Cultural organisation Surer Dhara celebrated the 5th founding anniversary of the Music for Development project at the Music and Dance Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. Music for Development is an initiative to teach music and dance to underprivileged children of the Mohammadpur dam area. Thirty children who were trained in the project, performed ... Read more
Month: September 2014
Natyateertha brings Tagore’s Kongkal on stage
Many of Tagore’s short stories have been adapted for theatre by troupes both in Bangladesh and India; and many such productions have earned applause and acclaim from audiences. Kongkal (Skeleton), which is a famous short story by the Nobel laureate poet, became the latest short story to be adapted for a play by local Theatre ... Read more
Tigers back after solid WI start
Paceman Shafiul Islam and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam removed both the openers to bring Bangladesh back into the contest after West Indies made a solid start in the second Test at St Lucia. Shafiul had first Test double centurion Kraigg Brathwaite dismissed for 63 runs before Taijul trapped debutant Leon Johnson leg-before for 66 as West ... Read more
1st four-day match starts today
Cox’s Bazar stadium is set to host its maiden first-class cricket match when Bangladesh A team take on their Zimbabwean counterparts in the first of their two four-day matches, beginning from today. The stadium became the eighth cricket venue of the country and was inaugurated during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 with some of the matches ... Read more
Cricket is in our gene: Richardson
Richie Richardson is considered as the last member of the West Indies’ golden generation. On the eve of the country’s 500th Test match, Richardson, the manager of the current West Indies side, described the journey to a group of Bangladeshi journalists in St Lucia. Here are the excerpts: Q: Can you describe the journey towards ... Read more
Bangladesh to play two FIFA friendlies against Sri Lanka
Bangladesh national football team will play two FIFA friendly matches against their Sri Lankan counterparts in Rajshahi and Jessore in the last week of October, Bangladesh Football Federation president Kazi Salahuddin said on Saturday. After arranging a FIFA second-tier international friendly match between Bangladesh Under-23 team and Nepal Under-23 team in Sylhet earlier this month,
Ctg Abahani hold Russell in U-18 football opener
Chittagong Abahani and Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra played out a 2-2 draw in the opening match of the Airtel Under-18 Football Tournament at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. In the day’s second match, Team BJMC eased to a 2-0 win over Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra at the same venue. Chittagong Abahani took the lead twice through ... Read more
Maruf appeals to lift ban
Former Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra coach Maruful Haque made an appeal to the Bangladesh Football Federation on Saturday to lift his one-year ban from football slapped by the disciplinary committee on August 24. Maruf, the treble winning coach of Sheikh Russell KC, was suspended for one year and fined Tk 30,000 when he demanded that the ... Read more
Expert body discourages sovereign bonds’ floating
Borrowing Foreign Funds Expert body discourages sovereign bonds’ floating An expert committee on issuance of Sovereign Bonds has strongly discouraged the government on borrowing costly foreign funds through sovereign bonds as the proposed tool would involve wide ranging impacts on economy. The committee, headed by SK Sur Chowdhury, president, sovereign bond transaction execution committee, also deputy ... Read more
BB to strengthen CSR monitoring amid controversy
Bangladesh Bank has taken moves to streamline monitoring on the corporate social responsibility activities of banks and financial institutions after the improper uses of fund under the CSR sparked controversies and backbites between the finance minister and the Janata Bank’s immediate past chairman last week. BB officials said that they would make it mandatory for banks ... Read more
Exports to India rebound in July-Aug
Earnings from the US market suffer setback After a setback in last financial year the export earnings from India rebounded in the first two months of the current financial year while the export earnings from China maintained a robust growth. The export earnings from the US market, however, suffered a setback registering a negative growth in ... Read more
Infrastructure, policy lapses slow industrial growth: UO
Local think-tank Unnayan Onneshan has said that country’s industrial development is slower than its potential because of many infrastructural bottleneck and policy failure. In the September issue of its monthly economic update, the UO on Saturday said that poor infrastructure, myopic adoption of macroeconomic policies, lack
Dhaka stocks gain for 3rd week
Dhaka stocks advanced last week, third week in a row, as investors focused on heavyweight companies. Some profit-taking share sales were also observed in the first two trading sessions of the week, said market operators. The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, finished at 4,675.92 points, adding 0.72 per cent or 33.54 points in the week. Investors’ ... Read more
Big B is all praise about Finding Fanny
Addressing guests at a promotional event, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan gushed about Deepika Padukone-Arjun Kapoor-starrer Finding Fanny, describing it as a one of a kind cinematic experience. The actor was invited for a special screening of the movie in Mumbai. ‘Yeah, we rarely get to see something like this and I’m so, so honored to ... Read more
Tigers relish chance in historic WI Test
Bangladesh are planning to do something extra-ordinary as they seek to end the ongoing West Indies tour with a positive result in the second Test, beginning at St Lucia from today. The Tigers, still winless in the series, are inspired by the wicket at the Beausejour stadium, which produced draws in all three Tests held ... Read more
Tigers eye only a draw
In his Cape Town home umpire Marais Erasmus has a large framed picture. In the picture, Erasmus is flanked by Virender Sehwag and Sakib al Hasan, the two captains of his first ever Test match. Speaking to a group of Bangladeshi journalists on Thursday, Erasmus said he will carry the memory of 2010 Test in ... Read more
Tigers back Al-Amin to come clear
The Players and coaching staff of the Bangladesh cricket team backed paceman Al-Amin Hossain to return clear after his bowling action was questioned by the match officials in the first Test against West Indies in St Vincent. The two umpires of the match found all deliveries of Al-Amin in a few particular overs illegal and ... Read more
12 banks hold 69.42pc of defaulted loans
The country’s 12 scheduled banks including eight state-run banks held 69.42 per cent of the total defaulted loans in the banking sector as of June 30, 2014 as they disbursed significant amount of loans unlawfully to their clients, said Bangladesh Bank officials. Five out of the 12 banks also failed to keep
Prices of red lentil, garlic go up
The prices of red lentil and garlic went up in the city’s retail markets over the week ending Friday due to a supply shortage. Traders said that the prices of imported red lentil increased as the market witnessed a supply shortage of the item and the price of garlic increased due to a higher demand ... Read more
World food prices drop to near 4-yr low: UN
World food prices fell for the fifth consecutive month in August, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Thursday, reaching their lowest point since 2010 pushed by stronger-than-expected grain and cereal crops. Grains and cereals are the biggest component in FAO’s World Food Price Index, which is based on a basket of 55 ... Read more