On the eve of the completion of five years of distribution presence in Bangladesh, Kaspersky Lab and its distribution office for Bangladesh – Officextracts – have launched an offer for IT users in the country. From Monday, Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 single-user and three-user pack buyers got a chance to participate and win six gifts ... Read more
Month: October 2012
Citizens, political parties condemn Ramu violence
Saturday night’s attacks on Buddhist neighbourhoods across Ramu, Ukhia and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazaar and the subsequent spread of the violence in Patiya of Chittagong continued to draw nationwide condemnation from eminent personalities as well as political parties on Monday. Nine eminent personalities in a statement expressed concerns over the sectarian
Children’s Rights Week calls for end to child repression
Children’s Rights Week 2012 began on Monday with the theme ‘from womb to five: care me from today: to become intelligent and powerful’. Government and different non-governmental organisations have taken up various programmes to mark the week. The ministry of women and children affairs inaugurated their weeklong programmes at
Bangladesh celebrates Girl Child Day today
Bangladesh celebrates today the National Girl Child Day. The day would be celebrated this year on the theme: ‘Girl child’s progress: progress of Bangladesh.’ Besides the government, a host of NGOs would take part in the celebration. In a message president Zillur Rahman called for taking the initiative for
OC, 6 others sued for schoolgirl’s suicide after rape
A case has been filed against former officer-in-charge of Bahubal police station Azizur Rahman Sarkar and six others in connection with the suicide of a schoolgirl after rape inside the thana quarters on September 14. M Shah Alam, uncle of victim Marzana, filed the case with Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Sunday
Breast Cancer : 17,000 die every year in country
Discussion told In Bangladesh, 22,000 women fall victims to breast cancer which leads to 17,000 deaths every year, speakers said at a discussion yesterday. At the discussion styled “International Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October 2012”, held at Dhaka Ahsania Mission auditorium
Road accidents kill 8 in 5 districts
Eight people were killed and six others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Chittagong, Khulna, Magura and Chandpur on Sunday and yesterday. Our Sirajganj correspondent reports, three people were killed and two others injured as a microbus rammed a human hauler on Bogra-Nagarbari
Violence on women in custody condemned
A group of human rights activists yesterday condemned and protested repeated police violence on women in custody. They urged the authorities to take immediate action to restrain the law enforcement agencies from acting against their constitutional obligations and inflicting violence on women, said a joint statement sent by Hameeda Hossain, Advocate Sultana Kamal,
Buet admission test on Dec 1
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) authorities yesterday set December 1 for holding the first year admission test for 2012-2013 academic session. The date was fixed at an academic council meeting where Vice Chancellor Prof SM Nazrul Islam was not present showing due to illness
Nat’l child art competition held
The 8th National Child Art Competition exhibition and prize giving ceremony was held on Sunday at the Sufia Kamal auditorium of the National Museum. About two hundred children from across the country participated at the competition in three groups at the competition, organised by
Int’l Day of Older Persons observed
International Day of Older Persons 2012 was observed on Monday across the country through different programmes. The theme of the day was ‘Longevity: Shaping the Future’. Government and non-government organisations took up various programmes to mark the day. Bangladesh Probin Adhikar Forum brought out a procession from the
Windies oust NZ in Super Over
West Indies knocked New Zealand out of the World Twenty20 in a dramatic Super Over Monday after their group one match finished in a tie. Both teams were locked at 139 after 40 overs at Pallekele stadium, sending the match to the tense Super Over decider. New Zealand
Malinga sends champs England crashing
Slinging bowler Lasith Malinga took a career-best five wickets as Sri Lanka beat England by 19 runs to reach the World Twenty20 semi-finals and send the defending champions crashing out Monday. Malinga took 5-31 as England, chasing a daunting 170-run target, were restricted to 150-9 in the Super Eights match at Pallekele stadium before a ... Read more
All to play for in Group 2
Those wanting to know the semifinals line-up of the ICC World Twenty20 will have to wait for the result of today’s last Super Eights match between India and South Africa. All eyes will be fixed on the R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium as undefeated Australia lock horns with a wounded Pakistan in the day’s first ... Read more
BD A-WIHP final match today
The last 50-over game between Bangladesh A and the West Indies High Performance Team will take place at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. The visiting West Indian side have already taken an unassailable two to nothing lead in the three-match series and will be looking for a whitewash. The hosts, on the other hand, will ... Read more
Pritilata’s bronze sculpture to be installed in port city
A new bronze sculpture of Pritilata Waddedar, an associate of Master-da Surja Sen and the first Bengali woman to embrace martyrdom for freedom from British colonial rule, will be installed in front of Pahartali Railway School, adjacent to the then European Club, in the port city. As a tribute to her martyrdom in 1932, the ... Read more
Norwegian folk dance presented
Norwegian dancers Ulf Arne Johanssen and Margit Myher moved the Dhaka audience through the colourful by folk dance recitals. Thirsty local dancers also performed with the Norwegian duo at the programme on Sunday at the Sawkat Osman auditorium of the Central Public Library on Sunday, which was basically an output of a five-day workshop on ... Read more
Hotel Transylvania tops US film chart
The animated 3D film Hotel Transylvania has set a new high for a September debut at the US and Canadian box office, bringing in $43m (£26.6m), according to studio estimates, reports BBC. Science-fiction thriller Looper opened in second place with $21.2m (£13m). It was followed by last week’s tied chart-topper, End of Watch which took ... Read more
Tanvir Tareque: Steeped in music
Tanvir Tareq is one of the busiest music directors of this time, whose talents also expand into the realms of composing and penning lyrics. He won a Citycell Channel i Music Award (Best Music Director) last year, under the popular category. Tanvir is currently busy working on his 23rd mixed album, titled “Hridoy Ghotito”. The ... Read more
Mughal history through contemporary eyes
Prangane Mor’s new play “Aurangzeb” Does history repeat itself or is it all about individual fate? Whatever it is, the confession or self-realisation that the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb made in his last days forms the core of a new play, “Aurangzeb”. The play sees Aurangzeb facing the similar fate that his father, Shah Jahan, endured ... Read more