An online music radio, etune24.com, was formally launched at a Dhaka hotel on March 6, after three months of test transmission. The prime target listeners of the radio channel are expatriate Bangladeshis. Mohtashim Abdullah Saadi, managing director of S&T Trading (Pvt) Ltd, which owns the radio
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Tri-Nation Big Show fosters excitement
Tri-Nation Big Show, a colourful cultural event last night, fostered the excitement of ICC World Cup among Bangladeshi cricket fans. Famous artistes, actors, actress and films super stars of Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka dazzled the eyes of thousands of spectators, attended the event. ATN Events, a sister concern of satellite television channel ATN Bangla, ... Read more
Young writers take spotlight in book fair
Like the previous book fairs, this year young writers and their followers are gathering daily at the Little Magazine Chattar at the Amar Ekushey book fair especially after the dusk. Little magazines often run innovative or experimental works were also among the top choice of visitors. Little magazines are usually published for reviews, essays, fiction, ... Read more
Cricket souvenirs sell well
Cricket souvenirs relating to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 are selling well in Dhaka, with shop-keepers hoping that Bangladesh’s defeat to India on Saturday would not affect sales. Shopkeepers, however, said that the souvenir business was likely to improve if Bangladesh would qualify for the quarter-finals
Over 400 students sued
Ruet-ASC Students Clash Over 400 students sued Over 400 students of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) have been sued on charges of vandalism and arson attack on Agrani School and College (ASC) during Wednesday’s clash on Ruet campus. Police said ASC Principal Tohura Akter Khatun filed the case with Motihar Police Station on ... Read more
Teen gangraped
Narayanganj: A fourteen year old girl was gangraped in Pagla area under Fatulla thana in the district on Wednesday night. Locals caught the rapist and handed him over to police. The victim filed a case in this connection. Sources said that victim with her two younger brothers came to Pagla area from Jurain in the ... Read more
1.5 lakh victims of trafficking in region: ILO
Chittagong: According to International Labour Organization (ILO) at least 150,000 children and women are being trafficked barely in the South-Asian region and the major destinations of the trafficked victims are India and UAE. Anuradha Koirala, founder and director of Maity Nepal, shared this information at a
Bishwabidyalay Theatre observes 24yrs
Bishwabidyalay Theatre launched a three-day programme in Rajshahi University on Thursday, on the occasion of its 24th founding anniversary. The activists of the theatre brought out a procession on the campus marking the occasion. The procession was inaugurated by Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation secretary general
On the sidelines of book fair
Someone entering the Ekushey book fair premises is likely to hear public announcement made by the fair information centre seeking donator of blood for emergency patients. The visitors, alongside browsing and buying books, also pay heed to the appeal for humanitarian initiatives like donating bloods to different volunteer blood collecting organisation and
Ethnic minority book launched, boycotted by researchers
The first ever book on the heritage, customs and languages of the country’s more than forty ethnic communities, ‘Bangladesher Adivasi: Ethnography O Gobeshona’, was launched in Dhaka on Wednesday. Most of the contributing researchers, who themselves belong to the ethnic communities included in the book, however, boycotted the launching programme complaining that the organisers
Woman dies from ‘suicide jump’
A woman, aged around 25 years, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a rooftop of a building at DIT project in the city’s Badda area on Tuesday. Sub-Inspector (SI) Abu Azif of Badda Police Station said the woman went to the roof of a six-storied building at House #58, Road #8 around 6:00
Kidnapped girl rescued, 3 held
Manikganj: Locals caught three alleged kidnappers and rescued Puspa Rani, 22, and her friend Baloram, 33, from Kamta-Balurchar under Saturia upazila on Tuesday. They later handed the three to Saturia police. The arrestees are Mostofa, 25, of Saturia, Saifullah, 22, and Onu Talukder, 24, of Bhatpara of
Environment-friendly technologies in leather industry stressed
Speakers have called for promotion and expansion of environment friendly technologies in leather industry in Bangladesh. They have also stressed the importance of top-quality leather production for increased export income of the country
Unidentified body found in city
Police on Tuesday recovered a body of unidentified young women who allegedly jumped from rooftop of a building at DIT project in the city’s Badda area. Police said the woman age about 25, jumped from rooftop of a six-storey building at house no-58, road no-8 around 6:00 pm
SCBA polls March 30-31
The annual election to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts including the president and secretary will be held on March 30 and 31. In all 2,302 lawyers of the Supreme Court have been registered as voters in the country’s prime bar association polls, SCBA Secretary Md Bodruddoza Badal told
Young patients learn controlling diabetics
It was not just a pleasure excursion for the little children suffering from diabetes but an opportunity to learn how to control diabetes and maintain health to live like a non-diabetic person. Young diabetics, aged between four and eighteen years, gathered at Proshika guesthouse in Manikganj on Sunday for a two-day camp. The camp aimed ... Read more
Six named for Bangla Academy Literary Award 2010
The Bangla Academy on Saturday declared the names of six winners for the Bangla Academy Literary Award 2010. Rubi Rahman and Nasir Ahmed has been named for the award for their contribution to poetry, Bulbul Ahmed for creative writing, Khan Sarwar Murshid for the research article, Ajay Rai for his
Programmes set to pay tributes
Amar Ekushey Today Programmes set to pay tributes Different political, social and cultural organisations have taken various plans to pay glowing tribute to language movement martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the mother tongue 58 years back. President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave separate massages for the day. Zillur Rahman, in his ... Read more
3-day book fair launched in Sylhet
Sylhet district police administration on Sunday launched a three-day book fair on the police lines ground, on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. The Sylhet Shahjalal University of Science and Technology vice-chancellor, Saleh Uddin, inaugurated the book fair as the chief guest
Housewife dies mysteriously
A young housewife died mysteriously at Mohammadpur in the city early yesterday. The deceased is identified Jannatul Naima Ratna, 22, daughter of Nur-un-Nobi of Bijli Moholla at Mohammadpur. She was a degree student of Mirpur University College and she got married with her classmate Jasim Uddin, 23, in 2007 without informing their