The recent cabinet decision to cancel of allotment of 60 acres of land of the food department at Halisahar earlier allotted to Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) has reportedly prompted several foreign investors to sue the government. Messrs Cosmos Shoes, one of the foreign investors, is learnt to have claimed a compensation of US ... Read more
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‘Crossfire’ continues
One killed despite minister’s warning An alleged criminal was killed and two Rab men were wounded in a shootout between the elite force and his cohorts in the city’s Kamrangirchar area early yesterday. The incident took place despite Tuesday’s warning of LGRD and Cooperative Minister Syed Ashraful Islam against ‘extra-judicial killing.’ On Tuesday, Ashraful who ... Read more
Mushroom growth of petrol pumps, CNG refueling stations without safety measures
There has been a mushroom growth of petrol pumps and CNG refueling stations in the city with a motive to earn money without ensuring safety measures in most stations. Safety measures needed to avoid any untoward incident are not available in the city’s CNG refueling and pump stations and many people engaged in the stations ... Read more
Forty fishermen living in Indian jail for 7 months
Hectic liaison going on to free them Forty fishermen and crews from Barguna and Chittagong districts have been passing painful days in Indian jail since October 2008 on the charge of alleged trespassing and crossing international boundary line. Rattan Molla, Owner of FB Shajahan-2, Anwar Haji, Owner of FB Shukkur, Golam Mustafa Chowdhury, President of ... Read more
Ex-NSI boss Sahab Uddin’s remand ends
Ctg Arms Haul Ex-NSI boss Sahab Uddin’s remand ends The three-day remand of former director (security) of National Security Intelligence (NSI) Mohammad Sahab Uddin ended yesterday evening without any further development in the Chittagong arms haul case. The CID officials remained silent regarding the development of the investigation since names of former high officials of ... Read more
Flat call rate for land-phone users in all dists
The state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) is going to introduce a single flat call rate for its customers in all the districts across the country and plans to cut down charges. Disclosing the government decision at a press briefing at his ministry, Post and Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju said the new rate will ... Read more
Channel i’s Rabindra Mela
Kalim Sharafi to receive lifetime achievement award Channel i is holding a “Rabindra Mela” at its Tejgaon office to celebrate the 148th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore on May 8. The announcement was made at a press conference at the channel’s Siddeswari office yesterday. Faridur Reza Sagar, managing director, Impress Telefilm Ltd ... Read more
Subir Nandi performance on Rtv
“Bashudha Tomar Jonno Amar E Gaan,” a weekly musical programme on Rtv, will feature Subir Nandi, on tonight’s episode. Nandi, renowned for his ‘Adhunik’ and film songs, will present his popular numbers including “Amar e duti chokh,” “Din jaye kotha thake,” “Ami brishtir kachh thekey kandtey shikhechhi” and more. The artiste will also present songs ... Read more
Shadher Malati Genthechhi released
Luva Nahid Chowdhury is not only an architect but also a Tagore artiste. She has been working as Director General of Bengal Foundation. Her solo musical album comprising songs of Atul Prasad Sen and Dwijendra Lal Roy titled ‘Shadher Malati Genthechhi’ has been released under the banner of Laser Vision at a programme at the
Special TV Watch on Baishakh 25: Dance drama Chitrangada on ATN Bangla
To mark the Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary Tagore’s one of the greatest creation dance drama ‘Chitrangada’ will be aired on ATN Bangla at 5:10pm on Friday, May 8. Nahid Rahman and Khaleda Ahmed jointly direct the show where Chandni and Sohag perform in the lead role. Story of the Chitrangada starts with
Geetanjali on RTV
To mark the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tag-ore, special programme ‘Geetanjali’ will be aired on RTV at 10:00am on Baishakh 25 (May 8). This programme is based on screenplay of selected songs and poems from Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Geetanjali.’ Farhana Sharmin Shuchi produces the programme where Yousuf Russell and
Camellia on Desh TV
Her name is Kamala. Saw her name on her exercise book. Ashutosh Sujon has made the drama on the basis of Rabindranath Tagore’s popular poem ‘Camellia.’ The drama will be aired on Desh TV’s ‘Chhobiyal Sandhya’ at 10:02pm on May 8, birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Sadik Ahmed, Sarika Sabrin, Kabyo,
Amader ’71 Amader Rabindranath on NTV
To mark the birth anniversary of Biswakobi Rabindranath Tagore a special programme “Amader ’71 Amader Rabindranath” will be aired on NTV at 12:10pm on Friday, May 8. Swikriti Prasad Barua produces the programme where country’s leading Tagore artistes including Tapan Mahmud, Salma Akbar, Sajed Akbar, among
Ten receive Anannya Top Ten awards
Ten women received the ‘Anannya Top Ten 2008’ awards yesterday for their outstanding contributions to different potential sectors in society. The women from 10 distinct fields, including music, media, business, science, liberation war, publication, archaeology, instruments, photography and mountaineering, received the awards. The Anannya, a fortnightly magazine for
Exhibition of Bangladeshi painters in South Korea
The Bangladesh Embassy in South Korea and Korean Foundation are jointly organising an exhibition of eleven Bangladeshi painters at the Korea Foundation Cultural Centre. The exhibition will display around 100 paintings by eleven renowned Bangladeshi artists. The participating painters are Mohammad Kibria, Rafiquan Nabi, Mahmudul Haque, Kalidas Karmakar,
Trying to make sense out of nonsense
Installation by two up and coming artists at Drik Opening the door to the gallery on the second floor of Drik (in Dhanmondi), a gargantuan human form — made of 5,000 shoe soles — stretched across the whole floor baffles and awes one. Big labels with words “abstraction,” “power,” “policy,” “decency,” “ethics” etc make one ... Read more
Space & Decor at Kaya
A dual art exhibition titled ‘Space & Decor’ by Bishwajit Paul and Raton Sarker is being held at Gallery Kaya in Uttara. The exhibition was inaugurated on May 1 and will remain open from 11:00am to 8:00pm till May 12. Fifty-seven artworks including seven sculptures are being displayed at the gallery. Fifty artworks are made ... Read more
An European treat to Dhaka audience
A ten-day European film festival jointly organised by Alliance Française and Jahir Raihan Film Society begins today at the auditorium of Alliance Française in Dhanmondi. The organisers will screen twenty films from 20 countries of Europe at the festival. The countries include France, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Italy. Two films ... Read more
Poor products dominate bottled water business
Bottled water supply has become a fast growing business as a growing number of people over the years have turned to the bottled drinking water against the backdrop of diminishing confidence on water supplied by the authorities. But substandard suppliers are dominating the market in absence of proper monitoring and legal action by the authorities ... Read more
IBM should reveal truth about engineering layoffs
Perhaps more than any other U.S. high-technology company, IBM Corp. has been subjected to intense media scrutiny in the aftermath of a string of recent under-the-radar layoffs. Much of that unwanted attention is a direct result of union activism that has taken on a decidedly “we’re mad as hell and we’re-not going to take it ... Read more