Prominent Nazrul singers of the country like Fatema Tuz Zohra, Yasmin Mushtari and Sujit Mustafa created a melodic ambiance of popular Nazrul songs like Rangamatir pothe lo, O kalo shoshire, Shunyo e buke pakhi mor at the Music and Dance Centre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday. Arranged to observe the 37th death anniversary ... Read more
Month: September 2013
Chanchal starts working for Eid plays
Busy small screen actor Chanchal Chowdhury claims that he has already started shooting for the teleplays to be aired in the upcoming Eid-Ul-Azha. Shooting of the Eid teleplays has started nearly two months before the Eid celebrations as Chanchal is to complete a number of teleplays along with his routine works, Chanchal told New Age ... Read more
Television to participate in four int’l festivals
Mostafa Sarwar Forooki’s film Television is going to participate in four international film festivals. The film will be the curtain raiser of the Perspectives Film Festival in Singapore, which will begin on October 3, said a press release. In the same month Television will be screened in an Italian festival named Asiatica Film Medial, which ... Read more
UK-based troupe conducts workshop on Biranganas
The artistes of the London-based theatre and arts company The Komola Collective participated in an interactive session with the students of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh in a workshop held on Monday at the university. The main objective of the workshop was to inspire the young generation to hear the inimitable stories and
Padma renders Rajshahi city people homeless
ABOUT 50 thousand people living in the river-side areas of Rajshahi city have been living in the open on the town protection embankment for the past four days after the River Padma washed away their houses. The homeless people have alleged that they are not getting enough relief from the government and some of them ... Read more
Sylhet TV viewers against mandatory set-top box
Satellite Darshak Forum, a platform of television viewers, on Wednesday started a 10-day mass-signature campaign in Sylhet city to protest at the Sylhet Cable System Limited’s move to make compulsory the set-top box for clients and demanding resumption of airing the channels that has already been closed because of not buying the equipment.
Mainstreaming migration into nat’l dev strategies stressed
A two-day workshop on mainstreaming migration into national development strategies began in the capital on Wednesday. The objective of the workshop is to generate recommendations on how migration can be mainstreamed into national development programmes and plans in the country, officials said. Expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment
Entrepreneur development workshop held at RU
A daylong workshop titled ‘Entrepreneur Development Workshop-2013’ was held at Rajshahi University on Wednesday. Rajshahi University and the Dhaka Chambers of Commerce and Industries jointly organised the workshop at the university’s Kazi Nazrul Islam Auditorium with the association of RU Career Club with
Miscreants kill man in Ctg
A man was stabbed to death by miscreants in Chittagong Wednesday morning. The deceased Belayet Hossen, 25, was the son of Shamsher Ali of village Gopalpur in Tangail. The Chittagong Medical College police outpost subinspector, Ponkoj Barua, said Bangladesh Steel
Two killed in road mishaps in capital
At least two people were killed in two road accidents in the capital on Wednesday. The deceased were Abdul Barek, 40, a security guard of Independent University, and Syed Badrul Hasan, 20, son of Tapser Ali of Jagannathpur of Sunamganj. Director of Independent University Bajlur Rahman
BB moves to ink more MoUs against money laundering
The Bangladesh Bank is in the process of signing agreements involving anti-money laundering and terror financing cooperation with more than a dozen central banks around the world, including those of the United States, Canada and India. Drafts of the proposed memorandums of understanding
Bangladesh 110th among 148 countries in WEF index
Competitiveness Bangladesh 110th among 148 countries in WEF index Bangladesh went up to the 110th position in the Global Competitiveness Index 2013-14 of the World Economic Forum released on Wednesday. The Switzerland-based organisation prepared the index with 148 countries worldwide assessing the competitiveness landscapes providing insight
Rights activists demand law to control formalin use
Leading rights activists on Wednesday staged a human chain at Malibag in the city demanding prohibition of import, sales and distribution of formalin in the open market. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry organised the human chain attended, among others, by Ain O Salish Kendra executive
Banglalink to raise $300m from foreign investors
Mobile phone operator Banglalink, owned by Norwegian-Russian telecom firm Vimpelcom, has planned to raise $300 million from foreign investors by issuing bonds for expanding its network. The second largest mobile phone company of the country submitted an application with the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission last week
Mobile credit card SWOSTI launched
A mobile credit card service named SWOSTI was launched on Wednesday to facilitate disbursement of easy loans to its users. SWOSTI, a sister concern of bdjobs.com, has brought the mobile credit card in cooperation with Dutch Bangla Bank and non-government organisation Dushtha Shasthya Kendra. Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman inaugurated
Tax collection from DSE declines by 39.15pc in Aug
The government’s monthly revenue collection from the Dhaka Stock Exchange declined by 39.15 per cent in August from July due to the plummeting turnover of the bourse. The National Board of Revenue in August got Tk 11.22 crore in taxes from the bourse while it was Tk 18.44 crore in July, showed DSE data released
BSCIC, pharma assoc sign revised MoU
Pharma Ingredient Park BSCIC, pharma assoc sign revised MoU The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation and Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industry on Wednesday signed a revised memorandum of understanding on increasing the cost of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Park project. Under the revised MoU the BAPI will give total cost
Dhaka stocks fall flat but turnover ups
Dhaka stocks fell flat on Wednesday but the turnover increased thanks to sell pressure from the investors late in the trading session following fresh instability on the political front. The benchmark general index of the bourse, DSEX, ended flat at 4,128.18 points, adding 0.01 per cent or 0.56 points. The blue chip index of the ... Read more
Must-win match vs Pak today
Bangladesh and Pakistan will face off at 3:45pm BST today at the Armed Police Forces Stadium in Kathmandu in their final Group A match at the 10th SAFF Championship, with each team hoping a win will see them through to the semi-finals. Bangladesh and Pakistan are on one point each,
Bangladesh’s path to semis
Group A at the SAFF Championship is now wide open, with all four teams in with a chance to qualify for the knockout stages pending the results of the last two matches today. India and hosts Nepal, who face off at 3:45pm BST, have the best chances of advancing to the semi-finals, with four points ... Read more