Bangladesh began their ICC World Twenty20 campaign on a winning note with a four-wicket victory over the United Arab Emirates in their first warm-up match, but not before sweating it out in the middle against the semi-professional unit at Fatullah on Wednesday. The top order failed to deliver as expected and
Month: March 2014
Tamim insists Tigers must improve
Bangladesh will be keen to focus on developing their game in the Twenty20 format rather than resting on their laurels after finally breaking out of their cycle of defeat. Bangladesh defeated the United Arab Emirates by four wickets in a practice match at the Fatullah Stadium on Wednesday, though their performance against
BCB concert holds other feds hostage
Officials of different sports federations expressed their shock and anger as they were left hostage by the Bangladesh Cricket Board ahead of a musical concert at the Bangabandhu National Stadium today. Most of the federations had to shun their activities because of the concert where Oscar winning music composer AR Rahman and Senegalese-American R&B singer ... Read more
Afghans roll over Dutch
Afghanistan won their first World Twenty20 warm-up match in Chittagong on Sunday, beating the Netherlands by 35 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method after a power failure interrupted the game. Afghanistan, who face Bangladesh in the World T20 opener on March 16 in a match likely to decide the Group A winner, won the toss and posted ... Read more
BCB red-faced as power failure disrupts match
Power failure marked the beginning of the official warm-up matches ahead of the ICC World Twenty20, 2014, leaving the host Bangladesh Cricket Board red-faced on Wednesday. The practice match between Afghanistan and the Netherlands was disrupted at least twice as the floodlights went down after an unexpected power failure at
1,000 errant house owners, traders pay taxes out of 1.66 lakh detected
Almost all house owners and businessmen detected as suspected tax dodgers have ignored the order of the National Board of Revenue for paying income tax while only less than 1,000 of them submitted income tax returns till date, NBR chairman Ghulam Hussain said on Wednesday. He said that the revenue board through its door-to-door survey-2012 detected
TCB to intervene thru 3,000 dealers
Ramadan Market TCB to intervene thru 3,000 dealers Essential food items at prices cheaper than those in the market would be sold throughout the country before and during the holy month of Ramadan through 3,000 dealers of TCB, commerce minister Tofail Ahmed said on Wednesday. The items are—lentil, edible oil, peas, dates and onions. ‘We are committed ... Read more
BB to monitor forex transaction through credit, debit cards
Bangladesh Bank is going to start online monitoring of the foreign exchange transaction with international credit and debit cards issued by the local banks in a bid to stop anomalies in the process of outward remittance, said officials of the central bank. A BB official told New Age on Tuesday that the central bank was now ... Read more
Only 20pc of GP’s 3G clients are new users
Country’s leading mobile phone operator Grameenphone has got 20 per cent new users among its 86,574 3G customers, showed a latest data of the company. GP recently submitted the October-December 3G performance report to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission which showed that
BB warns banks against failure to settle acceptance bills in time
Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday warned the scheduled banks that it would impose fine against them if they fail to settle their inland and foreign bills of letters of credit timely. To this end, the BB issued a circular to all banks saying that the country’s banking sector has been facing an image crisis as some ... Read more
Kangana’s Queen beats Madhuri’s Gulaab Gang at Box Office
From the two women-oriented film releases of this week, Kangna Ranaut’s Queen seems to have outdone Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla starrer Gulaab Gang at the box-office, reports Hindustan Times. Gulaab Gang is about Rajjo (Madhuri Dixit) who runs an ashram of sorts where women armed with axes and sickles and dressed in pink nine ... Read more
Tigers look to rebound against UAE
World Twenty20 practice matches start today Bangladesh will be keen to get into a winning habit when they start their ICC World Twenty20 preparation by taking on the United Arab Emirates in a practice match at Fatullah today. The Tigers are eager to leave behind the disappointment of the year 2014 so far and inject ... Read more
Bangladesh women stifled by India
The Bangladesh women’s cricket team lost their second straight Twenty20 International against India in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday, going down by eight wickets in 12.3 overs after posting just 65 runs in the first innings. Bangladesh managed to score just 65-9 after electing to bat first, contributing to their own woes with four run outs. Fargana ... Read more
Mashrafee willing to risk it all
Pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza announced on Tuesday that he is willing to take any risk to feature in the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 if it is required by the national team. Mashrafee was ruled out of the Asia Cup after sustaining a side strain during the match against India, raising doubts about his availability ... Read more
Naveed refuses to predict
Bangladesh coach Naveed Alam refused to predict anything big ahead of the qualifying round of the Asian Hockey Games, scheduled to get underway from Saturday in Dhaka. Rather, the coach from Pakistan desires to do all the talking on the pitch as Bangladesh would want to put behind their disappointing performances
WT20 title defence tough: Sammy
West Indies captain Darren Sammy says that it will be a challenging task to defend their World Twenty20 title but they are prepared to work hard for it later this month, reports IANS. Sammy, who was at the helm when the West Indies beat hosts Sri Lanka in the final two years ago, believes the ... Read more
Jute production on wane on export fall
The country’s jute production fell for third year to 74.36 lakh bales in 2013-14 season as sliding export hit the price of jute, discouraging farmers to cultivate the cash crop. In 2010-11 season jute production had hit a record high of 84.60 lakh bales as the export of jute and jute products was recorded worth ... Read more
Accord finds faults in all 10 RMG units it inspected
The platform of European retailers, Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, on Tuesday said that it had found faults in all 10 garment units it inspected in a pilot basis late last year. Officials of the Accord said that they found mismatch between structural designs and constructed structures, uncontrolled heavy storage load on floor, ... Read more
BB opens up term loans to foreign cos
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday allowed foreign companies in Bangladesh to receive term loans in local currency from scheduled banks and non-bank financial institutions. BB officials told New Age that the central bank had relaxed the foreign exchange regulations in accordance with the International Monetary Fund’s recommendations.
Commerce ministry agrees to set up
4 more border markets The commerce ministry has selected locations along the Bangladesh-India border for setting up four more border haats (markets) to create new economic opportunities and increase business in the products produced in the two countries, officials of the ministry said. They said that the locations are situated along