Bangladesh cricketer Sohag Gazi, who performed incredibly in the drawn first Test match against New Zealand that ended on Sunday, had double cause for joy after an impressive all-round performance enabled him to climb upwards in three categories of the official world rankings. The 22-year old off-spinner not only registered
Month: October 2013
Sylhet venue awaits approval
The fate of the Sylhet Divisional stadium, scheduled to host matches of the ICC World Twenty20 next year, will be decided today when the ICC inspection team visits the stadium to see the progress of its development, said BCB officials on Sunday. The eight-member ICC delegation includes event director Chris Tetley, stadium consultant Eugene Van Vuuren,
25 cattle traders drugged, Tk 10.3 lakh looted in Ctg
At least 25 cattle traders, who came to Chittagong to sell sacrificial cattle from various parts of the country, were mugged by drugging gangs in the port city Saturday night. After being drugged, the traders were made senseless by the muggers. The mugging took place at Katgor and Steel
Sales in Barisal cattle market yet to peak
With only two days left for Eid-ul-Azha, cattle markets in Barisal have started being crowded from Saturday afternoon and prices of sacrificial animals are up by 15-20 per cent this year. Extortion, high cost of transport and fodder have been blamed for this price hike. While visiting different legal and illegal
Road crashes kill 10
Ten people were killed and 34 others injured in road accidents across the country yesterday. Our Chittagong correspondent reports, two persons were killed and two others injured when a car carrying them collided head-on with a covered van on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Banshbaria in Sitakunda upazila yesterday. The dead were Jamshed Alam, 65,
Arfin Rumey gets bail
Dhaka Metropolitan Court on Sunday granted bail to classic pop singer Arfin Rumey in a case filed by his first wife under Women and Children Repression Act. According to the court sources, Magistrate Anwar Sadat granted bail to the singer and his brother Yasin Rony after Rumey’s first wife Lamia Akhter Ananya told the court ... Read more
Int’l Day for Disaster Reduction observed
International Day for Disaster Reduction was observed on Sunday focusing on the people with disabilities who are the most vulnerable groups in any disasters. The theme of the day this year was ‘Living with Disability and Disasters’. To mark the day, ministry of disaster
Shohag Gazi makes history
Hits century, takes hattrick in a Test Even though the first Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand ended in a draw, the incredible performance of Shohag Gazi— to hit a century and take a hat-trick— breathed life into the match. Shohag, in fact, attained a singular place in cricket history as no one before him ... Read more
No bar to continue JS after Oct 24: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that the current parliament would stay until January 24 and its session could be prorogued a day before the declaration of poll schedule by the Election Commission. Her announcement came in the wake of the recent debate whether or not the parliament session can be prorogued after October ... Read more
Sundarbans threatened
Private entrepreneurs now setting up shipyards, RMG and other industries near the forest The government is virtually helping industrialists and businesspersons to transform villages around the Sundarbans into an industrial as well as commercial area, grossly violating environmental laws. Government agencies like the Department of Environment and the district administration, which are supposed to be ... Read more
Major deal inked on tannery relocation
Govt, tanners, exporters agree to complete job by Dec next year The government yesterday signed a deal with two tannery associations to speed up the relocation process of the hazardous tanneries from the capital’s Hazaribagh to Savar. The relocation process would be completed by December next year, said Industries Minister Dilip Barua. “Construction of a ... Read more
Forced into migration
Many poor farmers of Rampal area migrating to other places after selling their land, homesteads Small farmers and poor villagers are made scapegoats for the Rampal power plant and other government projects as they are apparently forced to move away after selling up their land to big industrialists. A recent visit to 25 villages in Mongla ... Read more
Hajj begins
Some two million Muslims poured out of the holy city of Makkah Sunday to begin the annual hajj, their numbers reduced on fears of the MERS virus. Saudi Health Minister Abdullah Al-Rabia told reporters late Saturday that authorities had so far detected no cases among the pilgrims of the virus which has killed 60 people ... Read more
Tickets unavailable, home-bound people suffer
With advanced tickets of buses, trains and other vehicles having been sold out, home-bound passengers are left to suffer in the port city. Many people were seen waiting at the Chittagong Railway Station for tickets, but the rail authorities could not provide them with tickets as there were none. According to sources, the Bangladesh Railway
Hasina, Khaleda exchange Eid greetings
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament Khaleda Zia on Sunday exchanged Eid greetings by swapping cards on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Azha. Prime Minster’s protocol officer Sk Aktar Hossain handed over an Eid card on behalf of the Prime Minister to the Opposition Leader’s assistant personal secretary (APS) M ... Read more
Hasina asks Hindus to live with full rights
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the Hindus to live in Bangladesh with full rights, being the ‘children of the soil’. “You’re the children of the soil. You’ll live here with your full rights,” she said, while visiting the Ram Krishna Mission and Dhakeswari Temple to see the Puja Mandaps there. Hasina also said ... Read more
Bijoya Dashami today
Durga Puja Bijoya Dashami today The five-day Durga Puja, the greatest of all Hindu festivals, ends today with solemn immersion of the goddess Durga in the capital and elsewhere in the country. In the morning, devotees will throng the puja mandaps to celebrate Bijoya Dashami, the last day of the festival. The beating of drums and ... Read more
RMG workers rally for arrears, bonus in Gazipur, N’ganj
Readymade garments workers in Gazipur and Narayanganj on Sunday held protests and blocked road, demanding payment of their arrears and festival bonus. In Gazipur, the workers observed strike demanding payment of their wages and bonus in the Barabari and Maleker Bari area of the city on Sunday.
Tazreen owner freed after 17hrs
Workers held him hostage at office for Eid bonus Garment workers of Tuba Group finally drew out their Eid bonus yesterday after holding the owner, Delwar Hossain, hostage for over 17 hours. They released Delwar around 2:30am from his office at North Badda’s Hossain Market in the presence of policemen, said Iqbal Hossain, officer-in-charge
Public holidays for Puja, Eid begin
Most government offices were in a holiday mood on Sunday as holidays for one-day Duga Puja and three-day Eid-ul-Azha for both private and public organisations began today. Attendance was thin at most government offices including the Bangladesh Secretariat on the last office day before the vacation which was followed by the