Nat’l Badminton Championship Railway a force again Bangladesh Railway are gradually increasing their involvement in sports as they roped in top shuttlers for the 32nd National Badminton Championship which started at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium yesterday. Railway used to have mentionable presence in different sports such as football, cricket,
Month: January 2013
SA bastekball begins Thursday
The second South Asian Basketball Championship will begin at the Dhanmondi Gymnasium on Thursday with participation of five South Asian nations including Bangladesh. The competition which will feature Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Pakistan apart from the hosts will be played in a league basis and the holders of the highest
8 Bangladeshis in Chennai chess
Eight Bangladeshi players are taking part in the Chennai Super Kings 5th International Grandmasters Chess Tournament which started in Chennai yesterday. GM Niaz Murshed and GM Ziaur Rahman were playing against India’s Rajasurya and Hemanth Raam respectively when this report was
A week’s preparation planned
AFC Challenge Cup A week’s preparation planned The ongoing Bangladesh Premier League will remain suspended from February 21 to March 8 in order to give the national team at least a week’s time to prepare for the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers which will be held from March 2 to 8 in Nepal. The decision was ... Read more
Songster with a racket
Sania Sultana Liza, winner of the musical talent hunt programme 2008 Close-up 1, was the centre of attention on the opening day of Qubee 32nd National Badminton Championships as the singer from Mymensingh to compete the badminton championship for the first time. Like her vocal talent, Liza shone with the racket as well and impressed ... Read more
Urbanisation too scary
Experts deplore rapid pace of unplanned development, fear whole country to become city state in 4 decades Urban sprawl is so rapid in Bangladesh that the entire country is going to convert into a city state in three to four decades. It is very important to introduce proper urban management to address the situation, said renowned ... Read more
Retailers under pressure to compensate Tazreen victims
Motions In European Parliament Retailers under pressure to compensate Tazreen victims Members of European Parliament will ask retailers to compensate the victims of the fire at Ashulia-based Tazreen Fashions, which was making clothes for global brands. Three groups of parliamentarians are going to adopt resolutions on the Bangladesh fire at a four-day plenary session that ... Read more
4th RUET convocation on March 2
The fourth convocation of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology will be held on March 2. RUET vice-chancellor Professor Sirajul Karim Chowdhury informed newsmen of the convocation at a news briefing on the campus on Monday. The graduates were asked to register their names by February 10 to join the
Mushfiqur to keep leading
BCB announces list of contracted players Mushfiqur Rahim has been retained as captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team and Mahmudullah Riyad will continue as his deputy for the upcoming tours of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The decision was taken during an emergency meeting of the BCB’s (Bangladesh Cricket Board) ad-hoc executive committee at the ... Read more
Hooper, Greatbatch run for Tigers’ coaching job
Former West Indies captain Carl Hooper and New Zealand opener Mark Greatbatch are among the candidates willing take up the job of Bangladesh cricket team’s head coach, officials said on Monday. The position fell vacant after Englishman Richard Pybus refused to continue because of a contract dispute with the Bangladesh Cricket Board
Tamim returns fresh, modified
Having scored two half-centuries and two scores of above 30 in six games, Tamim Iqbal’s short stint with the Wellington Firebirds in the HRV cup, a T20 competition in New Zealand, turned out to be quite a successful one for the left-handed opener. The batsman, who opened the innings alongside Jesse Ryder in the competition, ... Read more
Sakib says he too suffered in receiving BPL payment
Former Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan admitted that he was among the local players who became victims of not getting fully paid from their Bangladesh Premier League franchises and had asked for a better paper work from the organisers this term. Sakib led Khulna Royal Bengals in the inaugural edition of BPL as an icon ... Read more
Counting on NOCs
Preview: Barisal Burners Counting on NOCs Barisal Burners were one of the most hyped teams during the inaugural edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) for a number of reasons. From acquiring the services of Chris Gayle, albeit for a short period of time, to being on the winning end of the ‘semifinal controversy’ last ... Read more
BFF eager to get De Kruif in March
AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers BFF eager to get De Kruif in March The Bangladesh Football Federation is eager to get Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif ahead of the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers in March and it is ready to pay the coach one month’s salary as well as bonus, in case of success, for his ... Read more
1st phase of Bishwa Ijtema ends with akheri munajat
The first phase three-day Bishwa Ijtema of the Tabligh Jamat ended on the bank of the River Turag on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka on Sunday with several million devotees from home and abroad seeking peace. About five lakh people gathered at the places, even spilling over nto adjoining areas, on the last day ... Read more
Mismanagement hinders build-up, say BPL teams
With less than 72 hours left for the second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League to kick off, the franchisees and the tournament’s governing council are still facing umpteenth problem. The cash-rich Twenty20 tournament was generally hailed as a success in the first edition despite a pay dispute and the farce before deciding the semi-final ... Read more
Will their makeover change fortunes?
Preview: Sylhet Royals Will their makeover change fortunes? Having won only two of their ten matches in the first edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, Sylhet Royals went for a complete makeover at the players’ auction this year. Their most expensive buy, Mushfiqur Rahim, who was bought for 205,000 dollars, has been given the responsibility ... Read more
Students rally against two-day weekly holiday at RU
Rajshahi University students on Sunday went on demonstrations on the campus, demanding that the university syndicate’s decision to execute a two-day weekly holiday should be cancelled to mitigate the session gam. The university syndicate at a meeting on January 5 decided to implement a two-day weekly holiday for all when no classes and examinations will ... Read more
Bdjobs.com names best employers
Bdjobs.com, one of the largest job portals in the country, yesterday announced the winners for the Bdjobs.com Best Employer Award 2012. Standard Chartered Bank won the annual award, now in its third year, in the banking sector, and BRAC, the largest non-governmental
Mismanagement hinders build-up, say BPL teams
With less than 72 hours left for the second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League to kick off, the franchisees and the tournament’s governing council are still facing umpteenth problem. The cash-rich Twenty20 tournament was generally hailed as a success in the first edition despite a pay dispute and the farce before deciding the semi-final ... Read more