Judgment hailed as ‘landmark’ Rumi, November 19, 2009 The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a High Court verdict that handed down the death sentence to 12 former army officers in the Bangabandhu murder case, sealing the gruelling and long-disrupted proceedings of 21 years. People of all walks hailed it as a landmark verdict, delivering justice more than three… Continue Reading
Remember The Name- Shakib Wisden Cricketer of the Year! Rumi, October 10, 2009 Bangladesh’s 22-year-old allrounder Shakib Al Hasan is TWC’s Test player of the year. Still relatively unknown around the world, he tells Rabeed Imam about his reluctant path into cricket Who is Shakib Al Hasan? Ask most cricket followers around the world who the best player in the last 12 months… Continue Reading
Dolar and Mushfiqur make it 4-1 Rumi, August 19, 2009 Bangladesh 212 for 5 (Mushfiqur 98, Price 2-21) beat Zimbabwe 209 (Taylor 61, Price 46, Dolar 4-28) by five wickets After three consecutive run-fests, the bowlers finally had their say. Zimbabwe won the toss but thoughts of repeating the 312 they posted in the fourth match were undone by an… Continue Reading
Tamim gatecrashes Coventry’s party Rumi, August 17, 2009 Bangladesh 313 for 6 (Tamim 154, Price 3-60) beat Zimbabwe 312 for 8 (Coventry 194*) by four wickets Charles Coventry made the joint highest individual score in an ODI but his effort was outweighed by a sparkling, cool-headed century from Tamim Iqbal, who broke the record for the most runs… Continue Reading
A remittance strategy scribble Rumi, August 7, 2009 As mentioned, last week was a Remittances week in Rome. Remittances continually intrigues me as a market, especially the major focus financial institutions are now placing on this area as an opportunity. This is contradictory as those who need remittance services the most are often those who do not use… Continue Reading
Bangladesh complete 3-0 sweep Rumi, August 2, 2009 Bangladesh 249 for 7 (Siddique 55, Mahmudullah 51*, Roach 4-63) beat West Indies 248 (Fletcher 52, Mahmudullah 2-38, Mahbubul 2-42) by three wickets Bangladesh held their nerve despite wobbles at significant junctures to complete a whitewash in St Kitts. Set a target of 249, they were given a fiery start… Continue Reading
Razzak, Shakib seal Bangladesh win Rumi, July 27, 2009 Bangladesh 246 for 9 (Ashraful 57, Shakib 54, Roach 5-44) beat West Indies 194 (Smith 65, Razzak 4-39) by 52 runs Shakib Al Hasan, yet again, was the architect of Bangladesh’s success as he delivered a fine allround performance to lead his team to a 52-run win in the series… Continue Reading
Raqibul and Shakib inspire first overseas series win Rumi, July 21, 2009 Bangladesh 232 (Rahim 48, Raqibul 44, Roach 6-48) and 217 for 6 (Shakib 96*, Raqibul 65, Sammy 5-55) beat West Indies 237 (Dowlin 95, Richards 69) and 209 (Bernard 69, Shakib 5-70) by four wickets History was calling and Bangladesh showed they were all ears in Grenada. Raqibul Hasan and… Continue Reading
Spinners seal historic Bangladesh win Rumi, July 14, 2009 Four years and six months after their solitary Test win, Bangladesh sealed a historic second victory when they beat West Indies by 95 runs in St Vincent. Bangladesh’s spin twins Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah weaved a tantalising web to shove West Indies to defeat. Spare a thought, though, for… Continue Reading
History repeats itself Rumi, March 26, 2009 What price do people pay for freedom? In the 17th and 18th centuries as people were coming to this “new world”, many of them couldn’t afford the boat ride. Continue Reading