Dhaka Division skipper Mohammad Sharif has been given a one-match suspension and players from both teams have been fined for the slow over-rate in Dhaka Division’s 46-run victory over Dhaka Metro in Bogra. Dhaka Division and Dhaka Metro combined to bowl 88.1 overs in 392 minutes on the last day, whereas under the playing guidelines they ... Read more
Month: March 2014
7th International Children Film Festival begins
The seventh edition of International Film Festival began through an inauguration ceremony and film screening at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library in the capital on Saturday. Organsied by Children Film Society, the festival features films from 35 countries across the world. With the theme Dreams of Tomorrow in Frames, the week-long festival ... Read more
Bangladesh street theatre festival begins
The 12th Bangladesh Pothonatok Utsab began on Saturday at the Central Shaheed Minar premises amid festivity and fanfare. Bangladesh Pothonatok Parishad has been organising the festival since 2002 with a view to promoting street theatre and to ensuring its practice across the country. This year, a total of 23 Dhaka
Afridi clinches a cliffhanger
Pakistan have one foot in the Asia Cup final after Shahid Afridi steered them to a thrilling one-wicket victory over India with two balls to spare at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. ‘Boom-Boom’ scored 34 off 18 and hit back-to-back sixes to take Pakistan to 249-9, past India’s 245-8 and virtually into the final. Man-of-the-match
Upstart Afghans look to deny Lankans
Riding high after their historic victory over Bangladesh on Saturday, Afghanistan are not intimidated by the strength of their opposition heading into their Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. The Afghans – whose victory sparked celebratory gunfire in the streets of Kabul and prompted congratulatory calls from the president
Tigers bashed for clueless display
The Bangladesh Cricket Board gave a dressing down to the Tigers on Sunday after they suffered an embarrassing 32-run defeat to Afghanistan which effectively threw the hosts out of the Asia Cup title race. The defeat to a non-Test playing country came less than a month after the International Cricket Council had debated their Test status ... Read more
Joy all around for Afghans
Members of the Afghanistan cricket team received cash incentives and had a quiet celebration among themselves after their historical win against Bangladesh at the Asia Cup, said officials and players on Sunday. Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai and finance minister Omar Zakhilwal called them up immediately to send their congratulatory messages and it was
Bangladesh dream of beating India
The Bangladesh football team departed Dhaka on Sunday afternoon with the dream of beating India in the FIFA international friendly on Wednesday in Goa. Bangladesh will draw confidence from Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, who exhibited impressive performances in the recently concluded IFA Shield in Kolkata.
Dhaka post win over Metro in NCL
Dhaka strode to a 46-run win over Dhaka Metro while the other two matches of the fifth round of the 15th National Cricket League petered out in draws on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, Sylhet registered a nine-wicket victory against Barisal at Barisal Divisional Stadium. Dhaka v Dhaka Metro Resuming on 10 without
Fin min rejects BTRC bids on rate cut
Int’l Call Termination Fin min rejects BTRC bids on rate cut The finance ministry has rejected proposals to halve the current international call termination charge and revise the revenue sharing with gateway operators on the grounds that the proposed actions of the telecom regulator lack clarity, vision and proper direction. Finance minister AMA Muhith sought ... Read more
Imports rebound strongly riding on capital machinery, rice
The country’s imports increased by 13.34 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year 2013-14 compared with that of a negative growth of 11.22 per cent in the corresponding period of the FY 2012-13. According to the latest Bangladesh Bank data, settlement of letters of credit, or generally known as actual imports, ... Read more
NBR asks field offices to gear up efforts to achieve revenue targets in 4 months
The National Board of Revenue on Sunday instructed its field offices to take all out efforts to achieve revenue collection targets for the current fiscal year of 2013-14 in the remaining four months, officials said. They said NBR fell short of target by around Tk 10,000 crore in the first seven months of the current fiscal ... Read more
GP leads subscriber acquisition after 3G launch
Country’s mobile users stand at 11.48cr The country’s leading mobile operator Grameenphone has enlisted the highest number of subscribers compared to other operators in four months after the launch of 3G services that give better internet speed. The GP added 16 lakh subscribers in four months till the end of January after the commercial launch of ... Read more
BB to coordinate with BSEC after hiccups
M-banks daily stock reporting to BB might be made weekly Bangladesh Bank will coordinate with the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission in making any capital market-related decision in future, BSEC commissioner Amzad Hossain told reporters on Sunday. The BSEC commissioner’s comment came after a coordination meeting held among BB, BSEC, Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority and ... Read more
Farah Ruma continues to work in films
At the beginning of her career Farah Ruma worked as a dancer. Then she became recognized in modeling. But now she is rather regarded as an actress. Alongside the television programs Farah is also concentrating in films. Her first film is titled ‘Putra Akhon Poishawala’. She is to shoot for her second commercial film soon. ... Read more
South Asian Music Institute founded
In order to promote the rich cultural diversity of South Asian countries and to exchange and strengthen cultural bonds among the countries in the region, an organisation named South Asian Music Institute has been founded recently. The institution began its journey through the first South Asian Music Festival on Friday at the Bangladesh National Museum ... Read more
Day-long Zainul Fest held
A day-long Zainul-Charukala Festival to celebrate the birth centenary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin ended in Barisal on Friday. An exhibition of painting, arts and crafts of Zainul, children’s painting competition and discussion on life, works and achievements of Abedin had been organised as part of the festival at Barisal Ashwini Kumar Hall. Charukala Barisal, the ... Read more
Afghans stun debilitated Tigers
Bangladesh’s worst fear in their build up to the Asia Cup came true on Saturday, as the hosts suffered an embarrassing 32-run defeat to Afghanistan at Fatullah to fall out of the title race. The Tigers hoped to bury all their recent disappointments by picking up a win against a side who, despite their meteoric ... Read more
Mushfiq ton goes in vain
Mushfiqur Rahim’s career best 117 off 113 balls went in vain as India claimed an easy six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in their Asia Cup opening match at Fatullah on Wednesday. Led by stand-in captain Virat Kohli, who also scored a century, India made light work of Bangladesh’s bowling to reach 280-4 with six balls in ... Read more
India-Pakistan crunch tie today
Eternal archrivals India and Pakistan take on each other today at Mirpur with lots at stake for both the teams, none more so than staying in contention for a place in the final of the 12th Asia Cup. The mother of all cricketing clashes, the outcome of the encounter will go a long way in ... Read more