Khalid Hossain tells New Age Seasoned singer Khalid Hossain has secured a special place in the hearts of numerous Nazrul Sangeet lovers in the country through his soulful rendition especially of devotional numbers of that genre. Khalid Hossain observed that Nazrul Sangeet has a unique style of its own that must not be distorted. ‘Over ... Read more
Month: May 2013
Tagore’s Bisarjan staged at Natmandal
Theatre department students of Dhaka University staged Tagore’s classic Bisarjan at the Natmandal in the university campus on Monday. The third year students of the department played different characters of the play directed by their teacher Ahmedul Kabir as part of their academic curriculum. Tagore’s play upholds humanity over
Chitrangada staged
STUDIO THEATRE FESTIVAL Chitrangada staged Rabindranath Tagore’s classic Chitrangada was staged on Monday at the Studio Theatre Hall of Shilpakala Academy as part of the studio theatre festival organised by Northern University based troupe Northern Theatre. Swapnodal staged the lyrical drama version of Chitrangada written by Tagore in 1892, which highlights
Top Bollywood song list revealed on BBC
A song from 1966 Bollywood blockbuster movie Suraj (Sun) has been voted the best-loved track by BBC Asian Network listeners, reports BBC online. Baharon Phool Barsao (Sprinkle the Flowers) was chosen from a list of 100 Hindi movie songs released between 1940 and 2010. The 100 tracks were shortlisted by a panel of experts including ... Read more
Tk 73,984cr ADP for next fiscal
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday approved a Tk. 73,984-crore Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the 2013-14 fiscal, allocating Tk. 6,852 crore for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) project. The proposed ADP, which is higher than the ADP of the current fiscal by 34.48 per cent, though in the first 10 months of the ... Read more
Hasina asks Khaleda to keep off violent path
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the opposition leader and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to stick to democratic norms instead of engaging in politics of violence. Addressing a public meeting at Mawa Golchattar following inauguration of two salvage vessels of the BIWTA, the prime minister said that an elected government cannot be toppled through
India invites tender for N’ganj container port
The Indian government has invited a tender to conduct a feasibility study to set up an inland container port in Narayanganj keeping the Bangladesh government in dark. On May 10, the Indian External Affairs Ministry posted an advertisement on its website inviting bids for techno-commercial feasibility study for setting up an
Petrobangla to legalise illegal gas consumers
Failing to take any legal action against the distribution agencies for giving illegal gas connections to domestic consumers, Petrobangla is planning to penalise thousands of consumers who have been paying their bills to gas distribution agencies. The state-owned oil and gas company has set June 20, 2013 as the deadline for “legalising” the unauthorised gas
PM opens two salvage ships of BIWTA
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated two salvage vessels of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) here today. Inaugurating the two salvage ships procured by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) from South Korea, the prime minister called upon all concerned including owners and workers of the river transports
18-party calls hartal today
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led 18-party Opposition alliance will enforce yet another daylong hartal across the country from 6:00am on Wednesday in protest against the issuance of a warrant of arrest against the BNP’s senior vice president, Tarique Rahman. The fresh hartal call has spawned apprehensions and uncertainty among the common people. Pre-hartal
Tarique servs legal notice on Qamrul
A day after sending legal notice to a minister, BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday served another legal notice on the state minister for law advocate Qamrul Islam for making derogatory remarks against him. Barrister Kaiser Kamal, lawyer for Tarique Rahman, served the legal notice on behalf of Tarique, through post office and courier ... Read more
Nasim’s call to resist BNP’s illogical hartal
Calling upon opposition to join the upcoming parliament session shunning movement on the streets, Awami League (AL) presidium member Mohammad Nasim on Tuesday alleged that BNP called hartal today to create anarchy in the country. At the same time, he urged the opposition to call off Wednesday’s hartal for the sake of the country and ... Read more
Enforced disappearance a terrible crime, says French HR envoy
French Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights François Zimeray has described the enforced disappearances as terrible crime and crime against humanity. He also condemned extrajudicial killings saying that those were against the human rights. “Regarding enforced disappearances, they are terrible crime, crime against humanity. Some of them are reported.
Stray incidents of violence mark hartal in 10 dists
Stray incidents of violence marked hartal in 10 districts enforced by local BNP leaders in protest of issuing an arrest warrant against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, charged with money laundering. At least 15 people were detained while 20 vehicles were torched during the hartal in different parts of the districts.
BNP men swoop on law enforcers in Chittagong
Activists of opposition BNP locked in sporadic clashes with the law enforcers at the city’s Kazir Dewri and Nur Ahmed road areas this evening leaving at least 10 injured. A tense situation was prevailing at Kazir Dewri and Nur Ahmed road areas following the clashes till the time of filing this report at 8:40 pm. ... Read more
Govt not serious over talks: says Moudud
BNP leader Moudud Ahmed on Tuesday alleged the government was offering a dialogue with the Opposition, but not doing anything to prove it is sincere on the offer. The BNP Standing Committee member pointed to the imprisonment of BNP leaders during a ‘human chain’ agitation in the parliament premises, that was organised to call for ... Read more
Father seeks judicial probe into son’s death
A father in Narayanganj filed a writ petition with the High Court on Tuesday seeking its directive on the government to arrest four police officials of Sonargaon PS within 24 hours for allegedly “torturing” his son Shamim Reza to death in police custody. Dr Eunus Ali Akond, filed the petition with the related branch of ... Read more
Hearing of Ctg arms haul case continues
The hearing of 10-truck arms haul case was held before the court of the judge S M Mujibur Rahman of Special Tribunal-1 on Tuesday. The lawyers of the accused have been continuing the cross examination of Moniruzzaman Chowdhury, the Investigation Officer (IO) of the 10 trucks of the cases
Chemically-treated mangoes flood Rajshahi markets
Mangoes, treated with harmful chemicals, have flooded markets in the Rajshahi city and its adjoining areas because of lax monitoring by the authorities concerned. The Bangladesh Pure Food Ordinance 2005 prohibits use of poisonous or dangerous chemical or ingredients such as calcium carbide, formalin, pesticides or
India offers research fellowships for Bangladeshis
The University Grants Commission of India invites applications from the eligible Bangladeshi nationals for award of Junior Research Fellowships for the academic session 2013-14. India also invites students for Research Associateships to undertake advanced studies and research in science, humanities and social sciences in Indian Universities,