Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s teleshow Satyamev Jayate, where he deals with sensitive social issues backed by statistics, has surpassed his own popularity, indicates a survey on online Google searches, reports Hindustantimes. The first episode of Satyamev Jayate was aired on May 6 on Star Plus. Its concept was kept under wraps till
Month: May 2012
‘Tigers’ camp not needed’
There is a very slim chance the Tigers’ training camp will get underway as per schedule after the stalemate regarding the resumption of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket Super League ended on Tuesday. The cricket operations committee earlier decided to start the camp on May 20 with twenty-seven cricketers under the guidance of interim coach ... Read more
Russel’s winning streak on
Sheikh Russel KC extended their winning streak in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League to four matches by posting a 3-2 win over minnows Rahmatganj MFS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday. Midfielder Emon Babu, Cameroonian midfielder Frank Olivier and Senegalese hitman
Endless wait for Sraboni
It looks like an endless wait for Sraboni Biswas, Bangladesh’s taekwondo queen, who is training day in and day out to realise her Olympics dream, but still facing some kind of uncertainty. Sraboni is one of the five athletes Bangladesh is looking to send to London to participate in the Olympic Games but while four ... Read more
Mohammedan accuse BCB of ignoring bylaws, vow not to return
Though Mohammedan Sporting Club agreed to play their remaining matches of the Dhaka Premier League, they are unhappy at the way the Bangladesh Cricket Board handled the recent crisis. The BCB had announced to resume the league from May 31 after the representatives of the six clubs, including Mohammedan, sat at a meeting with the ... Read more
Spin wins it for KKR
DLF IPL 2012 Spin wins it for KKR Kolkata Knight Riders played three spinners for the first time in this year’s IPL against Mumbai Indians last night and the decision paid rich dividends as the visitors successfully defended a paltry total of 140. The three spinners, Sunil Narine, Shakib Al Hasan and Iqbal Abdullah stifled ... Read more
Double delight for Maradona
It was a double joy for Al Wasl coach Diego Maradona on Tuesday night. His family, including his grandson Benjamin and son-in-law Sergio Aguero, were around him when his club beat Al Wahda on penalties in the quarter-final of the Gulf Champions League, reports The Gulf Today. Sergio, who scored the City’s match winner against ... Read more
Catching up with Dipa Khondokar
Dipa Khondokar, with 13 years of experience behind her, grabbed public attention with her appearance in a commercial even before her debut in the TV play “Kaktarua”. A product of a golden age of media newcomers, Dipa Khondokar has refined her resume with acting performances opposite many big stars on the scene. The drama serial ... Read more
League deadlock ends
The Bangladesh Cricket Board finally managed to convince the six bickering clubs to end the stalemate in the Dhaka Premier League and resume the Super League from May 31. The BCB high ups on Tuesday had a successful meeting with representatives from Abahani Limited, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Victoria Sporting Club, Old DOHS,
BCB announces tri-nation T20 fixtures
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced the fixtures of the national team’s upcoming tri-nation Twenty20 tournament in Zimbabwe next month. South Africa is the third team apart from hosts Zimbabwe and visiting Bangladesh in the tournament which begins on June 18
Muktijoddha crush Feni Soccer
A double strike by Mithun Chowdhury helped Muktijoddha Sangsad crush Feni Soccer Club by 5-0 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. Apart from Mithun’s double, Nigerian Sunday Chizoba, defender Nasir Chowdhury and winger Shihab netted one goal apiece for the Muktis
Konal’s Jaadu unveiled
Talented singer and winner of television reality show Channel-I, Sera Kantha, Konal unveiled her solo musical album titled Konal’s Jaadu, at a programme held at Liberation War Museum premises on Tuesday. The album was unveiled by veteran singer Sohrab Hossain and music exponent Sudhin Das. The album contains eight
Shawkat Osman remembered
The 14th death anniversary of eminent writer Shawkat Osman was observed through a discussion and screening of a documentary, on Monday, at the Liberation War Museum. Kathashilpi Shawkat Osman Smrity Parishad organised the programme in which science and technology minister Yafes Osman, Communist Party of Bangladesh general secretary
Lalon At Epicentre
Theatre stages Baramkhana Noted troupe Theatre staged its play on the life and works of Fakir Lalon Shai, “Baramkhana”, on May 14 at the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Inspired by Sunil Gangopadhyay’s novel “Moner Manush”, which saw a film adaptation by Gautam Ghosh as well, the play is a narrative on how Lalon ... Read more
From fishing nets to paperbacks
When Harishankar Jaladas was around five years old, his playmates in his Patenga community used to go into the sea with their fathers. They dreamt of becoming skilled fishermen. But Harishankar’s father Judhisthir Jaladas, a sea fisherman, had a different plan for his son. Instead of taking him to the deep sea fishing trips, he ... Read more
Recruit only thru’ govt
Dhaka proposes to KL to save workers from middlemen Dhaka has proposed to Kuala Lumpur to recruit Bangladeshi workers under government arrangements to cut involvement of middlemen to reduce the cost of their going abroad for jobs and to put an end to their exploitation. Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam has ... Read more
Newsmen to march towards PMO on June 26
Sagar-Runi murder Newsmen to march towards PMO on June 26 Newsmen will march towards the Prime Minister’s Office on June 26 demanding arrest and trial of the killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi. The programme was announced at a sit-in demonstration by journalists outside the Bangladesh Secretariat on Tuesday also to press ... Read more
Heat wave to continue for a week
A heat wave that has been sweeping the country will continue for a week, the met office said yesterday. The northern region is the worst hit by heat wave, as the mercury rose up to 41 degree Celsius in Rajshahi and its adjoining areas yesterday. The met office said the maximum temperature in Dhaka yesterday ... Read more
Bangladeshi peacekeepers get UN medal in Haiti
Three hundred and twenty members of Formed Police Unit from Bangladesh got the United Nations medal at a colourful ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on May 10, an UN release said. The ceremony was attended by the deputy special representative of the UN secretary general in Haiti, Nigel Fisher, commissioner of the UN police Marc Tardif, ... Read more
World living beyond its resources, summit off-track: WWF
Biodiversity has decreased by an average of 28 per cent globally since 1970 and the world would have to be 50 per cent bigger to have enough land and forests to provide for current levels of consumption and carbon emissions, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday. Unless the world addresses the problem, by 2030 even ... Read more