Shahriar Nafees became the latest cricketer to have benefitted from quitting captaincy in the Bangladesh Premier League when his 51-ball 71 guided a struggling Khulna Royal Bengals to a seven-wicket win over Duronto Rajshahi on Friday. Shahriar gave up the captaincy after Royal Bengals were shot out for the tournament’s
Month: February 2013
Aminul likely to join Tigers
Former Bangladesh captain Aminul Islam could join the national team coaching set-up for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe if everything goes according to plan. Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided to include a local assistant coach in the national team management to help Shane Jurgensen, who is set to be the interim head ... Read more
Law more honoured in the breach in pvt univs
Repeated UGC warnings fall flat None of the private universities, set up since 1992, have received permanent certification, or permission, as they they have not fully adhered to the Private University Act in 21 years, the University Grants Commission said. Most of them have continued flouting the law. They have yet to move to own campuses, ... Read more
Thousands pour in for Shahbagh protests
People, mainly students, in their thousands on Thursday continued sitting in at Shahbagh where they have held protests since Tuesday at the imprisonment of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Molla on war crimes charges and demanded death penalty for Quader Molla and other war criminals. Students of different schools and colleges on Thursday joined in as ... Read more
Google to launch street view for Dhaka, Ctg
People around the globe will soon see online the streets of Dhaka and Chittagong, and all the establishments — including restaurants, offices and beautiful places — on both sides of the streets. And this is going to happen due to Google Inc as the search engine giant through its “street view” will explore places in ... Read more
Dhaka to request Delhi to open up more land ports
Electronic Goods Export Dhaka to request Delhi to open up more land ports The government is going to request India during the Indian foreign minister’s visit to Dhaka in mid-February to allow export of electronic products from Bangladesh through more land ports and customs stations, officials said. India earlier imposed a restriction on export of electronics ... Read more
New era begins as govt auditing goes digital
A new era begins in the auditing culture of Bangladesh as the supreme audit institution of the country yesterday launched a digital audit management system to prepare quality reports within a short time. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) has installed an integrated software system to connect all its departments and also ... Read more
Mobile Financial Service
BB asks banks to follow bank-led model Bangladesh Bank has asked scheduled banks to follow the bank-led model of mobile financial service to avoid confusion over who is the principal provider of the service, said BB officials. A central bank official told New Age on Thursday that the BB on Monday issued letters to the ... Read more
BRAC takes remittance services to customers’ doorsteps
Rural customers can now receive remittance on their doorsteps as BRAC Bank yesterday launched remittance payment services at its SME unit offices across the country. Initially, the services will be available in 21 SME unit offices and will be expanded to 397 offices across the country gradually, the bank said in a statement
Ekushey Padak goes to 13
Twelve eminent personalities and an organisation have been named yesterday for this year’s Ekushey Padak in recognition of their contribution to different fields. The recipients are MA Wadud (posthumous), Prof Ajit Kumar Guha (posthumous), Principal M Kamruzzaman (posthumous) and Tofazzal Hossain for language movement, and
House rent hike adds to Sylhet people’s plight
Uncontrolled house rent hike is adding to the sufferings of the Sylhet city dwellers in the absence of any specific rule regarding house rent. According to data available with the Sylhet City Corporation, there are around 52,000 houses that include multi-storey buildings and apartments in the city, a home of some eight
Urs being held at Anwara Park flouting HC order
A two-day urs began at Anwara Park at Farmgate in the city flouting a High Court order. Kutubbagh Darbar Sharif covered the entire park, facing Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, and put up a big stage damaging trees and the environment of the green space. The organizers blocked the park to store materials for last for or ... Read more
Number of new books falls
First Week of Book Fair Number of new books falls Quite unusual with the Ekushey Book Fair, the number of new books arriving at the fair in the first week of the month-long even fell because of political unrest. A total of 490 new titles hit the stalls in the fair during the first week ... Read more
Expert calls for saving Halda
Odommo Chattagram Expert calls for saving Halda The country’s largest fish spawning ground, the Halda river, is being destroyed for construction of unplanned structures and brick kilns on the banks and discharges from adjacent power plants, Halda expert Manzoorul Kibria said yesterday. “The Halda is not only a river, it is a heritage,” he said, ... Read more
Kings gun down sorry KRB
Ryan ten Doeschate played a brilliant unbeaten innings of 95 runs from 61 balls to set up a crushing 89-run win for Chittagong Kings over Khulna Royal Bengals in the Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday. Looked set for a disaster with 10-3, the Dutchman batted sensibly to take Kings to a respectable 156-5 before their ... Read more
Shamsur’s innings goes in vain
Shamsur Rahman played a stunning innings of 98 not out but it went in vain as Sylhet Royals beat Rangpur Riders by six wickets in the Bangladesh Premier League match in Mirpur on Thursday. Half-centuries from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Mushfiqur Rahim propelled Royals to 198-4 for the highest ever successful run-chase in BPL after their ... Read more
Doeschate makes mark finally
Dutchman Ryan ten Doeschate finally made his mark in the Bangladesh Premier League when he scored a match-winning 95 runs for Chittagong Kings against Khulna Royal Bengals on Thursday. Ten Doeschate, often hailed as Sachin Tendulkar of ICC associate member nations, was getting a start in every game that he played since making his BPL ... Read more
Primary school football fiesta ends
Dakkhin Dondari Keranipara non-government Primary School emerged as the new champions of the third Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Football Tournament, while Palichara Govt Primary School won their maiden title in the second Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib Gold Cup Primary School Football on Thursday. Out of 60,776 primary schools across the
Clemon Indoor Uni Cricket begins on Feb 22
The Clemon Indoor Uni Cricket Tournament begins from February 22 at the Mirpur Indoor Stadium where 32 university teams from across the country will be competing. Former cricketers Khaled Mashud, Akram Khan and Athar Ali Khan are organisers of this tournament. Clemon is the title sponsor while Walton is the co-sponsor, it was declared at ... Read more
Bangladeshis lead in Asian Zonal Chess
Bangladeshi Grand Masters Niaz Murshed, Ziaur Rahman and Reefat Bin Sattar regained their lead in the open section of Asian Zonal Chess Championship at the close of the seventh round held at Mas Park Guest House, Thulhiriya in Sri Lanka yesterday. Niaz beat leader Pakistani IM Mahmood Lodi, Zia beat Sri Lankan Kurukulasuriya and