Dhaka stocks ended down on Thursday after a two-day rise which was preceded by a seven-day fall due to renewed tensions on the country’s political front. The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, finished at 3,507.85 points, shedding 0.51 per cent or 18.27 points. The DSEX had gained
Month: April 2013
Runa, Bannya to be honoured in Kolkata
Eminent singer Runa Laila will be honoured with Sangeet Mahasamman and popular Tagore singer Rezwana Choudhury Bannya will be awarded with Sangeet Samman in Kolkata tomorrow. Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of Pashchim Banga will confer Sangeet Mahasamman to 17 celebrated singers and Sangeet Samman to 19 popular singers in the inauguration
Bangladesh to participate in int’l art show in Japan
Bangladesh will participate in the second edition of the Setouchi International Art Triennale from July 20 to September 1 in Kagawa, Japan. Setouchi International Art Triennale is one of the largest international art festivals being held in Japan. The first triennale held in 2010 was a grand success attracting more than 930 thousands visitors from ... Read more
Films of yesteryears attract audience
The three-day film screening of a few Bangla classic films began on Wednesday, giving the public a great chance to acquaint or re-visit ‘old is gold’ kind of movies. Bangladesh Film Archive, Chalachitra Film Society and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy have jointly organised the programme marking the National Film Day. The festival began on Wednesday
Film posters present history
Bangladesh Film Archive and Bangladesh Film Archive alumni association have jointly arranged the first-ever poster exhibition of the country’s films to showcase the history and evolution of Bangla films. The three-day exhibition of posters of Bangladeshi films has been inaugurated at the Zainul Gallery 2 on Wednesday to celebrate the second national film
Games preparation yet to gather pace
BOA yet to finalise events, sponsors back out from promise With barely two weeks to go, the preparation for the forthcoming Bangladesh Games is yet to gather any momentum as most works are still confined in the table. The Bangladesh Olympic Association is scheduled to orgnaise the event from April 20 to 28 after more ... Read more
BPL payment fiasco continues
The Bangladesh Premier League continued its downward trend of payment ignominy after the Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh claimed that most of the local players are still to be duly paid. The players were supposed to receive 25 percent of the total amount before the start of the tournament, 25 percent by the time the tournament
Bangladesh give way to series defeat
The Bangladesh women’s national team succumbed to their second consecutive Twenty20 defeat against their Indian counterparts as they went down by seven wickets in the second match of the three-match T20 international series in Baroda on Thursday. Chasing Bangladesh’s modest total of 88-4 in
Mridul laid to rest
Former Bangladesh batsman Mazharul Hoque Mridul was laid to rest in eternal peace at the Mashdair graveyard in Narayanganj on Thursday after he passed away following a cardiac arrest while playing badminton a day earlier. His Namaz-e-Janaza was attended by Bangladesh Cricket Board
Muktis hit by training boycott
The footballers of Muktijoddha Sangsad KC have started boycotting their training sessions after the club failed to complete their payment, players and officials said on Thursday. ‘I went to the field for the last two days for practice, but no player turned up,’ said club coach Shafiqul Islam Manik, confirming the boycott.
Uttar Baridhara edges past Rahmatganj
Uttar Baridhara Sporting Club edged past Rahmatganj Muslim and Friends Society by a solitary goal in the lone match of the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship Football League at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city’s Kamalapur on Thursday. In the day’s match, M Swapan scored the all-important goal
Spirit of war of independence re-ignited
Bangladesh National Museum has organised a retrospective of a selected 100 artworks based on the spirit of the war of independence. The 21-day exhibition at the Nalini Kanta Bhattasali Gallery of the museum displays 100 artworks among which 47 paintings are by noted artists from its archive while the remaining 53 artworks have been gathered ... Read more
Babu believes TV plays monotonous
Popular actor Fazlul Rahman Babu says that the most of the teleplays aired these days disappoint him. Babu, who had obtained popularity through his acting in hundreds of teleplays in his three decades of acting career, observes that many of these teleplays are quite typical in terms of storyline, content and performance. ‘The thing is ... Read more
Mobile phone celebrates 40th anniversary
The first mobile phone call was made 40 years ago today, on 3 April 1973. Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, called a rival colleague at another telecoms company and announced he was speaking from “a ‘real’ cellular telephone”. In 2012 a report carried out by the International Telecommunication Union found that there were ... Read more
Nat’l Film Day to be celebrated today
Different government and private organisations will celebrate the National Film Day today holding a variety of colourful entertainment. Last year the government declared April 3 as the National Film Day, marking commemorating placement of the East Pakistan Film
Ctg-based bands hope to revive glory
Band scene in Chittagong is reviving to get back its past glory. The recent activities of the bands such as Sustain, Revere, Swapno and Rush have brought fresh air, which is showing hope of a bright future. They are confident as they are producing quality original songs these days and also getting good responses from ... Read more
American artist paints Dhaka trifles
American artist Jon Den Hartigh gives the art aficionados a taste of pop art in his ongoing solo exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. As done in the pop art style, Hartigh deals with the things which are commonplace and trite for the city dwellers but caught the attention of the foreign artist, ... Read more
Lata blesses Asha in public show
Asha Bhosle was felicitated with the Pt Hridaynath Mangeshkar Lifetime Achievement Award by her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar in a concert on Sunday. The show was packed as Asha performed in Mumbai after 15 years, reports Times of India. Lata blessed Asha by
Independence Cup joy for Russell
The deadly combination of Mamunul Islam and Zahid Hasan Emily ensured another piece of silverware for Sheikh Russell as they got the better of their arch-rivals Sheikh Jamal by 3-2 in the final of the Independence Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. A curling free kick was delivered from the left flank by ... Read more
Mushfiq wants Tigers to carry momentum in Zimbabwe
A confident looking Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim is expecting to settle the score with Zimbabwe in their forthcoming tour beginning from mid-April by taking forward the performance and consistency displayed by the team in the recently concluded tour of Sri Lanka. The national cricketers returned home from Sri Lanka on Tuesday with