Bangladesh coach Stuart Law has cautioned his charges that they will be taken to task if they are not ready to listen to him. During a press briefing on Monday ahead of the month-long Zimbabwe tour, Law said: ‘I am here to help along with other coaching staff, to try and get the best out ... Read more
Month: July 2011
Kona optimistic on her albums
Popular pop singer Dilshad Nahar Kona has gained popularity as a pop singer by providing a number of hit songs for over a decade. Since the beginning of her career, Kona has attainted acclimation for her versatile and melodic voice. Kona is on her way to release her third solo album in the upcoming Eid-ul-fitr, ... Read more
Tawquir, Mithila first time together
Popular actor cum director Tawquir Ahmed and promising actress Mithila, for the first time, have recently performed together in a play titled ‘Modhyarat and Jhorapatar Golpo’. The play was directed by Tawquir himself while its story was written by his other half Bipasha Hayat. The story of the play features a lady schoolteacher who teaches ... Read more
Dhaka rolls out red carpet for Sonia
She will attend conference on autism, receive first Bangladesh Freedom Honour for Indira Gandhi today Sonia Gandhi was given a red carpet welcome last night on her first-ever visit to Bangladesh to attend a conference on autism. She will receive the posthumous award to be given by Bangladesh to Indira Gandhi for her contributions to ... Read more
Police extortion on highways troubles drivers: minister
Shipping minister Shajahan Khan on Sunday alleged that drivers face difficulties on highways because of extortion by the police. ‘There are allegations that drivers face difficulties on highways because of extortion by the police, who file cases against them if they refuse to pay any money,’ Shajahan told the 34th meeting of the
Deals with India have to be based on equity, says Fakhrul
The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday said it has no objection in signing deals based on equity and expected that the Dhaka tour of Indian Congress party leader, Sonia Gandhi, would leave a positive impact on Indo-Bangla relations. The party’s acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, said his party wants fair bilateral
Bangladeshi cattle trader killed by BSF
A 32-year old Bangladeshi cattle trader Rafiqul Islam was beaten to death by the Indian Border Security Force at Burimari border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat Sunday morning. The victim hailed from the village Sologhoriya in Patgram upazila of the district. He was unarmed. The police later recovered his body from the river Saniyazan near ... Read more
No psychologists for autistic children
PM for one psychologist at every school The authorities concerned seem reluctant to appoint psychologists at the schools to help the mental development of autistic children despite a prime ministerial directive in this regard. Sources at the ministries of education and primary & mass education told The Independent on Sunday that no steps had been ... Read more
Man killed in city market fire
A fire at a kitchen market in Old Dhaka left one person burnt to death early on Sunday. Some dairy cattle were also roasted alive in the blaze, police said. Jamir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Bangshal Police Station told The New Nation that the fire broke out at Naya Bazar DIT market during the early hours ... Read more
168 teachers leave JnU
A total of 168 temporary appointed teachers of Jagannath University (JnU) are about to leave the campus as the Supreme Court Appeallate Division on Sunday rejected their prayer of being a permanent employee of the institute. With this decision, five and a half years long fight has finally got a solution. Court sources said the ... Read more
Campbell’s parting words to batsmen
Outgoing Australian batting coach of the GP-BCB Academy Allan Campbell urged the Bangladeshi batsmen to know where their off-stump is while facing the fast bowlers in bouncy wickets. Campbell will return home today after ending his month-long training camp during which he not only worked with the Academy batsmen and wicketkeepers, but also had a ... Read more
Change of guard
Nafees Iqbal may well have played his last Test five years ago, but the most telling contribution of his 12-match career came on January 18, 2005. It was the last day of the second Test against Zimbabwe and in front of a semi-packed Bangabandhu National Stadium, the Tigers had to bat out three full sessions ... Read more
Sakib warned, at last
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has finally come up with an official warning for embattled skipper Sakib al Hasan after his recent outburst against selectors and a decision to skip training created a furor. The BCB sent a warning letter to Sakib on Sunday, confirmed the officials, adding that the skipper was told of his limit ... Read more
Tamim cleared to play Test in Zimbabwe
Bangladesh can heave a sigh of relief as opener Tamim Iqbal has been cleared to play the one-off Test match against Zimbabwe next month after a scan on his injured groin on Sunday showed no severe damage. Tamim picked up the groin injury in his penultimate match for Nottinghamshire in the Friend Life Twenty-20 tournament ... Read more
Man sentenced to death for raping daughter
A Pakistani court has awarded the death sentence to a man for raping his 15-year-old daughter. Additional sessions judge Tahir Khan Niazi handed down the capital punishment after the charge against Khalid Amin was proved. Complainant Parveen Bibi lodged an FIR with Kahna police, accusing her former husband of raping their
Amy Winehouse found dead
Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, has been found dead at her north London home. A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and that the cause of death was as yet unexplained. The Brit and Grammy award-winner had struggled with drink and drug addiction and had recently spent time in rehab. ... Read more
Breastfed children are better behaved
Breast-fed babies grow into better behaved and more emotionally stable children than those that are bottle fed, a study has shown. Five-year-olds who had been breast fed were almost a third less likely to suffer behavioural problems severe enough to disrupt family life. Those reared on bottled milk formula tended to display more troublesome traits ... Read more
Salvaging Dhaka
Md. Mahbubul Huq for The Daily Star The engine behind a city is, apparently, its mayor. He is the chief of local government administration. Local government administration is responsible for providing services such as: fire safety, police protection, any emergency services, public school, water and sewerage, city planning, maintaining local environmental health, garbage collection, public ... Read more
Adity Mohsin’s ‘Sokha Tomare Paile’ launched
Bengal Foundation launched an album of popular Tagore artiste Adity Mohsin titled ‘Sokha Tomare Paile’. The album features some popular songs of three legendary poets-Atul Prasad Sen, Dwijendralal Roy and Rajani Kanta Sen. The album was produced under the music direction by Durbadal Chattapadhyay. Noted litterateur Sayed Shamsul Haque unveiled the cover of the album ... Read more
Ria in movie
Ria Chowdhury is familiar as a ramp model. Besides she is engaged with TV modeling and acting. She has already performed in a main stream and digital movies. But those yet not released. In 2008, for the first time Ria acted in the mainstream movie titled ‘Khela,’ directed by Sheikh Didar. Film actor Rubel was ... Read more