The Telegraph, Birmingham Around a month after India became No.1 in Test cricket, Ian Chappell wrote that the absence of “champion bowlers” would ensure that the reign wasn’t long. Up in arms, among others, were captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior pro Harbhajan Singh. The latter even went to the extent of asking “just who ... Read more
Month: August 2011
Dhaka-Ctg road trip turns terrible
Traffic mess, overtaking on narrow highway with numerous potholes Vehicular traffic on 290-kilometre Dhaka-Chittagong highway has become so intense and chaotic that a journey between the capital and the port city could take as long as 15 hours. The highway, the country’s busiest and economically most important one, appears to have a single convoy of ... Read more
Embracing Lalon’s message
In conversation with Shofi Mandal Seasoned Lalon singer and teacher Shofi Mandal was born on December 13, 1953 at Daulatpur, Kushtia. His father, the late Maolana Ahad Ali Mandal, was a fourth generation (according to the ‘guru-shishya’ tradition) disciple of Fakir Lalon Shai. Shofi Mandal’s initiation in music happened at the age of eight. At ... Read more
Photo, painting exhibition at RU marking World Indigenous Day
Students of Rajshahi University (RU), representing the ethnic communities, organised a day-long photo and painting exhibition on the campus to mark World Indigenous Day on August 9. Adibashi Students Association of Rajshahi University (ASARU), a body of ethnic minority students of the plane land, organised the exhibition at the university central library premises
Shashi Becoming a household name
Model-actress Shashi is busy shooting a heap of TV plays. She is also a familiar face on the silver screen. During a recent chat with The Daily Star, the talented actress gave a glimpse into her world: “I’m currently shooting for the film ‘Shoa Chan Pakhi”, co-starring Anisur Rahman. After a short break the shooting ... Read more
Ferdaus busy with Kolkata movies
Ferdaus is perhaps the only contemporary Bangladeshi film actor to have become hugely popular in two movie industries of Dhaka and Kolkata. Before him only Rahman had achieved this distinction in Urdu and Bangla films. Soon after releasing India-Bangladesh joint production Hathat Brishti simultaneously in Kolkata and Dhaka, Ferdaus became popular in both the countries. ... Read more
Azam Khan’s latest songs launched
A mixed duet album titled Guru Tomay Salam featuring three unreleased solos and a duet by pop guru Azam Khan was launched on Thursday at the Channel-i building. The album features seven songs. The latest solos by Azam Khan released in the album are: Ami Bangladesher Azam Khan, Keu nesha koro na and Ekushey February
Patients, their attendants hail RMCH ban on MRs
Patients, their attendants and people in general have welcomed the ban on the entry of the pharmaceutical company representatives to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, taking effect from Thursday morning. The decision, taken on August 4 in a meeting of RMCH staff led by its director Brigadier General Abdus Sabur Mia, restricted the movement of the ... Read more
BB releases new banknotes
Bangladesh Bank yesterday released new banknotes of five denominations with the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched the new notes of Tk 2, Tk 5, Tk 100, Tk 500 and Tk 1,000 at a function at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka, marking the completion of 40 years of
Bargain hunting pulls Dhaka stocks
Dhaka stocks rose on Thursday as some bargain hunters stepped in following two days of slides, keeping the fears of another debacle at bay for the time being. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DGEN, gained 50.18 points, or 0.81 per cent, to close the day at 6,212.86 points after the DGEN had ... Read more
Rising house rent puts tenants in distress
Tenants are going through hard times because of the spiralling costs of house rent in the capital as well as the common practice of house owners to evict tenants without giving them notices. The House Rent Contract Act 1991 is proving to be ineffective in protecting tenants as very few of them apply to the ... Read more
No repair since 2005
4-lane project saw no light for irregularities The Dhaka-Mymensingh highway has become the worst highway that saw last repair or rehabilitation in 2005. The 120-kilometer highway was supposed to be reconstructed under the road sector reform programme, a World Bank-funded project initiated in 2005. However, the move was abandoned in 2009 without any work done ... Read more
Hasina 7th among 12 top women
The Time magazine has listed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as one of the 12 top women leaders of the world. She has been placed seventh on the list. The top 12 women leaders are: 1) Yingluck Shinawatra, prime minister of
Errant lawyers to say sorry
Thirteen pro-BNP-Jamaat lawyers involved in creating chaos in the courtroom of a High Court bench with one of them throwing a plastic missile at the bench will apologise to the judges on Sunday. This was decided at a meeting between the attorney general and the Supreme Court Bar Association leaders yesterday on the advice of ... Read more
Heart attack follows arrest
One of the lawyers accused in cop assault case at court fights for life at hospital A pro-BNP lawyer suffered a massive heart attack in police custody and was rushed to a city hospital hours after police picked him up from Segunbagicha area early yesterday. The arrestee MU Ahmed is one of accused in a ... Read more
Experts question GPS tracking feasibility
The absence of an updated road-database, appropriate infrastructure and a centralized traffic monitoring system would make installation of global position system (GPS) trackers in vehicles ineffective, experts fear. They say that given the circumstance, a big question mark hangs over the wisdom of home minister Sahara Khatun’s call on Wednesday to install GPS trackers in ... Read more
Rainfall causes water stagnation
Intermittent rainfall continued in different areas of the country on Thursday, causing water stagnation in low-lying areas already submerged by rainfall for the past four days. Less rainfall compared with that in the past few days was recorded at all places including the capital Dhaka and the port city of Chittagong in 24 hours till ... Read more
Fate of many workers in Malaysia uncertain
The fate of many illegal Bangladeshi workers who cannot register their names under any companies in Malaysia is uncertain as a rise in employment crisis may force them to return home anytime. On June 22, the Malaysian government announced amnesty for the undocumented workers, paving a way for them to get regularised or go back ... Read more
Judicial probe body visits Aminbazar
Judicial probe body visits Aminbazar The one member judicial committee, formed on Wednesday to probe the killing of six students at Aminbazar on the outskirts of the capital, visited the spot yesterday and talked to the locals. During his visit at around 1:30pm, committee member Metropolitan Magistrate Utpal Chowdhury told the reporters that the committee ... Read more
A desperate escape act
London Riot A desperate escape act She came to the UK in March to learn English and to join her older sister, who has lived in the UK for five years. But when marauding yobs set her street on fire, Monika Konczyk had to fight for her very survival. The image of her jumping from ... Read more