Last time Bangladesh played a Test match against New Zealand in Chittagong they had nearly won it. Daniel Vettori snatched the victory from the jaws of defeat for the Kiwis but the performance in that game gave the Tigers at least some confidence. Five years after that epic contest,
Month: October 2013
Nazmul’s DMC panel elected unopposed
The Nazmul Hasan-backed panel for the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s category-2 (Dhaka Metropolitan Clubs) directors was declared to have been elected unopposed after other aspirants backed out of the race on Monday. A total of 21 councillors had submitted their names in the category but on the last day for withdrawals, nine candidates, including BCB president
Some sunshine for Kiwis at last
Rain had confined the New Zealand cricket team mostly to their hotel or the indoor practice facilities since their arrival in Chittagong, and the situation was expected to be no different on Monday. However, the visitors woke up to bright sunshine, which came as a pleasant surprise as it provided them with an opportunity to ... Read more
Jamal, Gazi Tanks go top
A quickfire opening-wicket partnership by Dilshan Munaweera and Junaid Siddiqui propelled Sheikh Jamal to the summit of the Dhaka Premier League standings, while Gazi Tank Cricketers joined them at the top after overcoming Abahani Limited on Monday. Sheikh Jamal romped to a resounding eight-wicket
WC trophy to tour in December
Coca-Cola will bring world football’s greatest prize, the FIFA World Cup trophy, to Bangladesh from December 17 to 19 to give local football fans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the trophy. ‘Today is a very important day, not only for Coca-Cola, but also for football lovers of Bangladesh because for the first time, Coca-Cola, with ... Read more
Maasranga clinch Walton-DRU cricket title
Maasranga Television clinched the Walton-DRU Cricket title for the 3rd time in a row beating ntv by 10 runs in the final at Moulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Monday. Favoured by coin, Maasranga TV batted first to score 96 runs for one in six overs with Mahfuz making the team highest 30 runs. Rakib ... Read more
Tight security taken for Puja, Eid in Rajshahi
THE Rajshahi Metropolitan Police have taken four-tier security measures in the city areas to avert any untoward incident during the two big religious festivals of the Muslims and the Hindus. Durgapuja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus, is scheduled to be held between 10 October and October 14 while Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest festivals ... Read more
Washing hands can save over 1cr lives a year
Lifebuoy’s ‘Help a Child Reach 5’ campaign told The simple habit of washing hands with soap before a meal and after using the toilet can save over one crore lives every year. If taken up by children, the practice can significantly reduce child mortality, helping the government reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Aiming ... Read more
LabAid admits negligence in treatment
The LabAid hospital authorities have admitted their negligence in the treatment of a Dhaka University student in the wake of protests against them. Mostafizur Rahman Masum, a fourth-year student of political science, was diagnosed with tumour in February this year and he was receiving treatment
Book on Illizarov technique for orthopedics launched
A book on orthopedics and trauma titled ‘A color atlas of limb lengthening, surgical reconstruction and deformity correction by Illizarov technique’ was launched on Monday in the capital. The Russian envoy in Dhaka, Alexander A Nikolaev, Green Life Hospital Ltd and Medical College chairman Shamsuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Orthopedic Society secretary
DU female students protest at sexual harassment
Female students of two Dhaka University halls feel insecure due to the continuous sexual harassments on the campus. A group of students from Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall and Bangladesh-Kuwait Moitri Hall on Monday formed a human chain protesting at the recent sexual harassment of their fellows on the hall premises. Some local outsiders Saturday afternoon assaulted
Kamal taking BCC charges today
The Barisal city mayor-elect, Ahsan Habib Kamal, is going to take charges of the city corporation from acting mayor Altaf Mahmud Sikdar today. The city was decorated with the colourful billboards and photos of the mayor-elect on this occasion. The acting mayor, Altaf Mahmud Sikdar,
47 to vie for a seat at RU
A total of 47 students will fight for a seat in the honours first year admission tests at Rajshahi University under 2013-14 academic session. A total of 1,68,224 students registered for taking the test against 3,601 seats under 8 units, the university’s deputy registrar, AHM Aslam Hossain, said.
ACC presses charges against 25 Hallmark, Sonali officials
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday submitted charge sheets in 11 cases against 25 people over the Hallmark-Sonali Bank scam, the country’s biggest ever banking fraud, to a magistrate court in Dhaka. A seven-member investigation team of the commission submitted the long-awaited charges 20 days after its approval, the ACC deputy director
Extradition treaty with India ratified
Envoy says New Delhi ready to exchange documents Eight months after the extradition treaty with India was signed, the Cabinet on Monday ratified it to facilitate handover of criminals between the two countries. The Indian government also ratified the treaty recently. After the Cabinet meeting, held at the secretariat, Cabinet secretary Muhammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan ... Read more
5 hurt in Chittagong madrasa blast
The Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) unearthed huge stocks of sophisticated grenades at Jamiatul Ulum Al Islamia Madrasa, established by Hefazat-e-Islam’s nayeb-e- amir Mufti Izharul Islam, at Lalkhan Bazar in the port city on Monday. On receiving the news of an explosion, the law enforcement personnel rushed to the spot and found a large dump of
BNP chief against development: PM
Sheikh Hasina on Monday alleged that if voted to power, Khaleda Zia would lead the country towards darkness with her “new type of government”. Running the country with a “new-type of government” means disrupting the country’s socio-economic progress, encouraging corruption by
BNP warns govt of mass movement
The BNP acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has termed the ruling AL as a heavy burden for the country, saying that the people are waiting to wage an intensive movement to oust the government from power. “People are preparing themselves for a tough anti-government movement under the leadership of Khaleda Zia, to get ... Read more
Yaba-addict sets alight wife for money
Her life changed its course for the worse 12 years ago because of a spoiled son of a local influential in the capital’s Jurain. The man, who forced her to marry him back then, killed her by setting her on fire yesterday. Manik Chand has become so brutal to his wife, just because her family ... Read more
4 HuJI men held with explosives, ammunition
The Rapid Action Battalion in separate drives arrested four leaders and activists of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami and seized ammunitions and explosives on Sunday evening and early Monday. The arrestees are the outfit’s nayeb-e-ameer for Jessore and Khulna districts Khalilur Rahman, and its finance secretary Sharifuzzaman and members