Bangladesh T20 Challenge Series Selectors in search of T20 talent The national think-tank said they will be observing the development of cricketers’ skills in the shortest format of the game during the three match Bangladesh T20 Challenge Series between the national team and the Bangladesh A team, scheduled to begin on December 10. They emphasis ... Read more
Month: December 2013
Hosts’ struggles continue in Open badminton
Rias Uddin failed to advance to the fourth round of the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International Badminton Challenge on Wednesday, falling to number two seed Shubhankar Dey of India in the men’s singles event. Rias was the only Bangladeshi shuttler left in the men’s singles draw after his straight-sets win over Malaysian opponent Jean Yea Tin
Cricketer journeyman
Bangladesh’s first Test centurion Aminul Islam Bulbul today leads a life that resembles a modern day journeyman. You might catch a glimpse of him in China, discussing the finer details of the game’s development and then by the end of the week he would have travelled thousands of miles away to Kuwait to organise an ... Read more
Siddikur eyeing Hong Kong title
Siddikur Rahman will be looking to add further glory to a spectacular season with a good showing at the 1.3-million-dollar Hong Kong Open which starts at the spectacular Hong Kong Golf Club today. The 29-year old golfer finished fourth at the Indonesian Open last week with constant performance throughout the four rounds and will be ... Read more
100-day countdown to WT20 begins tonight
The 100-day countdown to the first match of the ICC World Twenty20 will begin at midnight tonight with the simultaneous unveiling of countdown clocks in the three host cities of Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet. Concerts by popular local music groups and celebratory displays will mark the occasion, which will start at 10pm and carry on into ... Read more
In love with badminton
In Chinese Taipei, every kid starts playing either badminton or table tennis when he/she can handle the weight of a racquet. For Pai Hsiao Ma it was badminton. Initially it was, however, all for fun like many others who never consider this game as profession. But her family saw special talent in Pai and
Sylhet gets ICC green light
Doubts hovering over the status of Sylhet Divisional Stadium as an ICC World Twenty20 venue were removed on Wednesday after the visiting ICC inspection team were happy with its progress. ‘We are satisfied with its progress and to be honest it is quite ready to host International matches,’ Chris Tetley, the ICC event manager, told ... Read more
Budget boost for hockey turf
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation received a green signal from the ministry of finance regarding financial assistance to install a new synthetic turf at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, said an official on Wednesday. Federation of International Hockey president Leandro Negre had announced during his Dhaka visit in February that he would help the
Jamalpur schools breed success
Out of the seven gold medals won by the Bangladeshi athletes on the second day of the Asia Pacific Games of Special Olympics in Newcastle, Australia, three were won by the students of two schools of Jamalpur. Chaitee Aktar and Humayun Kabir, both from the Speech and Hearing Impairment School of Kacharipara in Jamalpur, won gold ... Read more
Junior Tigers lose practice match against WI U-19
The visiting West Indies Under-19 side defeated their Bangladeshi counterparts by 144 runs in a tour match in Chittagong on Wednesday to start their month-long campaign on the right foot. Three half-centuries helped West Indies U-19 reach 263-5, and the tourists then dismissed the hosts for 149 runs in 38.2 overs, giving them
JP members to quit poll-time cabinet
Ershad says decision is final; threatens to kill himself if govt tries to arrest him A day after announcing his decision to boycott the election, Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday directed ministers of his party to step down from the poll-time cabinet. He alleged that people were against the incumbent government led ... Read more
8 more killed
Fifth day of blockade Eight people, including a college student, were killed and 100 others injured in the capital and elsewhere in the country on the fifth day of the blockade programme, called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance, on Wednesday. Among the deceased, five died in a train derailment incident in Gaibandha, three others were ... Read more
Delhi wants stability in Bangladesh
Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary, Sujatha Singh said on Wednesday that the parliamentary election should have the participation of maximum number of parties. “Yes…well, any election that is held should have the participation of maximum number of parties,” she said when asked whether India expected an inclusive poll shortly. She was talking to a selected group
Rising living costs eat up RMG workers’ wage benefit
Ready-made garment (RMG) workers will gain little from the new wage structure as the costs of accommodation, food, transportation and other basic requirements have gone up significantly in the country’s industrial belts, much ahead of its implementation. Although garment makers and workers’ leaders
BR loses passengers due to political unrest
Bangladesh Railway has been virtually paralysed in recent months with fewer passengers opting for train journeys due to countrywide political unrest. In the peak season for travels, spanning November and February, the railway communication between Dhaka and the outlying destinations
Death stops Ohidur from going home
Shahbagh Bus Arson Death stops Ohidur from going home The last words that Ohidur Rahman Babu told his mother on Monday were, ‘Mother! Do not cry. My wounds will be healed. I will return home soon. Just pray for me.’ Saleha Begum, mother of Ohidur, 22, a first-year political science student at Dhaka College, was ... Read more
Khoka arrested
BNP Vice Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka was arrested from Uttara area in the capital on Wednesday night. BNP leader was arrested in a joint drive by the Detective Branch of Police (DB) and the elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). Khoka, also the convener of the Dhaka city unit of BNP, was arrested from house no-18 at ... Read more
Polls under Hasina, says Ashraf
Awami League has decided not to bow down to the main opposition BNP’s demand for Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as the head of the election-time government to oversee the coming polls. The Central Working Committee of Awami League (ALCWC) took the decision unanimously at a meeting held at the Ganabhaban Wednesday
BNP asks govt to accept demand by Thursday
The BNP-led 18-party alliance has issued an ultimatum to the government to accept the opposition’s demand for election under a non-party poll-time administration— within 5pm on Thursday—failing which, it would go for a fresh spell of harsher movements. In the ultimatum, the Election Commission has also been asked to postpone the schedule for the 10th
Nisha urges parties to restrain violence in B’desh
U.S. assistant secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal has again called on all sides in Bangladesh to restrain violence and find ways for credible and violence-free elections. ‘Violence has no place in the democratic process. And we think it’s very important that all sides find ways to move forward to have free, ... Read more