Promising film actress Chandni alias Silvi is going to perform in the central role again. She will perform in the movie ‘Naag Sundori’, which story was written by Motiur Rahman Badal. It was scripted by Badal also and he will give direction of it. In the movie, Chandni will act in role of ‘Naag Sundori’. ... Read more
Month: June 2011
Abhik wins top position in ‘Nobo Gaan-e, Nobo Pran-e’
Abhik Dev won the top position in a talent hunt contest to search promising and talented Tagore artistes titled ‘Nobo Gaan-e, Nobo Pran-e’. Sumaiya Imam Ima and Mostafizur Rahman Turjo consequently secured the first and second runner-up positions of the contest. Channel i, in association with British Council and Grameenphone organised the contest. The first ... Read more
Sharmin Lucky in new TVC
Popular model cum anchor Sharmin Lucky has recently performed in a television commercial for a real estate company. After six months of her last TVC, she performed the commercial, directed by Anjam Masud. As a TVC model, Lucky was debuted in 1990 by performing in a commercial of Jui coconut oil and earned huge reputation ... Read more
Tisha plays blind painter
In her latest role Tisha will be seen playing a blind person in the new drama serial named Window. The serial is written by Shibbrata Barmon and directed by Himel Ashraf. Sayed Babu, Saberi Alam, Ujjal Mahmud, Aparna, Munmun, Toya, Nisha, Ripon, Nobel, Adnan and Pritom are among the featured casts in the play. The ... Read more
Grabbers defy all
Filling up Shitalakkhya despite HC orders, cases filed against them Filling of the river Shitalakkhya at Kanchpur in Narayanganj continues under the very nose of district and police administrations despite a High Court order to stop the encroachment. The foreshores and a major portion of riverbed have been filled with earth, narrowing down the river ... Read more
23yrs more needed to clear Bangabandhu Bridge debts
Tk 1.5bn is paid in principal, interest annually to ADB, WB It will take at least 23 years more to clear the liabilities the country owes to multilateral lenders who gave loans for constructing the Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge across the Jamuna River. An annual payment of Tk 1.50 billion in principal and interest to the ... Read more
30,000 trees felled there
Patuakhali forest officials estimate a day after mindless destruction of mangrove forest Forest officials yesterday visited Char Bestin in the coastal areas of Patuakhali and Bhola and found over 30,000 trees of the mangrove forest have been chopped down by around 400 locals on Thursday. Of these trees, over 10,000 were in Patuakhali and the ... Read more
Power cuts continue despite 1,900MW of new electricity
Load shedding continues unabated as the country’s power generation still remained far behind the demand amidst sweltering summer heat although the government claimed that nearly 1900 megawatt of new power was added to the national grid. People are reeling under frequent power outages even at mid-night while the industrial
Experts suggest rail bridge over Jamuna
Restrictions on speed, load continue on Bangabandhu Bridge Construction of an exclusive rail bridge over the Jamuna has become very crucial as the Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge is now handicapped by various limitations, including restrictions on speed and load of trains. The government should urgently construct the rail bridge parallel to the Bangabandhu Bridge,
WASA uses chlorine to treat water flouting court rule
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority continues using chlorine, a dangerous chemical for human consumption, as the High Court is yet the hear a rule issued on January 11, 2010 asking for explanation of legality of the use of chlorine at the Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Phase II. WASA uses liquid chlorine gas, alum sulphate ... Read more
Efforts on to find treatment
DU offers legal aid to tortured teacher Rumana With no treatment available in Bangladesh and India to restore Rumana Manzur’s eyesight, her family is now approaching eye specialists in developed countries hoping to find some treatment for her eyes there. “We are contacting hospitals and eye specialists abroad. They might do something in a complicated situation like ... Read more
Goons attack demo for Limon
Unidentified goons attacked a rally organised in the city on Friday afternoon in protest against ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ against Limon Hossain. Witnesses and organisers said a group of youths had pounced on the demonstration when a street drama, Khekshial (jackals) was being staged by Aranyak Natyadal in front of the National Museum at
800 tolas of gold looted from city jewellery shop
Robbers posing as customers looted at least 800 tolas of gold from a jewellery shop at Banani in Dhaka on Friday afternoon. They held the employees of Hira Jewellers on the first floor of Iqbal Centre at gunpoint during the robbery
Ilievski ready to take charge
His immense desire to return to the international arena has prompted Macedonian coach Nikola Ilievski to take charge of the Bangladesh national football team despite having only four days available to prepare them for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Pakistan. “For me, it is not important who the team is that I’m guiding. Whether ... Read more
Call for credible probe
Limon Shot to Disability Call for credible probe Amnesty terms govt’s dealing a mockery, says it exposes contradictions, lack of accountability within state system Amnesty International yesterday said the government’s dealing with the Limon issue was a mockery and it exposed contradictions and lack of accountability within the state system. Limon Hossain, a college student, ... Read more
Little done to stop polythene bag use despite ban
Continuing manufacture of polythene bags along with lax law enforcement is blamed by environmentalists for the increased use of non-biodegradable polythene bags. Save the Environment Movement president Abu Naser Khan blamed the government authorities for failing to implement the ban on the bags saying that their enforcement operations were very irregular. The environment department’s director ... Read more
Shady realtors choke Turag
DoE finds 4 companies responsible for earth filling in the river Neither the local administration nor the relevant authorities stopped the massive destruction of the river Turag, its foreshores and adjoining wetlands with mindless earth-filling by a number of private housing companies to develop plots choking the river almost by half at Goran Chat Bari ... Read more
She sees daughter touching, talking
She was too tired to be visited by anyone else; she has had enough of visitors in her hospital cabin since morning. But she could not hold back her excitement sensing the presence of her daughter around her bed. “Have you come, ma?” She stretched her arms to touch her child. “Where are you?” Rumana ... Read more
Four ‘pirates’ killed in ‘gunfight’
Four persons, said to be pirates, were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with the Rapid Action Battalion on Wednesday morning at Sharonkhola under the east wing of the Sundarbans Forest Division in Bagerhat. Local fishermen identified the deceased as Zulfikar Ali Zulfu, leader of a pirate gang called ‘Zulfikar Bahini’, Hafizur Rahman, second-in-command of the gang, ... Read more
31st BCS Exams: 10,212 selected
Some 10,212 candidates have been selected through the preliminary test of the 31st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examinations, according to results published yesterday. Results of 68 candidates were withheld, Mir Mosharraf Hossain, public relations officer of Public Service Commission, told The Daily Star