The noted Indian artist Omkar Dardarkar presented classical ragas in vocal rendition at a solo musical programme organised by Shadhona Cultural Circle for its members at a residential house in Gulshan on Monday. Presented in bilambit ek taal, Dardarkar’s presentation of raga miyaman began with alap as small notes; the recital gradually rose to fast ... Read more
Month: September 2013
Heartbreak in dying seconds
Bangladeshi hearts were broken by Indian captain Sunil Chhetri, who converted a free-kick from just outside the box with seconds left to salvage a crucial point for his team in a 1-1 draw at the Halchowak Stadium on Tuesday. The Bangladesh team broke down in tears as an all-but-confirmed victory slipped from their grasp with the ... Read more
‘Everyone was crying, it’s terrible’
Bangladesh national team coach Lodewijk de Kruif blamed the referees’ panel after their second Group A match of the 10th SAFF Championship against India on Tuesday. Dutch coach De Kruif pointed his finger at Sri Lankan referee Crishantha D. Perrera and fourth official Adham Muhammad Tumah Makhadmeh of Jordan,
Ashfaq new king of SAFF football
Maldives captain and prolific forward Ali Ashfaq broke the South Asian Football Federation Championship all-time scoring record, previously held by former India striker IM Vijayan, with a double-hattrick against Sri Lanka on Monday. Ashfaq’s six in Maldives’ 10-0 victory at
KATHMANDU DIARY
The 10th South Asian Football Federation Championship gets under way in Kathmandu on Saturday. New Age will provide spot coverage of the event, with news and insight from Nepal. Holy intervention for hosts The Nepalese national football team visited
Sakib to miss start of DPL
All-rounder Sakib al Hasan is set to miss the beginning of the Dhaka Premier League to allow his injured left-thumb, which sustained a hairline fracture during the Caribbean Premier League, enough time to recover. Sakib, who did not travel with the national team to Khulna to participate in a three-day match practice match, was prescribed rest ... Read more
All credit, debit cards to be changed by 2014
Electronic chip-based cards to replace magnetic stripe tech The Bangladesh Bank is going to make mandatory for the scheduled banks to introduce electronic chip-based credit and debit cards by replacing the existing magnetic stripe technology-based ones to tackle fraudulent acts, Bangladesh Bank officials said. To this end, the BB will issue a circular in a ... Read more
Remittance inflow hits 21-month low in August
The country’s remittance inflow hit a 21-month low of $1.01 billion in August due to a lower value of US dollar against the local currency taka and the post-Eid hangover, said Bangladesh Bank officials. They said that political unrest was another cause of the lower inflow of remittance last month as such a situation usually created ... Read more
All 4 applicants to get 3G licence: BTRC
All four participants in the auction for 3G mobile services will get licences, said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission chairman Sunil Kanti Bose on Tuesday. ‘As four operators were in the final race for four licences, all of them would get a licence but they would compete for the spectrum allocation,’
NBR reluctant about full-scale audit into disputed SIMs
Tk 3100cr Sim Replacement Tax NBR reluctant about full-scale audit into disputed SIMs The National Board of Revenue high officials ditched a proposal of a tri-partite committee on SIM replacement tax to conduct full scale regular audit and further verify identities of more than 2.5 crore disputed SIMs of four mobile operators. The committee was ... Read more
MH Spinning Mills’ Tk 27.50cr IPO okayed
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday approved a proposal of Mozaffar Hossain Spinning Mills Limited to go for initial public offering to raise Tk 27.50 crore. The company will float 2.75 crore shares through the process at an offer price of Tk 10 per shares, said a BSEC press release. The company will
Biman to double Dhaka, Kolkata flights
Biman Bangladesh Airlines will double the frequency of its Dhaka-Kolkata flights and begin flights on Chittagong -Kolkata route by November using two turbo-propeller aircrafts expected to arrive soon, said Biman officials. ‘We would connect Dhaka and Chittagong with Kolkata when I get the delivery of two turboprop jets which are expected to add
CCC workers rally for job regularisation
Several hundred temporary workers of the Chittagong City Corporation held demonstrations on Tuesday morning, demanding regularisation of their jobs. Labour-Employees League, Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal and Sramik Sangstha — three registered labour organisations of the CCC —organised the
Padma inundate Rajshahi city areas
The River Padma is flowing just above the danger mark, flooding the river-side areas of the Rajshahi city. People have taken shelter at the Rajshahi town protection embankment. The Rajshahi district administration is distributing relief for the flood-affected people but the Rajshahi City Corporation authorities are yet to take
Relatives attack Sylhet hospital after patient dies
Relatives of a patient attacked North East Medical College Hospital, a private medical institution, in the Sylhet city Monday evening after the patient died allegedly because of wrong treatment. The patient’s relatives, along with local people, vandalised the windowpanes, furniture and decorations of the hospital in a series of attacks on the hospital
Clients confine GP officials
Agitated clients confined officials of a Grameenphone customer care centre in Sylhet for two hours on Monday afternoon over an incident of SIM card hacking. The agitators withdrew the siege after getting assurance from the Grameenphone authorities to resolve the matter within the next five working days.
SUST, JUST intake tests on Nov 30
Admission tests of the first year honours students in 2013-14 academic session at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology would be held on November 30. Sources in the university administration said the Association of Universities in Bangladesh in a meeting on Monday decided to hold the admission tests
Info ministry invites film proposals for funding
The ministry of information on Tuesday invited film proposals from filmmakers and producers seeking government funding. The ministry called on interested Bangladeshi nationals to submit proposals of their film project, including the story, the script, the production plan, the budget and the list of the actors and technicians, to the Films and Publication Department
Khulna people threaten to intensify movement
The Greater Khulna Development Action Coordination Committee has threatened to launch intensified movement to press home their unfulfilled 18-point demands. The threat came from a press conference held at Khulna Press Club Tuesday morning. On September 5, the coordination committee will
Change in temperature unlikely
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions till 6:00pm today. Moderately heavy to heavy falls are also likely