Bangladesh and India were declared joint champions of the SAFF U-19 Women Championship after a coin toss controversy that initially saw the game being decided in favour of India by virtue of a flip of the coin at the Birshrestha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on Thursday.
Shibani goal took the away side ahead in the eighth minute but Bangladesh striker Sagorika found an equaliser late in stoppage time to take the game to penalties.
All 11 players from each side converted their penalties and it was expected that there would be a continuation of the shootout. However, things unfolded in a very bizarre manner after that.
Bangladesh skipper Afeida Khandokar, the first penalty taker for the home side, walked towards the penalty spot but was then stopped in her tracks as the referees discussed the stipulation amongst themselves. The on-field referees then told both captains that the fate of the match would be decided by a coin toss which went in favour of India.
BANDARBAN: Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui today visited Tumbru and Ghumdhum border areas and exchanged views with the on-duty border guard members.
Talking to reporters at Ghumdhum High School after the visit the BGB chief said the border guard is showing highest patience and trying to face the situation giving importance to international relation with Myanmar as directed by the Prime Minister.
He asked the BGB members to remain alert and discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and professionalism to protect the country sovereignty and independence.
United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has expressed his commitment to enhance bilateral economic and security partnership to support Bangladesh graduation from LDC status.
“I am writing to underline my commitment to strengthen the growing economic and security partnership between our countries and to support Bangladesh graduation from LDC status,” he said in a letter to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
Sunak said he wrote the letter “as you embark on a historic fifth term and reflecting Bangladesh impressive development gains under your leadership in recent years”.
An application was submitted to the director general of the Directorate of Patents, Industrial Designs and Trade Marks under the industries ministry today, reports our Tangail correspondent.
“Tangail sari deserves to be recognised as a GI product of Bangladesh in any case. We have been going through the documentation process for Tangail sari recognition as a GI product for the past three months. We applied today,” Md Kaiserul Islam, deputy commissioner of Tangail, told reporters.
“Basically, it has been applied after making documentation after collecting the 250 years history of the sari and the information about people lives and livelihood related to it. The application has already been accepted. We hope to get the GI recognition of Tangail sari soon,” he said.