In Focus Madhupur Ethnic Mini Museum: A modest but notable endeavour History, traditions and heritage of the indigenous communities of the Madhupur Garh region are seemingly under threat. Initiatives to preserve and uphold these traditions and cultural elements have been few and far between. However, a mini museum has been set up at the Telki ... Read more
Month: March 2010
Humayun Ahmed’s “Leelabati” adapted for small screen
Humayun Ahmed’s popular novel “Leelabati” has been adapted into a TV serial. Directed by Arun Chowdhury, a 52-episode serial has been made [with the same title]. The serial will be aired on ATN Bangla soon. Apart from direction, Chowdhury has also dramatised the serial. The cast includes Shahiduzzaman Selim, Tamalika Karmakar, Arefin Shuvo, Srabasti Tinni,
Farida Zaman’s solo exhibition in Kolkata
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (Kolkata) and Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts have jointly organised a twelve daylong solo exhibition of Bangladeshi painter Farida Zaman. The exhibition, titled “Nature and Life”, is now being held at the Jamini Roy Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Kolkata. A noticeable feature of the artist’s works is the depiction ... Read more
DSE turnover hits lowest in 5 months
Daily turnover at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday hit its lowest in more than five months, as the investors remained cautious due to continuous price-sliding, caused by the regulators’ intervention. Turnover dropped 15.6 per cent to Tk 6.30 billion, the lowest since September 9, and the benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) plunged
Padma Bridge tender likely by early Apr
Tender for the $2.4 billion Padma Multi-purpose Bridge are likely to be invited late this month or in early April, sources in the Economic Relations Division said. The communications ministry in cooperation with a donor group led by the World Bank almost completed chalking out bidders’ pre-qualification criteria for building the
Fresh drive to free Shitalakhya
11 illegal structures demolished Narayanganj district administration along with Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority yesterday demolished illegal structures on river Shitalakhya under Sonargaon upazila. They knocked down a total of 11 structures including two one-storey buildings, one semi-concrete structure, a jetty, two pier stairs and four
80,000 unfit cars causing traffic snarl, environ hazards
Around 80,000 unfit cars are plying the streets of Dhaka city in violation of the set laws and have been causing severe traffic congestion and environmental hazards, reports BSS. The BRTA [Bangladesh Road Transport Authority] are running only two mobile courts led by two executive magistrates to take actions against the huge unfit transports,
Dhaka hosts climate meet in May-June
Bangladesh is going to host a regional conference on climate change in May or June in Dhaka as part of the road to the next Conference of Parties (COP16). The European Union has proposed to sponsor the conference, State Minister for Environment and Forests Hasan Mahmud said this yesterday while talking to the
Deal signed on three five-star hotels
Unique Group, the owning company of Westin Dhaka, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday to build three five-star hotels in the country. Mohammad Noor Ali, managing director of Unique Group, and Don Elliot, regional vice president of
Samsung’s new mobile set hits market
Samsung Electronics yesterday launched GenoA, the newest member of the touch series mobile phones, at a function at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. “The set is specially designed to tempt the youngsters aged between 15 to 35,” said KH Lee, managing director for Dhaka branch office of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd A presentation at the launch ... Read more
Citycell celebrates Intl Women’s Day 2010
Citycell on Monday celebrated the International Women’s Day 2010 with its valued female customers Citycell honored its valued female customers who have spent significantly long tenure with the company through according reception to them at a city hotel on Monday.. Mehboob Chowdhury, CEO of Citycell atended the program while Citycell female
UK charity raises cash for B’desh garment workers
A UK charity that has been warning of unsafe conditions in Bangladeshi factories for years is appealing to British Bangladeshi business leaders for cash donation following a recent fire that killed over 21 garment workers, to help prevent further tragedies. The call from War on Want follows the deaths of 21 workers and injuries to ... Read more
DW-RADIO to broadcast live twice daily from Bengali New Year
Bangladeshi Radio listeners have access to Bengali Radio Programmes from German radio Deutsche Welle (DW) via FM brand like BBC and VOA Bengali services, under an agreement signed Tuesday. Director General of Bangladesh Betar (BB) Md Mahbubul Alam, and Managing Director of DW-AKADEMIE, Ms Gerda Meuer yesterday signed the deal at the
Population, a growth engine
Rohan Samarajiva I was surprised, during my last stay in Dhaka, to read a magazine article about Bangladesh’s “population problem” that made no reference to demographic structure. Modern scholarship no longer sees population solely as a burden, understanding that the relevant question is not about the size of the population as such, but about its ... Read more
Excessive intervention of SEC leads to continuous fall in DSE
Excessive intervention by the regulator is resulting in continuous fall of index in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) resulting panic sale by the small investors, experts observed. The general index or DGEN yesterday saw 116 points or 2.07 per cent fall to end on 5486.43 points while the DSI index fell by 90 points or ... Read more
Tourism fair begins Thursday
A three-day international tourism fair, Dhaka Travel Mart 2010, is set to begin in Dhaka on Thursday, said a press statement. GM Quader, civil aviation and tourism minister, is scheduled to inaugurate the fair to be held at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel. The Bangladesh Monitor, a travel and tourism publication, is organising the fair for a ... Read more
Golden girls awarded
100th International Women’s Day Golden girls awarded To mark the 100th International Women’s Day, Nari Uddug Kendra, a non-government organisation, accorded a reception to female gold winners of the 11th South Asian Games as well as renowned sports organisers and former athletes at the CIRDAP Auditorium here yesterday. The ceremony virtually turned into a get-together ... Read more
Grabbers feast on Cox’s Bazar hills
Different groups under real and fictitious banners are seen in a race for grabbing hill land in Cox’s Bazar district town. They are flattening the hills and fencing off the hill land. Indiscriminate cutting of hills is posing a threat to the ecological balance as the soil from the hill cutting is filling up the ... Read more
Bangladesh ranks 67 for women in politics
Bangladesh, one of the few countries on the planet where both the ruling and main opposition parties are headed by women, surpasses its neighbour India when it comes to participation of the fair sex in politics. Bangladesh is ranked 67th with 18.3 per cent female participation in national politics, according to the data revealed by ... Read more
Schedule to be announced April 20
UP polls The number of voters at present in the country is 8 crore 47 lakh 47 thousand 698, which is 36 lakh 89 thousand more than the last year’s total number of voters. The number of voters in the country was 8 crore 10 lakh 58 thousand 698 during the 9th parliamentary election held ... Read more