Oliul Haq Rumi is a regular performer of Theatre (Baily Road), working with the group since 1993. He has acted in the plays — “Payer Awaaj Pawa Jae”, “Ekhono Kritodash”, “Spordha”, “Meraj Fokirer Ma” and “Golap Bagan”. He played two characters in the production “Meraj Fokirer Ma”. Before joining Theatre (Baily Road), he was a ... Read more
Month: September 2012
Rivers officially made thinner
Faulty demarcation encourages encroachers; ministerial recommendations for pillar relocation ignored The rivers of Dhaka are destined to remain narrow as the shipping ministry has expressed its inability to fully rectify the faulty demarcation of the streams despite a High Court order and subsequent ministerial decision. An extensive visit revealed that relevant district administrations and officials ... Read more
Padma work by May
Says Muhith; Mashiur says he is on leave, gets dropped from Ecnec, economic affairs committee too The government plans to begin the construction of the much-talked about Padma bridge in April-May next year, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said yesterday. “Now we should float the tender; it will be done next month,” he told reporters at ... Read more
Hallmark grabs govt land, vested property
DC office submits report to land ministry The deputy commissioner’s office of Dhaka has found that around 10 acres of the government land, including vested property, has been grabbed by the controversial Hallmark Group in Savar. The DC office in a report said that Hallmark had encroached on 9.9267 acres of ‘khas and vested property’ ... Read more
Road accidents spark off violent protests in capital
Death of a woman and injuries to a university student in separate road accidents at Moghbazar and Dhanmondi in the capital on Monday triggered violent protests. Marzina, 40, a cleaner of a shopping mall, died on the spot after a bus ran over her at M0ghbazar while a Stamford University student sustained critical
Girl brutally murdered at home
Unidentified criminals killed a schoolgirl by slitting her throat at her house on Bhagolpur lane in the capital’s Hazaribagh yesterday. The victim, Tasnin Rahman Karobi, 13, was a sixth grader at Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Rifles College at Pilkhana
No hilsa fishing for 11 days
The government has imposed a countrywide ban on catching, transporting, marketing and selling hilsa fish for 11 days, starting from today, to facilitate its egg laying and boost hilsa production. Uzzal Bikash Datta, secretary of the fisheries and livestock ministry, announced the ban yesterday at a press conference at the Department of Fisheries in the
IDCOL to install 1,500 solar-powered irrigation pumps by 2016
The Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCOL) plans to install 1,500 solar-powered irrigation pumps across Bangladesh by 2016, in a bid to promote alternative energy and limit reliance on fossil fuels. The new pumps will run on a combined 12 megawatts (MW) of power to be generated by solar panels, projected to save the government nearly ... Read more
BB warns state banks on classified loans
The central bank yesterday warned four state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) of rises in their classified loans and deteriorating risk management in recent months. The word of warning, which comes following the Hall-Mark Group loan scandal, was conveyed at a quarterly meeting between Bangladesh Bank and the SCBs, chaired by
Subscriber sues 11 GP officials
A Grameenphone subscriber in Chittagong yesterday sued 11 officials of the mobile operator, including its chief executive officer, for what the user said was misappropriation of consumers’ money by providing lucrative offers. SHM Habibur Rahman Azad filed the case with the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate Muntasir Ahmed, said his lawyer. Grameenphone officials said they are yet to
Stocks slip as investors take profit
Share prices on the premier bourse fell yesterday as the majority of investors apparently booked profit from their previous purchase. DGEN, the benchmark General Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, finished the day at 4,736.97 points, after falling 63.45 points or
Implementation of anti-tobacco law demanded
Speakers at a seminar in Rajshahi on Monday called for protecting the non-smokers from passive smoking through creating a smoking-free environment everywhere in society. The law against smoking in public spots should be strictly implemented to free all the public places and transport from smoking
Registration deadline for RU convocation extended
The Rajshahi University authorities have fixed October 18 as the deadline of registration for the 8th convocation of the university in spite of October 6, says a press release on Monday. Earlier, the registration began on September 7. The convocation was scheduled to be held on December 2. The authorities in a press release said ... Read more
Do or die for Tigers
Bangladesh will take on 2009 champions Pakistan in their last Group match of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium today needing to win the match by an unlikely margin if they are to qualify for the Super Eights stage. The match will start at 4pm Bangladesh Standard
‘Nothing to lose’
Bangladesh have to play their best T20 match if they want to turn the tables against mighty Pakistan in their second and final group match and qualify for the Super Eights of the ICC World Twenty20. A win will not be good enough for the Tigers; they have to win the match by a margin ... Read more
Fitness scare for Tigers
Bangladesh got a little jolt yesterday ahead of today’s do-or-die clash against Pakistan as pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza suffered an injury during practice and star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan skipped training as he was not feeling good. National team physio Vibhav Singh however said that the setbacks suffered by the two
7-star Enamul revives hosts
A seven-wicket haul by Enamul Haque Jr. brought Bangladesh A back into the four-day game as the West Indies High Performance side were scuttled out in 44 overs for a mere 144 runs on the second day of the 4-day match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. In reply, the home-side took a lead of ... Read more
Babita wins lifetime achievement award
Dream girl’ of Dhallywood’ Babita was honoured with lifetime achievement in her mid 50s in a colourful award giving ceremony on Sunday evening at Fair Park in Singapore in presence of thousands of Bangladeshi expatriates. Her peers like ‘Nayak Raj’ Razzak, renowned actor Faruk, and celebrities like Ferdaus, Purnima, Misha Sawdagar, Rizia Parveen, Mahfuz Ahmed, Chanchal Chowdhury,
Moushumi: Committed to her craft
In Conversation Moushumi: Committed to her craft With several upcoming TV plays, National Film Award winner Moushumi hardly has any time to unwind. She has performed in Partho Sarker’s Eid ul Azha special one-hour play “Otopor Ek Cup Cha”, acting opposite Sajal. In the drama, Moushumi plays the role of a confident urban woman. The ... Read more
“Barfi” set to go to the Oscars
Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra-starrer Bollywood film “Barfi”, the love story of a deaf and mute boy set in the fairy-tale world of the 1970s Darjeeling Hills in West Bengal, has been chosen as India’s entry to the Oscars next year in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film, directed by Anurag Basu, was ... Read more