Bangladesh made a quick start to make up for some lost ground after the bowlers toiled hard to dismiss Zimbabwe in their first innings in the first Test at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday. The Tigers reached 95-1 in-25 overs they got a chance to bat on the second day, which saw Zimbabwe dominating ... Read more
Month: April 2013
Opening ceremony to match SA Games, WC!
The Bangladesh Olympic Association put all its energy to make the opening ceremony of the eighth Bangladesh Games a gala event, as glamorous as the one seen at the 2010 SA Games and 2011 ICC World Cup, said the officials. The much talked-about opening ceremony,
Cox’s Bazar stadium gets final go-ahead
The Bangladesh Cricket Board received the final approval from the Prime Minister’s Office to set up a cricket stadium at the Cox’s Bazar golf course, chairman of the BCB’s grounds committee Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan informed a reporter on Thursday. The prime minister earlier granted authorisation to the BCB
Amal reaches tennis final
Top seed Amal Roy and second seed Alamgir Hossain moved into the singles final of Tennis event of the 8th Bangladesh Games after winning their respective semi-final matches at the National Tennis Complex on Tuesday. The men’s tennis events began early to facilitate
Rain forces another washout
Incessant rain forced a wash out on the third and penultimate day’s play in the second four-day match between Bangladesh Under-19 and Sri Lanka Under-19 at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Thursday. Rain began pouring down in the north-eastern city from Wednesday night and continued till the early hours of Thursday morning. Even though
Instrumental numbers move audience
Musical band Ionah Trio entertained the Dhaka audience by presenting a several fusion compositions of Indo-European classics on Tuesday. The concert was held at Kudrat-i-Khuda auditorium of Oxford International School on Tuesday. The fusion of sarod, tabla, guitar and shamisen was a pleasure for the concert attendees. In most of the compositions, the band combined ... Read more
Depicting life in Varendra
The first solo watercolour painting exhibition, titled ‘Life in Varendra’, by artist Suman Kumar Sarkar started at La Galerie in Alliance Française de Dhaka on Tuesday. The artist’s intimacy with nature has started since his childhood. It has further intensified in course of time as he found himself fascinated and trapped within the magical net
Shilpakala holds 2-day traditional culture fest
A great number of audiences from different walks of society enjoyed the traditional-music and dance performances held at the National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday and Saturday. The large number of crowd that the program drew made it evident that traditional culture can still enthrall the urban audience. In the two-day Loko-Sangskriti ... Read more
Makeshift shops occupy city footpaths
Vendors and makeshift stalls have occupied footpaths in many areas of the capital city in the absence of monitoring by the authorities concerned. Vendors most often set up their shops on the footpaths, hampering pedestrians’ movement and forcing them to walk through roads amid risk of accidents,
2 youths killed as pillar collapses on them in Sylhet
Two youths were killed as a pillar of an under-construction building collapsed on them in the Sylhet city Tuesday evening. The deceased were identified as Kamal Ahmed, 26, son of the late Abdul Jalil of village Telikona under Bishwanath upazila in Sylhet, and Akash, 22, son of
Govt to provide financial aid for digital innovations on service delivery
The government will provide financial assistance to government, private and individual initiatives for developing digital innovations on hassle-free quick service to the people. In line with its vision to build ‘Digital Bangladesh’, the government launched an ‘Innovation Fund’ on March 28 last year at the Prime Minister’s Office to provide financial
Greens call to protect Buriganga, other rivers
Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan on Wednesday called on the people to protect the River Buriganga from pollution and make the capital city livable. BAPA made the call at a workshop on ‘Buriganga River and Our Life’ on the premises of Basila High School in cooperation with Buriganga Riverkeeper.
Water processing plants sued in Ctg
Seven drinking water processing plants were sued by a court in Chittagong for using the BSTI seal without obtaining licence and supplying unsafe drinking water. The accused companies are Messrs Oasis Drinking Water, Messrs Times Foods and Beverage Industries BD Limited, Messrs Ravina Limited, Messrs Asian Foods
Lotus Kamal, family move to sell off CMC Kamal stakes
Ruling Awami League lawmaker AHM Mustafa Kamal and his family members have moved to sell off their entire shares in the much-talked-about CMC Kamal Textile Mills Ltd, which is listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange, to a local group of companies. Mustafa Kamal, who is commonly known as Lotus Kamal,
JDCF down to Tk 788cr from Tk 1,338cr in revised ADP
The government is failing to take advantage of the Japanese Debt Cancellation Fund due to slow progress in implementation of 52 ongoing development projects assisted by the JDCF in Bangladesh. Consequently, in the revised Annual Development Programme,
Don’t sanction loans to illegal housing projects
BB asks banks Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday asked the scheduled banks not to sanction loans to private ventures for developing lands, constructing buildings and purchasing flats if they do not have the approval of the authorities concerned. To this end, the BB issued a circular to managing directors and chief executive officers of all the ... Read more
REHAB wants undisclosed money without penalty for housing sector
The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh on Wednesday demanded that the National Board of Revenue allow legally earned undisclosed money in buying apartments and investing in real estate sector without paying penalty and disclosing the source of money. At a pre-budget discussion with the NBR at the revenue
Tourism aircraft ‘microlight’ to be launched today
As part of adventure tourism, the country for the first time is going to introduce tourism aircraft called ‘micro light’ today, giving a boost to the tourism and hospitality industry. The microlight aviation is the flying of lightweight, 1 or 2 seater fixed-wing aircraft with parachute. Civil aviation and tourism minister Faruk Khan will inaugurate
BSEC to meet stakeholders to attract foreign investment
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has invited the capital market stakeholders to attend a meeting on May 8 to discuss ways to boost foreign investment in the market. To this end, the BSEC on April 15 issued letters to Bangladesh Bank, National Board of Revenue, Board of Investment, Dhaka Stock Exchange, Chittagong Stock Exchange,
Dhaka stocks end flat amid low turnover
Dhaka stocks ended flat on Wednesday with a declining turnover amid volatile trading as investors took a cautious approach with an eye on the recent political developments. The benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, gained 0.03 per cent, or 1.18 points, to finish at 3,572.68 points on the day.