Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain has been for two years by the International Cricket Council after he accepted three charges of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption Code.

The charges against Nasir were in relation to the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 League.

Six months of his two-year ban is suspended, meaning the all-rounder will be free to return to cricket on April 7, 2025.

Nasir was charged with the breach of three articles of ECB Anti-Corruption Code, which were – Article 2.4.3, in that he failed to disclose the receipt of a gift that was offered to him that had a value of over USD 750, namely the gift of a new iPhone 12; Article 2.4.4, in that he failed to disclose full details of the approach or invitation he received to engage in Corrupt Conduct via the new iPhone 12; and Article 2.4.6, in that he failed or refused, without compelling justification, to cooperate with the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s investigation in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code.

The cricketer accepted all three of these charges and agreed to the sanction in the Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing.

The 32-year-old debuted for Bangladesh in 2011 against Zimbabwe, and played his last international match on January 25, 2018.

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Popular retail chain shop “Shwapno” has opened a new outlet in Pabna’s Sujanagar at Molla Super Market.

The inauguration took place at 5:30pm on 30 December, reads a press release.

Present at the event were Ahmed Firoz Kabir, Member of Parliament for Pabna-2 (Sujanagar, Aminpur), Chairman Shahinujjaman Shahin of Sujanagar Upazila, Mayor Rezaul Karim Reza, Abdul Awal, an investor in Sujanagar branch, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mahbub, Regional Head of Operations for Shwapno, Zonal Manager Atiqur Rahman, Divisional Expansion Incharge Sarwar Jahan, Outlet Manager Saddam Sakib, and many others.

Sabbir Hasan Nasir, the Managing Director of Shwapno, said, “Shwapno has expanded its services across the country for the convenience of customers. We have long planned to establish a modern outlet in Pabna’s Sujanagar area. Here, our service environment will further expand. We hope that customers will regularly visit this Shwapno outlet in a healthy and safe environment.”

Abu Naser, Operations Director of Shwapno, said that the new outlet will offer various monthly offers and home delivery services.

For home delivery from this new Shwapno outlet, customers can contact 01776-585860.

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New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 17 runs (DLS method) in the third and final T20I of the three-match series against Bangladesh at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

The win made sure the hosts level the series 1-1 after losing the first match, and the second contest being called off due to rain.

The hosts were at 95 for the loss of five after 14.4 overs, with Jimmy Neesham (28) and Santner (18) in the middle, before rain stopped play.

The Black Caps went back to the pavilion 17 runs ahead in DLS calculations.

Neesham and Mitchell Santner steadied the ship and took control of their 111-run target before rain stopped play. Following early jitters that saw the hosts get reduced to 49 for the loss of five, Neesham and Santner put together a 46-run stand propelling the Black Caps to 95 for five after 14.4 overs when rain stopped proceedings.

Neesham came out as the aggressor as he took Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto for 14 runs in the 10th over to ease the pressure and tilt the permutations in favour of the hosts as his unbeaten 20-ball 28 put New Zealand ahead in DLS calculations

Two wickets a piece from Mahedi Hasan and Shoriful Islam had put Bangladesh in a strong position but the Neesham-Santner duo managed to thwart away further damage.

Earlier, New Zealand skipper Santner starred with four wickets to help bundle out Bangladesh for 110.

Santner returned four for 16 from his four and was aptly complemented by the pace trio of Tim Southee, Adam Milne and Ben Sears, who scalped two each to skittle out the visitors for the lowest total at the venue.

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto top-scored with a 15-ball 17-run knock. Middle order batters Towhid Hridoy and Afif Hossain managed 16 and 14 respectively to cap off a dismal effort with the bat.

Neesham, Santner take control before rain interrupts

New Zealand batters Jimmy Neesham and Mitchell Santner steadied the ship and took control of their 111-run target before rain stopped play in the third and final T20I of the three-match series against Bangladesh at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Following early jitters that saw the hosts get reduced to 49 for the loss of five, Neesham and Santner put together a 46-run stand propelling the Black Caps to 95 for five after 14.4 overs when rain stopped proceedings.

Neesham came out as the aggressor as he took Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto for 14 runs in the 10th over to ease the pressure and tilt the permutations in favour of the hosts as his unbeaten 20-ball 28 put New Zealand ahead in DLS calculations, meaning that if play does not resume, New Zealand would be declared winners and would level the series 1-1.

Santner delivered able support with the bat with his unbeaten 20-ball 18.

Earlier, two wickets a piece from Mahedi Hasan and Shoriful Islam put Bangladesh in a strong position despite setting a meagre 110-run total.

Shoriful’s second puts Bangladesh on top

Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam struck twice to reduce New Zealand to five down for 49 after nine overs in the third and final T20I of the three-match series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Opener Finn Allen, who was the set batter on 38, was Shoriful’s second wicket after he castled dangerman Glenn Phillips for one.

Shoriful nipped it back slightly into Allen off a length and that did the trick as the ball snaked past the inside edge of Allen’s blade and crashed onto the stumps.

Bangladesh left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam bowled a stunner to castle New Zealand batter Glenn Phillips for one in the fifth over of the innings in the third and final T20I of the three-match series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Phillips’s dismissal left the hosts three down for 35 runs after the first six overs.

Shoriful bowled one on a length and got it to deck back into Phillips and the right-handed batter leans forward and plays outside the line as he watched it go past his blade and crash onto the stumps.

Mahedi strikes twice inside Powerplay

Bangladesh off-spinner Mahedi Hasan dismissed New Zealand batters Tim Seifert and Daryl Mitchell to reduce the hosts to two down for 26 after four overs in the third and final T20I of the three-match series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Mahedi got Seifert first when he bowled it full and fast outside off stump in the second over of the innings. Seifert wanted to reverse weep it but got beaten on the pace and missed it completely. Wicketkeeper Rony Talukdar made no mistake and whipped the bails off in time to send the batter back to the pavilion.

To get Mitchell out, Mahedi did the opposite in terms of pace. He gave it some air and brought down the pace. The ball held up a bit on the surface but Mitchell, who looked to take it over mid off, was already through on the shot and the right-handed batter could only chip it to the Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto at mid-off.

Santner stars to restrict Bangladesh to 110 in final T20I

New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner starred with four wickets to help bundle out Bangladesh for 110 in the third and final T20I of the three-match series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Santner returned four for 16 from his four and was aptly complemented by the pace trio of Tim Southee, Adam Milne and Ben Sears, who scalped two each to skittle out the visitors for the lowest total at the venue.

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto top-scored with a 15-ball 17-run knock. Middle order batters Towhid Hridoy and Afif Hossain managed 16 and 14 respectively to cap off a dismal effort with the bat.

Earlier, Black Caps skipper won the toss and put Bangladesh into bat first .

Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarker was trapped lbw by New Zealand seamer Tim Southee for a run-a-ball four in the first over of the match. Soumya, who was promoted to open on the day, hit the third delivery of the over for four but failed to make contact with an in-swinging full-length delivery that crashed onto his front pad. The umpire was quick to signal out, a decision which Soumya instantly challenged but he was hard done by the umpire’s call as Ball Tracking showed that the ball was just clipping leg stump.

Shanto, who looked good for his 15-ball 17-run knock, had put away four boundaries before his dismissal to Adam Milne. Despite a decent start, he wanted to further up the ante. In the fifth over, the left-handed batter made plenty of room and threw his hands at the ball but couldn’t get the desired elevation, giving away an easy catch to Finn Allen at point.

Middle-order batters Towhid Hridoy and Afif Hossain got sluggish starts but never looked set to get Bangladesh to a competitive total. Both were victims of Santner, with Afif being the first. He seemed out of ideas when he tried to take on the left-arm spinner by dancing down the wicket. He was beaten on the flight and responded by trying to fend it off but could only inside edge it onto his pads after which the ball lobbed to the wicketkeeper. He could manage two boundaries for his 13-ball 14.

Hridoy had a similar stifling experience in the middle as he struggled to get going in his lacklustre 18-ball 16. He too managed a couple of fours but lacked ideas to get Bangladesh out of trouble and conceded a loose poke to edge it to the wicketkeeper.

Tigers reeling as Afif, Hridoy depart

Bangladesh batters Afif Hossain and Towhid Hridoy departed in quick succession after getting starts leaving the Tigers in trouble at five down for 68 after 11 overs.

Afif, who struggled for his 13-ball 14, was the first to go when he lobbed one off the inside edge to the keeper off the bowling of Mitchell Santner in the ninth over.

Hridoy edged one to the wicketkeeper in the 11th over after scoring a sluggish 18-ball 16.

Shanto, Rony depart as Tigers lose three in Powerplay

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and opener Rony Talukdar departed in the fifth and sixth over respectively to leave the Tigers three down for 45 after the Powerplay in the third and final T20I of the three-match series against New Zealand at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Shanto, who scored a 15-ball 17-run knock, had put away four boundaries before his dismissal to Adam Milne and wanted to further up the ante. He made plenty of room and threw his hands at the ball but couldn’t get the desired elevation, giving away an easy catch to Finn Allen at point.

Opener Rony Talukdar missed a full-length delivery and was given out lbw in the sixth over after scoring a nine-ball 10. Pacer Ben Sears pushed it up and managed to get the better of Rony, who would feel unfortunate as replays later showed that the ball was going down the leg side without hitting the stumps.

Tigers lose Soumya in opening over

Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarker was trapped lbw by New Zealand seamer Tim Southee for a run-a-ball four in the first over of the match in the third and final T20I of the three-match series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

Soumya, who was promoted to open on the day, hit the third delivery of the over for four but failed to make contact to an in-swinging full length delivery that crashed onto his front pad. The umpire was quick to signal out, a decision which Soumya instantly challenged but he was hard done on umpire’s call as Ball Tracking showed that the ball was just clipping leg stump.

The Tigers were one down with 10 runs on the board after the end of the first over.

Bangladesh to bat first in 3rd NZ T20I

Bangladesh were sent into bat first after New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner won the toss and opted to bowl in the third and final T20I of the three-match series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

The Tigers made one change as they brought in left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam in place of right-arm pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib. This move means that they go in with three specialist spinners and two frontline pacers, with as plenty of part-time options.

Rony Talukdar will continue to keep wickets for the visitors as Liton Das remains on the bench due to an injury. Liton played the first match but missed out on the second.

The Black Caps, however, went in with the same eleven.

Bangladesh come into the contest with a 1-0 lead in the series having won the first T20I by five wickets in Napier on Wednesday. The Tigers cannot lose the series as the second T20I was called off due to rain but they would be looking to seal a historic maiden series win (in any format) in New Zealand.

Eight out of the 11 matches at the venue were won by teams batting first, with the other three ending in no results.

Bangladesh: Rony Talukdar (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Tanvir Islam, Mustafizur Rahman

New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (c), Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears

– Input from The Daily Star was used in this article.

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Mahfuz Sadique, chief communications officer of mobile financial services firm bKash, passed away in Bangladesh capital Dhaka Friday morning. He was 40.

Mahfuz died around 9:00am while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital, bKash said in a statement.

Mahfuz, who began his career as a journalist at New Age, was taken to the hospital around 7:00am after he complained of chest pain. Doctors declared him dead around 9:00am saying that he had died of cardiac arrest.

Mahfuz is survived by his wife, a son, and a host of well-wishers to mourn his death.

Mahfuz’s namaz-e-janaza was held after asr prayers at the Taqwa Jame Mosque in Dhanmondi before he was buried in the Rayerbazar graveyard.

Mahfuz joined bKash as chief communications officer in 2021, according to the MFS firm.

He came to bKash from BBC World News in London, where he held the roles of news editor, foreign correspondent, presenter, and producer since 2007 on Emmy and BAFTA award-winning programmes.

Earlier, he was assistant manager of corporate affairs at Citibank.

Awarded as a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2018, Mahfuz has taught at the universities of SOAS and Utrecht and chaired conference panels at Harvard and Yale.

He was an advisor and consultant on FCDO- and USAID-funded projects. He has a master’s in public policy from King’s College London.

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Today is the 109th anniversary of the birth of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin.

On the occasion, different organisations and admirers will pay tribute to Zainul Abedin placing floral wreaths on his grave on the Dhaka University premises in the morning.

Zainul is best known for his sketches of the Bengal famine of 1943 and spearheading establishment of the DU fine arts faculty.

Vice-chancellor of the university professor ASM Maksud Kamal will inaugurate a three-day Zainul Utsab at Bakultala of the FFA at 10:00am today. Besides, the faculty will organise discussions and an awards ceremony.

Zainul Abedin was born in Kishoreganj on December 29, 1914. He developed a passion for fine arts in his early teens.

He enrolled at Kolkata Government Art School in 1932 and completed his graduation with distinction. The artist left Kolkata after the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.

In the following year, he pioneered the establishment of Dhaka Art Institute and became its principal in 1949.

The institute, later made the fine arts faculty of Dhaka University, was the hub of fine arts practices in the then East Pakistan and remains so to this day.

He also played a key role in establishing the fine arts department at Peshawar University in the then West Pakistan.

Zainul Abedin blended the traditional ways and styles of fine arts and the western ones. He always patronised traditional crafts and paintings at every festival the institute held.

He collected a large number of traditional crafts, ceramic works, nakshi kanthas and preserved them.

In 1959, Zainul was conferred the Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the second highest government accord, by the then Pakistan government.

He took early retirement of his own accord from the Dhaka Art Institute in 1967 and was conferred the honorary title of Shilpacharya, great master of fine arts, by the institute.

In 1970, Zainul painted a 65-feet narrative scroll titled Nabanna, depicting rural Bengal, and another 29-feet scroll titled Manpura, portraying the effect of the 1970 cyclone that devastated the coastal areas of the country.

In 1971, Zainul formed the Charu O Karu Shilpi Sangram Parishad and also repudiated the Hilal-e-Imtiaz.

In 1973, Zainul received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Delhi University. He was made a national professor in 1975.

He founded the Folk Art Museum at Sonargaon in Narayanganj and the Zainul Abedin Sangrahashala, a gallery of his own works, in Mymensingh in 1975.

The versatile artist died on May 28, 1976, after suffering from lung cancer for a few years.

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BRAC University students have recently won multiple prestigious awards at the Open Society University Network (OSUN) Film Festival.

The festival was held online and featured 25 student-made videos, the final projects of the “Visual Storytelling for Student Engagement” course in the Fall 2023 semester. This collaborative course was offered at seven universities worldwide, including Bard College, the European Humanities University, HUBS at Kakuma Refugee Camp, the American University of Central Asia, the School of International and Public Affairs, and UniAndes.

Under the guidance of Senior Lecturer Dina Hossain, BRAC University, they excelled in the “CST 304, Documentary Film – Theory and Practice” course designated as a General Education Course. Out of the 25 videos showcased, 11 received honors across eight categories, as determined by a distinguished jury of OSUN leaders.

BRAC University secured the highest number of awards among participating universities. The three award-winning videos are:

• “Road Safety Movement 2018: Are We Safe Yet?” by Prodipta Hasin, Anindita Hossain Rhine, Imranul Ahsan Moonim, and Imtiaz Sarker Shihab, recognized for its outstanding script.
• “Food Waste in Bangladesh” by Sakib Sadi, Saklain Nizam Thakur, Muhtasim Billah Nahin, and Tanzila Parveen, celebrated for their exceptional environmental stewardship.
• “Fading Tides, Rising Hope: The Fight to Save Dhaka’s Dying Waterbodies” by Tahjid Ahsan, Nazmul Hasan, Fatin Nur Ishraq, and Omar Ibtesam Nibir honored for their remarkable contributions to civic engagement.

The OSUN Film Festival took place on December 12, 2023. It attracted over 100 attendees, including OSUN Vice-Chancellor Jonathan Becker, BRAC University School of General Education Dean Samia Huq, OSUN Director of Communications Bonnie Goad, faculty members from participating educational institutions, and talented student filmmakers themselves. – Press release

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Shwapno, the largest retail chain in Bangladesh, launched an outlet in the Bashundhara area on Thursday offering a month-long discount with a home delivery facility.

On behalf of Bashundhara Group, media advisor Mohammad Abu Tayeb inaugurated the outlet as guest of honour at the Rupayan shopping centre in the residential area, said a press release.

Shwapno executive director Sabbir Hasan Nasir, operations director Abu Nasher, and business director Sohel Tanvir Khan, among others, were present on the occasion.

Sabbir Nasir said that the supermarket chain had been trying to launch operations in the Bashundhara area as a prestigious neighbourhood in the capital.

‘From Shwapno, we want to express gratitude to Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, and the managing director Sayem Sobhan Anvir for supporting the launching initiative. We promise shopping convenience to all in the residential area,’ he said.

Shwapno Bashundhara outlet is located at Rupayan Shopping Square adjacent to the 300-feet road in G Block of Bashundhara residential area. – Press Release

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The second T20I between New Zealand and Bangladesh of the three-match series at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui has been called off due to persistent rain.

New Zealand were 72-2 after 11 overs when the umpires decided the rain was too heavy to continue the proceedings.

Shoriful Islam was impressive again with the new ball as he got rid of his frequent victim Finn Allen in his first over. It was the fifth time Shoriful dismissed the New Zealand dasher in international cricket.

Tim Seifert, who missed out in the previous match, was in fine form as he went after the bowlers right from the start. He was the aggressor in the partnership between him and Daryl Mitchell for the second wicket.

Rishad Hossain was brought in right after the powerplay to stem the run flow and the leg-spinner did so with perfection, putting some pressure on the batters.

Tanzim Hasan Sakib, who was taken down in the first over, returned in the 8th over to send back the dangerous Seifert on 43 off just 23 deliveries.

Rishad and Mustafizur Rahman slowed things down as they found a way to deny Mitchell and Glenn Phillips.

The teams meet again on Sunday for the third game at the same ground.

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Despite the presence of both new and old potatoes in the market, potato prices have soared by 229% compared to late December last year.

According to the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the selling price for both new and old potatoes has now reached Tk60-65 per kilogramme in the city kitchen market, which marks an alarming 44% hike in prices compared to the past month alone.

Meanwhile, potato prices ranged from Tk16-22 per kg during the same time last year.

Visiting several kitchen markets like Kallyanpur, Moghbazar, and Hatirpool in the capital on Friday (29 December), our correspondent witnessed a grim picture.

New potatoes are now fetching prices ranging between Tk70-80 per kg, while old potatoes are not being sold at Tk60-70 per kg.

The shopkeepers in these markets say this surge starkly contrasts the usual market trends during mid-December when new potatoes enter the market resulting in a decline in prices.

“New potatoes are being sold at Tk70 per kg. Last year, during this period, I sold new potatoes for Tk40 per kg and old ones for Tk20 per kilogram,” said Mohammad Anwar Hossain, a seller from Kallyanpur.

Another seller Rejwan Sikder from Moghbazar said, “Usually, vegetable and potato prices drop during winter, but this year, due to last year’s inflation, vegetables are being sold at double the price. Even now, the price of one kilogram of beans is Tk70.”

The onion market is also experiencing a similar trend, with desi onion prices ranging between Tk80-100 per kg, while old local onions are selling for an even higher rate, ranging from Tk140-150 per kg.

With government interventions in September, potato prices were fixed at Tk35-36 per kg for retail sales and Tk26-27 per kg for wholesale, while local onions were set at Tk64-65 taka per kg.

However, despite the commerce ministry’s stringent measures to regulate the prices of staple items such as potatoes, onions, and eggs, shopkeepers across the country were boldly flouting the government-fixed rates.

– Input from TBS was used in this article.

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The government, in a notice issued yesterday, extended the Hajj registration deadline for 2024 until January 18.

It said aspiring Hajis would have to primarily deposit Tk 2.05 lakh, while the rest should be paid by February 29 for final registration.

One has to pay Tk 5,78,840 under the general package, and Tk 9,36,320 under the special package for attending next year’s Hajj, likely to be held on June 16 depending on the moon sighting.

On December 21, the ministry had extended the deadline for registration, which began on November 15, till December 31.

The registration server will automatically stop once the registration quota is complete, the notice said.

If any intending devotee fails to perform Hajj, the money deposited for registration will not be returned.

Like this year, 1,27,198 devotees can perform Hajj next year. Of them, 10,198 can perform Hajj under government management while the rest under private management.

The government on November 2 announced the Hajj packages for 2024, after reducing the cost by Tk 92,450.

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