Popular actors Arman Parvez Murad, Sharmin Zoha Shoshi and Meer Sabbir, for the first time, are going to perform together in a play titled ‘Kemon Achho Bondhu’. The play will be produced under the direction of Nahid Ahmed Biplob while its story was written by noted writer Emdadul Haque Milon. The play is an in-house ... Read more
Month: July 2011
Hilsa catches too frustrating for fishermen, traders
The ongoing hilsa season sees poor netting of the popular fish in the coastal waters, much to the frustration among fishermen and traders. Fishermen’s families are passing hard days as the catches are not sufficient even to recover the cost of deep sea trips on trawlers for the purpose, according to our correspondent in Patuakhali. ... Read more
Erosion makes 300 families homeless in a week
Lalmonirhat, Kurigram Erosion makes 300 families homeless in a week Erosion by Teesta and Dharla rivers in Lalmonirhat and Brahmaputra in Kurigram has rendered around 300 families homeless in the last one week. At least a hundred families at five villages under two unions in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila became homeless due to erosion by Teesta ... Read more
Border haat starts journey in Kurigram amid festivity
The first ever border haat was inaugurated on Saturday at the no man’s land between Kalaichar (India) and Baliamari (Bangladesh) for trading commodities of both countries in a bid to strengthen bonds between the peoples. The Indian minister of commerce and industry, Anand Sharma, and the Bangladesh minister of
Norway toll now 92
Paradise island turned into hell with Friday shootout killing 85; Oslo blast claims 7 Norwegian police searched for more victims yesterday after a suspected right-wing zealot killed at least 92 people in a shooting spree and bomb attack that have traumatized a once-placid country. As harrowing testimony emerged from the summer camp where scores of ... Read more
The suspect
Christian fundamentalist leaning ‘to the right’ His Facebook profile says he is “conservative”, “Christian”, and “single”, interested in hunting and video games like World of Warcraft and Modern Warfare 2. Local media have identified him as Anders Behring Breivik, whose picture on his Facebook page shows a man with longish blonde hair and piercing
Days are now for fake manpower agents
Undocumented Workers in Malaysia Days are now for fake manpower agents A section of manpower agents and middlemen are making a fortune, alluring the undocumented migrant workers in Malaysia to be regularised after an amnesty granted by Malaysia for illegal foreign workers. The fraudsters have been taking the chance as the workers are not aware ... Read more
City goes short of sugar
Sugar has become scarce like gold dust in the capital but the government is yet to take any measure to ensure supply and fair price of the essential sweetener, with the month of Ramadan approaching fast. Most of the grocers in the city did no sell any sugar on Saturday, claiming that they had no ... Read more
Sonia Gandhi due tonight
Sonia Gandhi, president of India’s ruling Congress party, arrives here tonight on a 24-hour visit to attend an autism conference and receive a posthumous award on behalf of former Indian premier Indira Gandhi. Her tour holds a special significance as it takes place ahead of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s official visit here on September
New monetary policy to tighten credit flow
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will certainly be comforted with the bumper crop production this year, but ructions in commodity markets still hold some weight for the central bank before announcing the new monetary policy later this week, reports BSS. Governor Dr Atiur Rahman is set to announce the monetary policy for the first half of the ... Read more
Govt spurred to stop it
Extra-judicial killing Govt spurred to stop it At least one person has been beaten to death by mobs in every two days in the first 21 days of this month taking the number of deaths to 11 in such incidents, says a report of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a human rights organisation. The ASK ... Read more
2 arrested
Students Killed by Mob 2 arrested Police arrested two persons yesterday for their suspected link with the killing of six students in a mob attack on the city outskirt Aminbazar. Sanwar Hossain, 28, and Mohammad Selim, 25 were shown arrested in a murder case after they were picked up from Aminbazar and Baradeshibazar, said Mahbubur ... Read more
Seven killed, 30 hurt as bus plunges into ditch
At least seven people were killed and 30 others injured in a road accident at Talbaria of Kushtia yesterday. Of the dead, five were identified as Ahsan Ali, 60, and his younger brother Akhter Ali, 40, of Sherkandi of the district, Salah Uddin Ahmed, 20, and his younger brother Chunu, 18, of Ishwardi, Pabna, and ... Read more
2 boys found dead in pond
Police recovered bodies of two minor students from a pond yesterday from Madhumita area under Tongi of Gazipur after a day they went missing. The deceased were Mohammad Sakib, student of local Master Kindergarten and Mohammad Siam of Al Hera Madrassa, both aged around 9, police
Tigers toil till the end
Tasamul Haque and Alauddin Babu nearly spoiled Tigers’ preparation for the Zimbabwe tour but their untimely dismissals gave the national side a narrow escape in their last practice match against GP-BCB National Cricket Academy yesterday. The Mushfiqur Rahim-led side finally won the game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium by 40
Law not impressed with batting
Bangladesh’s new coach Stuart Law has asked his batsmen not to repeat the mistakes they made during the second warm-up match against the GP-BCB Academy in order to avoid trouble in the upcoming one-off Test and one-day series against Zimbabwe. Law, who watched the Tigers win the two-day match against the Academy team at the ... Read more
Tamim looks to make up for lost time
Bangladesh vice-captain Tamim Iqbal said on Saturday that it will take one or two more practice sessions for himself and skipper Sakib al Hasan to get up to the speed with the rest of the squad after missing a large part of the preparation camp for the tour of Zimbabwe. Tamim was away in England ... Read more
Lebanon thrash Bangladesh 4-0
Bangladesh’s hopes of qualifying for the main draw of the Asian World Cup qualifiers were dented severely on Saturday when they lost 0-4 to Lebanon in Beirut. A last minute change in the team set-up contributed heavily to the huge defeat as Bangladesh were out of sort from the beginning and conceded two goals in ... Read more
Siddik finishes 5th in Selangor
Siddikur Rahman secured a fifth place finish at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters in Malaysia with a score of four-under-par 68 in the final round on Saturday. In doing so, the Bangladeshi golfer earned $13,320 (Tk 10 lakh approx) in prize money. Siddik began his round promisingly with a birdie on the opening hole before ... Read more
Chelsea snap up starlet
The new manager of English football club Chelsea on Saturday announced a deal with Barcelona to sign teenager Oriol Romeu, as the London team prepared for a game in Thailand on their Asia tour. Blues boss Andre Villas-Boas confirmed agreement had been reached with the Spanish giants but said the 19-year-old defensive midfielder had yet ... Read more