (April-June) of the current year, growing by 16.20 per cent over the same period of last year. At a press briefing in the city on Tuesday, Robi managing director and CEO Micheal Kuehner said that Q2 was one of the successful quarters ... Read more
NBR cancels Robi’s VAT exemption of Tk 82.68cr
The National Board of Revenue cancelled exemption of mobile phone operator Robi’s value-added tax of Tk 82.68 crore because it did not submit a chalan against the exempted amount, said NBR officials on Tuesday. The Large Taxpayers Unit of the NBR on Tuesday cancelled the exemption and decided to adjust the amount from the money ... Read more
Investor optimism boosts stocks
Stocks returned to the black yesterday, as optimistic investors took fresh positions in the market. DGEN, the market tracking index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, finished the day at 4,774.65 points, after gaining 37.67 points or 0.79 percent. “Continuous healthy turnover boosted investors’ confidence, as evidenced in their
Electronics sales boom in Chittagong
Renowned brands open showrooms in the port city Business of electronic goods is booming in the port city, as retailers have set up hundreds of showrooms here. Almost all brands have opened showrooms in the city of around 50 lakh inhabitants to grab a pie of the lucrative market. Different business houses started strong marketing campaigns ... Read more
Shakib show in vain
It was an outstanding knock from an outstanding player. But Shakib Al Hasan’s masterful 84-run innings was still not good enough for Bangladesh as they crashed out of the ICC World Twenty20 after defeat to Pakistan at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium last night. In the end, Pakistan chased down the Tigers’ challenging total of ... Read more
‘We failed to back up Shakib’
Praising Shakib Al Hasan’s innings highly, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim held the conditions responsible for their failure in the ICC World Twenty20 yesterday. The wicketkeeper-batsman in the post-match briefing said that his team lost the game, against Pakistan by eight wickets, despite putting up a challenging total on the board mainly because of their
Backfiring bouncers
There has been much talk of executing plans in the lead-up to Bangladesh’s ICC World Twenty20 encounter with Pakistan and if those plans were being executed when the Tigers took the field to defend an admirable total of 175 after a Shakib Al Hasan special, then there is cause for concern. The first three overs ... Read more
Disappointed, but hopeful
Over the past few weeks in Bangladesh, a lot of hype has surrounded the Tigers’ participation in the ongoing ICC World Twenty20. Expectations were really high this time as the team management and players had talked up their chances of reaching the Super Eights stage as well as putting in a good show in the ... Read more
A Poet Extraordinaire
Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal’s 23rd death anniversary Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal — a poet, educationist, singer and composer — was a professor of Bengali literature at Dhaka University and was the director general of the Bangla Academy from 1986 till his death in 1989. An orator, narrator and conversationalist, Abu Hena had an irresistible charm. ... Read more
Glorifying beauty of rain
Monsoon always inspires dreaming and fascinates the artists, poets, lyricists, and the dramatists to nurture their creativity. The marvelous look of the refreshing green after a moderate rain has always been a great inspiration for young artist Alley Khan to transform her personal emotions onto canvas. As an orator of the rain, the romantic artist ... Read more