War Of Independence Poems on women’s contribution recited When it comes to contributions in the war of independence in 1971, the male freedom fighters are generally highly glorified in this patriarchal society and the women who also played heroic roles in the war often go unsung. A programme was held to recognise the contributions of ... Read more
Month: March 2014
Boishommo, 2 other films hit screen today
Director Adam Dawla’s debut film Boishommo and Raju Chowdhury’s Toke Bhalobastei Hobe and Ek Number Asami are going to hit the cinemas today across the country. While Raju Chowdhury’s films are usually the commercial Dhallywood types, Dawla’s Boishommo is a film with a difference. The two-hour feature film Boishommo
Boro procurement price set at Tk 31 a kg
10 lakh tonnes of Boro rice to be collected this season The government on Thursday fixed the procurement price of per kilogram Boro rice at Tk 31. The newly fixed price is Tk 2 up from the last season’s price, food minister Qumrul Islam told reporters after a meeting with the national food committee at ... Read more
NBR rejects plea for ticket sales VAT exemption
Icc T20 Cricket NBR rejects plea for ticket sales VAT exemption Organisers of the International Cricket Council T20 World Cup will have to pay value-added tax on sales of tickets as the National Board of Revenue rejected an exemption plea of Bangladesh Cricket Board in this regard, officials of the revenue board said. The VAT wing ... Read more
IDRA forms body to probe Standard Group’s false insurance claim
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority on Thursday formed a probe committee to investigate the reported attempt by the Standard Group to embezzle money through false insurance claim following a fire incident in one of its garment factory in Gazipur. A three-member committee, under supervision of IDRA consultant AKM Iftekhar Ahmed, will
DSE inks high-cost deals with 2 US cos today
Trading System Purchase DSE inks high-cost deals with 2 US cos today The Dhaka Stock Exchange has decided that it will strike final deals with two US-based companies today to procure costly trading systems for the bourse keeping in mind its plan of introducing derivative and commodity markets in future. The bourse made the decision at ... Read more
New power connection within 40 days after application: minister
Consumers will get power connections within 40 days after applying instead of waiting for long, said state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu on Thursday. The government is planning to install Fast Track Centre to provide new power connection within 40 days after applying to ease the consumers’ sufferings, said
Big boys get started today
For some people, the ICC World Twenty20 2014 only begins today. A total of 10 matches have been played already, three teams have crashed out of the tournament and three more are counting their time, but they do not matter to people who think cricket is just a game for a few elites. The confusing format ... Read more
Irish looking to clinch S10 spot
Which of the four teams from Group B go through to the Super 10 phase of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 will be decided today but Ireland are clearly ahead of the rest as they face Netherlands at 3:30pm in Sylhet. With Zimbabwe taking on the United Arab Emirates earlier in the day at the ... Read more
Bangladesh top group
Asian Hockey Games Qualifiers Bangladesh top group Bangladesh remained unbeaten in the Asian Hockey Games Qualifiers as they registered their third consecutive victory after going past Iran 3-0 at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. The hosts topped Group B with nine points from three games and are set to face Sri Lanka on Saturday ... Read more
Jamal post record scoreline
Sheikh Jamal DC set a new record for the biggest margin of victory in their last game of the first phase of the Bangladesh Premier Football League as they routed Uttar Baridhara 8-0 at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Sheikh Jamal’s attacking duo Emeka Darlington and Wedson Anselme scored seven goals between themselves while skipper Mamunul ... Read more
Van Persie treble rescues MU
Robin van Persie scored a hat-trick as Manchester United kept their season alive by storming back to beat Olympiakos 3-0 and reach the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday. United were left on the brink of elimination after losing the first leg of the last 16 tie 2-0, but on a stirring night at Old Trafford ... Read more
Dol Purnima Lalon Smaran Utsab ends
The five-day Lalon Smaran Utsab-2014 (Lalon memorial festival) ended on Wednesday at the shrine of the most influential baul, Fakir Lalon Shah at Chheuriy, in Kushtia. The festival is usually held in the first week of the month of Chaitra in the Bangla calendar marking dol purnima (full moon night). The festival was organised
Tigers focused ahead of HK tilt
Bangladesh are keen to continue to demonstrate their superiority without showing any mercy when they take on ICC Associate Member Hong Kong today to confirm their place in the ICC World Twenty20 Super 10 stage. A stumble against Hong Kong and a big Nepal win against Afghanistan could see the Tigers bounced from the competition on ... Read more
Farcical end to Ireland-UAE game
Ireland, on 101-3 inside the 14th over chasing 124 for victory, were romping to a convincing win over the United Arab Emirates at Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Wednesday with 23 runs required from 36 balls and seven wickets in hand. The Irish could never have thought that they would have to be content with a 21-run ... Read more
Tigers benefit from pre-WT20 break
The Bangladesh team is reaping the benefits of a short break after their successive defeats in the Sri Lanka series and the Asia Cup as it has allowed them to regroup, coach Shane Jurgensen said on Wednesday. After nine successive defeats, the Tigers turned things around in their first practice match against the UAE and only ... Read more
SA crush Pakistan in warm-up
South Africa overcame the injury fears surrounding paceman Dale Steyn and skipper Faf du Plessis to humiliate Pakistan by eight wickets in their final warm-up match at Fatullah on Wednesday. Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Beuran Hendricks and Wayne Parnell each grabbed two wickets as South Africa dismissed Pakistan for 71 runs, the lowest total
India cruise past England in warm-up
India beat England by 20 runs in ICC World Twenty20 warm-up match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, sending the 2010 winners to their second defeat in as many days. England never threatened to chase down 179, falling well behind the required rate despite a bright start at 51-1 after six overs. pener Michael Lumb
ADP spending in tatters
The implementation of the annual development programme continued at a slow pace as only 38 per cent of the ADP funds was used in July-February period of the current financial year compared to 44 per cent in the same period of the previous year. Planning ministry officials said low utilisation of both government allocation and project ... Read more
RMG workers to get Tk 50,000 each by April 15
Rana Plaza Donor’s Fund RMG workers to get Tk 50,000 each by April 15 The Rana Plaza compensation coordination committee has decided that a total of 3,639 workers who worked at the five garment factories housed in the collapsed building at Savar will get Tk 50,000 each from the Rana Plaza Donor’s Trust Fund by ... Read more