Friday, March 29, 2024

Sohag Gazi too ruled out of Asia Cup

Bangladesh spinner Sohag Gazi has been ruled out of the Asia Cup after suffering a cut on his right thumb while fielding off his own bowling during Saturday’s Asia Cup match against Afghanistan. ‘The cut was caused by the seam and it had to be stitched up. He will need seven to ten days to ... Read more

Afghan pair teach Tigers a lesson

If Bangladesh’s batsmen failed to learn anything from Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara because they put his ability to repeatedly produce heroic performances down to his international experience, they should have paid close attention to the Afghans on Saturday. While Bangladeshi batsmen have failed to capitalise on comfortable platforms on several occasions, their

Siddik second in Delhi after play-off

Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman just missed his second straight victory at the Delhi Golf Club, finishing second at the season-opening SAIL-SBI Open after losing the first play-off hole to India’s Rashid Khan on Saturday. After Siddik and Khan finished Saturday’s final round level at 18-under – six strokes ahead of Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg in third – they ... Read more

Service providing agencies to get access to NBR online database

Checking Fake Tin Submission Service providing agencies to get access to NBR online database The National Board of Revenue is going to allow some service providing agencies partial access to its online database to crosscheck the authenticity of taxpayer’s identification number submitted by a service seeker with the application for the services, officials of the ... Read more

Telcos asked to get mobile banking nod from BB

Three months timeframe set for retrospective approval The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has recently asked the mobile phone companies to get the service and tariff approval for mobile financial service from Bangladesh Bank. According to a BTRC letter issued on February 9, the mobile phone companies have to obtain within three months the mobile financial service ... Read more

Apparel exporters eye more stride in alternative markets

Garment manufacturers have turned their focus on getting more stride into the non-traditional market buoyed by recent success and against the backdrop of tough conditions frequently being imposed by the EU and the US — the two major export destinations. According to exporters and experts, despite being the second largest apparel exporter in the world,

Alliance gives more time for relocation

RMG Factory In Shared Building Alliance gives more time for relocation Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a group of North American retailers, has agreed to the demand from the garment factory owners for more time to relocate their (factory owners) units from shared or rented buildings. At a meeting with the factory owners at the Bangladesh ... Read more

Aman procurement target extended by 1 lakh tonnes

The government has extended the procurement target of aman rice by one lakh tonnes for the current aman season to boost stock and help ensure fair price to the growers, food department officials said. As per the latest decision, the government would now procure a total of four lakh tonnes, instead of three lakh tonnes of ... Read more

Sultan Mela in full swing in Narail

An eight-day long Sultan Mela, in celebration of the 89th birth anniversary of world famous artist SM Sultan, is going on at a full swing at Sultan Mancha in Narail Government Victoria College premises. Different cultural groups, in association with Sultan foundation and district administration, have organised the fair to mark the birth anniversary of ... Read more

Tigers in flux ahead of Afghan challenge

Mashrafee ruled out, Mushfiq in doubt Bangladesh received another major blow to their ongoing Asia Cup campaign on Friday as paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza was ruled out of the tournament with a side strain ahead of their crucial match against Afghanistan today. The injury could not be more ill-timed for the hosts, who have not been ... Read more

Sangakkara masterclass sinks India

Veteran batsman Kumar Sangakkara produced a masterclass batting performance and Sri Lanka took a giant step towards reaching the Asia Cup final after pipping India by two wickets at Fatullah on Friday. In pursuit of 265 for victory on a flat, unresponsive wicket, Sangakkara held his nerve and smashed his 18th one-day international century as the ... Read more

Afghans await big day

Not every game that Afghanistan play do they want a win so desperately. The cricketers from the war-torn country made their maiden Asia Cup journey with a single game in their mind and today is their day as they face hosts Bangladesh at Fatullah. Of the four Test-playing countries plying their

Govt to create RMG database with public access

Garment owners express reservations about full publice access The government has taken a move to create a publicly accessible database of the country’s garment factories but the manufacturers have expressed their fear that public discloser of factory report would hamper their business and benefit their competitors. Expressing reservations about full public access

Prices of sugar, edible oil rise

The prices of sugar, edible oil and maida (refined flour) increased on the retail market in the capital over the week ending Friday due to supply shortage of the commodities on the wholesale markets. Traders said that the refiners had reduced their daily sales of sugar and at the same time some wholesalers had made stock ... Read more