Tickets for the forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League matches will be on sale from January 13 at Airtel outlets and a selected bank, said Bangladesh Cricket Board at a press conference on Tuesday. Active Service, a business house, secured the rights for ticket sales and distribution for Tk 20 crore, said the BCB. The price was, ... Read more
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Babu talks about Feedback
Eminent composer Foad Naser Babu is the bandleader and keyboardist of Feedback, a pioneering band in the country that got huge popularity during the 1980s. In its journey of over 35 years, the band has produced 10 albums including ‘Feedback’ , ‘Ullas’, ‘Mela’, ‘Joar’, ‘Bangabda 1400’, ‘Deho Ghari’, ‘Bauliana’, ‘Anondo’, ‘Ei Shatabdir Feedback’ and ‘02’. Though ... Read more
Kenny Rogers Roasters launched
The Capita Food and Beverage Limited on Sunday launched a restaurant of International Food Franchise ‘Kenny Rogers Roasters’ at Gulshan in the capital, said a press release. The restaurant was inaugurated by Dato Francis Lee, president of Kenny Rogers Roasters International, and Mukarram Husain Khan, chairman of Capita Food and Beverage
Stray incidents mark shutdown
The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced on Sunday by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance in protest at the price hike of fuel oils partially disrupted life and businesses in the capital and other cities and towns. Police in riot gear used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up stray processions in the
Julian Marley brings ‘good reggae’ to Dhaka
When Julian Marley was about to perform his seventh number of the night “On the Floor”, he stepped down from the stage and offered the audience to join him. This proved to be the key moment of the concert, as the audience who were glued to the seats until then suddenly broke free and started ... Read more
7.2pc growth unlikely to be achieved: CPD
The think-tank says GDP growth may not surpass 6.32pc due to fall in investment, export The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Saturday observed that the government would not be able to achieve its target of 7.2 per cent GDP growth for this fiscal year mainly due to a decreased growth in investment, export and industrial ... Read more
Cuts in bandwidth prices on cards
The government will reduce internet bandwidth price by 62.5 percent to Tk 3,000 per Megabits per second (Mbps) within its tenure, the chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said yesterday. People are not getting the benefit of reduced bandwidth price as there are other issues
DITF draws huge crowd on holiday
The month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair 2013 drew huge visitors on Friday, the first weekend after start of the fair. Traders expressed satisfaction due to the increasing trend of public gathering than that of the first few days. Visitors were seen in a hurry at the ticket counters to enter the fair premises on the public holiday. The traders, ... Read more
Kaptan Bazar kitchen market declared formalin free
Traders on Friday declared Kaptan Bazar (Thathari Bazar) as the sixth formalin-free kitchen market in the capital, pledging not to sell formalin-tainted adulterated commodities. Malibagh Kitchen Market, Shantinagar Bazar, Mohakhali Kitchen Market, Gulshan-2 Kitchen Market and Mohammadpur’s Town Hall Kitchen Market are the
Stop them, right now
HC again asks Rajuk to stop all activities of illegal housing schemes; stays effectiveness of Ashiyan City’s DoE certificate The High Court yesterday once again directed Rajuk to immediately stop all activities of unauthorised housing projects including their filling of land, advertisements, and selling plots in and around Dhaka. In response to a writ petition, ... Read more
More climate-smart rice seeds to reach farmers this year
Bangladesh will introduce four more stress-tolerant rice seeds this year — two saline-tolerant and two submergence-tolerant — to scale up production by fighting the effects of climate change. “The seeds will make us more prepared to face the impact of climate change,” said Anwar Faruque, director general of the seed wing of the
Remittance inflow crossed $14b in 2012
Remittance inflow increased by 16.49 per cent to $14.17 billion last year compared with that of 2011 thanks to significant appreciation of the dollar against the taka during the period, said Bangladesh Bank officials. The central bank data released on Wednesday showed that migrant Bangladeshis had sent about $14.17 billion in remittance in the year 2012 ... Read more
Hatirjheel-Begunbari road opens to public
BGMEA Bhaban yet to be pulled down The Hatirjheel-Begunbari road opened to public on Wednesday after the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, inaugurated the Integrated Development Hatirjheel Area, Including Begunbari Khal, Project. Traffic on the road, however, was restricted to facilitate public viewing of the spectacular spot, the project officials said. People in their hundreds poured into ... Read more
Film industry hopes for a better future
The concerned people of the country’s film industry hope for a better year to get rid of the ongoing slumped trade in the mainstream industry. Introduction of the digital film screening in the cinemas across the country that showed hope in the past year would create a boon in this year in terms of producing ... Read more
Smiles, all around
Children get free textbooks on first day of New Year Children began this year in a festive mood with new textbooks in hand yesterday. Gifts awaited them at schools across the country as they woke up to the first morning of 2013 to celebrate “Textbook Festival Day”. Students of primary and secondary grades were beaming ... Read more
Govt schools fail to make their mark
Government primary, secondary and higher secondary educational institutions mostly fail to make their mark they have failed to compete with non-government and private schools to capture top positions. No government schools could be in the 10 best institutions in the country and even among schools under the Dhaka education board, according to results of this ... Read more
Realtors want no Rajuk actions
Dubious Housing Business Realtors want no Rajuk actions Real estate developers’ association Rehab in a letter has asked Rajuk not to “interfere” in its five-day housing fair that opens in the city today. Real Estate Housing Association of Bangladesh (Rehab) is holding the fair at the city’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Abdul Mannan Khan, state ... Read more
Fire mars first day of DITF
5 stalls burnt At least five stalls were burnt after a fire broke out at the Dhaka International Trade Fair at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Tuesday, the first day of the month-long fair. The fire originated at stall no 283 on the west side of the control room at the DITF at about ... Read more
New Year dreams
Adda with up and coming singers Some emerging singers had their exposure through the talent hunts — “Close Up 1” and “Shera Konthho”, while others established themselves after years of training. Each of them has individual solo albums in the market, while stage shows are a part of their regular routine. Jhilik claimed the top ... Read more
Look Forward
Stars of 2012 Look Forward Top names of big and small screens in 2012 talk about ups, downs and what’s next Redoan Rony, Director The film industry right now needs a lot of improvement and development, but I believe it has started. It is not an overnight process, and the changes are coming gradually, but ... Read more