Theatre Fest On Women Issues Women as oppressed, protestant depicted Two dissimilar themes of vastly different eras were depicted through two plays on the second day of the ongoing theatre festival highlighting the women issues at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. A 17th century folk based play addressed the pains of the oppressed women in rural Bengal ... Read more
Month: August 2013
Farooki’s Pipra Bidya gets APM platform
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s latest venture Pipra Bidya has been included in the 30-film list for the 2013 Asian Project Market, the art house film financing event of this year’s Busan International Film Festival edition that will take place in Korea from October 7-10. Farooki’s family satire Television closed last year’s Busan Festival. The Busan International ... Read more
SRK’s Chennai Express sets new record
They say records are made to be broken. All eyes are set on big names like Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan to surpass the new success parameter set by Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chennai Express – which has earned a whopping Rs.156.70 crore ($25 million) in its first week, reports Hindustan Times. ... Read more
Michael Palin plays God
Michael Palin is to play the role of God in the Monty Python musical Spamalot, in London’s West End. Palin’s performance, which has already been filmed, will be included in shows from 26 to 31 August. Fellow Monty Python Eric Idle usually plays God but this summer other stars have taken over the role to ... Read more
City to get new footbridges as existing ones in bad shape
Construction of new footbridges is going on while many of the existing footbridges in the capital are mere death traps with their badly damaged stairs. Pedestrians have alleged that most of the existing footbridges have become unfit for use and almost ruined by hawkers, floating people and drug addicts when
Dalits, other marginalised communities seek recognition
Dalit and excluded community members in Barisal on Wednesday demanded constitutional recognition and end of discrimination by birth and profession. They also emphasised implementing constitutional and anti-discriminative directives to influence developments of socio-economic structures.
BCL men chase JCD activists at RU
Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on Wednesday chased the leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal at Rajshahi University. Witnesses said a group of JCD activists led by its RU unit convener Arafat Reza Ashique was flexing muscle around campus premise. While JCD men reached at Tukitaki Chattar on the
Drugs, liquor seized in Sylhet
The Rapid Action Battalion seized 450gm heroin, 5.9kg cannabis and 139 bottles of smuggled liquor in Sylhet city during separate drives between Tuesday late night and Wednesday early hours. The elite force, however, failed to detain anyone during the drive, the sources said. Acting on a tip-off, a RAB-9 team conducted a drive
Divisional tree fair begins in Sylhet
Speakers in a programme in Sylhet on Sunday stressed the need for social forestation for preserving ecological balance. They said more forestation was needed to maintain ecological balance and mitigate the adverse impact of global climate change. Trees not only provide oxygen, but also have
Anti-corruption conference begins at DU
A two-day anti-corruption conference was inaugurated at Dhaka University on Wednesday. Vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the function titled ‘Dhaka Yes Conference-2013’ organised by the Transparency International Bangladesh at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban. Arefin in his speech termed the grenade bomb
Girl commits suicide
A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Kakrail in Dhaka early Wednesday, the police said. The deceased was identified as Pola Datta, 12, a Class VIII student of Viqarunnisa Noon School. Pola, youngest daughter of Prodip Kumar Datta, used to live at house 36 on Pioneer Road at Kakrail. Family sources said Pola killed ... Read more
Female cleaner injured as bomb goes off
A woman was severely injured in a bomb blast in the capital’s Matuail on Wednesday afternoon. The victim, Kalpana Akhter, 25, a cleaner of the Dhaka South City Corporation, sustained wounds at around 4:00pm when she was cleaning garbage at Matuail cleaning project, said her husband Sanju Mia. She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College ... Read more
DPL faces fresh crisis as clubs wait for grant
The cricket fraternity of the country is eagerly waiting to see whether the long overdue Dhaka Premier League gets underway as per new schedule at a time when election politics is at its peak in the Bangladesh Cricket Board. The question was raised as the newly introduced players’ transfer, scheduled for August 25, is drawing nearer ... Read more
Rendezvous with Denis Irwin
It’s not often that one gets to mingle with a former legendary Manchester United player. In Bangladesh, it has happened only once before, when Bryan Robson and Dwight Yorke were here in 2012. Now it was Denis Joseph Irwin’s turn to grace the football-mad country with his presence. Courtesy of Airtel Bangladesh Limited, a scouting
Yoga in Tigers’ camp
The Bangladesh national cricket team members were introduced to yoga, a form of meditation and exercise, in their latest skill training session, vice-captain Mahmudullah said on Wednesday. ‘We started doing Yoga,’ Mahmudullah said. ‘It helps improve our concentration. We are trying to
Players taking money from 2 clubs face punishment
Players who received money from more than one club before the open of the inter-club players transfer window will be punished by the Bangladesh Football Federation, a top official said after the professional league committee meeting on Wednesday. The committee decided to put the punishment terms
Lacklustre national side suffer loss
Nine days before the start of the SAFF Football Championship, the Bangladesh national football team suffered a morale-shattering 2-1 defeat to Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Sheikh Jamal, who began their pre-season preparation camp just three days ago, dominated proceedings throughout the entire
Biman to connect NY, Toronto in 3-4 months
Dhaka signs deal with Washington, Ottawa: minister Dhaka signed a fresh air service agreement with Washington early this week to resume Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ flights to and from New York that had remained suspended since July 2006. A six-member team led by civil aviation and tourism secretary Khurshed Alam Chowdhury initialed the air service agreement ... Read more
BSEC moves to scrap bar on controversial Appollo Ispat IPO
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to withdraw suspension order on the controversial Appollo Ispat Complex Limited’s initial public offering of Tk 220 crore, BSEC officials said. The withdrawal of suspension order on Appollo Ispat’s IPO is on the agenda of today’s Commission meeting, a BSEC official told New Age on Wednesday.
BTRC to give more power to 3G auctioneer
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has decided to increase the power of the auctioneer in the draft auction method for the 3G auction which is scheduled on September 8. BTRC officials said the draft auction process would allow the auctioneer to raise the call price by his own in specific case and call for strategic ... Read more