The 49-year-old actress picked up the Hollywood Actress prize for her thrilling performance in 3D space movie Gravity. She, earlier, wowed on the red carpet in a tight black dress as she enjoyed a few jokes with her ex-boyfriend McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves, the India Times said. McConaughey was also a big winner ... Read more
Month: October 2013
Noel Harrison dies
Singer Noel Harrison has died at his home in Devon, aged 79. The son of the actor Rex Harrison, he was best known for recording the hit song The Windmills Of Your Mind on The Thomas Crown Affair soundtrack. It won best song at the 1968 Oscars and was later covered by artists including Dusty ... Read more
Kiwis seize control from feeble Tigers
Bangladesh were left to wonder what went wrong with their bowling as New Zealand took a firm control in the second Test in Dhaka, reaching 419-8 at close on the third day on Wednesday. Four fifties and a century were struck on the day, each coming as a shell to hit the Tigers, who were ... Read more
Sakib returns to bowling form
Left-arm spinner Sakib al Hasan brushed aside any doubts about his bowling ability, returning to his best with a five-wicket haul against the New Zealand in the second Test match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Sakib picked up where he left off at close on Tuesday, inducing an edge from Ross Taylor (53) to ... Read more
Mashrafee returns for NZ ODIs
Pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza returned to the side as Bangladesh announced a 15-member squad for the first two one-day internationals against New Zealand on Wednesday. Mashrafee, who has not played a Test since ill-fated West Indies tour in 2009 but is a regular member of the one-day side, missed the last two series in ... Read more
Tigers can save the match: Nasir
Bangladesh have shifted their focus from winning the second Test match to saving it after New Zealand posted a comfortable 137-run lead with two wickets remaining in their first innings at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. The Tigers had been confident in the first two days that they could earn a victory against the touring ... Read more
Anderson shines with maiden ton
New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson had to wait five years for his maiden first-class century after debuting as a 16-year-old in 2007. His wait for a Test ton was much shorter. The 22-year-old lefty reached his first Test hundred at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday, just two weeks after scoring nine runs in his ... Read more
Sohag sees low after high
If the drawn Chittagong Test was the high, Sohag Gazi has now seen the low point of his career in the ongoing Dhaka Test, where he is still wicket-less despite bowling 34 overs in New Zealand’s first innings. The all-rounder took nine wickets against the West Indies in the same ground last year to announce his ... Read more
Bangladesh Army draw with Indian Army
Bangladesh Army football team drew 1-1 with the Indian Army football side a friendly football match at the Banani Army Stadium on Wednesday. The home side started brightly and got the first scoring chance in the eighth minute of the 60-minute game, but Md Saminul Haque’s strike from just
U-15 girls football begins on Saturday
The Bangladesh Football Federation’s women’s wing is going to organise a nationwide Plan U-15 Girls’ Football Championship, which is scheduled to start from Saturday. The BFF has signed a Tk 1.4 crore deal with Plan Bangladesh, a non-government organisation which works for the deprived women, for the next three years.
Luxury hotels to get duty exemption
The National Board of Revenue has decided to provide customs duty waiver on import of different machinery and other equipments for newly-established international standard luxury hotels in a bid to promote the hospitality industry and tourism sector in the country. The NBR in a board meeting held last week
Alliance ‘halfway done with reviewing factories’
More than half of the Bangladesh garment factories that do work for a group of North American retailers and apparel makers have already been inspected for fire and building safety, the group said on Tuesday. Last week, the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety released a list of more than 620 factories its 23 current members do ... Read more
BB finalises JICA loan for RMG units
The Bangladesh Bank has said the apparel factories of BGMEA and BKMEA members would get highest Tk 10 crore each in pre-finance from a JICA project to reconstruct risky industrial buildings, purchase equipment required for workplace safety and relocate the factories. The apparel factories of BGMEA and BKMEA
BB asks banks not to open LCs without BIN as importer
The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday asked the scheduled banks not to open any letter of credit for the business organisations which did not take business identification number (BIN) as importers. The BB issued a circular letter to head offices and principal offices of all banks which are operating foreign exchange-related business saying that some
Accord to start factory inspection by Nov end: BGMEA
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a consortium of EU retailers and labour rights groups, will start inspecting the factories by the end of this November after completing the common standard of inspection. An Accord team led by its executive director Sean Ansett said this in a meeting with Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and
Bourses’ current chiefs to head interim boards
Demutualisation Of Dse, Cse Bourses’ current chiefs to head interim boards Finance minister AMA Muhith has suggested that the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission should allow current presidents of the Dhaka and Chittagong bourses for the heads of the ‘interim boards’ which will oversee the demutualisation process of the bourses. Earlier on October 13 the ... Read more
Teletalk likely to get rebate on 3G spectrum fees
State-owned mobile phone operator Teletalk is likely to get rebate on its 3G spectrum charges as the telecom ministry responded positively to an application by the company, said officials. The telecom ministry on Wednesday endorsed the Teletalk application for rebate of around Tk 1,000 crore for 10MHz 3G spectrum, they said, adding
Political hopes boost stocks
Dhaka stocks advanced for the second trading session on Wednesday with an increased turnover thanks to optimistic participation of the investors who were hopeful of a consensus between the ruling and the opposition parties over forming of the polls-time government. The turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange
Fakhrul made ONE Bank MD
M Fakhrul Alam recently joined the ONE Bank as its managing director for the next three years, said a press release. Prior to this, he was the managing director (current charge) of the bank. Before joining ONE Bank, he was the deputy managing director of Eastern Bank. An MBA from IBA, Dhaka University,
DSE extends CVO suspension
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Wednesday extended its suspension on trading of shares of CVO Petrochemical Refinery by 15 days as they did not get any instruction from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission in this regard, said an official of the bourse. The DSE on September 24 suspended