An indomitable Rubel Hossain brought down the high flying New Zealand to the earth slamming a brilliant hat-trick that gave Bangladesh a 43-run win in the first ODI as per D/L method at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Rubel became the third Bangladeshi bowler after Shahadat Hossain Rajib and Abdur Razzak to claim the ... Read more
Month: October 2013
BD goes two steps up on WB Doing Business index
Doing business in the country has eased further over the past one year, according to the “Ease of Doing Business (EDB) 2014” index issued by the World Bank (WB), which ranked Bangladesh in the 130th position among 189 countries. The 2014 Doing Business Report, an annual survey on business environment around the world, was released on ... Read more
Govt stages drama over talks:?BNP
The BNP acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has accused the government of staging a drama, in the name of starting a fruitful dialogue with the opposition, over poll-time management. He said the government is trying to implement its own design, ahead of the next general election. “The Awami League is playing a game, ... Read more
Door still open for dialogue: AL
The ruling Awami League on Tuesday said that door is still open for the Opposition chief Khaleda Zia to sit for a dialogue on the formation of an election-time government to oversee the 10th parliamentary poll. The party also hoped that the general election would be held in a free, fair and credible manner with ... Read more
CPB, BSD push for participatory polls
Leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) on Tuesday suggested that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina take necessary steps for holding the next general election in a free, fair and credible manner with the participation of all political parties. The leaders of the two left leaning political parties made the suggestion ... Read more
Patients suffer most for strike
Transport crisis hits hard people from outlying areas The patients, especially from out of the city, suffered most for severe transport crisis due to 60-hour general strike enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance. Hospital officials said they received fewer patients during the last three days, while many admitted patients could not leave hospitals ... Read more
Political unrest halts first bone marrow transplantation
The first bone marrow transplantation in the country, which was scheduled for October 26 at the lone bone marrow transplantation centre at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, has been halted due to ongoing political unrest. The transplantation was halted as most of the experts from Massachusetts General Hospital, the teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School
BDR carnage verdict postponed
Delivery of the verdict in the case of killings in a rebellion in the border force headquarters in Dhaka in 2009 has been postponed, official sources said on Tuesday night. Additional metropolitan sessions court judge-III Md Akhtaruzaman was scheduled to deliver the verdict today in the case against 846 accused.
7 Bangladeshis return dead from South Africa each month
The bodies of at least seven dead Bangladeshis are brought home every month from South Africa, according to data of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training. They died mostly in indiscriminate shootings by miscreants in South Africa with its law and order deteriorating, said officials and migrants’ rights bodies.
3 killed in Thakurgaon boiler blast
Three workers were killed and three others injured in a boiler blast at Bhaularhat in Sadar upazila on Tuesday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Kafiluddin, 45, Posidul Islam, 40, of Paikpara village and Somesh Barman, 42, of Dighi village in the upazila. Witnesses said the boiler of ‘Bristi-Pinky Husking Mills’
The short-lived genius of timeless classics
Sukumar Ray’s 116th birth anniversary Born at a time that was the pinnacle of the Bengal Renaissance, Sukumar Ray grew up in an environment that fostered his literary talents. His father, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, was a talented writer of stories and popular science; painter and illustrator extraordinaire; musician and composer of songs; a pioneering technologist ... Read more
Rock ‘n’ Roll legend Lou Reed dies
US singer and former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed has died at the age of 71. Known for tracks including “Perfect Day” and “Walk on the Wild Side”, Reed was considered one of the most influential singers and songwriters in rock. The Velvet Underground became renowned for their fusion of art and music and for ... Read more
Samina’s new solo album hits the stores
After a long hiatus, popular singer Samina Chowdhury’s solo album titled “Cholo Banchi” has been released. The album, featuring a total of 10 songs was unveiled at a function in a city hotel with AKM Arifur Rahman, chairman of Laser Vision, in the chair last week. Among others, lyricists Md Rafiquzzaman, Kabir Bakul, music director Ahmed ... Read more
Delicate prints depict various issues
Sixteen artists deal with various issues in their delicate wood engraving works known as xylography in a group exhibition on display at the Gallery Cosmos 2 in Mohakhali. The 10-day exhibition features 44 wood engraving prints done by the participants of a printmaking workshop conducted by artist professor Amirul Momanin Chowdhury organised by the gallery ... Read more
Rubel busy in serials
Ahmed Rubel, who has achieved popularity through playing diverse characters both in films and teleplays, is nowadays busy acting in drama serials on small screen. Rubel told New Age in an interview that he was acting in Jewel Mahmud’s family drama serial Badhu Keno Mon Bojhonona as well as in Golam Muktadir Shan’s serial Lota Kombol. ... Read more
Two poets receive Jibanananda award
Two poets were awarded with Jibanananda Purushkar 2013 in a commemorative programme organised marking the 59th death anniversary of Jibanananda Das on Friday in Barisal, the birth place of the poet. Renowned poet Asad Chowdhury, who is also from Barisal, handed over the prizes to the late poet Khondakar Ashraf Hossain and Shantanu Kaisar for ... Read more
Stallone’s artwork on show in Russia
A collection of paintings by Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone have gone on show at The Russian Museum in St Petersburg, reports BBC online. The exhibition, titled: Sylvester Stallone. Art. 1975-2013, is a selection of works produced by the 67-year-old over the past four decades. At the show’s opening the star said, if he had ... Read more
N’ganj city’s land use pattern changing fast
Says study; blames unplanned industrialisation, city corporation’s lack of financial autonomy Narayanganj city’s land use pattern is changing fast due to unplanned industrialisation coupled with a new city corporation having no financial autonomy and constrained by the central government’s bureaucracy, says a study. The urbanisation rate is 3.5 percent in Narayanganj city while the national rate ... Read more
CC cameras to be set up in Sylhet city
The Sylhet City Corporation authorities have taken a step to set up a total of 150 closed-circuit cameras at 35 main points in the city in a bid to ensure the citizen’s security and address traffic congestion in the city. Tender will be invited soon to start the work of installing the CC cameras that is ... Read more
Crime-free society is must for nat’l uplift: speakers
Speakers at a conference in Rajshahi said wide-ranging community participation was very important for making the community policing forum effective and meaningful for the sake of building crime-free society. In the wake of gradually rising trend of social crimes especially addiction to drugs and its trafficking and trading, they viewed only the