Cultural and rights activists, journalists, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, along with government officials of Chapanawabganj celebrated the 1st anniversary of Radio Mahananda FM 98.8, a community radio, last Saturday. Proyash Manobik Unnayan Sangstha, a local NGO, launched the radio station last year. To mark the anniversary, the organisers arranged several programmes including rally, discussions
Month: January 2013
Moushumi Hamid: Becoming “Roshni”
Satkhira’s Moushumi Hamid was judged the first runner up in the 2010 Lux Channel i Superstar pageant. Since that early taste of success, she has become a familiar face as an actor too. In fact, her fame now also extends to Kolkata, West Bengal. Mega serial “Roshni”, where Moushumi plays the eponymous role, is being ... Read more
Haradhan Bandopadhyay passes away
Veteran Bengali film actor Haradhan Bandopadhyay passed away on January 5 at a hospital in Kolkata. The 87-year-old actor is survived by his wife and two sons. The actor worked with Satyajit Ray in films like “Shonar Kella” (Golden Fort), “Jai Baba Felunath” and “Mahanagar”, among others. He also worked with other
BCB drops dubious bylaws
After a long dilly-dally the Bangladesh Cricket Board dropped the controversial point system in the Bangladesh Cricket League and reinstated the bylaws that was provided to the franchises initially. In a comical mistake the BCB provided the franchises and the media two separate bylaws of the tournament, which stoked a major controversy as they had ... Read more
Tamim continues to shine in NZ
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal continued to shine in HRV Cup Twenty20 tournament in New Zealand when he hammered 74 off 47 balls to steer Wellington Firebirds to a massive 57-run win over Canterbury Wizards on Sunday. Tamim struck eight fours and three sixes and put on 71 runs with equally devastating Jesse Ryder in the opening stand in ... Read more
Internet celebrates 30th birthday
It is the revolutionary communications system used daily by billions of users – but few know January 1 is the internet’s 30th birthday. The computer network officially began its technological revolution when it fully substituted previous networking systems on January
Julian Marley brings ‘good reggae’ to Dhaka
When Julian Marley was about to perform his seventh number of the night “On the Floor”, he stepped down from the stage and offered the audience to join him. This proved to be the key moment of the concert, as the audience who were glued to the seats until then suddenly broke free and started ... Read more
Protesters demand punishment to culprits
Tangail Rape Protesters demand punishment to culprits Students and teachers of Ag Bikramhati Major General Mahmudul Hasan High School yesterday blocked the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway demanding capital punishment of the culprits who gang-raped a teenage girl. They blocked the highway at Rabna Bypass in Sadar upazila around 12:30pm for 10 munities. In
‘Death Clock’ launched to discourage tobacco use
A “Death Clock”, displaying the number of people dying in the country of tobacco related diseases every day, was launched in the capital’s Bijoy Sharani yesterday. First of its kind in Bangladesh, the clock was launched by Progga, an anti-tobacco campaigning organisation, with the support of the government, said
7.2pc growth unlikely to be achieved: CPD
The think-tank says GDP growth may not surpass 6.32pc due to fall in investment, export The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Saturday observed that the government would not be able to achieve its target of 7.2 per cent GDP growth for this fiscal year mainly due to a decreased growth in investment, export and industrial ... Read more
Bank stocks lose shine, still top turnover list
Banking stocks again topped the turnover list in the just concluded year although their dominance faded away, as investors bet more on fuel and power scrips, seeing a bright future of the energy sector. The total value of banking stocks in 2012 was Tk 15,687 crore or 15.67 percent, down from Tk 39,114 crore or ... Read more
Cuts in bandwidth prices on cards
The government will reduce internet bandwidth price by 62.5 percent to Tk 3,000 per Megabits per second (Mbps) within its tenure, the chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said yesterday. People are not getting the benefit of reduced bandwidth price as there are other issues
Sohag seals sensational South win
Prime Bank South Zone took the honour of becoming the first side to post an outright win in the Bangladesh Cricket League when they fought back to beat Islami Bank East Zone by 37 runs in Dhaka on Saturday. Off-spinner Sohag Gazi sealed the dramatic win with his maiden 10-wicket haul in first class competition that ... Read more
Muktis thrash MSC at home
Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra took full advantage of their home venue to rout Mohammedan SC 4-1 in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Gopalganj stadium on Saturday. Mohammedan, however, played equally well as their opponents and the match was locked at 1-1 draw until the 66th minute when the hosts suddenly became charged
Nazmul to meet PCB boss in Delhi today
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan is leaving Dhaka today to have a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Zaka Ashraf, said the BCB officials on Saturday. The BCB boss took the opportunity to settle some major issues with Zaka, who is upset after Bangladesh backed away from its commitment of sending
BFF to make professional league a separate entity
Bangladesh Football Federation at a meeting with the representatives of the professional league clubs, decided to make its professional league committee a separate entity in order to reduce the BFF’s influence on the committee. According to the changed decision, the committee will be run mostly by the club
Another girl raped in Savar
Four people arrested Savar police early yesterday arrested four youths including a female in connection with violating a college girl and keeping footage of the incident. The arrestees are Rayhan, 20, a second-year student of Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology in the capital, Mohidur Rahman, 21, a first-year student of Savar College, Danesh, 32, neighbour
All accused admit role
Says investigation officer Bithi Akter Eva, the 18-year-old arrested for abetting the gang rape of a teenage girl in Madhupur, has admitted handing over the victim to the rapists. Bithi and four other accused — Nuruzzaman alias Gada, 42, Shajahan Ali, 40, Moniruzzaman Moni, 39, and Harunur Rashid Harun, 27, — were
Exotic birds, monkeys seized at airport
Police recovered 10 monkeys and 160 birds of rare species from Shahjalal International Airport in the capital after those were illegally imported from South Africa Thursday night. The police said they had arrested Clearing and Forwarding agent Mostafizur Rahman, 45, in this connection. The birds and animals were brought by
Broiler price shoots up in capital
Egg, vegetables become dearer The price of broiler chicken shot up on the retail market in the capital city over the week ending Friday. The prices of egg and some of the vegetables also increased on the market. Traders said the prices increased due to supply shortage. The price of broiler increased by Tk 30 ... Read more