Guerrilla, Moner Manush Compete For Top Prize Nasiruddin Yousuff’s “Guerrilla” and Gautam Ghosh’s “Moner Manush” are among 17 films competing for the top honour at the 12th Dhaka International Film Festival, which begins today in the city. The competition segment features four Iranian, three each from India and Turkey, and two Bangladeshi films. They are: ... Read more
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Tourism info on fingertips
The Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) yesterday signed a contract with SSL Wireless to provide tourism related services via mobile phones aiming at promoting tourism in the country. Asmaul Hossain, general manager for public relations and admin of BPC, and Anisul Islam, general manager of SSL, inked the deal at Hotel Obokash, BPC said in
Fifth International Children’s Film Festival on the cards
In association with UNICEF, Children’s Film Society Bangladesh will organise the Fifth International Children’s Film Festival, titled “Future in Frames”, starting from January 21. The weeklong festival will begin at Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium of Central Public Library, Shahbagh in Dhaka. Planning Minister Air Vice Marshal (retd.) AK Khandaker will inaugurate the festival. Veteran artist
Groundwater loss puts city at risk
Study says Dhaka subsiding 14mm a year Dhaka is sinking over half an inch a year on average because of excessive extraction of groundwater and inadequate recharging of the vacuum it creates below the surface, found a recent study. Prof Syed Humayun Akhter, a geology teacher at Dhaka University, conducted the study by analysing data ... Read more
2011 In Movies
Last year passed with many ups and downs for the movie industry — with a significant drop in the number of releases. Dhaliwood, the mainstream Dhaka-based film industry, did see the arrival of several new faces, along with the release of Indian films, in 2011. But overall, Dhaliwood failed to emerge from its reliance on ... Read more
MF Husain’s art show in Dhaka
It is a great occasion for art lovers in Dhaka to watch the iconic Indian artist Maqbool Fida Hosain’s solo exhibition. Gallery Basilio at New DOHS has organised the exhibition, titled Artist of the Century, to quench the thirst of those who have long desired to see Fida Husain’s great series such as Madhuri, Gaja ... Read more
Mobile users now 8.5 crore
The number of mobile subscribers crossed the 8.5 crore mark in December last year, a 24 percent rise from the same month a year ago. At least 1.64 crore new users were brought under the mobile network in the last one year. According to the website of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, the
Children get New Year gift
Textbook distribution begins at schools The New Year of school children began with smells of new books. As the students of primary and secondary grades went to schools in the first morning of 2012, they were handed over a new set of textbooks. Some started jumping in joy; some were flipping through the pages. There ... Read more
Quader for army help to tackle traffic jam
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said he might take help of the army to tackle traffic congestion and stop plying of overloaded vehicles in the city. “If necessary, I will take assistance from the army upon approval of the prime minister to give people relief by tackling the nagging traffic congestion,” Quader said while inaugurating ... Read more
Banks’ profits go up despite stock debacle
Private commercial banks weathered a steep downswing in the stockmarket last year to continue their profit growth. Many thought that the banks’ operating profit would come down due to the debacle in the stockmarket, as the key index of the Dhaka bourse plunged by around 37 percent in the year. But the banks proved them ... Read more
Tgore dominates theatre, cultural shows
It will not be an exaggeration to say that the year 2011 was the year of celebrating Tagore, marking the Nobel Laureate poet’s sesquicentennial birth anniversary. Following the joint India-Bangladesh birth anniversary celebration plan, a remarkable number of cultural programmes featuring music, dance and theatre were organised with participation of leading artistes of the country. ... Read more
2011 ends on a high note!
The year 2011 was one of ups and downs in the TV media, with experienced actors fighting to maintain their presence among the viewers, while newcomers worked hard to cement their own positions in the media. Different TV channels aired a plenitude of serials, as well as countless one-hour TV plays. Here is looking back ... Read more
People usher in 2012
People ushered in the year 2012 as the clock struck 12 midnight past Saturday amid jubilation. Security was heightened to fend off any untoward incidents on the New Year’s Eve. The police early today said that there had been no untoward incidents in the capital. Hundreds of people, especially the young, started thronging the campus ... Read more
Fixed earners fight a grim battle for survival
The rising cost of living caused by price hike of essential commodities and increase in house rent and transport fares pushed the back of the fixed earners and low income group to the wall as the country passed a difficult year on the economic front. A number of people from low-income group said they found ... Read more
Dhaka int’l trade fair opens today
The yearly Dhaka International Trade Fair kicks off today, in which 47 foreign companies from 12 countries are participating. Organised by the Export Promotion Bureau and the commerce ministry, the fair has 506 stalls and pavilions showcasing products and services at home and abroad. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
‘Political conflicts main barrier to good governance’
Conflict between the two major political parties has become a major stumbling block in delivering good governance in the country, said speakers at a seminar organised by Sushashoner Jonno Procharabhijan (Supro), an alliance of non-government and civil society organisations at the grass-roots level. They added that various civil society organisations should play a more effective ... Read more
e-banking rides high on IT
The financial sector made remarkable progress in adopting electronic forms of payments instead of traditional paper-based ones in the just concluded year. The use of debit card, credit card, automated teller machine (ATM), internet banking, mobile banking, automated cheque processing and credit information system increased significantly
Fresh survey to thwart Turag encroachment
The administrations of four districts in and around the capital have taken up a fresh survey to finalize the boundary lines on the banks of the Turag by January 15 to thwart any encroachment bid. Setting up of boundary pillars was stopped by the district administrations concerned when the river shrunk after the rainy season. ... Read more
Little accommodations for students with disabilities
Accommodation facilities for people with disabilities, are too inadequate to cope with their growing number hampering their mainstreaming in the society. Bangladesh Pratibandhi Kalyan Sangstha programme coordinator Azmal Hossain said that there were 16 lakh children with disabilities for whom the government needed to set up a large
Bike-riding muggers worry city dwellers
Law enforcers find it tough to tackle them Dhaka dwellers are terrified of bike-riding muggers, who in broad daylight snatch money from citizens on their way to or from banks and they do not give a second thought to hurting anyone. Even law enforcers are worried about the recent increase in such mugging incidents. At ... Read more