Sri Lanka win by 5 wickets

Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam hits a ball in pursuit of his maiden century during the final match against Sri Lanka. Photo

Lankan batsmen picked up their victory defeating Pakistan by five wickets in the final match of Asia Cup 2014 in Mirpur today.
Sri Lankan got the easy victory losing just five wickets in their chase of 260.
Lahiru Thirimanne's brilliant century off 106 balls and Mahela Jayawardene's 75 run-innings off 93 balls spearheaded Sri Lanka towards a win despite Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal's consecutive dismissal of their top two batsmen.
Ajmal made early inroads dismissing Sangakkara before he could score any run in the wake of MDKJ Perera's departure.
Thirimanne left crease with his 101 runs off 109 balls while Mahela Jayawardene went back to the pavilion scoring 75 runs off 93 balls.
Jayawardene was dismissed as he gave a catch to Sharjeel Khan took in a delivery of Mohammad after making a 156-run partnership with Thirimanne.
Pakistan middle-order batsman Fawad Alam helped to score the runs with his maiden century despite the strike of Sri Lankan ace speed demon Lasith Malinga. He scored 114 runs off 134 balls remaining unbeaten.Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq's 65 runs off 98 balls and Umar Akmal 59 runs off 42 balls powered Pakistan, giving a fighting score against Lankan.
Malinga solely took all five wickets. He dismissed first-down batsman Mohammad Hafiz after picking up both openers Ahmed Shehzad and Sharjeel Khan.
Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq went back to the pavilion scoring 65 runs off 98 balls after giving a catch to MDKJ Perera in a delivery of Malinga.
Malinga finally dismissed Umar AKmal at 59 runs off 42Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. The match will begin from local time 2:00pm8:00am GMT at Sher-e Bangla Stadium.State-run Bangladesh Television and private channel, Channel 9, broadcasted the match live.Lankans are leading the tourney with 17 points bagging all four matches in their favour while Pakistan lost only one match of their four with 13 points  the inaugural one against today’s opponents.Sharjeel Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbahul-Haq, Umar Akma Fawad Alam, ShahidAfridi, MDKJ Perera, HDRLThirimanne, KC Sangakkara DPMD Jayawardene, SMA Priyanjan, AD Mathews PC de Silva NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, RAS Lakmal and SL Malinga

dominated society

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Star file photo

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today alleged that it was a male-dominated society that had tried to implement the much-talked-about 'minus-two' formula, excluding Hasina and BNP chief Khaleda Zia from politics during the last caretaker government.
The premier came up with the allegation while addressing a function marking the International Women's Day at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre BICC
Hasina, who also heads the ruling Awami League, said now the number of female political leaders at the top has marked a rise as the ruling party chief is a woman and the leaders of the opposition is also a woman apart from the female leader of another political party.That demonstrates that the efforts of the male-dominated society' have failed. What will they call it now? Instead of two we now three she wondered.
Hasina has called upon all to vow afresh to establish an equality-based world where equal rights, honour and dignity of women would be enhanced.
Mentioning that the country’s more than half of the population are women, the prime minister said achieving the desired socioeconomic progress is impossible pushing the women away from the development process.
In this connection, she called upon both men and women to work together for building poverty- and illiteracy-free Bangladesh through ensuring women empowerment, equal rights, equal opportunities and their involvement in the mainstream national development.
Hasina urged the country’s womenfolk to be well-educated and establish themselves as equally as their male counterparts are in society saying they will have to build their own fortune as no one will come forward to help change their fate.

BCL man hurt in Gazipur AL clash

A BCL activist was injured during a clash between the supporters of the Awami League-backed and rebel chairman candidates in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur today.
It was not clear immediately how he sustained the injuries but police say he came under the wheels of a vehicle during the clash while a doctor states she saw marks of bullet injuries in his head.
Victim Al Amin, 21, is a supporter of the AL rebel candidate and an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League BCL student wing of AL, reports our Gazipur correspondent.
Amir Hossain, officer-in-charge, of Sreepur Police Station, first said he had learnt that the BCL man was killed in a road accident during the clash but later in the afternoon he told The Daily Star that the man was undergoing treatment at the ICU of Uttara Crescent Hospital.
Shahida Akhtar, a doctor at Sreepur Upazila Health Complex where the victim was rushed immediately after the incident, told The Daily Star that she found a bullet wound on his head.

Tk 32 lakh looted from Sonali Bank in Bogra

Robbers took away Tk 32.51 lakh from a Sonali Bank branch in Bogra by digging a tunnel into the bank’s vault last night.
Police said they have found the around 10-yard tunnel connecting the vault with a nearby furniture shop.
Two Ansar members, who were on security of the bank in Adamdighi upazila, the owner and an employee of the furniture house were picked up this evening, reports our Bogra correspondent.

BSF hands over 2 BGB men

The Indian border troops handed over two members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) this afternoon a day after picking them up from Alatuli frontier in Chapainawabganj.
Border Security Force (BSF) members handed over Ali Newaz and Azad in a flag meeting in the border area around 2:30pm, reports our Rajshahi correspondent.
The BGB men, whose full identity was not available immediately, went to Bokchand area of Alatuli union in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila around 9:30pm for their duty and did not return, said an official of BGB.
Later, the BGB officials learnt that the BSF men from Sandua camp in Lalgola of Murshidabad picked up the duo as they by mistake intruded into Indian territory.
Before receiving the duo, the BGB officials sent a letter to their Indian counterpart seeking explanation on the issue, the official added.
When contacted, Lt Col Mohammad Nazim Khan, director of 37 BGB Battalion, termed the incident a misunderstanding.
BSF members did not arrest Newaz and Azad rather ensured their safety said Khan,also commanding officer of the BGB camp.

No Bangladeshi on missing Malaysian plane

A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing March 8, 2014. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing B777-200 flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew lost contact with air traffic controllers early on Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the airline said in a statement. Photo: Reuters

There was no Bangladeshi citizen on board the missing flight of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people, which lost contact with air traffic control early Saturday.
A spokesman for the Malaysia Airlines confirmed it, saying there were 227 passengers and 12 crew on the aircraft.
Of the passengers, 152 were Chinese while the rest were from 14 other countries, including USA, Canada, Australia, Italy and France.
The plane lost contact with air traffic control early in the morning during flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and the international aviation authorities could not yet locate the jetliner even several hours later.
The plane lost communication two hours into the flight over Vietnam at 1:20am (18:20 GMT Friday), China’s state news agency said. The radar signal also was lost, Xinhua reported.

This AP file photo shows a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER takes-off at Narita Airport in Narita, near Tokyo.

There were rumors the plane had landed safely, but Fuad Sharuji, Malaysian Airlines’ vice president of operations control, told CNN that they were untrue and the airline had no idea where the plane was.
AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes sent a tweet saying that the radio failed and all were safe, but the tweet was later deleted.
Sharuji said that the plane was flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet and that the pilots reported no problem with the aircraft.
Flight MH370 departed Kuala Lumpur at 12:41am Saturday (16:41 GMT Friday) and was expected to land in Beijing at 6:30am Saturday (22:30 GMT Friday), Malaysia Airlines said.
The plane was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, and 12 crew members, the airline said.
The airline said it was working with authorities who activated their search and rescue teams to locate the aircraft. The route would take the aircraft from Malaysia across to Vietnam and China.
“Our team is currently calling the next-of-kin of passengers and crew. Focus of the airline is to work with the emergency responders and authorities and mobilize its full support,” Malaysia Airlines CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said in a statement.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with all affected passengers and crew and their family members,” he added.

A woman (C), believed to be the relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, covers her face as she cries at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on March 8, 2014. Photo: Reuters

At Beijing’s airport, Zhai Le was waiting for her friends, a couple, who were on their way back to the Chinese capital on the flight. She said she was very concerned because she hadn’t been able to reach them.

Asian states search for missing jet

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A relative of a passenger at Beijing International Airport Relatives gathered at Beijing International Airport fearing the worst

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  March 8, 2014

Planes and ships from south-east Asian states have joined forces to search the South China Sea for a Malaysia Airlines jet, missing with 239 people on board. Flight MH370 vanished at 18:40 GMT Friday (02:40 local time Saturday) after leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing, where it was expected at 22:30 GMT.
The aerial search has been halted for the night but sea operations continue.
No wreckage has been reported by the airline, but Vietnamese planes reported seeing oil slicks in the sea.
The Vietnamese government said two slicks, about 15km (9 miles) long, were consistent with those that could be left by an airliner and had been detected off southern Vietnam.
However, there is no confirmation the slicks relate to the missing plane.
US help
Distraught relatives and loved ones of those aboard are being given assistance at the airports.
"We are doing everything in our power to locate the plane," Malaysian Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia Airlines chief executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said the focus was on helping the families of those missing. He said that 80% of the families had been contacted.
The plane reportedly went off the radar south of Vietnam.
Its last known location was off the Ca Mau peninsula although the exact position was not clear.
The Boeing B777-200 aircraft was carrying 227 passengers, including two children, and 12 crew members.
Malaysia's military said a second wave of helicopters and ships had been despatched after an initial search revealed nothing. The US has agreed to help with its aircraft too, Malaysian Prime Minister Najb Razak said.
Territorial disputes over the South China Sea were set aside temporarily as China dispatched two maritime rescue ships and the Philippines deployed three air force planes and three navy patrol ships.
Singapore is also involved, while Vietnam sent aircraft and ships and asked fishe

feminism is encouraged

 just revealed its newest advertisement featuring the words "Made in Bangladesh" across a model's bare chest, this campaign is guaranteed to cause a stir.

According to the information under the image, the model's name is Maks, and she's a Bangladesh-born merchandiser who's been with American Apparel since 2010, reports a New York-based fashion magazine
Maks, whose family moved to California when she was four, followed her parent's Islamic traditions until she was in high school.
It was then, the ad says, that Maks started distancing herself from the Islamic faith in search of her own identity, which makes her an ideal poster child for A"She doesn't feel the need to identify herself as an American or a Bengali and is not content to fit her life into anyone else's conventional narrative.
That's what makes her essential to the mosaic that is Los Angeles, and unequivocally, a distinct figure in the ever expanding American Apparel family."
It's a bold move to link a topless model with a country where but Islam is the state religion.
The Elle magazine said it had reached out to American Apparel for comment.
Here is the full text that accompanied the image:
"She is a merchandiser who has been with American Apparel since 2010. Born in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, Maks vividly remembers attending mosque as a child alongside her conservative Muslim parents. At age four, her family made a life-changing move to Marina Del Rey, California.
"Although she suddenly found herself a world away from Dhaka, she continued following her parent's religious traditions and sustained her Islamic faith throughout her childhood.
"Upon entering high school, Maks began to feel the need to forge her own identity and ultimately distanced herself from Islamic traditions.
"A woman continuously in search of new creative outlets, Maks unreserved