Popular actor Abul Hayat has performed the role of the master artist from the European Renaissance Leonardo da Vinci in Arif A Ahnaf’s teleplay titled The Masterpiece. With the getup and makeup like the Italian Renaissance man, Hayat will appear in dreams of a contemporary artist in the teleplay, which features an imaginary dialogue between ... Read more
Month: November 2013
Film market goes down again
One film to hit cinemas today The producers fear of facing business loss as the downtrend in the film market began again, said the sources at the Bangladesh Film Producers and Distributors Association. Only three new films got released in the past five weeks since the last Eid-ul-Adha, when four films had been released and ... Read more
Gladiators’ ‘no’ to BCB tribunal
The owners of the Bangladesh Premier League franchise Dhaka Gladiators said they will not appear before the anti-corruption tribunal, set up by the Bangladesh Cricket Board, until a case pending with the Dhaka judge’s court is resolved. Gladiators filed the case on October 21 as the BCB failed to form the tribunal within the stipulated time ... Read more
Abahani, Jamal cruise in Fed Cup
Title-favourites Abahani Limited and Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club got off to winning starts in the Federation Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Abahani Limited rode a hat-trick from Ghanaian striker Osei Morrison to cruise to a 3-0 victory against Rahamatganj MFS just 24 hours after
Only eight clubs join hockey transfer
Eight among 11 premier division clubs completed their inter-club player transfer formalities on the final day of the window after it was extended by the Bangladesh Hockey Federation due to requests from the participating clubs. Mohammedan Sporting Club, Mariner Youngs Club, Wari Club and Bangladesh Sporting Club are not taking any part in the player
Siddik starts slowly at golf WC
Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman began his World Cup of golf campaign on a quiet note after he ended round one in joint 32nd position in Melbourne on Thursday. Siddik hit a two-over-par 73 on the opening day of the US$8 million tournament, seven shots behind joint-leaders Thomas Bjorn of Denmark
FIFA World Cup Under the Crown
With the 2014 FIFA World Cup less than a year away, soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is about to kick off the fever through their biggest marketing campaign in Bangladesh titled ‘Under the Crown’. Through the promotion, valid from November 1 to December 14, Coca-Cola is giving the country’s football fans an exclusive opportunity to win
Open dump puts public health at risk in Sylhet
Dumping of untreated wastes in an open filed of the Sylhet city has exposed public health and environment to severe threat for more than two decades. Local people have complained that garbage, including household and clinical wastes, is not only creating public nuisance, but also putting adverse
72-hr given for arrest of killer
Physician Killing In Khulna 72-hr given for arrest of killer Physicians at a rally in Khulna on Thursday gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the law enforcement agencies to arrest the killer of physician Gouranga Das. If otherwise, they warned that they would launch tougher agitation programmes from a general meeting to be held on November ... Read more
Intake tests of Barisal University Nov 28
The intake test of the third batch of Barisal University will be held on November 28. The 120-mark written intake test in MCQ system will be held in three shifts at 11 centres including temporary and permanent campus of the university, four government colleges and two government schools, one government technical institute, two private colleges ... Read more
CNG driver killed in city
A CNG driver was killed in a road accident in the cantonment area of the capital as miscreants left the driver on the road after drugging him and hijacking his valuables. Cantonment police subinspector Kamal Hossain said the deceased, Jahangir Hossain, 35, was drugged by muggers as they snatched the CNG and
World Philosophy Day marked
World Philosophy Day was observed on Thursday at Dhaka University with the theme ‘united society, sustainable planet’. DU philosophy and Dev Centre of Philosophical Research organised the daylong function, inaugurated by DU vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique. Marking the day, a colourful procession
Smoking causes cancer of lung, mouth, throat, stomach
Smoking, both active and passive, causes cancer of lung, throat, mouth and stomach and it also affects heart functioning and breathing, speakers at a participatory discussion said in Rajshahi on Thursday. They viewed there has been many evidences that smoking and uses of tobacco products kill thousands of people every year. So, there is no alternative ... Read more
KUET intake tests begin Nov 23
The admission tests for the first year honours courses of BSc engineering and Bangladesh urban and rural planning of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology under 2013-14 academic session begin on November 23, a KUET press release said. This year, the tests will be held for 10 departments under three faculties. A total of 7,625 admission seekers ... Read more
American, European retailers agree on common standards
Rmg Factory Inspection American, European retailers agree on common standards EU Accord, North American Alliance and National Tripartite Committee, the three initiatives to ensure fire and building safety in the readymade garment sector in Bangladesh, on Thursday signed an agreement on common standards for the safety assessment in the garment factories. After completing some minor modifications ... Read more
Foreign loans commitments, release drop in July-Oct
The government found it difficult to get foreign loans and grants as both commitments and disbursement by the international lenders and development partners showed a declining trend over the months of the current fiscal year of 2013-14, officials of the Economic Relation Division said. They said that commitments to provide loans and grants to Bangladesh and
DSE, CSE now demutulised stock exchanges
They have to form first board within 90 days The Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges on Thursday turned into demutualised bodies as the bourses on the day received their amended memorandum and articles of association certified by the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms. According to the Demutualisation Act 2013 passed by the parliament on ... Read more
NGOs brought under BB’s anti-money laundering watch
Bangladesh Bank has asked the non-government and non-profit organisations to send suspicious transaction reports to the central bank to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. To this end, the BB issued a guidelines and a circular to chief executives of all NGOs and NPOs on Wednesday in accordance with the Money
Govt starts RMG factory inspection today
The government is going to start formally inspection to the readymade garment factories, which are not to be inspected by the American and European retailers’ groups, from today to ensure fire, electrical and building safety in the industrial units. The International Labour Organisation
MasterCard eyes 20-fold increase in electronic payment in Bangladesh
Electronic payments in Bangladesh may increase 20-fold over the next five years following increasing trisection through mobile phones and the government effort to include people into formal financial system, said the MasterCard Inc on Thursday. ‘Mobile may actually be the place where payments take over in Bangladesh. Enabling mobile payment solutions is what