Abahani-Mohammedan Final Reigning champions Mohammedan and last’s runners-up Abahani promised to put up a better show in the final of the Grameenphone Super Cup to entertain the spectators at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. The statements from the country’s two premier outfits came yesterday at a press briefing at the BFF House, ahead of the Super ... Read more
Month: August 2011
Argentina-Nigeria friendly tickets from August 8
The tickets for next month’s Argentina-Nigeria international friendly match in Dhaka will go on sale on August 8 at eight different city branches of IFIC Bank, the Bangladesh Football Federation announced on Thursday. A total of 11,846 tickets – 6,447 for the western gallery and 5,399 for the eastern gallery – will be available for ... Read more
Commuter train by next year
20 Chinese trains to ply in Dhaka, Ctg Modern trains will be introduced in Dhaka and Chittagong by the next year to make commuting with their adjoining districts fast and easier. Bangladesh Railway (BR) and Tangshan Railway Vehicle Company Ltd, a Chinese private firm, inked an agreement on the $58.31 million project at the railway ... Read more
Phones to replace wallets soon
Transaction methods have changed through the course of time and has come a long way from coins to paper money to plastics. Now we are witnessing yet another ground-breaking change, mobile payments, also known as mobile wallet. Already mobile phones have become more than just a tool to communicate; smartphones have made
Nokia improves its browser
Nokia has upgraded Nokia Browser for its series 40 devices, says a press release. This newly upgraded version 1.0.3 enables quick and easy access to relevant contents such as social networking sites, news readers, image search, videos and more. According to the development team at Nokia Beta Labs, the browser is equipped with Nokia’s latest
Race to become a millionaire on TV
There’s an old Bengali proverb: “Lekhapora korey jey gari-ghora chorey shey”. Roughly translated, it means that a person who studies would get to ride cars and horses i.e. they’d be rich. Few will sense the literal meaning of this proverb more than the nervous contestants on the hot seat of the world famous reality TV ... Read more
Nawsheen returns to Dhaka
After 45 days popular TV actress, model and presenter Nawsheen Nahrin Mou returned to Dhaka from USA yesterday. She went to USA toattend the FOBANA Conference there on behalf of Channel i. Nawsheen earlier wanted to return to Dhaka on July 18. But due to have more works she had tostay there. For her delay ... Read more
Realism vs Romance
In conversation with Tanzir Tuhin While many find academic studies getting the priority to be a restriction in pursuing artistic/cultural practices, Tanzir Tuhin — lead vocalist and songwriter of the band Shironamhin — considers his major, architecture, as an inspiration to his passion for music. Tuhin finds some links between architecture and music as well. ... Read more
Monir Khan, Milton Khondaker together after 6 years
Popular singer Monir Khan will present his 40th album to hislisteners on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The album will contain 10songs. The lyrics of the songs were written by Milton Khondaker while the songswere also composed by him. Through this album, the listeners will get Milton Khondakeralong with Monir after a span of six ... Read more
Elita is now guest faculty
Popular singer Elita Karim is familiar to all as a promisingsinger, some may recognise her as an anchor too. But none of above is herprofessional identity. Professionally, she is a journalist of a leading Englishdaily in the country. However, all of these identities could not meet her thirst.She has recently started teaching the students of ... Read more
Mila raises voice against cyber crime
Pop diva Mila is creating social awareness against the cyber crime, which has appeared a social problem in the country. In an interview with New Age, Mila Islam informed that through the concerts she was generating awareness against such crime for which many women in the country have faced serious social problem and forced a ... Read more
Tarin’s different preparation…
Popular TV actress Tarin is simultaneously expert in singingand dancing besides acting. During her early age Tarin became champion innational children talent hunt contest ‘Notun Kuri’. Later she continued actingand dancing. But her singing career was limited in only homely environment. Tokeep requests from her friends Tarin is going to launch her debut solo musicalalbum ... Read more
Women entrepreneurship and our commitment
Tarique Afzal for The Daily Star “Entrepreneur” is a French word that means “undertake”. Women entrepreneurship is inherent as they are naturally endowed with the qualities of entrepreneurship. Instincts of a woman generate enormous strength and determination that drive the fear away from them. Entrepreneurship for a woman remains an innate quality and thus is ... Read more
13 lawyers banned from practice
Politics, Chaos, Judges Insulted 13 lawyers banned from practice Chief justice asks for protecting sanctity of court as lawyers initiate peace move A High Court bench banned 13 opposition-backed lawyers from practising in any court of the country in a ruling yesterday, a day after the same court witnessed raucous protests against the two judges ... Read more
Dhaka to hand over Chetia by mid-Aug
Bangladesh will hand over the general secretary of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), Anup Chetia, and others members of the front to India by the middle of August this year. Home minister Sahara Khatun on Wednesday said Bangladesh had started the legal process for the purpose. “We have asked the authorities concerned to complete ... Read more
Innocent unsafe from police
Kadar tells The Daily Star as he comes out of jail “Innocent people of the country are not safe in the hands of police,” said Abdul Kadar, a Dhaka University student who had been picked up by police and tortured in custody for 13 hours. A student of biochemistry and molecular biology, Kadar, was finally ... Read more
Kader released on bail
Dhaka University student Abdul Kader, who faced brutal torture in the hands of police personnel of Khilgaon police station, was released from custody, after obtaining bail, on Wednesday, in the remaining two cases filed by police on charges of possessing weapons and a robbery involvement. Earlier, on August 1, Kader had been granted bail in ... Read more
HC orders judicial probe into Aminbazar student killing
The High Court on Wednesday ordered judicial inquiry into the killing of six students by a mob on July 18 at Aminbazar on the outskirts of the capital. The HC division bench comprising Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif directed the chief judicial magistrate of Dhaka to form a one–member committee with a ... Read more
DU in serious financial crisis
UGC yet to disburse budgetary allocation; July salaries provided from other sources Dhaka University is facing an acute financial crisis as it has not yet received its budgetary allocation from the University Grants Commission. The DU authority had to pay the salaries of its teachers, officials and other employees for July with money collected from ... Read more
JS goes into session on August 18
The 10th session of the ninth Jatiya Sangsad will begin on August 18 amid uncertainty about the return of the boycotting main opposition BNP to the House. President Zillur Rahman called the session as per article 72 (1) of the Constitution, a parliament secretariat source said on Wednesday. President called the 10th session during the ... Read more