Friday, March 29, 2024

Appoint Yunus as chairman

Grameen Bank employees urge govt Employees of Grameen Bank yesterday urged the government to appoint Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus as chairman of the microfinance bank to ensure its smooth running. “If Prof Yunus cannot be allowed to work as managing director for crossing retirement age, he should be appointed chairman,” said Md Shamsul Alam, ... Read more

Siddikur leading world No. 2

Lee Westwood may have the world No 1 spot in mind, but on the opening day of the Indosian Masters, Siddikur Rahman ruled the roost. He shot an opening six-under-par 66 yesterday to lead and has the world No 2 Westwood trailing by two. According to the Asian Tour website, Siddikur fired two superb chip-ins ... Read more

Movie Review: Guerrilla

Narrating a cruel yet tragically inspiring history The nationwide release of the movie “Guerrilla” coincided with the Bengali New Year and this was done rightfully so. “Guerrilla” narrates the tale of Bilkis (played by Joya Ahsan), a freedom fighter, who actively participates in the Liberation War while searching for her lost husband. Based on Syed ... Read more

Organisational culture

Mamun Rashid From an academic perspective, we can look at the way Edgar Schein, a former professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, defines organisational culture as ‘a pattern of shared basic assumptions that was learned by a group as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration, that has worked well ... Read more

Trial for vitamin A-rich rice soon

Bangladeshi scientists ready for developing further the genetically-engineered variety Bangladesh is all set for developing further the world’s first-ever vitamin A-rich rice. A genetically engineered variety, the Golden Rice will go through Green House and field tests before advancing into production phase. And if everything goes well, Bangladesh, within 5 years, will be able to ... Read more

Actor Shakib Khan sued

Actor Shakib Khan sued A Dhaka court yesterday summoned film actor Shakib Khan Rana asking him to appear before it by May 19, hours after filing of a case for misappropriating Tk 40 lakh. Metropolitan Magistrate SKM Tofail Hassan passed the order after Monowar Ehtesham alias Shish Monowar, a film producer filed the case against ... Read more

Ashraful’s blast from the past

Mohammad Ashraful shone with both ball and bat to lead his Bangladesh A side to a six-wicket victory against South Africa A on Tuesday night at Buffalo Park in East London, in the first of five unofficial ODIs. Only ten days ago South Africa had been battering Bangladesh in a four-day match, and in their ... Read more

Halda fishes act unusually

Release eggs before rain; fishermen see salty water intrusion as reason Even in weather adverse to laying eggs, a number of fish species yesterday started releasing spawns in the Halda river at Hathazari and Raozan upazilas, the only natural fish breeding centre of sweet water in the subcontinent. Mother fishes depend on special factors like ... Read more

Art of Tagore’s Songs launched

A research work on Tagore song titled The Art of Tagore’s Songs by Karunamaya Goswami was unveiled on Monday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. Eminent Tagore scholar and musicologist Karunamaya Goswami took three years to accomplish the research work. Covering various aspects of Tagore song

Consumers subjected to ‘serious health risks’

Millions of residents in Old Town of Dhaka are exposed to serious health risks such as cancer through the water supplied to them by the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, according to experts. The water used by many living in Old Town comes from the River Buriganga and is treated at the Chandnighat Water Treatment ... Read more

HC asks govt to publicise share scam report

The High Court on Tuesday asked the finance ministry to publicise within ‘reasonable time’ the probe report on the recent share market scam in which thousands of investors lost their money and many small investors became bankrupt. The High Court vacation bench of Justice Syed Mohammad Ziaul Karim and Justice

Polls to 3,813 UPs in May 31-July 5

The Election Commission on Tuesday announced a 36-day timeline for elections to 3,813 union parishads in 414 upazilas across the country starting on May 31. ‘A committee comprising the deputy commissioner, election officers and upazila executive officers for each district would set the dates for polling in between May 31 and July 5 in the

BCB bids farewell to Siddons

The Bangladesh Cricket Board bade farewell to the outgoing national coach Jamie Siddons on Tuesday after it had decided not to renew the contract of the Australian. The board president, AHM Mustafa Kamal, hosted a lunch at the BCB office in his honour, before an executive committee meeting, where members of the press were

Mohan, Beauty crowned fastest man, woman

Mohan Khan and Najmun Nahar Beauty were crowned he fastest man and woman of Bangladesh after ending men’s and women’s 100-metre sprint on the opening day of 36th National Athletic Championship on Tuesday. Army athlete, who took the crown for the first time, clocked 10.56 second while Beauty

Rafiqul era ends

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) decided to terminate the contract of the national selection committee led by Rafiqul Alam yesterday in its 29th meeting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium headquarters. “It was decided in the meeting that their contract will not be renewed after April 30,” said BCB media committee chairman Jalal Yunus. “We will prepare ... Read more

Fakhruddin, Moeen given time again to face JS body

The parliamentary sub-committee on the education ministry on Monday gave another six weeks to the former chief adviser of the caretaker government, Fakhruddin Ahmed, and the former army chief, General Moeen U Ahmed, to appear before it. They will now have to appear before the committee’s seventh meeting to be held on June

Soft loan on offer

Overseas Job Seekers Soft loan on offer Launch of Expatriates’ Welfare Bank tomorrow Expatriates’ Welfare Bank is set to begin its journey tomorrow aiming to provide low interest loan to overseas job seekers and help them invest in businesses after returning home. The interest rate has not been fixed yet, said Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Khandker ... Read more