All the TV channels have chalked up Eid special programmes with different types of shows. Most of these channels will air Bangla films, TV plays, musical shows, magazine programmes and talk shows for five days. Like the previous years’ programmes TV plays dominate Eid fanfare. Selected programmes of the first three days scheduled to be ... Read more
Month: August 2012
Jr Tigers mull an Eid gift for Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s junior cricket team is planning to present the country their biggest Eid gift when they take on hosts Australia in the first quarter-final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Townsville on Sunday. The game coincided with the Eid-ul-Fitr, which will be celebrated in Australia on the matchday and the junior Tigers are in ... Read more
Eating egg yolks as bad as smoking
Scientists have unscrambled the truth about eggs – eating the yolk is almost as bad as smoking for people at risk of heart disease. The problem lies in an increased risk of the hardening of the arteries, known as atherosclerosis. It is a disorder of the arteries where plaques, aggravated by cholesterol, form on the ... Read more
Eid brings no joy to the poor
In Arabic Eid means ‘festivity’. Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, is observed after a month-long ‘siam’ (fasting). Although Eid is all about feast and festivity, it does not carry the same meaning for the poor and homeless. On the day of Eid, people traditionally wear new clothes, eat delicacies, and enjoy the ... Read more
Nation set to celebrate Eid
Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on Sunday if the Shawal moon is sighted on Saturday. If the moon is not sighted on Saturday, the Eid will be celebrated on Monday, ending a month-long fasting. Thousands of people have already left the capital to celebrate Eid with ... Read more
Heavy dose of formalin poses health hazard
Merchants of death go scot free Formaldehyde (formalin), used for preserving human bodies and animals in hospital mortuaries and laboratories, is reportedly being used indiscriminately during the holy month of Ramzan for preserving milk, fish, fruit and other perishables, including vegetables. The government has virtually no control over the sale and use of formalin, a ... Read more
Frenetic departure from city on
Bus, train and launch terminals in Dhaka witnessed a mad rush on Friday as holidaymakers continued frenetic departure from the city defying all the hassles of journey involved to celebrate Eid with families in their country homes. Passengers, mostly garment workers from Savar, Ashulia and Gazipur, headed home in
A different Eid for Zakir, family
After five years of unfortunate separation from his wife and children, Zakir Hossain, who had been serving life term wrongfully for another Zakir, is now happy to celebrate Eid this year with them, outside the jail. “This year, the Eid is going to be amazing for us. We will go to the [children’s] parks and many ... Read more
Tailbacks on highways
Homebound Trips Tailbacks on highways Trains delayed Enduring gridlock, delay, overloading and overcharging, thousands of holidaymakers yesterday left Dhaka for village homes to celebrate Eid. Railway passengers, especially those travelling to northern districts, had the worst of experiences yesterday as trains were delayed for two to seven hours due to derailment of an intercity train ... Read more
Admission seekers left in uncertainty
Buet, Medical Colleges Admission seekers left in uncertainty Although the admission process for honours courses in all the major public universities is already underway, uncertainty plagues thousands of students willing to enrol for Buet and medical colleges. Over the years public medical colleges and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) remained the most sought-after ... Read more
No single recommendation implemented
August campus protests No single recommendation implemented The government has yet to take any action, in line with the recommendations the parliamentary standing committee on the education ministry made, against the people in connection with the violence and protests of August 2007 in Dhaka University that resulted from the presence of military personnel on the ... Read more
Power from garbage
Govt-run plant to generate 50MW electricity using garbage of Dhaka city Using the garbage of Dhaka city, the government for the first time is going to generate 50 megawatt of electricity to add to the national grid. KM Mozammel Hoq, additional secretary of the local government division of LGRD and Cooperatives ministry, said they had ... Read more
Carjacking gang held
4 stolen vehicles seized Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested eight carjackers and recovered three private cars, one microbus, firearms and other valuable items from their possession during separate drives in the capital on Thursday. Mokhlesur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), conducted a drive and arrested the carjackers at Moghbazar in ... Read more
Bangladeshi beaten dead in India
A Bangladeshi national was killed by miscreants in Malda district of India’s Paschimbanga on Thursday. The deceased was Asadur Rahman, 34, son of Mozzafar Hossain of Akkelpur village in Gomostapur upazila. Commanding officer of Battalion-46 of Border Guard Bangladesh Lieutenant Colonel Jasim Uddin said Asad went to visit his relatives’ house at Batsa village under ... Read more
3 held with fake currency in city
Three members of a gang involved in making and marketing fake bank notes were arrested by detectives early yesterday from the capital’s Jatrabari with fake Bangladeshi currencies worth Tk 2.05 lakh. The detainees — Mehedi Hasan alias Samir, 38, his wife Shirin Akhter, 32, and their associate Sohel Elahi alias Apel, 26 — confessed that ... Read more
This Eid that was
The pattern of Eid celebrations has been changing with time. To get a glimpse of the Eid festivity more than half a century ago, New Age talked with four cultural personalities. They had almost the same observation that they do not find that enthusiasm and emotion for celebrating the day together with all relatives and ... Read more
Star gazing Eid plans
Joya Ahsan I plan to spend Eid in Dhaka. It is always a joyous occasion for me. I only dress up as much as needed to give adda a festive look. However, this Eid is very different and sorrowful for me. I lost my father this year and this will be the first Eid without ... Read more
Murtaja Baseer turns 81
A versatile genius Murtaja Baseer, considered one of the foremost painters of Bangladesh, has established his individual style. He is also known as a versatile genius. Throughout his illustrious career, Baseer has gradually transformed his working style into abstract realism. Today marks the 81st birth anniversary of the painter. The artist is the son of ... Read more
Eid festival at Fantasy Kingdom and Foy’s Lake
Concord Entertainment’s Fantasy Kingdom complex in Ashulia, near Dhaka, includes Fantasy Kingdom, Water Kingdom, Heritage Park, X-treme Racing Go-kart and Motel Atlantis, and is a delight for children and adults alike. In Chittagong, Concord entertains the public with Foy’s Lake Amusement World, Sea World and Foy’s Lake Resort. Keeping in mind that
Midnight shopping gains popularity
It was almost midnight on Wednesday and still a long tailback of vehicles carrying Eid shoppers could be seen outside the city’s Bashundhara Shopping Mall. At the shopping centre, the queue for entry does not seem to shorten, with the constant stream of shoppers. Meanwhile, on the staircase leading to the centre, many were