South Africa reached the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 as they defeated England by three runs in Chittagong on Saturday to effectively rule the latter out of the competition. The win was scripted on the back of skipper AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla’s half-centuries along with Wayne Parnell’s bowling efforts at Zahur ... Read more
Month: March 2014
Power rears ugly head again
The ongoing ICC World Twenty20 tournament received a further blow as floodlights went off twice in the Super 10 clash between England and South Africa as the generator provided by the directors and selectors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board collapsed during the game in Chittagong on Saturday. OMNI Power, a company linked with by cricket operations ... Read more
Cultural organisations observe Independence Day
Different cultural organisations and institutes observed the 44th Independence and National Day of the country on Wednesday amid much vibrancy and festivity. The special programmes, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh Liberation War Museum, Sammilito Sangskritik Jote and others, consisted of music concerts, theatre shows,
Rakhi Sawant to contest Lok Sabha polls
The Lok Sabha election in Mumbai North-West constituency will get a dose of glamour with the entry of Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant as an Independent candidate, reports The Hindustan Times. ‘I have been virtually mobbed by people demanding that I should fight the election, so here I am,’ Sawant told media persons here Wednesday. ... Read more
Sammy wins a war for WI
Darren Sammy forced James Faulkner to eat a humble pie, smashing him two sixes off two balls in the final over to lead West Indies to a pulsating six-wicket win over Australia in the ICC World Twenty20 in Dhaka on Friday. In the lead-up to the game, Faulkner hurt the ego of West Indies team ... Read more
England confident after epic chase
Both South Africa and England are concerned about the dew and the lights at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, with the latter opting for a double-training session on Friday ahead of their crucial encounter today. After their scheduled optional practice session at the ZACS from 2:00 pm on Friday, England returned with the full team to ... Read more
Mushfiq blasts Tigers’ top order
Top-order batsmen’s return to form seems to be the only solution to the present crisis of the Bangladesh cricket team, said skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, as the Tigers received yet another thrashing in the ICC World Twenty20, this time at the hands of India by eight wickets on Friday. Bangladesh suffered a batting collapse early in their ... Read more
State-run banks still hold huge defaulted loans
Rescheduling before Jan 5 polls fails to make situation better The country’s eight state-run banks held 61.51 per cent of the total defaulted loans in the banking sector as of December 31, 2013 despite a rescheduling spree by the banks in the last quarter of the year on political consideration. Three out of the eight state-run ... Read more
430 receive Tk 50,000 each in first phase
Rana Plaza Donor’s Fund 430 receive Tk 50,000 each in first phase Four hundred and thirty workers and families of deceased workers of New Wave Bottoms, one of the five clothing factories housed in Rana Plaza that collapsed on April 24, 2013, on Friday received Tk 50,000 each in compensation from the Donor’s Trust Fund ... Read more
Documentary Fest begins today
The fifth biennale of Bangladesh Documentary Festival will begin today at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum. Bangladesh Documentary Council has been organising the festival since 2004 with a view to promoting documentary making in the country. The five-day festival titled Documenting Bangladesh 5, will screen a total of 32 documentaries, all of which
Tigers dejected ahead of India clash
If winning is a habit, losing is no different. No team knows it better than Bangladesh, who own the dubious record of losing the most consecutive Tests and one-day internationals. They had the same ignominy in Twenty20s too until Zimbabwe surpassed their record in 2012. So it is not a completely new situation that
Birthday boy Tahir cherishes success
South African spinner Imran Tahir gave himself a nice birthday presentation when he put in a match winning performance to spare the blushes of his side in their ICC World Twenty20 match against minnows Netherlands in Chittagong on Thursday. Tahir, who turned 36 on the day, picked up 4-21, as South Africa snatched the win from ... Read more
Muhith eyes ambitious budget again
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday said the next budget would be an ‘ambitious’ one as it would be the first of the new government. He projected the size of the next budget at around Tk 2.50 lakh crore. Talking to reporters after a pre-budget discussion with local think-tanks including state-funded BIDS and Policy Research Institute at ... Read more
UAE deep-sea port investment proposal puzzles govt
Senior bureaucrats of the government are puzzled with a unique investment proposal from the United Arab Emirates linking their participation in Sonadia deep-sea port with awarding contracts for two other infrastructure projects. A senior official of DP World, a UAE government-owned company, placed their new investment proposal at a high-level meeting at the
An inexhaustible well for theatre activists
War Of Independence An inexhaustible well for theatre activists The war of independence, with all its glory and loss, courage and suffering, has been an inexhaustible well of stories for the theatre practitioners of the country, say theatre activists. No other historical event has provided local theatre practitioners with such a treasure to exploit for ... Read more
Films on liberation war: Directors talk on challenges
Several powerful films on the liberation war have been made in 44 years since Bangladesh won her freedom in 1971. The directors of some of these films have shared their challenges and gratification on making independence war-based films with New Age. Noted director Chashi Nazrul Islam made Ora Egarojon, the first film on the war ... Read more
More curb put on Sonali, Janata loan disbursement
Bangladesh Bank has reduced credit ceiling for two state-owned commercial banks — Sonali and Janata — due to their poor financial health for this year. The central bank, however, raised the limit for Rupali Bank and kept it unchanged for Agrani Bank. The BB took the move in a bid to curb the rise in
US senator warns against torture of trade unionists
Gsp Restoration US senator warns against torture of trade unionists Tofail terms comments unwanted The chairman of the US senate committee on foreign relations Robert Menendez has warned that he would not support the reinstatement of generalized system of preferences for Bangladesh if the factory owners continue harassment and intimidation of trade union organisers and ... Read more
Foreign loan commitment drops by 24pc
Commitments of foreign loans and grants declined by 24 per cent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year because of political unrest surrounding the national election and the government’s thorny relations with the international lenders over Padma Bridge scam. The latest data of the Economic Relations Division
IPO of Far East Knitting gets BSEC nod
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday approved the initial public offering of Far East Knitting and Dyeing Industries to raise fund worth Tk 67.50 crore floating its 2.50-crore shares. As per the BSEC approved, the offer price of each share of the company has been set at Tk 27 including premium of Tk 17 ... Read more