Axe falls on Zunaed, Enamul
December 30, 2009
Opener Junaed Siddique and left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Jr have been axed as the selectors whittled down the preliminary 26-member squad to 18 for the January tri-series on Tuesday.
Bangladesh will host the series involving India and Sri Lanka in Dhaka from January 4 to13.
Junaed, who scored only 55 runs in five matches against Zimbabwe in October-November, has Read more
BCB tough on boycott threat
December 30, 2009
The Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh is adamant about boycotting the ensuing National Cricket League unless its demands for increased match fees are met but the Bangladesh Cricket Board has refused to bow down.
The BCB has taken a hard line and asked the players to join their respective divisional teams by today or Read more
Bangladesh placed in Group A in SAG football
December 30, 2009
Bangladesh football team will find Maldives and Nepal in its Group A rivals in the impending 11th South Asian Games (SAG).
The draw of the football competitions of the SAG took place at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city on Tuesday.
Senior Vice President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Abdus Salam Murshedi, Vice Presidents Read more
Dhaka Abahani maintains winning spree
December 30, 2009
Citycell Bangladesh League football
Dhaka Abahani maintains winning spree
Defending champion Dhaka Abahani recorded its sixth victory in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football scraping a sole-goal victory against Chittagong Abahani at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday.
The two-time Bangladesh League champion Dhaka Abahani failed to make any impression against its city Read more
Khulna, Rajshahi win in women’s cricket
December 30, 2009
Khulna and Rajshahi Divisions won their respective matches in the 3rd Women’s National Cricket League at separate venues across country on Tuesday.
Hosts Khulna Division earned a comfortable 10-wicket victory over Chittagong Division at the Khulna University ground while Rajshahi Division outplayed Dhaka Division by 100 runs at the Read more
Bangladesh finish at 6th position in Asian Chess
December 30, 2009
Bangladesh Men bagged the sixth position in the Men section of the Asian Team Chess Championship held in Town Hall, Kolkata, India on Monday.
Bangladesh Men earned 8 match points. Men’s team won 4 matches and lost 3 matches out of 7 matches.
7th or last round games were held yesterday and Bangladesh team beat Singapore by 3.5 -.5 Read more
Bank Asia lift title
December 30, 2009
Bank Asia emerged champions in the Rupayan Bankers T-20 Cricket Toirnament defeating Eastern Bank Limited by 84 runs in the final at the Gulshan Youth Club ground.
Faisal Hossain with an unbeaten 85 runs knock, claimed the man of the final award.
Anisur Rahman Sinha, chairman of the bank, in a message highly appreciated the players for wining the Read more
Salman Khan rejects Sushmita Sen’s offer
December 26, 2009
It is learnt from our reliable sources that actress Sushmita Sen’s ambitious plan of diversifying into film production has now come to a halt. The former Miss Universe had set out to make a historical film on Rani Laxmibai and had even approached Salman Khan to star in the film, and Shekhar Kapur to direct it.
But Salman reportedly rejected this project since he was back then busy with his film Veer. It was being said that he didn’t want to shoot two period films Read more
I don’t want to die a virgin
December 26, 2009
Neetu Chandra’s attempt to garner some spotlight with her steamy photo shoot hasn’t helped her much. Now the ‘Traffic-Signal’ babe is once again in news for her fear regarding virginity.
According to a leading daily, the sexy actress is often heard moaning, “I wish, I don’t die a virgin.”
Chandra is out of work at present and often seen frequenting clinics for her skin treatment, which turned blue because of excess weight shedding Read more
Govt plans policy to cut sulphur in diesel
December 26, 2009
The government is going to formulate a policy to cut down the amount of sulphur in diesel fuel to 50 parts per million to ensure sustainable environment by reducing vehicular air pollution and encouraging adoption of cleaner vehicle technologies.
A project called ‘air quality improvement through clean fuels and vehicles’ has already been taken to this end, said a senior Department of Environment official.
The environment and forest ministry with the United Nations Environment Programme has undertaken the project Read more