A mega serial titled “Roshni”, an adaptation of the novel “Prem Jeno Ek” by Rupok Shah, featuring artistes from Bangladesh and West Bengal (India) will be telecast simultaneously starting from August 6 on Channel i and ETV Bangla. The serial will be aired from Saturday to Wednesday at 5:10 pm. Harinath Chakravarti has made the ... Read more
Month: August 2012
“I don’t see any of my movies” — Victor Banerjee
Victor Banerjee may have wowed critics as a versatile actor but believe it or not he does not watch his movies as he “hates to look” at himself on screen. “I don’t see any of my movies,” Banerjee told media persons here on Sunday last. The two exceptions, he mentioned, were maestro Satyajit Ray’s “Gharey ... Read more
Nishimon Bisharjan goes to India
Mahakal Natyasampraday will tour West Bengal, India with its latest production “Nishimon Bisharjan”. An adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Bisharjan”, the play has been dramatised by Anon Zaman and directed by Ashik Rahman. The troupe will leave the country today, informed its chief Mir Zahid Hasan. During their weeklong stay, they will hold three shows. The ... Read more
Bhawaiya on verge of extinction
Eminent singer Ferdousi Rahman observes that bhawaiya, one of the most melodious music genres of the country, is under threat of extinction due to lack of patronisation and practice. In an interview with New Age Ferdausi Rahman, one of most popular bhawaiya singers the country has ever produced, revealed the present condition of the rich ... Read more
Merchant banks seek funds to compensate retail investors
Merchant bankers have sought financial help from the government to pay compensations to the retailers affected in the last year’s stock market debacle. They demanded credit worth Tk 9.0 billion at 10 per cent interest from the central bank to implement the compensation package. “We need loan to implement the package,” said MA Hafiz, president ... Read more
Qubee gets new chief
Faisal Hyder has been appointed as the acting chief executive officer of wireless broadband operator Qubee Bangladesh replacing founding CEO Jerry Mobbs, the company said in a statement yesterday. “It has been a pleasure living and working in Bangladesh with such a talented group of people, and is a source of great pride to hand ... Read more
City faces ubiquitous traffic crisis ahead of Eid
The people of Dhaka are having a tough time these days, as traffic snarls have been choking all major roads and thoroughfares since the first day of Ramzan, rendering ineffectual all the measures taken to put the chaotic traffic on track. The capital is experiencing regular traffic snarls before 9.00 am on almost every working ... Read more
Indo-Bangla meet on Tipaimukh dam begins Aug 27
India has told Bangladesh that it is now ready for a bilateral meeting of experts from both the countries on Tipaimukh dam for two days in New Delhi from August 27. According to a senior official of the Central Water Commission in Shillong, the members of this expert group, to be drawn from both the ... Read more
RU students hold demo for RUCSU election
Rajshahi University students on Tuesday went on a demonstration on the campus, demanding immediate election to the university’s central students’ union and revival of Teachers-Students Cultural Centre of the university. At around 11:30am, under the banner of ‘progressive students’ union’, around a hundred leaders and activists of the university unit Bangladesh Students’ Union,
Onslaught on mud crabs threatens Sundarbans ecosystem
Though the mud crab is considered as one of the nature’s “ecosystem engineers” for its ability to facilitate habitats and nutrients to other species, a significant proportion of its population is being wiped out every year due to its indiscriminate collection along the coastal belt, particularly in the Sundarbans. The export of this crab has ... Read more
Char dwellers denied health, edn services
Education for the children of the people of chars (landmasses that has emerged from the riverbed) of the Godagari upazila of northern Rajshahi district ends at the primary level as they cannot go to high schools located in other places due to risky and troublesome communication. Besides, health services remain elusive for the people of ... Read more
Kuakata boat has historical value
Says expert A French-born Bangladeshi expert on local traditional boats has examined an ancient boat that surfaced from beneath the sandy beach in Kuakata recently and said it was a national heritage bearing ethnic history. “I have never seen such an unusual traditional boat,” Yves Marre told The Daily Star after examining it on the ... Read more
From princess to paupers – Games in true spirit
Most of the British newspapers carried two stories side by side on Tuesday. The first story carried the smiling pictures of Camilla Parker, Kate Middleton Prince William, Prince Harry -the members of royal family- who were all watching their relative Zara Phillip competing in the individual equestrian cross country
Emdadul blown away
Blustery conditions have often spelt the death-knell for batsmen over the many years of Lord’s storied history. The story was the same on Monday in London. On another Bangladesh versus England encounter, the home side triumphed emphatically as the tourists struggled to cope with the conditions at the home of cricket. The only difference was ... Read more
Medals to appease Murray’s hunger
Like your typical Brit, Andy Murray does not give much away. He is impressively impassive, speaking in measured tones of a man much older than his young years. But Murray was surprisingly candid, after his victory over Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen in Wimbledon yesterday. The 25-year-old Scottish superstar is immensely popular and his presence alone
Lord’s of the game
The scene was familiar, as were the conditions. There was the gusting wind, the cool, green grass, the stands steeped in antiquity and also the iconic spaceship press box. For a second you had to pinch yourself. This was Lord’s, the spiritual home of cricket and the custodians of the spirit of the game. The ... Read more
Basketball awaits end of an era
Since the beginning of the Olympics, the main problem that the organisers are grappling with is empty seats at stadiums that have taken some glosses off from an otherwise glitzy event. The scene of vacant rows at football stadiums, Wimbledon, the aquatic centre and beyond has angered Britons, who tried but failed to buy tickets ... Read more
Kohli ton seals series
Virat Kohli scored yet another century to take India to a 3-1 series victory against Sri Lanka by winning the fourth ODI of their five-match series by six wickets at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. Chasing a par score of 252 to win, India were in a spot of bother with the score ... Read more
Fakhrul, 45 others indicted
Trial in arson case begins Aug 7 A Dhaka court on Tuesday charged 46 leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance, including the acting BNP secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, with setting a bus on fire near the Prime Minister’s Office on April 29. The Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal of Harun-or-Rashid posted for ... Read more
Govt’s action under watch
Padma bridge co-financiers ADB, Jica extend loan deal by a month; wait to see how govt acts on WB’s graft concern; failure to cost future donor funding The ADB and Jica have extended their Padma bridge loan effectuation date by a month with a clear message that during this time the government has to address ... Read more