Bangladesh will need to play cautiously when they take on South Africa in the upcoming home series as the visitors will test their skills with their accuracy and pace, said Bangladesh Cricket Board XI skipper Imrul Kayes on Friday. South Africa made light work of BCB XI to win their lone Twenty20 warm-up match of ... Read more
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Japanese TV airs Simon’s docu on apparel industry
Director Kamar Ahmad Simon’s documentary film featuring plight of the apparel workers of the country was screened on the famous Japanese television channel NHK on Monday. The documentary titled Ekti Sutar Jobanbondi narrates inside-out story of the apparel industry of the country through conversations of four individuals directly involved with it. The documentary was made with the ... Read more
Govt boosts efforts to protect archaeological sites
Amid criticism of distorting a portion of the historic Lalbagh Fort by the department of archaeology, the government has taken an initiative to demarcate archaeological sites in the country in a bid to protect those from encroachment. The government will also control development work in the buffer zones of these sites, cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman ... Read more
Sohag back for SA T20
Uncapped Jubair in for injured Taskin Selectors on Wednesday recalled off-spinner Sohag Gazi and added leg-spinner Jubair Hossain in Bangladesh’s 14-man squad for the two Twenty20 internationals against visiting South Africa scheduled in next week. Sohag did not play for Tigers since he was suspended from bowling for a flawed action in October last year. ... Read more
Rani wins gold in C’wealth Chess
Bangladesh claimed their second medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championship when Women’s International Master Rani Hamid won gold medal in the senior age (over 60-year) group in New Delhi, India on Wednesday. Rani’s success came a day after Fide Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman had won the bronze medal in the Under-12 group. Rani completed her ... Read more
Tigers may play WI in November
Bangladesh may host West Indies in November for a limited over series, said a senior Bangladesh Cricket Board official on Saturday. West Indies are interested to tour Bangladesh to play four Twenty20 internationals as part of their preparation for the ICC World Twenty20 scheduled to be played in India in 2016. Naimur Rahman, BCB’s cricket operation chairman,
Wasteful hosts lose to S’pore
Hosts Bangladesh suffered a narrow 1-2 defeat to Singapore in a FIFA international friendly match despite taking an early lead at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Veteran defender Nasiruddin Chowdhury again showed his scoring ability by scoring in the fourth minute of the match. But the lead was cancelled out by Singapore’s number 10 Nawaz a
Kruif concerned over playtime
Bangladesh head coach Lodewijk de Kruif said he is concerned over the playing time for the upcoming international matches after his side suffered in a hot and humid condition against Singapore on Saturday. Bangladesh took the lead as early as in the fourth minute but gradually lost their rhythm to concede a 2-1 defeat in a ... Read more
Footballers report for WC qualifiers
Bangladesh’s preparation for next month’s two World Cup qualifiers got underway on Monday when 27 footballers out of 32-member preliminary squad reported to the Bangladesh Football Federation. Bangladesh will start their World Cup qualifiers campaign on June 11 against Kyrgyzstan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium before facing Tajikistan five days later
Eanamul elated by recall
‘Form is temporary, class is permanent’– one of the oldest clichés in sports befitted footballer Enamul Haque as the 32-year forward has earned a recall in Bangladesh national football team for next month’s World Cup qualifiers in Dhaka. Enamul, once a top forward of the Bangladesh national football team, last played for the country against Chinese ... Read more
Nat’l Cricket C’ship from June 1
The 35th National Cricket Championship-2015 will begin across the country from June 1, said Bangladesh Cricket Board officials on Tuesday. NCC, the 50-over tournament played among 64 districts, will be played in 14 venues across the country. Eight teams will qualify for the second phase after completing the group phase. Dhaka Division will have two teams while
City polls to augur well for the nat’l election?
Last-minute mass-contact by heavy weight leaders from both the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP, marked the end of the campaign for the mayoral polls in the four city corporations –Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal- scheduled for June 15. Though officially political parties can not contest the city corporation election, it has turned into ... Read more
Anti-Terrorism Act aims to root-out BNP from politics, says BNP
The main opposition BNP has assailed the government for passing Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2013 in the parliament, saying the ruling Awami League wants to root out opposition party politics from the country using the act. “Opposition party men will be harassed deliberately due to the adverse impact of the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2013. Peoples’
Policy on airing news, talk shows on cards: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu informed parliament that a policy on airing of news, talk shows and other programmes by the private television is under process. “The government is not interfering in electronic media and they are enjoying full freedom to broadcast programmes,” he said replying to a tabled question of treasury
48,444 get legal aid in 4 yrs
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said the government has provided legal aid with money from public exchequer for 48,444 people including women and children during the last four years. The legal aid was provided for 22,718 women, 25,484 men and 242 children through the national legal aid organization during the last ... Read more
WB sticks to 5.8pc growth projection for outgoing FY
Warns factory accidents could moderate pace of RMG export growth The World Bank on Thursday stuck to its projection that the country’s GDP growth would be 5.8 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year despite the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ estimate of 6.03 per cent and the finance minister’s hope of 6.3-6.8 per cent growth. ... Read more
Telcos asked to launch mobile number portability by Jan
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Thursday asked mobile phone operators to introduce by January, 2014 mobile number portability service which will allow users to change operators without changing numbers. BTRC officials said after the introduction of the MNP, the number signature, for example 0155 serial for state-run Teletalk,
More efforts needed for Bangladesh SME dev: UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation regional director for South Asia Ayumi Fujino on Thursday said Bangladesh needed more trusted entrepreneurial efforts for the development of small and medium enterprises clusters. Addressing a views-exchange meeting between SME
Fakhrul accuses govt of plotting to rig mayoral polls
A senior BNP leader has warned that his party would launch a movement to unseat the government if the latter tries to defeat the opposition-backed candidates by rigging the mayoral polls in four city corporations on June 15. The government was hatching a plot to defeat the opposition party-backed mayoral candidates as people from all ... Read more
Bangladesh’s position slips in Global Peace Index
Bangladesh’s position in the Global Peace Index has slipped to 105, from last year’s 91, according to the index, prepared by the Institute for Economics and Peace, which ranks 162 countries, by measuring security in society, extent of conflict, and degree of militarisation. But Bangladesh is in a better position than India, Pakistan and Myanmar. ... Read more