Mobile-talking 22 drivers fined A mobile court yesterday fined 22 drivers a total of Tk 5,500 on different charges including careless driving and talking over the mobile phone while driving on the approach road to Bangabandhu Bridge in Tangail. Of the 22, the drivers of passenger buses and goods-laden trucks, who were seen talking over ... Read more
Month: July 2011
The new Tiger on the block
Four years ago, Nasir Hossain took a big risk when he quit the BKSP to join Abahani for the Dhaka Premier League. BKSP were then playing in the league, so it was mandatory for every student to play for the sports academy side. Abahani had come up with a huge offer which was very tough ... Read more
Shuvogata’s dilemma
Conjecture has enough legs for a belief to travel a long-winded trail in Bangladesh cricket. It can lift an element within the circle to its highest peak and equally, it can dump him to the point where it remains an afterthought, reduced to a footnote. A player is often the centre of all the attention ... Read more
No more meddling in selection process
BCB reins in technical committee The Bangladesh Cricket Board has finally decided to rein in the controversial technical evaluation committee, curtailing its power of meddling in the selection matters. The decision was taken at the marathon executive committee meeting in Sylhet, which started in the evening continued up to
Sakib caught by Tamim again
Tamim Iqbal tasted success against Sakib al Hasan in their friendly-rivalry for the second time in a row as his Nottinghamshire beat Worcestershire by 25 runs to finish top of the North Group of Friends Life Twenty20 competition on Friday. Tamim took the catch of Sakib as he did in their previous encounter to end ... Read more
L’pool seal D’s deal
England winger Stewart Downing completed his £20 million ($32 million) transfer from Aston Villa to Liverpool on Friday after passing a medical, the Anfield giants announced. The 26-year-old, who has played 27 times for England, becomes Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish’s fourth major signing of the summer following Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam and
L’pool triumph in a sea of red
Liverpool’s preparations for the up-coming English Premier League continued as they recorded an in-the-end comfortable 6-3 victory over a Malaysia XI in a friendly match in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The Reds went ahead in the 26th minute thanks to a controversial penalty. Referee Nagor Amir Bin Noor Mohamed ruled that the Reds’ new record signing ... Read more
Choyon Mollick’s ‘Hridoy Binai Gahi’ launched
Renowned Tagore artiste Choyon Mollick’s solo Tagore song based album titled ‘Hridoy Binai Gahi’ was launched at a function at the Bengal Shilpalaya in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Thursday evening. Professor of the Department of English of Dhaka University Dr Fakrul Alam unveiled cover of the album, while singer Choyon Mollick, Director General of ... Read more
The splendour of folk dance
“Nupur Bejey Jaye” at Chhayanaut Shadhona (Centre for Advancement of South Asian Culture) held the 9th instalment of their bi-monthly dance programme “Nupur Bejey Jaye” at the main auditorium of Chhayanaut in Dhanmondi, Dhaka on July14. Artistes from the troupes — Kalpotoru and Dhriti — also performed at the event. Under the title, “Banglar Nritya”, ... Read more
Three seasoned artists display their works at Basilio
Basilio, a newly opened art gallery in Dhaka, has organised a group art exhibition featuring the works of three painters — Farida Zaman, Ranjit Das and Maksudul Ahsan. Farida Zaman is the senior-most painter in the group. The artist is known for her paintings on riverine life in Bangladesh — highlighting the fishermen community. As a ... Read more
Tabla player Sukesh attains his goal
A talented musical instrumentalist achieves his goal through untiring effort and commitment: Sukesh is a good example of this. The 45-year-old tabla player said that in his younger days he was inspired by Khulna Betar (radio) artiste Hazari Lal Debnath and Probhat Banerjee. The fascination with music began when he completed his primary education in ... Read more
Internet use affects memory, study finds
The widespread use of search engines and online databases has affected the way people remember information, researchers are reporting. The scientists, led by Betsy Sparrow, an assistant professor of psychology at Columbia, wondered whether people were more likely to remember information that could be easily retrieved from a computer, just as students are more likely ... Read more
Traffic chaos reigns in city
The traffic system in the capital is in a shambles with the Dhaka Metropolitan Police failing to cope with the situation which has turned alarming with deadly road accidents taking place almost every day and tailbacks growing longer. Like the previous year, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has decided to take a number of measures,
Census begins in enclaves
Joint teams from Bangladesh and India on Friday began the first-ever headcount in enclaves along the border with an aim to exchange landlocked areas between the two neighbouring countries. The much-awaited census was launched from Bhotbari (Seat No 16), an Indian enclave at Patgram, amid cheers from the residents who have long been hoping to ... Read more
Driving schools charge for BRTA licences
About 500 city driving schools without approval Various driving schools in the city are charging money from the trainees for obtaining driving licences from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority. But the BRTA’s officials claimed that they were unaware of the situation. According to them the fee for the non-professional licence’s fee, valid for ten years, ... Read more
Unauthorised driving to be stopped: Hasina
“I lost 18 of my near and dear ones, including my father and minor brother, Russel, on August 15, 1975. Since then I’ve been bearing the agony in my heart. So, I can realise your (victims’ families) pain in losing your sons in the July 11 accident,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said in an emotion-choked ... Read more
Husband’s swindling proves too costly
Wife kills kid, herself to go beyond humiliation A woman committed suicide after killing her baby girl in the capital’s Nadda yesterday, failing to withstand the humiliation by people her husband had “cheated.” Sarjina Akhter, 30, slit open the throat of her one-and-a-half-years-old daughter Anifa Akhter before hanging herself from a ceiling fan of her ... Read more
Viqarunnisa students hailed for protests
People from different walks of life on Friday demanded exemplary punishment of Parimal Jayadhar, a teacher at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, arrested on charge of sexual harassment of a student. Speakers at a protest rally also demanded action against the institution’s authorities for allegedly trying to suppress the incident
Govt releases preliminary census report today
Government officials on Friday ruled out any dispute with the United Nations Population Fund over the preliminary figure of the fifth population census carried out in March 15 to 19 this year. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics secretary Riti Ibrahim told New Age that UNFPA representatives were with them during the entire process of the census ... Read more
4 die, 25 missing in Netrakona trawler capsize
At least four people drowned and 25 went missing after a trawler with 70 passengers on board capsized at Chaitar Haor of the Kalmakanda upazila on Friday. The deceased was identified as Hasina, 10, hailed from Maheshkhola village, Sajeda, 50 and Shima, 28, of Moddhanagar while the identity of other victim could not be known