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Endangered biodiversity of Saint Martin’s coral habitat will be portrayed in an underwater photo exhibition starting on Tuesday at Biswa Sahitya Kendra’s Art Gallery. Marine conservation initiative Save Our Sea (SOS) and Bangladesh Poribes Andolon (BAPA) are jointly organizing the awareness event on the occasion of UN declared International Day for Biological Diversity 2014. The three-days long exhibition titled ‘endangered lives’ will be inaugurated through a Discussion Meeting at 3 pm the Kendra’s Hall-room. Eminent activist and Vice President of BAPA Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed will be the chief guest. Country Representative for IUCN Bangladesh Ishtiaq Uddin Ahmad and Secretary of BAPA Abdul Matin will address the meeting as special guests. Moderated by Coordinator of Save Our Sea Mohammad Arju, the meeting will be addressed by Joint Secretary of BAPA Mr. Shahjahan Mridha Benu and Secretary General of Riverine People Sheikh Rokon among others.

Speaking about the event SOS coordinator Mohammad Arju said, ‘We have taken the opportunity brought to us by this year’s theme of Biodiversity Day on 22nd May; ‘Island Biodiversity’. Saint Martin’s, the only coral-bearing island of Bangladesh, is the most important marine biodiversity hotspot of the country. This marine habitat is home to various endangered species. Unfortunately the marine area is not under any kind of protection. As a consequence, human activity is causing rapid deterioration in biodiversity.’He said, ‘We are running explorations in various parts of the Bay of Bengal and producing visual contents to distribute in public. We believe, dissemination of visual contents about underwater world among public hopefully will be effective to build awareness about marine conservation. The photos of this exhibition were taken by our Executive Member and Underwater Photographer Mr. Sharif Sarwar.

Eoin Morgan will lead the Twenty20 side in the absence of Stuart Broad

Craig Wright will take charge of the coaching responsibilities until Grant Bradburn takes the reins in July

 

The Scotland selectors today named its 13–man squad to face England in the ODI match between Scotland and England on 9 May at Mannofield, Aberdeen.

Kyle Coezter will lead his team out in front of a sell-out crowd in Aberdeen to play England for the first time since 2010 in Scotland’s marquee match of the year.

Aberdeen born Josh Davey, who is now with Somerset, has earned a place in the squad. He last featured in an ODI for Scotland against Pakistan in May 2013. Since making his debut, the all-rounder has played in 11 ODI matches scoring 254 runs at an average of 25.40 and taken 15 wickets at 21.33. He is a like-for-like replacement for the injured Richie Berrington (hamstring).

Some impressive performances by seam bowler Alasdair Evans has earned him a spot alongside Aberdonian’s Michael Leask and Matthew Cross who along with Davey and Coetzer mean that the host city has produced nearly a third of the national squad.

Craig Wright will take charge of the coaching responsibilities until Grant Bradburn takes the reins in July, after which Wright will continue as his assistant.

Wright commented, “The match against England is a wonderful opportunity for us to continue the progress which the team made in New Zealand earlier this year.  The challenge for us regardless of the opposition is to continue to display the strong, positive mentality which was the cornerstone of our recent success.

With the World Cup to look forward to in under a year, this game will be a great chance for us to test ourselves at the type of level we want to be successful at moving forward.  I hope the occasion is a memorable one for Scottish cricket”.

Scotland Squad in full:

Kyle Coetzer (Captain), Freddie Coleman, Matthew Cross, Josh Davey, Alasdair Evans, Majid Haq, Michael Leask, Matt Machan, Calum MacLeod, Preston Mommsen, Safyaan Sharif, Rob Taylor, Iain Wardlaw.

Nottingham shire left-arm pace bowler Harry Gurney, who toured the West Indies with England last winter, is the only uncapped included player in the squad 

England selectors today announced a 13-man squad for the One-Day International against Scotland on Friday 9 May in Aberdeen.  

England squad: Alastair Cook (Essex) (Captain)Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)James Anderson (Lancashire)Gary Ballance (Yorkshire)Ian Bell (Warwickshire)Ravi Bopara (Essex)Jos Buttler (Lancashire)Harry Gurney (Nottinghamshire)Chris Jordan (Sussex)Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)Joe Root (Yorkshire)James Tredwell (Kent)Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)