Shakib Al Hasan finished with seven wickets in Worcestershire’s crushing nine-wicket win over Hampshire in the County Championship yesterday. It was his first first-class game since June 18 last year. He helped the county to earn promotion to Division One last season and this time he’s played a hand in their move away from the ... Read more
Month: June 2011
Biman back on losing streak
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is back on a losing streak, four years after the national flag carrier was made a public limited company in 2007 to infuse dynamism in its operation. According to Bangladesh Economic Review 2011 of the finance ministry the airlines incurred a loss of Tk 80.14 crore in fiscal 2009-10
Rumana returns, sees nothing
“He has made my world dark. I can’t see my daughter.” This was Dhaka University teacher Rumana Manzur lamenting before the media on her return from India yesterday after doctors expressed little hope of her getting back the eyesight. “I came home [from Canada] after nine months to see my daughter. But I could not ... Read more
Runa Laila’s take on reality shows
Internationally renowned Bangladeshi diva Runa Laila recently noted that while reality shows have become very popular and developed tremendously in India, it is not the same in Bangladesh because the market might be limited. The singer, who was in Kolkata as a judge on “Singing Star”, a reality show aired on the Bengali channel Rupasi ... Read more
Jatiya Natya Utsab ends Tribute paid to Tagore
National theatre festival titled ‘Jatiya Natya Utsab O Dui Banglar Natya Mela 2011’ ended by paying tributes to the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore’s two plays – Roktokorobi and Noshto Neer-were staged on Friday to mark the ending of the 15-day festival. Hundreds of audiences thronged to the theatre halls of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) ... Read more
Lina Ahmed in TVC after 9 years
Popular TV actress and once model Lina Ahmed has recently performed in a television commercial of Radhuni spices. After nine years of her last TVC, she performed the commercial, directed by Golam Haidar Kislu. As a TVC model, Lina debuted her career in 1975 by performing in a commercial of Red Cow Butter Oil and ... Read more
Tidal Surge, Incessant Rain in Bagerhat
Over 6,000 shrimp, other fish enclosures washed away Over six thousand shrimp and sweet water fish enclosures in Bagerhat were washed away by tidal waves amid incessant rain in the last three days, reports our correspondent. District Fisheries Officer Bazlur Rashid said, farmers incurred a loss of Tk 4.6 crore as 6,271 ponds and shrimp ... Read more
WASA bottled water project goes belly up
Bottled mineral water Shanti marketed by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is failing to attract Dhaka city dwellers’ attention in the absence of a proper marketing policy, observed officials concerned. Shaheda Islam, microbiologist at the Mirpur Bottled Water Production Plant (Shanti), said the authorities took the Tk 17-crore Shanti project in 2006, when ... Read more
It’s untrue, nonsense
Rumana’s friends, acquaintances in Canada trash assaulter husband’s allegation against her The accusation of infidelity made by Rumana Manzur’s husband is “nonsense,” and is an attempt to damage her reputation, her friends at her university in Canada and the Bangladeshi community there have said. “I was shocked to learn that the untrue claims were made ... Read more
Robbers loot businessman’s house in city
Robbers looted valuables and Tk 8 lakh from the residence of a garment businessman at New Eskaton in city’s Ramna thana on Sunday. Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Ramna thana, said 6 to 7 robbers entered the fourth floor flat at Eskaton Tower finding its doors open at 1:30pm
More billion-dollar export sectors in the offing, after RMG and jute
Emergence of jute as the country’s second billion-dollar export earning sector and growth of two other similar sectors are seen as a very significant development for the national economy, say export industry insiders and trade analysts. After readymade garments, jute has emerged as the second billion-dollar export earning sector
London expo to showcase Bangladeshi cuisine
Non-resident Bangladeshis living in the UK will for the first time organise a catering exposition in London in October to promote Bangladesh’s traditional foodstuff. The three-day Bangladesh Catering Expo will be held at Waterlily on 69-89 Mile End Road in London between October 3-5, organisers said
Shakib’s bat finally talks
Shakib Al Hasan cracked a half-century after nine innings yesterday. The national captain hammered a quickfire 54 in Worcestershire’s first innings against Hampshire in the County Champion-ship match at the New Road ground. The last time the left-hander went past the 50-mark was against Australia back on April 9 in home
“Poush Faguner Pala” scores century
“Poush Faguner Pala”, the mega serial directed by Afsana Mimi, is set to hit the 100-episode landmark on June 21. Cast and crew of the serial gathered at the ATN Bangla office last Tuesday to mark the occasion through a press briefing. Afsana Mimi, Syed Hasan Imam, Masud Ali Khan, Arun Chowdhury, Tushar Khan, Tropa ... Read more
A wild wish for hippo
State minister wants to introduce hippos in Kaptai Lake; bewildered environmentalists lambast the idea The state minister for environment and forest has come up with a strange plan to introduce hippopotamus, a species from Sub-Saharan-Africa, in the Kaptai Lake in Rangamati with a portion of climate funds. “The idea came to my mind during my ... Read more
Rain, tidal surge spell huge sufferings
Depression starts to weaken Relentless rain and unusually high tidal surge kept on battering people of the coastal areas yesterday and destroyed several thousand homes, damaged crops on half a lakh acres of land, fish enclosures and dams and disrupted communication. Over 10 lakh people have been rendered homeless in Barisal, Khulna, Chittagong and Cox’s ... Read more
No ray of light
Rumana likely to return home tomorrow as doctors in India find no cure for her eyes Dhaka University Assistant Professor Rumana Manzur is expected to return from India tomorrow as doctors there have said there is little chance for her to get back eyesight, family sources said. A medical board in Sankara Nethralaya, an eye ... Read more
Rab nabs job cheater group
Arrestees include 4 ex-air force men Rapid Action Battalion arrested four retired Bangladesh Air Force men and a Border Guard Bangladesh sepoy in connection with cheating job seekers through promises of jobs in BGB. Rab also seized 65 fake appointment letters from the arrestees. Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman, 41, and Mohammad Akter Hossain, 55, were sergeants ... Read more
Tidal surges batter coast
Crops, hundreds of houses damaged; embankments crack The depression over the Bay made landfall between the southwestern districts of Bangladesh and West Bengal, triggering tidal surge that destroyed homes and crops, damaged dams and disrupted communication in the wee hours yesterday. Large areas of the coastal districts, including chars, were flooded by the surge as ... Read more
Hope against hope for Rumana’s eyes
Doctors in India to give report today; assaulter Sumon confesses ‘bid to kill her’ Rumana Manzur, the Dhaka University teacher who was brutally assaulted by her husband, is coming back home as doctors in India could not give much hope about her eyes, said family sources. The doctors are expected to give the official report ... Read more