Top model of ‘Veet-Channel i Model Contest’ Hasin has recently performed against popular TV actor Shahed Sharif Khan for the first time. She has performed in a telefilm titled “Babui Pakhir Basha,” which will go on air on Channel i at 3:50pm tomorrow. Story of the telefilm was written by Shamimul Islam, while it was ... Read more
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Dhaka plan pro-rich
Say experts The Detailed Area Plan (Dap) of Dhaka City is biased towards the wealthy people as it proposes unequal urban facilities, speakers at a discussion said yesterday. It proposes 20 times more residential land for the wealthy than for the low-paid people in the capital, said Mahabubul Bari, adviser to the Rwanda government on
Reetu Sattar in TVC after 5 years
Renowned theatre artiste and promising TV actress Reetu A Sattar has recently performed in a TV commercial after a break of long span of five years. Earlier, she performed in TVCs of Horlicks and Meridian Chips respectively in 2006 and 2007. Though she has been a very known face in the theatre arena of our ... Read more
Tigers let Pakistan off the hook
Bangladesh paid the price for poor fielding by allowing Pakistan to claw their way back in the second Test as the visitors closed in on a first innings lead reaching 292-3 on the third day on Monday. Taufiq Umar made the most of Bangladesh’s sloppy fielding to score his seventh Test century which took Pakistan ... Read more
Win still an option for Pakistan
Pakistan opener Taufiq Umar did not rule out the chance of a win in the second Test match against Bangladesh after his seventh Test century brought them close to a first innings lead on Monday. The left-hander scored 130 from 256 balls to help Pakistan reach 292-3 at the end of fog-shortened third day in ... Read more
Nazmul can’t wait for another seven years
Bangladesh paceman Nazmul Hossain said it would be too much of a pain for him if he is needed another seven years to play a Test again after he was made to wait that long by the selectors for his second Test. Nazmul was by far the best among the three pace bowlers Bangladesh picked ... Read more
Rajuk suspends 21 firms’ registration
Illegal Land, Housing Projects Rajuk suspends 21 firms’ registration Rajuk yesterday suspended registration of 21 listed housing companies, including many prominent ones, for undertaking illegal land projects and selling plots at the ongoing Rehab fair in the capital. It also served notices on around 20 other companies at the fair venue that are not listed ... Read more
Shakib brings respectability
Shakib Al Hasan helped Bangladesh expand upon their strong base during the second day’s play of the second Test against Pakistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The day ended with Pakistan on 87-1 after bad light stopped play. In all, 26 overs were lost on the day after the morning session began ... Read more
The sign of a complete all-rounder
Sakib al Hasan proudly announced himself as a complete all-rounder after his 144 runs in the first innings that guided Bangladesh to a respectable 338 against Pakistan on Sunday. Sakib had started his career as a batsman who could bowl but gradually turned into Bangladesh’s main strike bowler with his left-arm spin that often turned ... Read more
REHAB fair abuzz with visitors
Hundreds of people thronged the housing fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka yesterday, although the venue was open to customers only for four hours for the best bargains. Braving cold weather, prospective buyers of plots and apartments queued at the entrance of the fair in the evening after the third day of the ... Read more
Sakib, Shahriar lift Tigers
Sakib al Hasan and Shahriar Nafees defied a chilly weather and a strong Pakistani attack to lift Bangladesh to a respectable 234-5 with a record 180-run partnership on the opening day of second Test in Dhaka on Saturday. Sakib got his second Test century along the way to stay 108 not out while Nafees missed ... Read more
18 kids aspiring, one to be lucky
Admission in City Schools 18 kids aspiring, one to be lucky As many as 18 beginners will try their luck for every seat in grade-I in the city’s public schools this year under the lottery system. The capital has 24 government schools, of which only 13 have Class-I with an accommodation for 1,500 school beginners. ... Read more
Lottery made must
Admission System Lottery made must The government has made lottery system mandatory for enrolling students in class I in all non-government junior secondary, secondary and higher secondary schools from next year. The admission policy, formulated this week, says the lottery must be conducted in presence of the admission committee members to ensure transparency
Ashraful axed finally for second Test
Shafiul replaces Rubel Mohammad Ashraful has finally been axed from the Bangladesh squad for the second Test match against Pakistan beginning in Dhaka on Saturday. The news came from the man himself who told reporters about his omission on the eve of his transfer to Old DOHS from CCS for the forthcoming
Is Ashraful dropped?
BCB yet to name 2nd Test squad Mohammad Ashraful is going to face the music again for his poor batting in the first Test against Pakistan in Chittagong. The national selectors have decided on the 14-member squad without Ashraful for the second and final Test to be held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur ... Read more
Nation pays tributes to martyred intellectuals today
The nation will observe the Martyred Intellectuals’ Day today (Wednesday) commemorating the killing of the illustrated sons of the soil two days before the country’s victory through a nine month bloody war in 1971. Sensing a humiliating defeat, Pakistani forces with their local collaborators–Rajakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams– picked up leading Bengali intellectuals and professionals on ... Read more
Time to redeem the old pledge
Martyred Intellectuals’ Day today Syed Badrul Ahsan The wounds remain as fresh as they were four decades ago. The memories of those done to death by the murder squads of the collaborators of the Pakistan occupation forces are, forty years on, as agonising as the moment when we first discovered that they had been abducted, ... Read more
Public healthcare in sorry state in DMCH
Despite efforts to lift Bangladesh from the status of developing nations, the country refuses to make any progress in its healthcare sector. Everyday, emergency patients in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) are facing harassment, due to mismanagement, poor doctor-patient ratio, and unavailability of beds. A visit to the hospital would inevitably show patients undergoing treatment ... Read more
ICMAB awards best corporate players
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) yesterday awarded 23 financial institutions, insurers and pharmaceuticals and telecoms companies for their efforts to establish corporate governance in their entities. Finance Minister AMA Muhith gave away the ICMAB Best Corporate Award 2011 at a
Beats from South Korea
GongMyoung showcases “Walkabout” When one sees over 30 instruments placed on a stage, one expects a grand orchestra. But when a quartet takes the stage, the audience is surely in for a surprise. To utter disbelief of the Dhaka audience, the quartet from Republic of Korea, GongMyoung, made the nearly hour and a half-long show ... Read more