Rights activist tells anti-graft body in KL about their harassment for bribe Migrant workers in Malaysia are regularly being harassed by law enforcers and forced to pay bribes, rights activist Irene Fernandez told Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Friday. She also cited six instances of corruption involving guest workers, reported The Malaysian Insider. On Friday, the ... Read more
Month: May 2012
Private sector women get less maternity leave
Discrimination in maternity leave entitlement for working women resulting from inconsistencies between the Labour Act 2006 and the amended Bangladesh Service Rules is a cause of significant concern, according to working women and lawyers. Non-implementation of the existing laws particularly related to maternity leave and lack
Housewife set ablaze by husband, in-laws
A 28-year-old mother of two daughters is writhing in a hospital bed with most of her body burnt and wrapped in bandages. Mousumi Akhter Sumi was set ablaze allegedly by her husband and in-laws yesterday at their house at Krishnapur of Comilla sadar for protesting against her husband’s extramarital
Hit hard by summer heat
Frequent power cuts make Dhaka life all the more difficult The scorching heat, high humidity, frequent power cuts and perennial water crisis have made life miserable in the capital in the last few days. The situation is also contributing to the spike in diarrhoea cases. More than 500 people are getting admitted to the International ... Read more
Samsung poised for a lift-off
The company’s Bangladesh MD says it completes groundwork Samsung aims to strengthen its foothold in Bangladesh as it sees the country as a promising market due to the presence of a large customer base and high economic growth. The South Korean electronics giant has completed its groundwork in the country by opening a branch office ... Read more
Shane Tigers’ interim coach
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed Shane Jurgensen as the interim head coach of the Tigers. This was decided at the cricket operations committee’s meeting which also discussed the proposed tours to Zimbabwe, Europe and Trinidad & Tobago. “Our bowling coach Shane Jurgensen will look after the national team as the interim head coach
Badal, Nabil swap BFF positions
Bangladesh Football Federation vice-presidents Badal Roy and Kazi Nabil Ahmed swapped their positions in the two important standing committees as the newly-elected body of BFF took charge through a meeting on Saturday. Badal Roy, who was the chairman of the national team management committee last
Sakib the only shining light in KKR defeat
Bangladeshi all-rounder Sakib al Hasan was the only successful bowler for Kolkata Knight Riders on a day that saw Rohit Sharma’s blistering knock of 109 get his side Mumbai Indians a 27-run victory at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. After sitting out the last seven matches, which they won, the world number one
Brothers ride on Kingsley treble
Kingsley Chigozie scored a hat-trick as Brothers Union registered a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Arambagh Krira Sangha in the Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. Arambagh were 2-0 up within three minutes after kick-off thanks to their Liberian striker Benjamin Cooper’s double strike before Brothers Union’s Kingsley came into the scene after
MU unveil new home kit
Manchester United have unveiled their new “gingham” home kit for the 2012/13 season and, as expected, the top part of it was a shirt. But according to people, it’s a shirt that looks like a tablecloth or a tea towel. Nike’s press release
Kamal Das Gupta: Voice of renaissance in Bengal music
It was the year after Independence. Bangladesh Television chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the birth anniversary of our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Selected artistes were chosen for a live telecast from the Engineers Institute in Dhaka. Amongst the senior artistes were Kamal Das Gupta, the incomparable composer of the modern
Asia-Pacific cultural forms displayed
Cultural Diversity Ministerial Forum Asia-Pacific cultural forms displayed Different countries of Asia Pacific presented their colourful cultural heritages on the second day of the three-day minister-level international conference on cultural diversity in the Asia Pacific region at the National Theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. At the programme, artistes of Indonasia, China, Philippine, ... Read more
A blend of East and West
Isabelle Anna performs Kathak at port city Accomplished French dancer Isabelle Anna captivated the port city audience at a Kathak dance recital that was held at the auditorium of Alliance Française de Chittagong on May 9. Alliance Française de Chittagong arranged the programme. Dr Samuel Berthet, Director of Alliance Française de Chittagong, inaugurated the programme. ... Read more
Shaon Chowdhury receives South Asian Cultural Award
Noted Bangladeshi singer Shaon Chowdhury has recently received “South Asian Cultural Award” (Gold) from Kathmandu, Nepal. The singer was informed of winning the award over telephone from Kathmandu on April 14. Shaon Chowdhury shared this prestigious award for his duet song “Tomaree Chokh-e Ekedilam” with Mumbai based super-star singer Alka Yagnik. The award is only ... Read more
Pagol: Lalon’s third album
‘Pagol’, the third studio album of folk-fusion band Lalon, presents an array of mystical songs that present a completely new concept of fusion music. There are a total of 8 tracks in the album, of which 5 songs are written by Fakir Lalon Shai, two by Shah Abdul Karim and one is collected. The songs ... Read more
Humayun Ahmed back in town
Noted litterateur and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed returned to Bangladesh from the USA after eight months of treatment. He along with his family arrived at Shahjalal International Airport yesterday at 3am. Owner of Anno Prokash, Mazharul Islam accompanied by Ahmed’s chief assistant director Jewel Rana received the novelist at the airport. Arriving at his residence
Emon-Monalisa in new TVC
Popular TV models and actors of present time Emon and Monalisa have worked together in a private mobile phone operator company’s television commercial recently. The TVC was directed by reputed TVC maker Amitav Reza. Emon and Monalisa’s works got huge popularity from the viewers earlier. Lastly they performed together in a television commercial of a product of ... Read more
Buriganga in peril
Faulty demarcation flouting HC order creates scope for grabbing the river’s foreshore The government itself now seems poised to make the Buriganga a leaner stream by squeezing its shorelines in violation of a High Court order. Earlier, in April last year, the Turag river suffered a similar fate as Gazipur district administration demarcated it by ... Read more
AL leader, 2 journos among 15 killed
Road Accidents AL leader, 2 journos among 15 killed PM orders arrest of drivers Fifteen people including Awami League’s Sylhet district unit senior vice-president Iftekhar Hossain Shamim and two journalists were killed in road accidents in Sylhet, Dhaka and Gaibandha yesterday. Eight people, including Iftekhar Hossain Shamim, were killed and 30 others injured when
Big promise, small pay
Employers in UAE pay Bangladeshi workers much less than amount mentioned in job contracts Before leaving for the United Arab Emirates in early 2008, Shakil Hossain signed a job contract that offered him a monthly wage of 1,200 dirham (1 dirham equivalent to Tk 22). It was quite lucrative for the plumber although he had ... Read more