Dhaka stocks declined sharply on Sunday, the first trading session of the week, with increased turnover amid investors’ share sell-offs of large capitalised companies. The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, declined to 4,938.65 points, shedding 1.72 per cent or 86.44 points. DS30, the blue-chip index of DSE, fell
Month: November 2014
Bachchans in damage control mode
Jaya Bachchan ruffled a few feather when she recently criticised her son Abhishek Bachchan’s film Happy New Year at a literature festival, reports India Today. Speaking at the event, the actor said, ‘HNY is the most nonsensical film I’ve seen in recent years. I said that to the film’s lead actor as well. I watched ... Read more
Superb Sakib seals series
Sakib al Hasan took himself to a new height after grabbing 10 wickets in a match in addition to his century, leading Bangladesh to a pulsating 162-run win over Zimbabwe in the second Test at Khulna on Friday. The win helped Bangladesh to warp-up the three-match Test series with an unassailable 2-0 lead, making the ... Read more
Sakib had record in mind
After the first Test in Dhaka, Sakib al Hasan was told by a senior journalist that he only needs a century and 10 wickets in a single Test to join Ian Botham and Imran Khan to confirm his immorality as an all-rounder. Not a keen follower of cricket statistics, Sakib needed an explanation and he ... Read more
Tigers overtake Zimbabwe in rankings
Bangladesh leapfrogged Zimbabwe in Test rankings for the first time since 2011 after they won the second Test by 162 runs and took an insurmountable 2-0 lead in three-match Test series. The Tigers began the series trailing Zimbabwe by 20 points in rankings but the win in the first two Tests wiped out the deficit ... Read more
Mushfiq believed in win
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim never had any doubt about the win despite a counter attack from Hamilton Masakadza and Regis Chakabva on the fifth day of the second Test on Friday. Bangladesh thought they had the win in their bag once they left Zimbabwe struggling at 15-3 but Masakadza took some confidence from his 158 ... Read more
Taylor searches for answers
Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor said they are still looking for an answer after yet another capitulation against the spinners, which saw them losing the second Test in Khulna by 162 runs on Friday. Spinners claimed all 10 wickets as Bangladesh dismissed Zimbabwe for 151 runs in the second innings to secure the win and seal ... Read more
Sonali Otit to host U-10-12 football fest
Sonali Otit Club, a platform for former footballers, will host a two-day long Under 10-12 Football Festival at the Arambagh Artificial Turf starting from today. A total of 16 teams will participate in the competition, sponsored by Max Group, splitting into four groups. The group stage games will be held over 30 minutes,
BFF to accord nat’l team a reception
The Bangladesh Football Federation will accord a reception to the national team today for their win over Sri Lanka in the recent FIFA friendly series. Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka 1-0 in Rajshahi on October 27 after the two teams played out a 1-1 draw in Jessore on October 24. ‘To encourage the national team for ... Read more
Most listed banks’ net profit up in July-Sept
Net profit of most banks listed with the capital market rose in July-September period of 2014 compared to the same period of the previous year amid relaxed loan rescheduling facility against defaulted loans and increased interest margin on working capital. Out of the 30 banks listed with the capital market, net profit
Defaulted farm loans increase to 20pc
Defaulted loans in the country’s agriculture sector stood at Tk 6,006.80 crore as of September 30, 2014 which accounted for 20.04 per cent of the total loans disbursed (Tk 29,971.50 crore) in the sector. The farm sector defaulted loans accounted for 18.22 per cent of the total loans (Tk 34,632.82 crore) disbursed in the sector ... Read more
Onion, broiler prices rise in capital
The prices of onion and broiler went up in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday. According to traders, the price of onion increased due to supply shortage and the price of broiler went up due to increasing demand. They said that the price of imported onion increased as a supply shortage of ... Read more
Harijan to hit screens today
Harijan, literally meaning son of Hari/Vishnu, may sound elated and elevated, but the people that the word denotes are quite the opposite. It is the dalits, outcastes, untouchables who were given the lofty name Harijan by Gujrati poet Narasimha Mehta and popularised by none other than Mahatma Gandhi. History seems to have played its usual ... Read more
Ras Lila Festival of Manipuri community ends today
Indigenous Manipuri Community observed ‘Ras Lila Festival’ at their two temples in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Thursday. Moulvibazar district Jamaat relaxed their 48 hour long shut down at Kamalganj upazila on Thursday, so that the Manipuri Community could observe the festival accordingly. Shib Bazaar Jura Mondop and Adampur Mondop, the two sites where ... Read more
NBR moves to expand tax net with help of BBS census data
The National Board of Revenue has sought detailed data on economic units and businessmen in the country found by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics through Economic Census-2013 to trace potential taxpayers, officials said. They said that income tax wing of the revenue board would conduct survey based on the data to bring businessmen listed through ... Read more
Traders suffer as strikes hit business activities
Traders suffered as business activities were hampered by the nationwide general strikes enforced by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in all four working days in this week. Tuesday was a public holiday on the occasion of Ashura. Jamaat enforced the strikes in protest at the punishments
Sakib shines as Tigers sniff win
The second Test in Khulna remained nicely poised for hosts Bangladesh after they stretched their lead over Zimbabwe to 266 runs at stumps on the fourth day on Thursday. The hosts closed in on a declaration in the second innings after reaching 201-5 at close giving themselves a strong chance to win the game and ... Read more
Tigers fulfill Sakib’s conditions
Bangladesh have fulfilled both conditions laid out by all-rounder Sakib al Hasan to push for a win in the second Test, and are now waiting to achieve the main goal on the fifth and final day today. At the end of third day’s play, when Zimbabwe punished the Tigers to reach 331-5, Sakib sensed a ... Read more
Channel-9 to sponsor Bangabandhu Cup
Satellite television Channel-9 has secured the sponsorship rights of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup football tournament for the next five years when they signed a deal with the Bangladesh Football Federation on Thursday. They agreed to provide Tk six crore for each edition of the tournament and handed over a cheque of Tk one crore for ... Read more
Chirkutt participates in South Asian Bands Festival
Popular band Chirkutt is participating at the 8th South Asian Bands Festival 2014 at the Purana Quila of New Delhi in India Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and an Indian NGO, SEHER, have jointly organised the three-day festival, which began on Wednesday. A number of prominent bands from all other South Asian countries including ... Read more