Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim began his individual preparation ahead of the forthcoming home Test series against Sri Lanka as he returned to practice on Saturday after recovering from injury. Mushfiq, who captained Abahani Limited in the recently concluded Amber Victory Day Twenty20 tournament, sustained a muscle strain in his back during a game against Prime ... Read more
Month: January 2014
Shakib all set to make Big Bash debut today
Shakib Al Hasan is all set to make his Big Bash debut today when the Adelaide Strikers will take on Sydney Sixers at Adelaide. Shakib, the first player of Bangladesh to play in Australian domestic T20 tournament, replaced the Strikers skipper Johan Botha, who was out of the tournament with thumb injury. “Obviously it would ... Read more
Poor batting lets down U-19 team in Asia Cup
A shaky batting performance led Bangladesh Under-19 team’s downfall yet again from the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup tournament in UAE, said the captain Mehedi Hasan Miraj. According to Miraj, the batting performance hit the low in their last match against Sri Lanka which downed their net run rate too. Afghanistan on the other
Zia draws 7th round game in Hastings Chess
GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh drew his seventh round game in the Masters event of the 89th Hasting International Chess Congress-2013 in Horntye Park, Hastings, East Sussex in England on Friday. Zia drew with FM Croad Nicolas of New Zealand and pushed his collection to four points, according to a Bangladesh Chess Federation press release
Big win for Kiwis in Nelson debut
Thorough batting from New Zealand’s top four sealed the fourth one-day match of the series against the West Indies. The hosts triumphed by 58 runs, via Duckworth-Lewis Method once rain set in at 5.14pm. The players exited in the 34th over with the West Indies 134 for five chasing 286 for victory in Saxton Oval’s debut ... Read more
Pakistan earn draw to ride on Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez made most of his good batting form, and a benign pitch, to score a fluent half-century that helped Pakistan earn a comfortable draw in Abu Dhabi after being set a 302-run target in 67 overs. His 101-run stand with Ahmed Shehzad in 37.3 overs, effectively closed the door on Sri Lanka after Suranga ... Read more
Wakilur’s search for new media
Noted artist Wakilur Rahman, interested in new media, has been experimenting with contemporary art over the years and has already gained acclamation in this endeavour. Rahman has shared his experiences and observations about contemporary art in Bangladesh in an interview with New Age. ‘Artists from all over the
Female labour migration for overseas jobs on rise
The overseas employment of female workers has significantly increased although Bangladesh witnessed a negative growth of remittance inflow and drastic fall of labour migration in 2013, according to Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training. Bangladeshi female workers, mostly housemaids and garment workers, were being employed in Jordan, Lebanon,
Two killed as blockade turns violent
The blockade of roads, railway and waterways that the opposition alliance started enforcing on January 1 became violent on the third day on Friday, with two days left to the 10th national elections to be held tomorrow. The alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on the day also announced a general strike for 48 hours ... Read more
48-hour strike begins today
The BNP-led opposition alliance enforces a general strike for 48 hours, amidst the current blockade of roads, railway and waterways, across the country beginning this morning, 24 hours before the national polls scheduled for tomorrow. The BNP chairperson’s adviser Osman Faruque announced the programme at a press conference in the capital on Friday evening
Khaleda asks people to boycott polls
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Friday urged people to totally boycott the ‘farcical’ election scheduled for Sunday. She gave a clarion call to people to carry out ‘democratic movement’ in a situation when she was under ‘house arrest.’ ‘I call upon countrymen to fully
Muhith hints at another election after Jan 24
The poll-time government’s finance minister, AMA Muhith, yesterday dropped hints that the new government would not stay in power for five years. “I don’t think the new government will stay in power for five years. Another general election could be held any day after the formation of the new
10th nat’l polls tomorrow amid oppn boycott
The 10th parliamentary election is set to be held tomorrow in 59 districts across the country, amid boycott by the main opposition BNP and its allies. A total of 390 candidates will contest the polls in 147 parliament constituencies as candidates in the remaining 153 seats have been elected unopposed. As such, no voting will ... Read more
41pc work completed in 8yrs
Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway Only 41 per cent of the upgrading work of the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway to four lanes has been completed till November 30, says a recent Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) report. The deadline for the project is December 2014. According to the monthly IMED report, the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane project has progressed only ... Read more
Failure to hold credible polls not good sign: US
The failure of the major political parties in Bangladesh to take steps to hold free, fair and credible elections is not a good sign, the United States State Department said on Thursday. “As I’ve been clear, they haven’t taken steps to hold free, fair, and credible elections, so clearly that’s not a good sign,” Marie ... Read more
Curtain falls on poll campaign
The curtain on election campaign fell at 8am today, 48 hours ahead of the start of voting for the January 5 election, reports UNB. As per the election rules, now all types of rally, procession and showdown are prohibited in the election areas till 4pm on January 7. No one can call or join any ... Read more
28 more bones retrieved from Rana Plaza site
Police on Friday retrieved 28 human bones, including a broken skull, from the debris of Rana Plaza at Savar, reports UNB. Locals, former workers of the garment factories housed in Rana Plaza recovered the human remains and informed the police. However, after receiving the human bones, officer-in-charge of Savar Model Police Station, Mostafa Kamal, told ... Read more
Blockade hits RMG sector hard
Bangladesh will lose a big share of its readymade garments market to its competitors if the current political unrest and violence continue after the January 5 parliamentary elections, sources said. International buyers are shifting to India, Vietnam, Cambodia and Pakistan cancelling new orders in Bangladesh, said Mohammmed Hatem, acting President of Bangladesh
Bone, skull recoveries raise question over rescue operation
Rana Plaza COLLAPSE Eight months after the Rana Plaza collapse in the city’s suburb Savar, numerous human skulls and bones have surfaced at the disaster site in the past few days, hanging question marks against the Bangladesh Army-led rescue operation earlier. The body remains are being found by the locals, especially by urchins, who crossed the ... Read more
BSF kill 1 on Lalmonirhat border
A Bangladeshi national was beaten to death by the members of Indian Border Security (BSF) along Dabalguri border in Patgram upazila early Friday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Abdul Hoque, son of late Kasar Uddin of Dabalguri village. Witnesses said the BSF members and some Indian nationals caught cattle trader Abdul near the ... Read more