Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday named former captain Marvan Atapattu as interim head coach, making him the island nation’s seventh coach in the last four years. Atapattu, 43, was appointed for the tour of England and Scotland starting next month and the subsequent home series against South Africa in July, the board
Month: April 2014
Ameli in a class of his own
The presence and the efficiency of the African forwards in the Bangladesh Premier League have become so radiant that the football fans almost began to think whether there is any local striker who can compete with them. But still there is a local player, Zahid Hasan Ameli, who can be bracketed with the foreign legion of ... Read more
Defaulted farm loans rise by 45pc in 9 months
The defaulted loans in the agriculture sector increased by 44.85 per cent as of March 31, 2014 from that of the same month in 2013 as the farmers failed to repay their loans for not getting fair prices of their products due to a supply chain disruption during the recent political unrest. According to latest Bangladesh ... Read more
Edible oil, onion prices go up
The prices of edible oil and onion went up in the city’s kitchen market over the week ending Friday due to supply shortage. Retailers said that the prices of edible oil increased a bit due to soaring prices in wholesale market in last few days and the prices of onion increased over the week with the ... Read more
S&P downgrades Russia as Ukraine jitters grow
Standard and Poor’s on Friday downgraded its rating of Russia’s ability to repay debt as alarm grew over the effects of the Ukraine crisis on the economy amid increased capital flight and slumping growth. Russia’s central bank also hiked interest rates by half a percentage point in a move aimed at curbing inflation which could also ... Read more
RANA PLAZA DISASTER: Protestors ask Walmart for more aid for victims
A year after Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring more than 2,000 in the worst disaster in the history of the garment industry, protesters gathered Thursday outside the Walmart Neighbourhood Market in Lakeview to demand the world’s largest retailer commit more money to helping the survivors and
The unforgotten pics
Death is more often than not a staple requirement to qualify something as tragedy. But when the death toll passes well over the figure of a thousand, that too, not in a war, the word ‘catastrophic’ is perhaps a more apt choice. The collapse of Rana Plaza, an eight-storey building housing a number of apparel ... Read more
Think positive, psychologist tells Tigers
Bangladeshi-origin Canadian sports psychologist Ali Azhar Khan attempted to create a positive frame of mind among the players in his first session with the members of national cricket team in Dhaka on Thursday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board recruited Khan for three days of counselling for Tigers in the wake of a disastrous performance in the recent ICC ... Read more
BCB to invite bidders for media rights
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has issued a tender to sell worldwide media rights for six years until 2020. Two India tours to Bangladesh and a slightly enlarged international schedule during this period are what the BCB are hoping would attract bidders, who have to submit their proposals by May 8. Interested parties can start buying tenders from ... Read more
MSC squeeze past Baridhara
Super-sub Wahed Ahmed gave Mohammedan Sporting Club a last-minute 1-0 win over Uttar Baridhara in their Bangladesh Premier League match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. When the match looked to be going towards a certain goalless draw, Wahed earned the black-and-white giants full three points with a perfect right-footed finish. Earlier,
Only 43pc of ADP fund spent in 9 months
The implementation of the annual development programme failed to pick pace in nine months of the current fiscal year as the implementation rate was 43 per cent in July-March of 2013-14 compared with that of 49 per cent in the same period of the previous year. Planning ministry officials said low utilisation of government allocation and project ... Read more
Retailers ‘failing victims’ a year after Rana Plaza disaster
Western fashion brands faced pressure Thursday to honour promises to care for Bangladesh’s victims of the world’s worst garment factory accident, ahead of protests on the one-year anniversary of the disaster that cost 1,138 lives. Workers are set to stage demonstrations in front of the site of the now infamous nine-storey Rana Plaza complex in the ... Read more
PRE-BUDGET MEETING FY 2014-15: Telcos seek set of tax benefits
The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh on Thursday sought a set of tax benefits in the next national budget for telecommunications sector saying that high tax burden was holding back the investors from new investment. At a pre-budget discussion with the National Board of Revenue, Robi Axiata Ltd chief operating officer Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, while
Play premieres in Paharpur
One of the oldest and richest archeological sites Bangladeshis can take pride in is the Somapura Mohavihara in Noagaon. The 8th century Buddhist monastery and learning centre is regarded as one of the ancient universities, and has duly been recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985. The historically and archeologically
NCL: high in action, low in standard
A total of 35 centuries scored and 29 times the bowlers took five or more wickets in an innings are giving an impression that the just-concluded 15th National Cricket League was full of action, but the ground reality is far from what the mere statistics suggest. The players and selectors are of the opinion that the ... Read more
Sri Lanka axe Chandimal as T20 captain
Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors on Wednesday sacked Dinesh Chandimal as Twenty20 captain and replaced him with Lasith Malinga, while Angelo Mathews was retained as the Test and one-day skipper. Chandimal, 24, opted out of the last three matches, including the semi-final and final, of the recent World Twenty20 in Bangladesh due to poor batting form, leaving Malinga ... Read more
Sri Lanka players resolve pay dispute
The pay dispute between Sri Lanka Cricket and its 13 contracted players ended on Wednesday when the latter agreed to accept 10 percent of the participation fees from ICC and Asian Cricket Council events. The players had demanded 20 per cent of the participation fees which Sri Lanka Cricket would not sanction. The players were due to sign ... Read more
Abahani return to winning ways
Abahani Limited returned to winning ways after five games when they defeated Feni Soccer Club 2-1 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The sky-blue outfit, who are in second place in the league, last registered a victory on January 28 against Uttar Baridhara and after that they drew three matches in ... Read more
ONE YEAR AFTER RANA PLAZA TRAGEDY: Wide gap between commitments and delivery persists: CPD
Centre for Policy Dialogue, a civil society think-tank has urged the authorities to fulfil their commitments to help the victims of Rana Plaza tragedy and their families. The call came at a keynote paper presented at a seminar to mark the first anniversary of the worst industrial disaster of the modern world that killed 1,134 garment
Tax on soft drinks goes up
The National Board of Revenue has raised the supplementary duty on soft drinks to 25 per cent from the existing 15 per cent to check tax evasion by energy drink producers, officials of the NBR said. They said that energy drink makers were abusing the existing tax facility given to the soft drink sector. Currently, energy drinks ... Read more