The curtain lifts on the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 today on the Bangla Academy premises, with the participation of only 274 publishing houses and government organisations and other facilities. Last year, a total of 425 institutions, approximately double that of this year, were accommodated in the fair that spilled onto the road outside ... Read more
Month: February 2013
Royals return to winning ways
Sylhet Royals overcame yet another initial jittery to return to wining ways in the Bangladesh Premier League when they handed Rangpur Riders a five-wicket defeat in Chittagong on Thursday. Nazmul Hossain Milon finally produced a man-of-the-match performance after being the second best performer of a match on quite a few occasions as his 45 from ... Read more
‘We’re playing for free’
Bangladesh spinner and Rangpur Riders skipper Abdur Razzak added some extra fuel to the Bangladesh Premier League payment issue on Thursday saying that they are playing virtually for free and this is having an impact on their performance. ‘We are playing free of cost. Naturally it can affect our performance as well,’ Razzak told
Burners heap more misery on Kings
Barisal Burners heaped more misery on Chittagong Kings when they posted a narrow six-run win over the struggling side in the Bangladesh Premier League in Chittagong on Thursday. Set a mammoth target after Burners put on 182-5, Kings made a positive start and were in the game until left-arm spinner Elias Sunny derailed their run ... Read more
IHF president promises big
International Hockey Federation president Leonardo Negro made a courtesy call on the state minister for youth and sports, Ahad Ali Sarkar, after his arrival in Dhaka on Thursday. The minister and the IHF chief shared their ideas and discussed about the development of hockey in Bangladesh during the meeting. The IHF president assured Bangladesh