Janakantha gift for cricketers (3 June 1999)

3 June 1999

Janakantha gift for cricketers

Staff Correspondent

Globe Janakantha Shilpa Paribar yesterday announced a reward of Tk 20 lakh for Bangladesh cricketers who shocked former world champions Pakistan on Monday.

Delighted by the historic victory, the Janakantha management also paid one day's gross salary to its journalists and employees.

Of the Tk 20 lakh award, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will get Tk two lakh for development of cricket in the country. Each member of the World Cup squad will get Tk one lakh while team manager Tanvir Mazhar Islam and team coordinator Dewan Shafiul Arefin will get Tk one lakh each.

Minhajul Abedin and Khaled Mahmud, who won man-of-the-match awards in Bangladesh's games against Scotland and Pakistan respectively, will get an additional Tk 50,000 each.

The prizes would be given soon at a ceremony.

Source :: The Daily Star