The budgetary allocation for youth and sports is likely to reach Tk 263.47 crore, up by Tk 23.1 crore from the figure of the outgoing financial year, as the finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is set to propose the national budget for the 2013–2014 financial year in the parliament today. But the most of ... Read more
Month: June 2013
Korean Cup Taekwondo
The Korean Ambassador Cup Taekwondo Championship with the participation of 450 players, including 200 female, will begin at the National Sports Council on Saturday. The two-day meet, sponsored by the South Korean Embassy in Bangladesh, will see 22 teams competing in 26 weight categories.
Savar horror documented in photographs
The heart-wrenching sufferings of the victims of the recent building collapse in Savar have been captured by 17 photographers whose works have been exhibited at Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi. The six-day exhibition titled Tragedy Noy Hottakando displays 47 untitled images of wounded garments workers, deformed dead bodies, lamentation of the poor and helpless people over ... Read more
Sohanur Rahman to launch film institute
Commercial film director Sohanur Rahman Sohan is planning to launch an institute very soon which, he intends, will be a place for enthusiasts to learn acting, direction, cinematography and other film related skills from efficient and noted professionals. Mainly self-financed, the institute will be named Universal Performing Arts Institute.
Shakil to release 7th Nazrul album
Renowned singer Khairul Anam Shakil is going to release his upcoming solo Nazrul Sangeet album titled Benuka on Friday featuring some evergreen Nazrul songs. Benuka will be the seventh solo album by Shakil who firmly believes in the quality of work. ‘The album will feature 12 songs of different tastes including raga based songs, ballads ... Read more
Bollywood actress Jiah Khan found dead
Bollywood actress Jiah Khan has been found dead at her apartment in the Indian city of Mumbai, police say, reports BBC. Khan’s mother found her body hanging at her home, police told the BBC. No suicide note has been found, they said. A post-mortem examination is to be carried out to establish the cause of ... Read more
YJHD breaks into US Top 10 weekend box office chart
Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone starrer ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani,’ which opened in 162 theatres on Friday, earned 1.6 million dollars, reports India Today. Box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian told the New York Post that it was very unusual to see a Bollywood film in top 10, asserting that sometimes these movies did crack into the ... Read more
Ashraful suspended sans match-fixing probe
Mohammad Ashraful, former skipper of Bangladesh, was kept off from any cricketing activities under the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) jurisdiction until the final report of the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) on investigations into suspected match-fixing and spot-fixing allegations in this year’s BPL is submitted. The decision was taken based on Ashraful’s
Policy crisis plagues power sector
The Awami League-led Grand Alliance government, at first glance, seems to have obtained full marks in addressing the country’s power crisis within a short time. But is the picture actually that rosy? First, the successes. It is a fact that in 2009, the government had faced a shortfall of 2,500 MW of electricity and 800 ... Read more
HC asks govt not to harass BNP leaders
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday directed the government not to harass or arrest BNP leaders Salauddin Ahmed and Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal without due process of law. In response to separate writ petitions, the HC bench comprising Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order. The BNP leaders filed two
Dipu Moni calls Traique a fugitive
Foreign minister Dr Dipu Moni has described BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, now in London, as a non-political person and fugitive, saying that the government has informed the UK government and the Interpol about the arrest warrant issued against him. Without mentioning Tarique’s name, she also told a press
Rajshahi mayoral candidates make pledges to win votes
Three mayoral candidates for the Rajshahi City Corporation poll — AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Mosaddeque Hossain Bulbul and Habibur Rahman — have said that they would build a corruption, terrorism, drug menace and political vengeance-free peaceful, planned, clean Rajshahi city if they were given the chance to serve the city people. They were attending a “Face ... Read more
Free, fair polls critical for Bangladesh: Duncan
Visiting British Minister for International Development Alan Duncan has said that it is critically important for Bangladesh’s reputation that the upcoming parliamentary elections are judged to be free, fair and credible. He made the remarks after a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office on Tuesday, according to a press release issued by ... Read more
Hanif accuses BNP of conspiring to make House dysfunctional
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif alleged on Tuesday that the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has been hatching conspiracies for the last four-and-a-half years to oust an elected government, and now it is trying to make Parliament dysfunctional. “The Opposition’s conspiracy for ousting an elected government is still on.
Two DCC polls after Eid-ul-Fitr: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Tuesday said that elections to the two Dhaka City Corporations (DCCs) would be held shortly after Eid-ul-Fitr. “The election schedule for the two Dhaka city corporations may be announced about 40-45 days later of the Eid-ul-Fitr,” the CEC told the journalists after hours-long meeting of the commission.
Defence counsel continues cross-examination of IO
Defence counsel cross-examined the investigation officer (IO) against BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for the second consecutive day at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Tuesday. But the questioning remained unfinished when the tribunal adjourned the proceedings for the day. Advocate Ahsanul Huq Hena asked questions to investigator Nurul Islam
BDB to join hands with BNP in next election
Bikalpadhara Bangladesh (BDB) secretary general Mahi B Chowdhury has said his party will join hands with the main opposition BNP immediately to contest in the upcoming general election together. “We want to forge an election alliance with BNP outside the 18-party alliance to contest in the upcoming general polls together against the Awami League-led grand ... Read more
‘Doctors not serving well out of capital’Print Edition
Prime Minister’s Health Affairs Advisor Prof Dr Syed Modasser Ali on Tuesday commented that our doctors are very good but they do not deliver good service outside Dhaka. “Our doctors perform well in Dhaka but they lose ideology if they are transferred outside Dhaka,” Dr Modasser as chief guest said at a roundtable on “National ... Read more
Suspension of TV channels temporary: InuPrint Edition
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Tuesday told the Parliament that the government suspended the transmission of two private television channels for hurting religious sentiment, instigating clashes, and providing false, motivated and distorted information. “Transmission of Islamic TV and Diganta Television has been suspended temporarily. They have been served
Defence ends arguments against Mojahid
Defence completed its arguments against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojahid at the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Tuesday. Barrister Abdur Razzaq and Barrister Iman Siddique argued for Mojahid on law points, pleading that the allegations against the Jamaat leader will not stand. Later, prosecutor Barrister Tureen Afroz started