Grabbing easy, freeing tough
May 27, 2009
River-gobblers having a feast on Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Balu as they face no govt resistance
The Buriganga Second Bridge in Postogola overlooks a significant part of the river. Anybody standing on the bridge would have a clear view of the river and easily realise how shamelessly and ruthlessly encroachers have squeezed the lifeline of the capital.
Encroachment on the Buriganga over the years was so severe that the Shyampur side of the bridge Read more
Bijori Barkatullah: When beauty complements dramatics
May 27, 2009
She is a stunning beauty spruced up with talents. Bijori Barkatullah never thought that she would be this gifted actress and do all her job with utmost perfection. Reminiscing on the childhood days she says, “I was always busy with my studies. I also learnt to sing but then shifted to dancing.” Bijori is well versed in Kathak and Bharatnatyam and believes that one cannot learn anything without devotion and proper practice.
Talking about her first play, she says, “It was in the year 1998 and a play was to be aired in BTV. The actress failed Read more
Spectacular finale to IPL extravaganza
May 25, 2009
A galaxy of Bollywood stars added glitz and glamour to the spectacular closing ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 championship after the final game won by Deccan Chargers here Sunday.
Music and fireworks displays filled the air soon after the last ball was bowled, creating an electric-charged carnival atmosphere.
The Wanderers Stadium was transformed into a sea of shimmering, floating lights which were released into the sky as frenzied fans waved to their Read more
Tigers arrive in England
May 25, 2009
The Bangladesh contingent has landed in England to start their World Twenty20 mission and it has been a pleasant arrival. The Tigers are the first among the top 10 teams to kick off their preparation for the tournament on English soil. The West Indies are of course currently on tour in England and are involved in the ODI series against the hosts which Read more
Gilly: An amazing experience
May 25, 2009
From laggards to champions! A fairytale ending for the Deccan Chargers. Captain Adam Gilchrist couldn’t have asked for anything better.
The heart went out to Anil Kumble! He bowled superbly, taking four wickets, and restricting the Deccan Chargers to 143. It looked an achievable target but the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsmen fell to a mixture of good bowling and reckless shots.
With 15 runs required off the last over, purple cap winner Rudra Pratap Singh bowled a disciplined line as the Read more
Deccan charge to glory
May 25, 2009
Deccan Chargers took the bull in their emblem too seriously, as they came out charging to defend a modest total. They bowled with fire, they fielded aggressively, they sledged with a vengeance, and literally, almost by physical force, hustled Royal Challengers Bangalore out in a thrilling final that lived up to the occasion at the Wanderers in Johannesburg last Read more
Rs 5,000 cr changed hands during IPL 2
May 25, 2009
Pune: Royal Challengers Bangalore making it to the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) second season in South Africa on Sunday caught punters on the wrong foot.
“Season 2 saw an overwhelmingly upward trend for bookies,” said a bookie on condition of anonymity. “With the Challengers making it to the finals, it has elevated them even higher.”
When the tournament began, the Royal Challengers were available at Rs30, but on Sunday, they were being quoted Read more
We’d learnt our lessons from IPL-1
May 25, 2009
What a tournament the second season of the IPL has been!
Going into the final stages, seven of the eight teams were in with a chance of making it to the semis and beyond. Such scripts cannot be written, that much is for sure.
For a lot of us, Twenty20 was a new game and, as a consequence, the Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a bad start. We tried different things but nothing seemed to work.
This season we decided to bring in a couple of extra hitters, but more importantly, all of us from last year had evolved Read more
Programmes on Nazrul jayanti
May 25, 2009
The 110th birth anniversary of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated across the country today. The government, foreign embassies, education institutions, socio-cultural organisations and TV channels have chalked out various programmes to mark the occasion.
The president Zillur Rahman will inaugurate the national poet’s birth anniversary programme at Read more
Recession phobia
May 25, 2009
Md. Shairul Mashreque
AT the beginning of the new millennium the world has been beset by an insurmountable challenge in the wake of global recession. Economic downhill-slide in major capitalist countries in the north, which boast of having strong economies, threatens to affect countries in the south — especially the least developed countries (LDCs).
The economically poor countries are now feeling the shattering impact of the domineering role of the north in open market operations. Our economy might Read more