Bangladesh national cricket team will be eager to erase their bitter memories of the last twelve months by winning their second successive gold medal at the 17th Asian Games when the Twenty20 event kicks off in Incheon on October 1. The Tigers will directly play in the knock-out stage along with Sri Lanka for being a ... Read more
Month: September 2014
U-23s crash to defeat
Bangladesh Under-23 national football team’s hopes of qualifying for the round of 16 in the Asian Games suffered a big blow when they were thumped 3-0 by Uzbekistan in their second Group B match in Incheon on Thursday. It may mentioned that they had lost by the same margin to the mighty Uzbeks when the two ... Read more
Bangladesh slip to 181st in FIFA rankings
Bangladesh slipped eleven places further to be ranked 181st in the latest FIFA standings published on Thursday. This is the second worst ever ranking for Bangladesh after their 183rd position in 2008 since the FIFA World rankings were introduced in 1992. After not much action except their 2-2 draw against India in an international friendly in ... Read more
IGWs get call rate cut, govt gets revenue cut
The telecom regulator on Thursday halved the international call termination charges and slashed the operators’ revenue sharing with the government in a bid to aid the politically-licensed gateway operators. The new rate of 1.5 US cents for international call termination per minute might be applicable with effect from July 1 instead of the date of approval ... Read more
NBR, DoE differ over industry specification
Environment Surcharge NBR, DoE differ over industry specification The National Board of Revenue has failed to issue gazette notification containing the names of polluting industries imposing 1 per cent environment surcharge due to its difference of opinion over the definition of industry with the Department of Environment, officials said. They said that the NBR would ... Read more
Tax fair sees record number of visitors on 3rd day
But revenue collection drops Revenue collection sharply dropped on the third day of the weeklong income tax fair across the country on Thursday though record number of taxpayers and potential taxpayers visited the fair amid nationwide hartal called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. On the day, a total of 98,630 people received different
BB blasts SCBs for violating single borrower loan limit
Bangladesh Bank on Thursday came down heavily on the four state-owned commercial banks for violating the bank company act on the limit they can lend to a single borrower. The four SCBs – Sonali, Janata, Agrani and Rupali – also reportedly disbursed fresh loans to defaulters without assessing their credit records. According to BB data,
Shahjibazar hid price sensitive info
BSEC decides to take action The capital market regulator on Thursday decided to take action against Shahjibazar Power Company for hiding price sensitive information. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission made the decision in a regular commission meeting presided over by its chairman M Khairul Hossain, a BSEC news release said. The commission, however, did not find ... Read more
BSEC okays Tk 63.75cr IPO of IFAD Auto
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday approved a proposal of the IFAD Autos Limited to raise Tk 63.75 crore from the capital market through initial public offering. The company will float 2.12 crore shares with an offered price of Tk 30 including Tk 20 premium on each share. The capital market regulator approved the ... Read more
DSEX hits record high, turnover soars past Tk 1,200cr
Dhaka stocks advanced for the third trading session on Thursday, the last trading session of the week, as relatively peaceful situation on the first day of a two-day general strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami kept investors positive. The turnover at Dhaka Stock Exchange increased to a 16-month high at Tk 1,288.55 crore on Thursday compared with that ... Read more
BB asks banks, NBFIs to launch e-tendering by 2015
Bangladesh Bank on Thursday asked scheduled banks and non-bank financial institutions to introduce full-fledged e-tendering system by December 2015. The central bank issued the directive in line with its steps towards promoting green banking and developing eco-friendly internal management of the banks and financial
Alibaba set to price IPO shares amid investor frenzy
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is set to sell some $22 billion of shares on Thursday, capping a two-week road show that drew frenzied interest from investors worldwide and may be the world’s largest ever initial public offering, reports Reuters. The shares are expected to be priced after the markets
Jonakir Alo wins best director award
Brasov Int’l Film Fest Jonakir Alo wins best director award Khalid Mahmud Mithu’s second feature film Jonakir Alo won the best director award at the Brasov International Film Festival (BRIFF), held between September 12 and 14 in Romania. A production of Impress Telefilms, Jonakir Alo stars Gazi Rakayet, Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, Emon and Kalyan. The ... Read more
We are not good enough: Mushfiq
Talent is useless if there is no discipline in batting Bangladesh’s miserable West Indies tour ended with yet another mere capitulation as they suffered a huge 296-run defeat against the hosts in the second Test in St Lucia on Tuesday. The visitors lost eight wickets for just 34 runs in the final session of the ... Read more
Tigers trapped, says Ramdin
Bangladesh batted exactly the way West Indies wanted, falling into the trap to waste their hard work, said West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin after his side notched a 296-run victory in the second Test to complete a clean sweep in the two-Test series on Tuesday. Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque batted doggedly
‘Don’t come to our country and beg money’
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal and West Indies batsman Darren Bravo were engaged in an unusual bust-up on Tuesday during the fourth day of the second Test adding some spice to an otherwise dull Test series. When Shamsur Rahman got out, Bravo, who usually field at slip, came to non-striking batsman Tamim and sledged him in way ... Read more
Bangladesh ‘A’ take 1-0 lead
Bangladesh A team defeated Zimbabwe A by six wickets in their first four-dayer to take 1-0 lead in the two-match series at the Cox’s Bazar stadium on Wednesday. Resuming the day at 43-1, Bangladesh A lost another three wickets to score the required 61 runs on the final day as they made 105-4 in 38.1 ... Read more
U-23s face mighty Uzbekistan today
After a hard-fought 1-0 win over Afghanistan U-23s in their first match, Bangladesh Under-23 national football team face an uphill task when they take on mighty Uzbekistan in their second Group A match at the Ansan Wa Stadium in Incheon today. The match will kick off at 5:00pm Bangladesh Standard Time. Uzbekistan, who are ranked 51st in ... Read more
Sheikh Russell want to make it to final
Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra will leave for Sri Lanka today to take part in the final round of the AFC President’s Cup, which begins in Colombo from September 20. Russell became the first club from Bangladesh to qualify for the final round of the Cup by finishing as Group A champions in the first round ... Read more
Dhaka to join Asian infrastructure bank
Signing of MoU in October Dhaka has agreed in principle to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank initiated by China to give loans to its member countries for meeting construction costs of the much-needed infrastructures. Economic relations division secretary Mohammad Mejbahuddin disclosed the government’s decision while talking to reporters after a meeting with finance minister AMA ... Read more