Bangladesh sprinters Ashik Kumar Halder and Irin Akter moved into the semi-final of the 100 metre event in the boys and girls category at the 2nd Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China on Monday. Ashik clocked 11.54 seconds and finished third in his heat and ended in 13th position among 28 sprinters overall. Irin Akter ... Read more
Month: August 2013
Lavlu becomes 14th FIDE Master
Former national chess player Md Saif Uddin Lavlu became the 14th FIDE Master of Bangladesh after the World Chess Federation awarded him the title. Lavlu, who is also the manager of the Tias Club chess team, has earned 2315 rating points throughout his career. He has participated twice
Selim Al Deen remembered
Iconic playwright Selim Al Deen’s 64th birth anniversary was remembered by different cultural organizations. Various organizations staged his plays and arranged seminars on the works of the thespian. Al Deen fans and followers placed flower wreaths on the grave of the playwright on the Sunday morning at Jahangirnagar University. The Drama and Dramatics Department
Bangladeshi war films to be screened in Tripura
Eleven Bangladeshi films highlighting the War of Independence of the country will be screened in a film festival in the Indian state Tripura. ‘These films which recreate the valiant deeds of the freedom fighters in the 1971 liberation war, would be screened in four places in Tripura, including the capital,” Tripura information and cultural affairs ... Read more
Dipon shares his Bollywood experience
Noted teleplay director Diponkar Dipon has recently returned after gathering a year long experience in the Bollywood industry where he worked under Anurag Kashyap, renowned Indian film director. Dipon will begin his endeavours as a film director and for that he went to Bollywood to work under Anurag Kashyap as part of his preparation. Dipon ... Read more
Epic docu-fiction on Liberation War
Film series for TV “1971: Sheishob Dingulo” on Channel i Our War of Liberation has been the subject of many creative visual works over the decades, whether films, documentaries or TV plays. Now, based on a concept by Dr. Enamul Huq, actress-director Hridi Huq has written and directed a film serial for Channel i titled ... Read more
Artistes entertain
Int’l Day for Indigenous People Indigenous artistes enthralled a huge audience at a cultural show held at the auditorium of CARITAS regional office in the town on Saturday afternoon. The event was organised marking the International Day for Indigenous People. The rendition of indigenous songs and dance sequences with traditional songs entertained the packed hall. ... Read more
Kick-Ass 2 looks at consequences of vigilante violence
After a summer dominated by superheroes fighting evil and winning over audiences at the box office, ‘Kick-Ass 2’ aims to show the violent underside of being a costumed vigilante. ‘The sequel is set up to deal with the consequences,’ director Jeff Wadlow told Reuters. ‘Kick-Ass 2,’ out in theaters on Friday, is based on Mark ... Read more
Inactive landline operators to lose licences
The telecom regulator will soon ask the inactive landline operators to return their licences and spectrum if they fail to resume operations within a certain period. The regulator took the decision last week as a huge amount of spectrum in different bands remains unused with the inactive private operators.
Trade deficit dips to $7b in FY 2012-13
Economists say falling imports no positive sign for economy The country’s trade deficit declined to $7.01 billion in the recently concluded financial year 2012-2013 from $9.32 billion recorded in the FY 2011-12. Economists and Bangladesh Bank officials told New Age on Sunday that the narrowed trade gap would not put any positive impact on the ... Read more
Govt asks businesses to find alternatives
Gas Shortage Govt asks businesses to find alternatives Prime minister’s energy adviser Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury on Sunday suggested the entrepreneurs to explore alternate sources of primary fuel for industries as the government cannot ensure gas supply to keep up with the demand. Despite several government initiatives, it is not possible to supply gas to all industries ... Read more
Bangladesh set to miss ratification deadline
Maritime Labour Convention Bangladesh set to miss ratification deadline Bangladesh is set to miss an August 20 deadline by the International Labour Organisation to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention of the UN body risking the restriction on entry of vessels carrying Bangladeshi flag in overseas ports. Officials of the labour ministry said the Convention would ... Read more
Telcos get BTRC nod for 3G auction
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Monday cleared all five mobile phone companies to participate in the 3G spectrum auction scheduled for September 8. The BTRC on the day also asked the operators —Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi, Airtel and Citycell — to comply with the 3G auction guideline and auction
Pvt onion importers to get govt support
The government will provide importers with necessary assistance to import onion from countries particularly from Myanmar to ease the soaring price of the essential commodity in the country’s kitchen market, commerce secretary Mahbub Ahmed said. ‘The ministry will facilitate onion import by businesses
Tannery relocation by 2016, Barua says
The government intends to complete the relocation of the hazardous tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar by 2016, now that the dispute over who would bear the lion’s share of the project cost has finally been resolved. “I hope the tanneries will now speed up the relocation process,” Industries Minister Dilip Barua told reporters yesterday. “The ... Read more
NASDAQ demonstrates trading tech at DSE today
NASDAQ Stock Exchange will present a demonstration on upgraded trading technology, which they had been using for doing transactions, at the Dhaka Stock Exchange today. NASDAQ stock market, also known simply as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. ‘NASDAQ’ originally stood for National Association of Securities
NBR to seek law ministry view on imported car depreciation
The National Board of Revenue on Sunday decided to seek opinion from the law ministry on applications made by a section of reconditioned car importers requesting the revenue board for allowing 45 per cent depreciation for around 3,500 cars, imported before June, which were supposed to get 35 per cent depreciation, officials of the NBR ... Read more
Stocks gain taking lead from political front
Dhaka stocks gained for the straight fifth trading session on Sunday as investors went for buying after the opposition party in the previous day announced that it would not go for tough action against the government at the moment. According to media reports, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Students with nutrition do better in schools: Study
Every four out of seven children do well in school if they have a balanced diet and eat foods like fish, meat, milk, egg and vegetables, said researchers yesterday. On the other hand, only three out of four children, who are deprived of such foods, are able to succeed, they said referring to a study ... Read more
Chicken, fish feed factory demolished
The Department of Environment on Sunday conducted a five-hour drive and demolished five chicken and fish feed factories at Hazaribagh of the capital for using tannery wastes to produce chicken and fish feed in unhygienic way. During the drive, DoE sealed four industries for producing feeds in an unhygienic way by processing tannery wastes. DoE ... Read more