Bangladesh national team coach Shane Jurgensen backed out-of-favour batsman Naeem Islam after he was omitted from the 14-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka, which starts on 27 January in Dhaka. Naeem, who missed the Sri Lanka tour last year due to injury, rediscovered his form in the last ODI series against New Zealand ... Read more
Month: January 2014
Mahmudullah takes 12 in win
Walton Central Zone captain Mahmudullah claimed his second five-wicket haul of the match to clinch a dramatic 37-run victory over Prime Bank South Zone in the Bangladesh Cricket League at BKSP-3 on Tuesday. One day after Taijul Islam won the man-of-the-match award at BKSP-2 for his 12 wickets in BCB North Zone’s victory over Islami Bank ... Read more
Muktis beat Sk Russell again
Muktijoddha Sangsad overcame the challenge of Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra once again, this time in the Bangladesh Premier Football League on Tuesday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The first meeting between the two sides came at the group stage of the season’s opening tournament, the Federation Cup, where Muktijoddha prevailed over the Blues and the
Sylhet officially ruled out of SL series
The Sylhet Divisional Stadium was officially ruled out from the fixture of the forthcoming home series against Sri Lanka, said a Bangladesh Cricket Board official on Tuesday. The decision was announced at a ticketing partnership declaration programme held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. ‘The match which was
Negre to launch school hockey
International Hockey Federation president Leandro Negre will launch the National School Hockey Championship, set to begin from February. This will be Negre’s second visit to Bangladesh in a year and the FIH president is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on January 31 before announcing the school
RMG makers want 1pc cash incentive against exports
Exporters of the readymade garment products have demanded that the government should give one per cent cash incentive for export of all types of RMG items, leaders of the apparel exporters associations said. The finance ministry early this month decided to provide cash incentive at the rate of 0.25 per cent on the freight on board ... Read more
Farm loan release up 16pc in H1
Farm loan disbursement posted a 16.03-per cent growth in the first half (July-December) of the current financial year from that in the same period of the FY13 due to a decreased credit demand from the industrial sector. Bangladesh Bank data released on Tuesday, however, showed that 19 banks had disbursed farm loan below 30 per cent ... Read more
BSEC fines one co, warns 16 others for flouting directive
Directors’ Shareholding BSEC fines one co, warns 16 others for flouting directive The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday fined a company and warned 16 others for non-obedience with a BSEC directive which asked sponsor-directors of listed companies to hold 2 per cent shares individually and 30 per cent jointly. The capital market regulator ... Read more
Govt plans to scrap condition of solar panel installation
New Power Connections Govt plans to scrap condition of solar panel installation The government is planning to scrap the condition of installing rooftop solar panels in residential buildings in city areas for getting power connection following repeated demands of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh, state minister for power Nasrul Hamid hinted on ... Read more
Dip in icy water to purify souls!
Hundreds of Russian Orthodox Christians have plunged into icy water around Eastern Europe to mark the feast of Epiphany. In temperatures as low as -17C, the believers wore little more than basic swimming costumes as they leapt into lakes and plunge pools to confirm their willingness to follow Jesus. With snow piled high around
Malaysia starts crackdown on illegal workers
Malaysia started a crackdown last night on illegal migrant workers, including those from Bangladesh. Earlier yesterday, a source at Bangladesh high commission in Kuala Lumpur said that the Malaysian police would raid work places of the migrants and their residences to detain illegal foreigners staying without valid documents. Meanwhile, Expatriate Welfare
JUTA polls on Jan 29
Elections to the 15-member executive committee of Jahangirnagar University Teachers Association (JUTA) will be held on January 29. Chief Election Commissioner Prof Md Akter Mahmud announced the polls schedule on Sunday. The teachers will elect president, vice-president, general secretary, joint secretary along with eleven members of the executive committee. The voting
Nirmalendu Goon’s poems recited
Eminent poet Nirmalendu Goon’s popular poems were presented at a recitation programme at the Experimental Theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday. Recitation organisation Sangbrita Abritty Charcha O Bikash Kendra organsied the programme titled Agnidadhho Nakshikantha where the artistes of the organisation recited the
Shamsur earns Test nod, Imrul recalled
Opening batman Shamsur Rahman was rewarded for his recent form with a place in the Test set-up on Monday when Bangladesh named its 14-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka. Shamsur, who played a brilliant knock of 96 runs in the third one-day international against New Zealand to help Bangladesh complete a 3-0 ... Read more
Relaxed Shamsur in national set-up
Uncapped Shamsur Rahman on Monday said that not taking undue pressure upon himself eventually helped him to get into the Bangladesh squad for the first home Test match against Sri Lanka starting January 27. Gone are the days when Shamsur spent most of his time fretting about what went wrong as the hard-hitting batsman could not ... Read more
Taijul takes 12 in North win
Man-of-the-match Taijul Islam claimed another five-for at BKSP-2 on Monday to give him 12 scalps in BCB North Zone’s seven-wicket victory over Islami Bank East Zone with a day to spare in the Bangladesh Cricket League. Meanwhile, Prime Bank South Zone require another 151 runs on the final day with seven wickets remaining to defeat Walton ... Read more
BCB relieved as security briefing ends
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday heaved a sigh of relief after it successfully completed the security briefing over the ICC World Twenty20, 2014 to the representatives of participating teams. Representatives of five top cricketing nations – Australia, England, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – attended the briefing along with the ICC and BCB officials ... Read more
BJMC smash seven past Baridhara
Team BJMC came back after consecutive defeats to Muktijoddha and Mohammedan in the Bangladesh Premier League with a massive 7-0 thrashing of Uttar Baridhara at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. This was the seventh time a team has won 7-0 in BPL history. Mohammedan has managed the feat four times, while Abahani Limited did it ... Read more
Abahani, Usha seal easy wins
Abahani Limited and Usha Krira Chakra both recorded their second consecutive victory in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Monday. Abahani thumped Dhaka Wanderers Club 11-0 while last season’s runners-up Usha KC overcame Azad Sporting Club 5-1. Abahani’s national forward
Muhith cuts growth forecast to 6.3pc
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Monday lowered the forecast of growth rate of the country’s gross domestic products to 6.3 per cent in the current fiscal year from the earlier projected 7.2 per cent. The GDP growth rate will be 6.3 per cent in the current fiscal year, he told reporters after a meeting with the ... Read more