Friday, March 29, 2024

Mushfiqur blames careless approach

Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim has held the top-order responsible for their careless approach, describing it as an instance when he even forgot it was his 100th ODI yesterday. Imrul Kayes, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful and after three boundaries, Shakib Al Hasan all fell in a heap as the Tigers crumpled to 18 for four by the ... Read more

Pay raised, not where it matters

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has increased the prize monies for this year’s National Cricket League, but improved the players’ travel and daily allowance by just Tk 50. The winners of this season’s NCL will receive Tk 20 lakh, a boost from the Tk 12 lakh given last season. The runners-up will also get Tk ... Read more

Getting a consensus in COP 17

How close the world is? Shammunul Islam The 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 17) will be held in the city of Durban, South Africa from November 28 to December 9. The world is waiting with hope that this time a fruitful and effective guideline will be made towards mitigating and adapting ... Read more

A hands-on actor

In conversation with Sajal Talented actor Sajal is one of the busiest faces in the media, and despite choosing his offers carefully in recent days, he has made the most appearances on TV last Eid. Recently, the actor shared thoughts about his dreams, career and beyond with The Daily Star: The Daily Star (TDS): How ... Read more

When Runa met Lata

“Hearing ‘I’m a fan’ from a living legend is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I was on top of the world,” said Runa Laila. The diva recently met ‘Bharat Ratna’ Lata Mangeshkar at the latter’s residence in Mumbai. “I performed at several Puja celebrations in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. On October 2, I performed at the celebration ... Read more

80pc production gone with gas

Konabari Industrial Belt 80pc production gone with gas Supply cut to feed Jamuna fertiliser factory; exporters of several hundred industries demand uninterrupted supply Production in scores of industries from Konabari in Gazipur to Mirzapur in Tangail has dropped by 80 percent since last month for severe disruption in gas supply. Gas distributor Titas has drastically ... Read more

National Univ decentralisation in limbo

The recommendation of a 2009 high-powered committee to decentralise the activities of the National University has not been implemented even in two years. The committee formed to restructure the National University submitted its report in 2009 containing a set of recommendations including decentralisation of the university through

WB names Abul, his firm

The minister denies allegation  Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain and senior representatives of his family-owned company SAHCO, sought to coerce multiple companies into using SAHCO as a paid “silent agent” for getting permission to bid for the main bridge contract of Padma Multipurpose Bridge project. Companies failing to cooperate were threatened with retaliation, revealed an ... Read more

A hospital with a difference

BSMMU introduces specialised consultation service for patients  More patients come, from more distant places every day. And the number rises every other day to take the “evening specialised consultation service” at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. October 1, the first day of the service, saw 89 patients. As the number crossed the 200 mark in ... Read more

Child marriage turning into major social evil

51 per cent of girls in Bangladesh are married early: UNICEF Though there is legal prohibition against child marriage, parents or guardians think that marrying their girls off, at an early age, would relieve them of economic burden and protect their daughters from the dangers of sexual assault, said advocate Salma Ali, executive director of ... Read more

Tragic deaths on vacation

TV producer, couple drown in pond at a Gazipur resort  An executive producer of a private television channel and a couple drowned yesterday while on vacation at a resort in Rajendrapur, Gazipur. The deceased were identified as Tanveer Jahid Nayan, 32, of Ekattor Television, Jamil Akhter Lipu, 33, managing director of Srot Interior and Consulting ... Read more

Consumers not getting price benefits of govt LPG supply

The consumers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas are not getting the benefit of government announced lower price as dealers are still supplying LPG at double the price at which they are supposed to sell the kitchen fuel. In the absence of market monitoring, 12,000 dealers of government provided LPG are cashing more than Tk 100 crore ... Read more

Tigers fight for their lives

Mushfiqur’s 100th ODI today  On the eve of today’s crucial second day-night one-day match, the pitch has become the centre of discussion following Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim’s disappointment over the surface of the first game which the home team lost by 40 runs. The Tigers go into the second one-day match against West Indies today ... Read more

No respect in a loss

Bangladesh-West Indies 2nd ODI today Thursday was exactly the sort of evening Bangladesh cricket had yearned for years. Chasing a huge total, the Tigers fell 40 runs short making a respectable 250-plus score against the West Indies in the first ODI. Two batsmen got half-centuries; one sauntered and the other battled his way. The perennial ... Read more

Biofuel fuels food price

Global hunger research warns world against shifting to cultivation of fuel crop from food; 80pc Bangladeshi households worse off  A steep rise in biofuel production and a highly concentrated export market coupled with export restrictions have contributed to the rising food prices across the world, badly affecting countries like Bangladesh. Increasing and volatile prices of ... Read more

Everybody is extortionist

Workers’ leaders reveal details of outrageous graft in transport sector; JS body terms disclosure tip of corruption iceberg  * Bus: Over 5 lakh, * Workers’ Federation: 15, * Workers’ Organisations: 510, * Bus Owners’ Association: 412 , * Workers’ Union: 7,490 Transport workers’ leaders yesterday described to a parliamentary sub-committee how they run an extortion regime in league with ... Read more

Let Grameen Bank work productively

Hillary conveys US concern over Yunus removal; urges Dhaka to ensure press freedom, scope for NGOs At her first meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni in two years, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has conveyed her country’s concern over the Nobel Prize-winning Grameen Bank and the removal of its reputed managing director Prof ... Read more

Amnesty for arrest of Bush

Torture Allegation Amnesty for arrest of Bush Amnesty International called on Canadian authorities Wednesday to arrest and prosecute George W Bush, saying the former US president authorised “torture” when he directed the US-led war on terror. Bush is expected to attend an economic summit in Surrey in Canada’s westernmost British Columbia province on October