Sri Lanka batting coach Marvan Atapattu on Thursday said that the visitors were pleased to have taken part in a nail-biter in the first Twenty20 international as they believed it will help them be more equipped ahead of the ICC World T20. The Lankans prevailed by two runs in a close encounter against the hosts in ... Read more
Month: February 2014
De Kruif to talk about unpaid wages
National football team’s Dutch head coach Lodewijk de Kruif on Thursday said that he, alongside his assistant Rene Koster want to settle the issue of outstanding wages before they start planning for the international friendly against India scheduled for March 5. De Kruif informed the media that both he and Koster were still to receive ... Read more
6 army, BGB men killed
Mortar explodes during training Two army and four Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel were killed and 10 others injured as a mortar shell exploded accidentally during an exercise at Ghatail Cantonment in Tangail yesterday. The deceased were identified as Manjur, senior warrant officer, and Parvez, a junior
Cool weather to herald in spring
A dry weather, cool crispy air and the fragrance of flowers will herald the advent of spring on Pahela Falgun today. Revellers can look forward to a pleasant day without rains as nature rolls over into the season of romance, finally bidding farewell to the reluctant winter this year. The young at heart can certainly look ... Read more
Jaya named best actress
National Film Award Jaya named best actress This is for the second consecutive time that Jaya Ahsan has won the National Film Award in the best actress category. This year she clinched the award for her performance in Redoan Rony’s film Chorabali, according to an information ministry gazette issued on February 6. Last year, Jaya won ... Read more
Our conjugal life continuous for ages: Tisha-Farooki
The celebrity couple filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and actor Nusrat Imroz Tisha claim they are complementary to each other. They have always been helpful to each other in their three years of conjugal life followed by a five-year low-key romance. On the eve of Pahela Phalgun, the couple shared their personal life stories regarding Pahela ... Read more
Take opposition parties into confidence to heal economy
MCCI tells govt, warns political calm may be short-lived The present calm after the January 5 elections may be short-lived and economic activities could be affected again if the government fails to take the opposition political parties into confidence, said the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday. In the second quarter economic review ... Read more
Govt not to privatise any more SOEs, says Amu
Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu on Wednesday said the government would not sell out any more state-owned mills and factories for the sake of sustainable industrialisation in the country. He said this at a meeting with the leaders of the sugarcane farmers’ federation at his secretariat office at Motijheel, said industries ministry officials.
NBR imposes 10pc tax on mobile banking income
The National Board of Revenue on Wednesday enforced 10 per cent tax at source on banks, mobile phone operators and service delivery agents on their income derived from mobile banking services, officials of the NBR said. According to NBR decision, banks, mobile phone operators, technology service providers and service delivery agents involved with mobile
Internet price cut soon: minister
The government will soon reduce the internet price to facilitate country’s growth, said post, telecom and ICT state-minister Zunaid Ahmed on Wednesday. ‘We are working with sincerity on the issue and hope to deliver a good news soon,’ he told reporters at his office on the day. He said that the growth of
Import surges by 11pc in Jan
The country’s overall imports increased by 10.85 per cent in January of this year against a negative growth of 6.45 per cent in the corresponding month of last year due mainly to higher import of food gains — particularly rice and wheat — and capital machinery. According to Bangladesh Bank data, the overall settlement of letters ... Read more
Heartbreak as Tigers lose thriller
Batman Anamul Haque’s maiden Twenty20 International half-century went in vain on Wednesday as Bangladesh were defeated by two runs in the first of two Twenty20s against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Anamul scored a 45-ball 58 and kept the hosts in the chase till the very last delivery but could not have ... Read more
Mashrafee rues luck, praises Tigers
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said bad luck was responsible for his side’s defeat against Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 International at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday. Bangladesh missed an opportunity to secure a thrilling victory against the highest-ranked Twenty20 side, losing by two runs in a match that went
Mohun Bagan keen on playing in Dhaka
A top official of Indian club Mohun Bagan proposed Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin to organise a tournament in Dhaka featuring the top sides of India and Bangladesh. The official expressed his interest on behalf of Mohun Bagan in light of Bangladeshi top flight club Sheikh Jamal DC’s recent successes in the
Sakib a Knight Rider again
Star all-rounder Sakib al Hasan was sold to the Kolkata Knight Riders for Indian Rs 2.8 crore (Tk 3.5 crore, $450,000) at the Indian Premier League 2014 player auction in Bangalore on Wednesday, while Indians Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik fetched record prices for their services. Yuvraj was bought for a record Rs 14 crore by ... Read more
Kusal plays down Jaya comparisons
Sri Lanka opener Kusal Perera on Wednesday denied that he copied legendary batsman Sanath Jayasuriya’s swashbuckling approach and said that he was just happy being himself. Kusal, who is often compared to Jayasuriya for his style of batting which includes employing the bottom-handed batting grip, played a match-winning
LeBron leads Heat past Suns
LeBron James had 25 of his game-high 37 points in the second half and 11 in the final four minutes as the Miami Heat shook off the pesky Phoenix Suns 103-97, reports Reuters. James added nine rebounds and five steals and centre Chris Bosh added 21points, including a big three-pointer that put the Heat up ... Read more
Three in one
Cost effective agricultural tool made in Dinajpur A locally manufactured harvester in Dinajpur proves to be an all-in-one device, while the cost is relatively low. Anwar Hossain, a 51-year old quack at Dakkhin Basudevpur village under Phulbari upazila, designed the machine that can harvest, thresh and pack paddy or wheat simultaneously. The machine, which requires only ... Read more
Birds avoiding Hakaluki haor
Number comes down to one-third this year The number of migratory birds visiting Hakaluki Haor has dropped almost to one-third this winter compared to that of the same season three years back. Only 23,041 birds were counted in the water body during a two-day survey that ended yesterday. The number was 64,282 during the last ... Read more
Journos decry failure to ensure justice
The journalist community yesterday urged the government to solve the mystery behind the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi and bring their killers to book. Sagar, news editor of Maasranga Television, and Runi, senior reporter of ATN Bangla, were brutally killed in their rented apartment in East Rajabazar on February 11, 2012. ... Read more