Today marks the 109th birth anniversary of legendary folk singer Abbasuddin Ahmed (October 27, 1901-December 30, 1959). He was born at Balarampur under Tufanganj subdivision in the district of Cooch Behar, now in West Bengal. His father, Zafar Ali Ahmed, was a lawyer at the Tufanganj Subdivisional Court. Abbasuddin’s interest in music grew through attending cultural ... Read more
Month: October 2010
Tomalika’s return on silver screen
Apart from her successful innings in “Notun Kuri”, Tomalika Kormokar has proved her versatility by winning the National Film Award for her performance in “Kitton Khola”. And there’s more. After a long hiatus the brilliant artiste is all set to hit the silver screen again, appearing in Humayun Ahmed’s latest directorial venture “Ghetu Putro Komola”. ... Read more
Lady Gaga hits one billion YouTube views
In a career that hasn’t exactly been short of milestones, Lady Gaga has racked up yet another: she’s become the first artist ever to reach one billion views of her music videos on YouTube. This surpasses her previous online PB of reaching one billion views of her videos on the internet as a whole. The ... Read more
Dhaka unaware of marine resources
Successive governments have been shelving the initiative to establish an oceanographic institute which is essential for doing research on marine and seabed resources, experts told New Age. ‘For several years successive governments have been talking about establishing an Institute of Oceanography under the Ministry of Science and Technology, but there has been no
Biman grounded
Pilots swing into strike after 4 ‘suspended’; hajj flights to continue Biman Bangladesh Airlines last night “suspended” four pilots, prompting a pilots’ strike from 9:00pm that might see most of its aircraft grounded for an indefinite period. Hajj flights will, however, remain out of the purview of the strike, Bangladesh Airline Pilots’ Association (Bapa) sources ... Read more
Corruption on rise TIB ranks BD 12
Experts see making ACC toothless, withdrawal of many cases as reasons Bangladesh has attained 12th position among the most corrupt countries across the globe scoring 2.4 in Transparency International (TI) index. In the previous year, country’s ranking was 13th while position 139th among 180 countries, according to the watchdog’s corruption-measuring barometer. This year, it has
Roopganj yet to recover from trauma
Normalcy is yet to return to the many villages in Roopganj and Kaitpara where most of the males fled home fearing arrest in the cases filed by the Rapid Action Battalion and the police after Saturday’s clashes between the locals and the army over land purchase. One person had died and two people remained missing ... Read more
He killed mother, son only for some gold
Selim Mallik, who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of killing his mother, son and nephew in Keraniganj on Monday, confessed to the crime. Assistant Superintendent of Police Faruk Hossain of Keraniganj said Selim killed his mother as she refused to give him Tk 60,000 that he demanded, and the two kids as they started to
DU student killed in road accident
A Dhaka University student was killed in a road accident at the Hazrat Shahjalal Airport roundabout on Tuesday afternoon. The student was Billal Hossain, 25, a master’s student of sociology and resident of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall. One of his relatives, Mizanur Rahman, was also seriously
Star launches maiden mobile news app with Nokia today
The Daily Star in partnership with Nokia, world’s leading mobile handset manufacturer, today launches country’s first mobile news application, The Daily Star Widget. The mobile application has been published on Nokia’s online mobile application store — Ovi Store and can be downloaded for free on all Nokia
Creating awareness stressed to stop dowry system
Academics and a senior bureaucratic on Monday underscored the need for creating public awareness to stop dowry. They also urged the government to give incentive to the families having one child to check the population boom in the
Six killed, 6 injured in road accidents
At least six people were killed and six others injured in separate road accidents in Kishoreganj, Faridpur, Chapainawabganj, Thakurgaon, and Natore yesterday and on Monday. Our correspondent from Kishoreganj reports: Two bicycle riders were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Nikli-Kaliachapra road in Nuabari of Katiadi upazila in the
Dhaka Tourism Fair starts Oct 28
Tourism magazine Parjatan Bichitra will hold a 3-day tourism fair in Dhaka from October 28 with the slogan ‘Sustainable Tourism for Development’. Parjatan Bichitra editor Mohiuddin Helal made the announcement at a press conference at the National Press Club on
Nokia launches new handset
Nokia yesterday launched a new handset, C3, in Bangladesh, which would make social messaging and networking easier. At the launch of the device at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Sajid Rizwan Matin, acting head of marketing for Nokia Emerging Asia, said the idea of manufacturing
United Airways inducts 2 aircraft
Private airline United Airways on Tuesday inaugurated one Airbus-310-300ER and one ATR-72 aircraft to its fleet. The new addition to the aircraft has increased the fleet of the airline to six, said chairman and managing director of United Airways Tasbirul Ahmed Chowdhury, at the inaugural ceremony
German firm to open testing lab in Dhaka
German-based TÜV SÜD will open its testing laboratory in Dhaka to facilitate the testing of exportable textile items from tomorrow. In a statement, Bangla-desh-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BGCCI) said the 15,000 square-feet lab, set with state-of-the-art equipment, will be able to test textiles, clothing and
Unilever Bangladesh receives global award
Unilever Bangladesh Ltd has won Unilever Compass into Action Award at the Senior Leadership event in London on Thursday. The Global Unilever Compass Awards, introduced for the first time in 2010, recognises the outstanding achievement of Unilever operating companies in sustainable delivery on
Jamal scrape into final
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club reached the final of the Grameenphone Federation Cup with a luck-favoured 1-0 win over Muktijoddha at the Kamalapur stadium on Tuesday. Sheikh Jamal will face Dhaka Abahani in the final on Saturday. Muktijoddha wasted three clear chances while Sheikh Jamal scored in one of the two
Roqibul, Naeem shine on batsmen’s day
Roqibul Hassan and Naeem Islam scored centuries for their respective teams Barisal and Rajshahi to lead them to second consecutive win in the National Cricket League one-day version on Tuesday. On a day dominated by batsman, former skipper Mohammad Ashraful also strengthened his stake for a return to the national side with an unbeaten half-century ... Read more
Nat’l swimming from tomorrow
The Walton 24th National Swimming Championship gets underway tomorrow at the National Swimming Complex in Mirpur. Some 437 swimmers including 82 female competitors will take part in the meet. The swimmers will compete in 38 gold (19 each for both male and female) events. Besides,