Friday, March 29, 2024

Mushfiq fears more embarrassment

Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim feared if they can continue playing like this they will find it tough to beat newcomers Afghanistan in the Asia Cup at home, which begins in two days’ time. Sri Lanka toyed with the Tigers to with the third and final one-day international by six wickets, completing a 3-0 series sweep, ... Read more

Tigers without Tamim in Asia Cup

Bangladesh on Saturday left Tamim Iqbal out of their Asia Cup squad after the opener failed to recover sufficiently from his neck injury.  Tamim, who played a phenomenal role in the last Asia Cup with four fifties to help Bangladesh finish runners-up, also missed the preceding three one-day internationals against Sri Lanka due to the ... Read more

Sk Jamal held to 2-2 draw

IFA Shield runners up Sheikh Jamal DC were held by Team BJMC 2-2 in the Bangladesh Premier League at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. The Dhanmondi-based side failed to display their dazzling array of football and had to be satisfied with the share of points for the second consecutive game

Govt to reinstate 20pc extra duty on tea import

The government is going to reintroduce 20 per cent supplementary duty on import of tea to protect local producers from uneven competition with imported ones, officials concerned said. The National Board of Revenue has prepared a summery in this connection which will be sent to the finance minister for his approval soon, they said.

VAT exemption conditions for air conditioner plants eased

The National Board of Revenue has relaxed the condition for the local air conditioner manufacturers for availing exemption of value-added tax in a bid to promote production of air conditioners in the country, officials of NBR said. The revenue board has reduced by 50 per cent the number of machinery an air conditioner manufacturing factory must ... Read more

Fitch to be 3rd int’l agency to rate Bangladesh economy

Another rating agency, Fitch Ratings, is set to be appointed for rating the country’s economy for two years (2014-2015), alongside the existing two agencies—the Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, a senior official at the finance ministry said.  The ministry of finance on Wednesday gave its go-ahead to Bangladesh Bank for appointing the three rating agencies ... Read more

DSE T+2 stocks trading cycle unlikely this month

The Dhaka Stock Exchange is unlikely to meet its target to introduce the T+2 trading cycle, shares maturity in two trading session, this month as the bourse is yet to get a published gazette notification in this regard. In the existing transaction system, the DSE settles the transactions within three days of trading, which is called ... Read more

Muhith for strengthening supervision on SoBs

Stressing the need for strengthening internal supervision and control in the state-owned banks to ensure good governance, finance Minister AMA Muhith on Saturday said Hallmark scam took place in 2012 due mainly to weakness in internal control. ‘The SoBs must give due attention to their internal supervision and control to stop recurrence of such incidents,’ the ... Read more

Hajj pilgrims can choose any KSA-bound airline

Says High Court The High Court yesterday declared ‘illegal’ the government’s decision directing Hajj pilgrims to choose only Biman Bangladesh Airlines or Saudi Arabia Airlines for going to Saudi Arabia. Terming the government decision “illegal”, the HC said that the Hajj pilgrims could choose any airline while going to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. After

Homage paid to ’52 martyrs

The nation paid tributes to martyrs of the language movement by placing flowers at shaheed minars beginning a minute after midnight past Thursday. People in the capital Dhaka started streaming along roads leading to the Central Shaheed Minar on the Dhaka University campus to place flowers at the altar

21st February missing in street theatre fests

Street theatre productions highlighting the spirit of the language movement are hardly produced to be staged in the street theatre festivals organised at the Central Shaheed Minar in February. For over two decades Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation observes Ekushey organising a weeklong street theatre festival at Central Sheed Minar in the first week of February ... Read more

Series slips through Tigers’ fingers

Bangladesh’s batting and fielding woes refused to go away as they conceded the one-day international series against Sri Lanka, going down by 61 runs in the second one-dayer at Mirpur on Thursday. Chasing a competitive 290 for victory on a good batting wicket, Bangladesh lost wickets at regular intervals to give the visitors an unassailable 2-0 ... Read more

‘Mental blocks’ affecting Tigers

Low confidence, some mental blocks and the poor form of some performing players combined to bring about a series defeat for Bangladesh against Sri Lanka, skipper Musfiqur Rahim said after his side went down by 61 runs in the second one-day international on Thursday. Bangladesh repeated their catching miseries

Matching tons for Dhaka in NCL

Openers Abdul Majid and Rony Talukdar both reached triple-digits for league-leaders Dhaka as the fourth round of the National Cricket League got underway on Thursday. Dhaka v Rajshahi Dhaka were 340-1 at the close of play on day one at the BKSP-4 ground in Savar, with Majid (155 not out) and Taiabur Parvez (65 not out) ... Read more

Series slips through Tigers’ fingers

RMG Unit Inspection Series slips through Tigers’ fingers Bangladesh’s batting and fielding woes refused to go away as they conceded the one-day international series against Sri Lanka, going down by 61 runs in the second one-dayer at Mirpur on Thursday. Chasing a competitive 290 for victory on a good batting wicket, Bangladesh lost wickets at ... Read more

RMG sector at crossroads

Ungradation, transformation required to ensure growth, experts say at CPD dialogue Experts at a programme on Thursday said that the garment sector in Bangladesh was at a crossroads and it was the right time for an upgradation and structural transformation of the sector to ensure sustainable growth. At a dialogue organised by Centre for Policy Dialogue, ... Read more

DC 10 signs off

The world’s last operating passenger DC 10-30 aircraft, which Biman Bangladesh Airlines had christened the New Era, made its farewell flight on Thursday for Birmingham in United Kingdom after serving 25 years in the fleet of the national flag carrier, marking the history of aviation industry. The 314-seater New Era departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for

Mozena talks tough against defiant RMG owners

US ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Thursday said the defiant owners of the readymade garment who are ‘unwilling’ to meet the international safety and labour rights standards should ‘close and leave’ their businesses to keep the vibrant export-earning sector free from further risk. ‘I think they’ve no right to make their profits by exploiting ... Read more

Telcos seek Muhith’s intervention

Sim Replacement Tax Dispute Telcos seek Muhith’s intervention Country’s four mobile phone operators have sought urgent intervention of finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in resolving their dispute with the National Board of Revenue over SIM replacement tax worth Tk 3,062 crore that the NBR has been demanding since early 2012. In a joint letter wrote ... Read more

Nation set for Amar Ekushey

The nation pays homage to the martyrs of the language movement of 1952 a minute after midnight past today by placing wreaths at shaheed minars across the country. The Central Shaheed Minar has been decorated for the observance of Shaheed Dibas, or February 21, which has also come to be observed as