Abahani Limited’s Austrian coach George Kottan will stand in the dugout for the last time for the Sky Blues during their Bangladesh Premier League match against Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra today. After the game the 68-year old campaigner will leave the four-time professional league champions to join the FIFA goal project starting later this month.
Month: July 2015
Team-man Mashrafee achieves personal feat
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza put the team first before his personal interest paving the way for Sakib al Hasan to reach 200-wicket milestone before him during the third one-day international against South Africa on Wednesday. Mashrafee was rewarded by cricket God for his sacrifice as he followed Sakib soon to achieve the feat in the ... Read more
Third ODI in Numbers
3 Since 2012, the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong hosted only its third one-day Internationals while Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium hosted 35 ODIs in corresponding period. The port-city venue hosted a total of 18 ODIs so far and the hosts Bangladesh were involved in all of them. 7 This was for the seventh consecutive times South ... Read more
South Africa’s Test specialists arrive
Eight members of South African Test squad, including paceman Dale Styen arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday to join visiting side for the upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh. The first Test of the series will start in Chittagong on July 21. Styen was accompanied by Simon Harmer,
Tarana among 3 new ministers
Asaduzzaman, Yeafesh made full ministers; no portfolios reshuffled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inducted three new faces into her council of ministers and promoted two state ministers to the post of minister. Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Yeafesh Osman were elevated to full ministers and reassigned the portfolios of home affairs and science and technology.
Rajon Killing: Protests flare at places
The police on Tuesday formed a committee to probe into alleged negligence of Jalalabad police station officials when Samiul Alam Rajon, 12, was beaten to death in Sylhet city on July 8 as protests against the murder continued across the country. Sylhet Metropolitan Police on Tuesday withdrew
Fakhrul out of jail on bail, finally
The Dhaka Central Jail authorities on Tuesday released acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on bail after receiving the Supreme Court’s order that had granted him six weeks bail to avail ‘advanced medical treatment’. Deputy jailer Sarbattam Dewan told New Age Fakhrul
Bangladeshis living longer
Reveals survey People now live longer than in the past. Life expectancy in the country rose to 70.4 years in 2013 from 69.4 a year ago, says a new survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). It was 65.2 years in 2005, according to
Tigers eye bigger scalp in decider
As country’s biggest festival Eid-ul-Fitr approaches fast, Bangladesh cricket team stand with a chance to add an extra colour to the celebration when they take on South Africa in the series deciding third and final one-day international in Chittagong today. The Proteas and the Tigers are currently locked at 1-1 in three-match series after they ... Read more
Time to seal a dream 2015
Series-deciding 3rd ODI today Chandika Hathurusingha dropped his crutches on the ground, cautiously stretched his right foot forward and, with an imaginary bat in his hands, kept playing straight drives in front of Tamim Iqbal just as the left-hander was about to begin his batting session in Chittagong yesterday. The effort taken by the coach, ... Read more
An opportunity: Shakib
Never have the Tigers successfully managed to win a series against a side ranked in the top eight after losing the first match. And while they have beaten the Proteas once, they have never beaten them in a series. However, the hosts will have a chance to change all those disillusioning stats and script a ... Read more
Luck on Tigers’ side?
With a series victory in sight, the Tigers probably wouldn’t have preferred any other ground than the one that they will be playing on today. Yes, it is true that they seem to have built their fortress at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur lately, but that should not overshadow the series of positive results ... Read more
Sk Jamal’s goalfest continues
Holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club consolidated their lead in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League with an emphatic 4-1 win over Team BJMC at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Shohel Rana, Landing Darboe, Emeka Darlington and Wedson Anselme struck one goal apiece to take the defending champions to 36 pionts, seven clear
Jr Tigers waste a chance of series win
Bangladesh Under-19 team wasted their opportunity to clinch the series as they lost to their South African counterparts in the fifth match of the seven-match series by 34 runs at Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday. Despite the loss Bangladesh lead the series 3-2 after they achieved a 6-1 victory against the same side earlier in the year ... Read more
Proteas feel the heat, finally
South Africa finally began to feel the heat in their Bangladesh tour as they go into the third and final one-dayer in Chittagong today hoping to avoid the ignominy of series loss. The Proteas looked overwhelmingly favourites when the series began at the weekend until Bangladesh found a way to beat the side in the ... Read more
Zia unbeaten champion
Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman emerged unbeaten champion in the Gazi Habibur Rahman International Rating Chess Tournament, which concluded at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room yesterday. Zia beat Shawkat Hossain Pollob to earn 8.5 points from nine rounds. FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and Uten finished second and third respectively
Mobile banking to get a further boost
Mobile banking will get a further boost as the central bank proposes to channel all financial payments through mobile phones under stronger tie-ups between banks, cell phone operators and other service providers. The draft Regulatory Guidelines for Mobile Financial Services in Bangladesh, published on Monday, will turn every mobile phone into a digital wallet and
GP’s net profits fall as political unrest bites
Grameenphone’s net profits fell slightly in the first half of 2015, hurt by political turmoil and intense price competition. Between January and June, the country’s largest mobile operator logged in Tk 1,050 crore in net profits, down 0.94 percent year-on-year. Grameenphone’s net profits in the second quarter stood at Tk 513 core, which is a ... Read more
Intex launches smartphone in Bangladesh
Indian smartphone maker Intex Technologies launched its Aqua Power+ handset in Bangladesh recently. The smartphone is equipped with a 4,000 mAH battery, which allows 20 hours of talk time with a standby time of 500 hours, Intex said in a statement. The Aqua Power+ that has a 2 GB Ram runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop ... Read more
Eid travellers to pay extra this season
Claims Bangladesh Passengers’ Welfare Assoc Passengers have to pay Tk 11,000 crore as additional fare to travel in different modes of transport during the Eid-ul-Fitr rush, claimed a report of Bangladesh Passengers’ Welfare Association yesterday. Of the additional fare, Tk 6,225 crore will be charged in road transport, Tk 4,000 crore in water transport and ... Read more