Satellite channel ntv turns six today. To mark the occasion, several special programmes will be aired on the channel through out the day. Here are the highlights of some of the programmes: A musical programme “Shurer Akash Ekhon” will be aired this morning at 8:45pm. The musical will feature contemporary young singers Balam, Nancy and ... Read more
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Photo show on Bangladesh in Nepal begins today
A three-day photography exhibition titled ‘Rupashi Bangla Photo Exhibition’ on the natural beauty of Bangladesh will begin today at the Nepal Art Council Babarmohal in Kathmandu in Nepal. One hundred photographs taken by the members of Bangladesh Photo Journalists’ Association (BPJA) will be displayed at the exhibition organised by the Nepal Forum of Photo Journalists, ... Read more
Monsoon Book Fair launched in city
A group of publishing houses on Thursday opened a book fair at the Concord Emporium Shopping Complex on Elephant Road in Dhaka, marking the inauguration of a book market at the place. Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Chowdhury, also the editor of Natun Diganta, inaugurated the book fair as chief guest. Professor Ahmed Kamal, ... Read more
Tigers start mission WI today
Mashrafee bin Murtaza will make his debut as Bangladesh captain when he will lead the side against West Indies A team in a three-day match starting from today at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. Bangladesh, who will play two Tests and three one-day international matches during their Caribbean tour, reached West Indies on Tuesday and ... Read more
BFF to get artificial turf by November
The installation of artificial turf in the BFF compound at Motijheel under FIFA Goal Project-2 will be completed in November with the laying process starting from mid-August. Italian firm Limonta will provide Tango turf and Bangkok-based Seara Sports Systems will lay it. Davide Bertoli, the export manager of Limonta, Jan van Paridon and Patrick Dean ... Read more
A bad day for Bangladesh at AYG
Bangladesh conceded humiliating defeats in both of their FIBA 3 on 3 Basketball matches of the First Asian Youth Games at the Anglican High School in Singapore on Thursday. Bangladesh suffered 06-33 defeat against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the morning and 04-33 defeat against Thailand in the
U-19 team play 2-day match in England from today
Visiting Bangladesh Under-19 team will start their England tour with a two-dayer practice match against the England Under-18 team today. Mahmudul Hasan led Under-19 side arrived here on Wednesday to play two four-dayer, five one-dayer and two Twenty20 matches against
Zia atop alone
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman picked up his fourth straight win to take the solo lead in the Mercantile Bank 35th National Chess Championship at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room yesterday. Playing with Black pieces, the country’s number one player adopted the Modern Defence of Tartakower system and eventually earned resignation from Fide Master Taibur ... Read more
Bangladesh advance two steps in FIFA ranking
Bangladesh advanced two steps in the FIFA-Coca Cola World Ranking in the beginning of July. After this move Bangladesh are now on the 169th position from 171st position. With this move, Bangladesh left behind Nepal who are on 173rd position and are on the fifth in context of sub-continental
Articulated bus service in city likely to be delayed
The proposed articulated bus service in the capital may be delayed as the Dhaka City Corporation has yet to make any headway with the demarcation of the dedicated lane and resolve many other issues. ‘The DCC has conducted a study and found it very difficult to manage space on the existing city streets for articulated ... Read more
HC brands Huda, Quamruzzaman ‘wrongheaded’, ‘worthless’
The High Court on Thursday censured BNP stalwart Barrister Nazmul Huda and Jamaat-e-Islami leader M Quamruzzaman as wrongheaded and worthless fellows for making “deprecating” statements against its judgment in the dispute over proclaimer of Bangladesh’s independence. Following the June 21 HC judgment, the contemner-respondents made statements published in newspapers on June 30 that the HC ... Read more
Old, live electric wires become death traps
Four die from electrocution in capital in 2 days Four people died from electrocution in a couple of days in Dhaka when they came in contact with live electric wires, which have grown rundown over years for no maintenance, becoming death traps for city residents. Majida Huda Joly 38, wife of lawyer Nasrul Huda Dollar, ... Read more
GP breaks thru’ IPO hurdle
Grameenphone, the leading mobile phone operator of the country, yesterday received a go ahead from the stock market regulator to raise Tk 486.08 crore through an initial public offering (IPO), the largest of its kind in the history of Bangladesh capital market. The value of the approved IPO is Tk 37 crore more than the ... Read more
Chief of JMB’s new offshoot captured
They had a plan to establish control over a zone comprising 3 northern districts Special Branch (SB) of Police in Gazipur arrested Abdur Rahim alias Shahadat, the chief organiser of “Islam and Muslim”, a new offshoot of banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). During a raid late Tuesday night, the intelligence officials along ... Read more
Ashraf differs with Dipu, says Pinak did not step out of line
LGRD and cooperatives minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday came to the defence of Indian high commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty contradicting the views of foreign minister Dipu Moni that the envoy might have stepped out of line in his remarks on Bangladeshi water experts. ‘I don’t think so,’ Ashraf said in reply to a media ... Read more
Jalil for trial of those who tried to kill Hasina
Slow poisoning in sub-jail Awami League general secretary Abdul Jalil MP yesterday echoed the growing demand for investigation and trial of those who were involved in the conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by slow poising while she was lodged in a sub-jail when the “evil force” – military-backed caretaker government -was in power. ... Read more
Tk 10000 cr mega power fund likely
GAZIPUR, Jul 2: Prime Minister”s Adviser Dr Taufiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury Birbikram Thursday said the government is considering mobilising a mega-fund of Tk 10,000 crore to finance the power sector to resolve the nagging electricity crisis, reports UNB. “We hope if Tk 2,000 crore comes from government”s public-private partnership (PPP) allocation, then the rest Tk 8,000 crore ... Read more
3-6 new faces to get ministerial job
Govt to expand, reshuffle cabinet soon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina may bring in a few more ministers and state ministers in her cabinet and redistribute portfolios of those of some important ministries for their unsatisfactory performance. “She [Hasina] will induct three to six ministers and state ministers in her cabinet anytime soon,” a highly placed ... Read more
Flood signs appear as rivers keep swelling
Rain may continue, flash flood hits NE region Signs of flood in the country are becoming visible as rains are feared to remain heavy this month, which is more than usual, to be accompanied by 2 to 3 monsoon depressions. Some parts in the north-eastern region of the country have already been gripped by a ... Read more
Landslide spectre looms over port city once again
Authorities least concerned July 2: More than 5,000 people in the port city are now living in different slum areas that have mushroomed on the slopes and foots of mostly denuded hills. Comfortably oblivious of the past catastrophic mudslides, these slum dwellers are exposing themselves once again to monsoon mishaps that have, in the recent ... Read more