Real estate developer Rangs Properties Ltd (RPL) has offered value-added services with the apartments in its new project, Garden Square, under an Eid promotional offer. The offer includes options like fitted kitchen with kitchen hood and cabinet, lighting fixtures, built-in bedroom cabinets and room air-coolers, said a
Month: August 2010
Azam Khan on his way home
Ailing Bangla pop guru and freedom fighter Azam Khan will return on Monday after a month-long treatment in Singapore, his family has said. The pop-song pioneer has been suffering from mouth cancer and flew to Singapore on Aug 14 for better treatment. The operation on him was done successfully at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in
Cabinet approves Tk 140bln expressway
The cabinet has approved construction of an elevated expressway proposed by the communications ministry to address traffic congestion in the capital. The two-year project worth Tk 140 billion was approved in a weekly meeting of the policymakers headed by prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday. Following the meeting, her spokesperson Abul Kalam Azad told journalists ... Read more
Uttara road awaits repair for a year
Commuters left to deal with potholes, garbage The residents of Uttara Model Town have been passing miserable days for over a year as Sonargaon-Janapath Road, stretching from intersection of sector-12 to Khalpar remains potholed and laden with garbage. Their sufferings intensify as the road submerges knee-deep under water even after a light rainfall and the ... Read more
DU observes Black Day
The Dhaka University (DU) family yesterday observed Black Day on the campus with demands to the government to take necessary steps to identify the ‘main culprits’ behind the torture of DU teachers and students during and after the unrest on August 20, 2007 at DU. They also demanded a fresh investigation into the August 20-22 ... Read more
Waterbuses ready, facilities inadequate
Service to start by end of this month Without building necessary infrastructure, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) is going to introduce waterbuses on Aminbazar-Sadarghat route by the end of this month. In a bid to minimise tedious tailbacks in the city, the vessels will ply the 16 kilometres long waterway. But the landing stations–Kholamura, ... Read more
JS body for making all pry, community schools public
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts has recommended nationalising all primary (registered) and community schools across the country. The recommendation was made at a meeting of the committee held at Sangsad Bhaban with its chief Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir in the
DCC election by mid Nov: Sohul
The election of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will be held at a convenient time between mid-September and mid-November, while the Union Parishad (UP) and Municipal (Pourasabha) elections in December and January. Election Commissioner Sohul Hossain said this while he was talking with reporters at his Sher-e-Bangla Nagar office in the
Manik appointed football coach of MSC for next two years
Shafiqul Islam Manik returned to his old hunting ground after a gap of three years as the AFC-A license coach was appointed yesterday as the head coach of Mohammedan Sporting Club for the next two years. Manik, who was nominated by the football committee on Thursday, was finally approved by the ad-hoc committee convener
BCB approves two foreigners rule
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has approved the participation of two foreign players in a match for the upcoming Premier Division Cricket League. The board of directors took the decision in a meeting on Sunday where they decided to allow registration of a maximum of five foreign
Nova : a regular face on the small screen
Lured by the fun of it, Nova started modelling. At one point of her modelling career in 2006, she received an offer for acting in Animesh Aich’s TV play ‘Prem O Ghamer Galpo’ which went on air on Banglavision as special TV play on the occasion of Eid. Since then, Nova became a regular face ... Read more
Fashion designers turn to traditions
Fashion designers this year appear to betting on past traditions in terms of making Eid clothes for girls. Different boutique shops have been keeping the old-fashioned semi-long Kameez as a new trend, instead of the short ones, for girls in this Eid. Well known fashion houses like Aarong, Nipun, Bunan, Banglar Mela, OG, Anjans are
Magic Messi wins Super Cup for Barca
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to lead Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over Sevilla and a 5-3 aggregate win in the Spanish Super Cup. The Argentine forward had a quiet World Cup in South Africa but looked more comfortable back among his club mates at the
Mou to direct a special TV play
A talented dancer, trendy model- cum- actress Mou, has a surprise up her sleeves for her fans this Eid: She plans to direct a special TV play to be aired on one of the TV channels. The shooting of the one-hour TV play, “Niruddesh” will begin soon, in and around the capital, she says. The ... Read more
Two factories fined for river pollution
One never used its ETP, another does not have wastewater tank The Department of Environment in a drive fined two factories Tk 77 lakh yesterday for discharging untreated liquid waste in canals flowing to the Meghna river. Sycotex Dyeing, an export-oriented textile mill, had set up an effluent treatment plant but never used it. The ... Read more
Autistic Children’s Products Fair begins
An eleven-day long Eid fair with the products made by a group of autistic children began in the city yesterday. Greetings cards for Eid-ul Fitr are the main attraction in the fair ahead of the festival. Other products include dresses, candles, card-holders, bed sheets, puppets, door bells and bangles and other gift items. Autism Welfare ... Read more
Tk 60cr full-fledged Liberation War Museum planned
In a bid to projecting the significance of the 1971 liberation war before the young generation, the Liberation War Museum authorities have planned to build a fully-fledged museum with modern facilities in the Dhaka city. The LWM sources said Tk 60 crore has been earmarked for building the six-storey building on 0.82 acres (over 2.5 ... Read more
Scouts lottery draw Sept 24
The lottery draw organised by Bangladesh Scouts will be held on September 24, says a press release. The earlier scheduled date was August 11 but was postponed for inevitable reasons. Sale of the lottery tickets was formally launched on June 8 at national headquarters of
Fire at chemical warehouse again
3 critically burnt; locals of Old Dhaka revisit Nimtoli nightmare A fire at a chemicals storehouse left three people seriously injured in a residential area of Lalbagh in Old Dhaka yesterday. The wounded were admitted to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition. The blaze started at about 2:30pm on ... Read more
Websites of public varsities in bad shapes
Though the government, after returning to the power, has been emphasising on ‘digitalisation’ of education system especially the higher education segment of the country, but the authorities of public universities, the country’s largest component of higher education, have hardly any impression in this regard. The fact was revealed after visiting the very worn out websites ... Read more