The High Court on Tuesday directed the police to immediately arrest Sagufta Group’s managing director Khaled Jewel Mollah and director Waliq Mollah in connection with the death of a student who was killed when a brick fell on his head, reportedly from the company’s high-rise that is under construction on Panthapath. The bench of Justice ... Read more
Month: July 2011
Police asked to report on warrants in 15 days
A Dhaka court on Tuesday gave the police 15 more days to report on the execution of the warrants it had issued for arrest of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s eldest son Tarique Rahman and 11 others in a case for the grenade attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004. Dhaka ... Read more
BSF kills 187 Bangladeshis since Jan 2009
Indian Border Security Force has killed 187 Bangladeshi nationals on the frontiers since January 6, 2009 when the Awami League-led alliance assumed office. According to figures available with rights organisation Odhikar, 976 Bangladesh nationals were killed, 990 injured, 226 arrested, 956 abducted and 14 were raped by BSF personnel and 184 went missing after
Oil-gas body begins tour today
The national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports will begin today its four-day countrywide tours for mass contact from the capital to push for its seven-point demands. The demands of the organisation include the scrapping of the model production and sharing contract 2008 and the deals signed with ConocoPhillips for exploration ... Read more
Listed SoEs start offloading additional shares
Meghna Petroleum, Jamuna Oil to offload 1.07 crore shares from today Two state-owned enterprises listed with the Dhaka bourse will today start offloading additional shares as part of the government’s measure to increase the quantum of shares in the market. The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday announced that it would offload more shares of ... Read more
Life thru the lens
A group photography exhibition titled Reunion of Life organised by Envisio, the media and photography club of Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Jahangirnagar University, is being held at Drik Gallery of Dhanmondi in the city. Dr Mohammad Bakhtiar Rana, director of the Institute of Business Administration, Jahangirnagar University, inaugurated the event on 22 July. A ... Read more
Bexi Fabrics-Anyadin Eid Fashion show
Fortnightly Anyadin, in association with Bexi Fabrics, arranged an Eid fashion show on the evening of 24 July at the Hall of Fame auditorium of Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city. In an effort to diversify the Eid fashion and to promote local brands, Anyadin started the first episode of this show back ... Read more
Tapestry exhibition
Tapestry is a hand woven textile, which is used mainly as wall hanging. The late artist Rashid Chowdhury was the pioneer of this art form in this country. Chowdhury successfully introduced tapestry in various forms and shapes. His works are unparalleled in their subjects and unique quality. Artist Tajul Islam started out by assisting Chowdhury ... Read more
Resurrecting the hero
31st death anniversary of Uttam Kumar Three decades after his death, a film award will be instituted in the name of Mahanayak Uttam Kumar from next year. This was announced by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a programme to observe Uttam Kumar’s 31st death anniversary at Uttam Mancha in Kolkata on Sunday evening. ... Read more
The ‘bookworm’ in full form
Abdullah Abu Sayeed turns 72 In addition to the rendition of songs by young members of Bishwa Sahitya Kendra’s study circle, Abdullah Abu Sayeed’s refreshingly witty and at times sarcastic remarks made the hot and humid evening of July 25 rather enjoyable. The event held at the new building of Bishwa Sahitya Kendra in Dhaka ... Read more
Lebanon too serious despite advantage
With one foot already in the main qualification round, Lebanon vowed to take Bangladesh seriously when they take on the hosts in the second round second leg match of the World Cup pre-qualifies in Dhaka on Thursday. A buoyant Lebanon team arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday knowing that all they have to do is to ... Read more
Tigers go to Zim today
The Tigers will depart for Zimbabwe this morning to play one Test and five one-day internationals. Shakib Al Hasan’s men will open their campaign with a three-day warm-up match at Harare starting from July 30. Bangladesh is going to play Test cricket after a fourteen-month break while Zimbabwe will mark their return to Test cricket ... Read more
Super Cup games deferred
The semifinals of Grameenphone Super Cup have been deferred by two days and will now be held on August 2 and 3 instead of July 31 and August 1 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The final will take place on August 6. “We have brought changes in schedules to give some time of the clubs ... Read more
Portrait of a nature artist
Renowned artist Farida Zaman has obtained international recognition participating in biennales and international exhibitions and competitions in different Asian and European countries. Many prestigious galleries across the globe have collected her works and many internationally reputed journals have published write-ups on her. She has also written articles on art in different foreign magazines. In her ... Read more
HSC results today
The results of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations will be published simultaneously today. The results will be released at 2:00pm through the respective centres, educational institutions, websites of all education boards and also short message services (SMS) of different mobile phone
Madhuri Dixit is ambassador for tiger conservation project
Madhuri Dixit has been appointed brand ambassador for a fundraising project for the conservation of Asian elephants and tigers. The actress launched the “Emeralds for Elephants” project on behalf of Gemfields, a Zambia-based emerald mining company. Speaking at the fundraising event, Dixit said: “This national heritage animal in India is now seriously under
The Ticket: A slice of life
Director: Zoya Akhtar Producers: Farhan Akhtar & Ritesh Sidhwani Screenplay: Zoya Akhtar & Reema Kagti Story: Zoya Akhtar & Reema Kagti Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah
A 19th-century Bengali scholar
By Monty Siddique for The News Today Abu Saleh Mohammad Siddique, whose ancestral home was in Tetulia (Zamindar family), Satkhira, Bangladesh, studied English Language and English Literature at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. He breathed his last in June 2007 and is buried in the Muslim section of the Greenford Cemetery in the London Borough of ... Read more
Looking for foreign brides
Women from poorer Asian countries flood South Korea to find a husband By Bryan Kay for Christian Science Monitor Seoul: To put it simply, says Renalyn Mulato, the daughter of a Filipina immigrant married to a South Korean man here, the key to happiness in her multicultural home is love and understanding. That may seem ... Read more
Argentina coach loses job over Copa failure
Argentina’s failure to win the Copa América as hosts and end an 18-year wait for a major title cost coach Sergio Batista his job. The Argentine Football Association (AFA), facing an identity crisis in the national game, announced Batista had stepped down after his team were knocked out of the tournament in the quarter-finals