The Tigers have a final chance to put one foot in the door as Zimbabwe look to close it by wrapping up the five-match one-day series today. The wreckage of the 2-0 margin is still being sifted as the Tigers have held a series of meetings at the team hotel yesterday. It was learned that ... Read more
Month: August 2011
Crisis-hit Tigers press panic button
Having been comprehensively outplayed in all of their last three outings including the Test match against Zimbabwe, Bangadesh must summon all their resources to overcome a crisis of form and to lift their confidence level to stay alive in the five-match series. The Tigers stare an embarrassing series defeat after losing their first two encounters ... Read more
Catching up with the cousins
Singer Alif Alauddin, Ali Pushpita Mouri and Marzia Faruk Nawrin are cousins. Hailing from a well-known music oriented family, the three cousins literary grew up with music. On 22 July, the three cousins made a joint appearance on ETV’s late night music show Phone O Live. According to the singer Alif, they wish to bring ... Read more
Salute Zimbabwe
Bangladesh are currently engaged in a 5-match ODI series in Zimbabwe, and are trailing 2-0. There are three matches to go starting with today’s 3rd ODI, so there is an outside chance of the Tigers bouncing back. But for Bangladesh cricket fans it may actually be wiser to support Zimbabwe today. The extent to which ... Read more
Zahid in Arman Bhai Birat Tensione
Arman Bhai Birat Tenshione, a sequel to Arman Bhai, is being made for TV channel Banglavision. Till date, Banglavision has telecast Arman Bhai Koiya Parchhe, Arman Bhai Faishya Gyachhe, Arman Bhaier Godi Shait and Arman Bhai Birat Tensione—the sequels to Arman Bhai which has been written and directed by Sagor Jahan. In this telefilm, the ... Read more
Anisur Rahman Milon to act in 20 Eid plays
The talented young actor Anisur Rahman Milon is passing busy days acting in TV plays and telefilms for the upcoming Eid. He is acting in 20 plays and tele-films in the Eid special programmes to be aired in different channels. ‘I can not exactly say the names of all the productions I am going to ... Read more
Chandra Roy’s ‘Boroshar Himel Hawa’
Legendary singer Rathindranath Roy’s daughter Chandra Roy is going to release her first basic solo album ‘Boroshar Himel Hawa’ in the next week with a view to touch the heart of listeners like her father. Audiovisual production house Laser Vision will bring the album in the market. Renowned music director, lyricist and singer Basu composed ... Read more
Mita Noor turns director
As a successful TV actress, though she has possessed a goodposition in drama for 22 years, Mita Noor was never seen directing any play inher career. For the first time, she is going to appear herself as a directorsince she has recently completed the shooting of a play titled ‘Choungali,’which was written by Khondokar Hafiz ... Read more
Nation mourns August 15 carnage today
The nation observes the National Mourning Day on Monday recalling the August 15, 1975 carnage when the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was killed along with most of his family members. On the night of August 15, not only Bangabandhu, the greatest Bangalee of all time, but also his wife Fazilatunnessa Mujib, ... Read more
Of anger, agony
Stunned at the tragic deaths of Tareque Masud and Ashfaque Munier Mishuk, eminent citizens remind everyone that Saturday’s car crash is one of thousands of accidents that turn the country’s road network into virtual death traps. They blame the government for stomaching this “road terrorism” that “murders” thousands every year
Mourners bid bye in tears
The Central Shaheed Minar premises turned into a grieving ground yesterday with hundreds of mourners pouring in to pay their last respects to Tareque Masud and Ashfaque Munier Mishuk. Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Tareque and ATN News chief executive officer Mishuk were killed along with three others in a road crash on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Saturday. ... Read more
Punishment to culprits demanded
Tareque, Mishuk’s Death Punishment to culprits demanded Condolences continued to pour in yesterday on the sudden demise of eminent filmmaker Tareque Masud and Chief Executive Officer of ATN News Ashfaque Munier, popularly known as Mishuk Munier, and three others in a road accident on Saturday. Different organisations and noted personalities in separate statements said one ... Read more
Catherine, Jolly leave hospital
Mamun’s condition not improved Film director Catherine Masud and artist Dilara Zaman Jolly, two injured survivors of the Saturday’s road crash in Manikganj, were discharged from the city’s Square Hospital yesterday morning. However, the condition of another injured, painter Dhali Al Mamun, has not improved, said Prof Sanwar Hossain, medical director of the hospital yesterday. ... Read more
Jamdani fair gets Tk 117.6m export orders
A leading local company yesterday fetched over Taka 117.6 million on the spot export orders of traditional clothing – Taant and Jamdani and—at a month-long International Jamdani Taant Bastra Mela (fair) that began here on August 8. Bangladesh Weavers Product and Manufacturing Business Association (BWPMBA) organised the fair
Tigers wilt in Vitori heat
A miserable Bangladesh were nowhere near repeating history but the sensational Brian Vitori created his own at a nearly-packed Harare Sports Club yesterday. Zimbabwe now have a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, eclipsing the Tigers’ 188 by cruising to 191-7, a win by seven wickets with 35 balls in
From disappointment to disgrace
What initially looked like a minor blip has now turned into a major disaster as Bangladesh continued their losing streak on Zimbabwe tour with yet another heavy defeat in the second of the five-match ODI series in Harare on Sunday. Brian Vitori produced an extraordinary performance to take his second successive five-wicket haul
It’s crisis time now for Tigers, says Sakib
Bangladesh captain Sakib al Hasan admitted that crisis time had arrived for his team after the Tigers succumbed to a comprehensive seven-wicket defeat against Zimbabwe in the second one-day international match in Harare on Sunday. Bangladesh now face a must win situation to stay alive in the series after going down 2-0 in the
Tareque Masud . . . history’s storyteller
We grieve… , Tribute Tareque Masud . . . history’s storyteller Syed Badrul Ahsan You could not help being arrested by Tareque Masud’s gaze. There was always a shine to the eyes, and it came with that perpetual smile which could only draw people to him. There was every reason for him to be aloof, ... Read more
Film industry in grave shock
Cultural arena in the country deeply shocked at the death of renowned filmmaker Tareque Masud, who was among six killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj on Saturday morning while returning Dhaka from the shooting spot of his upcoming movie titled Kagojer Phool. A huge vacuum has been created in the ... Read more
Apollo seizes foothold in healthcare
After initial setbacks, the hospital has made a mark in Bangladesh’s services sector Local entrepreneurs should come forward and invest to set up international standard hospitals, as the country’s healthcare sector remains largely untapped, a physician and marketer said. “Hospital business is a flourishing business. There are huge prospects in the sector to expand. It ... Read more