This evening all eyes are going to be glued on Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka—and on the newly refurbished 25,000-seater Bangabandhu National Stadium, to be precise—where the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will kick off at 5:30 p.m. IST with a grand ceremony that is going to feature about 4,000 performers. The tournament is taking place in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, but Dhaka gets to play host first. “The ceremony is divided in three segments, with each segment categorically representing each of the host nations,” said Mohammad Ali Ahsan, the ICC tournament director for Bangladesh.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Dhaka Decks Up for World Cup Opening
2:58 AM
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