Humayun Ahmed’s single-episode play “Rubik’s Cube” will be aired on Channel i on Eid day at 7:50 pm. The story of the play follows a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist is fascinated with how a sane individual gradually becomes insane. To satiate his curiosity he drives his near and dear ones to insanity. One day the psychiatrist ... Read more
Month: September 2010
Solar irrigation to help agriculture
Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Solar irrigation to help agriculture The government’s policy support and the non government organizations’ (NGO) speedy operation are accelerating the rate of Solar Home System (SHS) installation outside national grid zones across the country. A total of 0.5 million installed SHS units are generating 25 megawatts of electricity, which is beyond the ... Read more
GP signs solar power deals
Mobile phone operator Grameenphone has signed agreements with three companies to purchase solar power to operate its off-grid base station sites. Grameenphone is the first telecommunication company in Bangladesh to use solar power in a large scale, GP said
Vultures face extinction
Oriental vultures are disappearing so fast that their population dropped by 95 percent in Bangladesh in the last two decades, due to feeding on carcasses of cattle treated with anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac, said experts. Diclofenac is widely used in human medicine globally, and was introduced to the veterinary market in the Indian subcontinent in early ... Read more
Eid brings no joy for 40m informal sector workers
The country’s under paid 40 million workers engaged by informal sectors are denied their lawful labour rights. Labour leaders said that they are not even aware that they are entitled to better and decent wages. The government, they said, was yet to make a law to protect their legitimate rights. Eid brings them no joy ... Read more
Unlicensed rickshaws rampant in city
A large number of unlicensed additional rickshaws that rolled onto the streets of capital Dhaka, the maddening rush of home bound passengers and a frenzy of shopping with just three days ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr compounded the nagging traffic congestions at some key points in the city. Traffic police and Dhaka City Corporation sources said ... Read more
Junior School Certificate exams to begin on Nov 4
The first-ever Junior School Certificate and Junior Dakhil Certificate examinations for the students of class VIII will begin on November 4. Some 15 lakh 20 thousand and 731 students across the country will sit for the exams under eight general education boards and one madrassha education board, education minister
No reason to be panicked about anthrax’s spread: Ruhal Huq
The health and family welfare minister, AFM Ruhal Huq, has said there is no reason to be panicked about the spread of the anthrax. He said anthrax was primarily a disease of herbivores but few numbers of cattle, buffalo and goat were infected with the disease that could be prevented through proper vaccination and
Website wants to live -stream games
Bangla-desh Football Federation on Monday received an offer from a Germany-based website for live streaming of the Bangladesh League matches. Al Musabbir Sadi, general secretary of the BFF, said the federation will take the matter seriously. ‘It is a good opportunity to present Bangladesh football to the viewers around the
Aniston is ‘sexually aggressive’ doctor in new film
Jennifer Aniston plays a ”sexually aggressive” doctor who tries to blackmail a colleague in ‘Horrible Bosses’. Jennifer Aniston plays a “sexually aggressive” woman in upcoming movie ‘Horrible Bosses’. According to her co-star Charlie Day, Jennifer’s character Dr. Julia Harris is a blackmailer who tries to get his character Dale Arbus to sleep
Pamela Anderson to film sex scene with Nokia contest winner
Pamela Anderson is set to make one lucky fan’s dreams come true – she’s offering to film a bedroom scene with a complete stranger for a new contest. The former “Baywatch” beauty, who hit the headlines in the 1990s after filming a sex tape with her then-husband Tommy Lee, has agreed to be filmed frolicking ... Read more
Aamir gets invitation to dine with Prince Charles
Aamir Khan is on a royal roll. Ah, quite so, considering that Khan and spouse Kiran Rao have been officially invited to dine with Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles at the Marlborough House in Westminster, London. A highly placed source states, “Aamir is honoured and has accepted the invitation from Prince Charles for cocktails ... Read more
Live music show “Call-er Gaan” on Desh TV
As part of its Eid programmes, Desh TV will air four special episodes of its regular live musical programme “Call-er Gaan”. The episodes will feature popular artistes both from Bangladesh and India. The artistes to be featured on the programme are James, Nokul Kumar Biswas, Swapon Kumar Bosu and the band Bhoomi (from Kolkata). The ... Read more
Govt asked to stop child labour in coastal belt fishing
The High Court on Sunday ordered the government to take appropriate steps to stop usury against bonded child labour in practice in the coastal areas victimising fishermen. The vacation bench of Justice Md Imman Ali and Justice Obaidul Hasan also ordered the labour and employment ministry to stop in a year the production of bidi, ... Read more
Red alert issued over anthrax infection
The government on Sunday announced red alert across the country over anthrax infection, which has so far been reported from five districts. Twenty-six cases of anthrax infection were first detected in Sirajganj on August 29. Now the total number of cases of anthrax infection has reached 327 till Sunday when the Institute of
Homebound people denied railway tickets at Eid time
VIPs get preference for sudden interest to travel by train The fascination for journey by train that grew quite suddenly among very important persons forced Bangladesh Railway to set aside extra tickets for them on the occasion of Eid depriving many ordinary citizens keen on celebrating the festival in the countryside, railway sources said. The ... Read more
Sky Blues’ twin targets
Leave for Assam today Three-time Bangladesh League champions Abahani leave for Assam this afternoon to take part in the Bordoloi Trophy as part of their preparations ahead of the upcoming season. Abahani, who are still unaware of their opponents, will start their campaign from the second round as they have been drawn along with two ... Read more
Sraboni, Shahanaz win bronze in Korea
Sraboni Biswas and Shahanaz Parvin won bronze medals in the 6th Korea Open International Taekwondo Championship held in Gumi yesterday. Sraboni defeated a Chinese player to finish third in the 67kg category while Shahanaz Parvin beat Thailand to win the 62kg bronze medal, said a press release
Bela notice to stop three Savar canals’ pollution
Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) yesterday served a legal notice on different ministries and government offices asking them to stop pollution of Dholaibil, Bilbaghil and Karnapara canals in Savar. Industries mostly dyeing, spinning and textile, and dairy farms situated by these three canals dump toxic wastes in the canals polluting their water, the legal notice ... Read more
NU master’s final results published
The results of Masters final part examination of 14 subjects held in 2007 under the National University were published on Sunday. The departments are Bengali, English, sociology, statistics, marketing, geography, home economics, Arabic, Pali, Sanskrit, psychology, library and information science, soil science and