A retrospective screening of the film adaptations of Rabindranath Tagore’s works will be held at the Main Auditorium, National Museum in Dhaka, from September 23, says a press release. Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Dhaka will arrange the screening that will continue till September 26. The screening is part of the
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Abir Abdullah’s photo exhibition opens today
Noted photographer Abir Abdullah’s three-day photo exhibition, titled “Plight of the Waterlogged People”, begins today at Drik Gallery, Dhanmondi in Dhaka. Abdullah has been efficiently capturing the social, political and economic impacts of the rivers through his black and white as well as colour photographs. In recent times, Abdullah was assigned by Oxfam’s project, Campaign ... Read more
Krishnokoli on her latest ventures
With serenity in her voice, singer Krishnokoli has won the hearts of millions of music lovers in the country from the very point of releasing her first solo album. The album, ‘Surje Badhi Basha’ was released on Pahela Baishakh 2007 and since then regardless of age—young, middle-aged, old—everybody praise the uniqueness of Krishnokoli. Her popularity ... Read more
Distance saved fragile Dhaka
Sikkim quake a warning for the unplanned city Even the vulnerable and unplanned buildings in Dhaka sustained Sunday’s Sikkim earthquake, as it wakened by the time it struck Bangladesh. The capital felt a “weak” (3.0 to 4.0 on Richter scale) jolt while the northern districts shook “lightly” (4.0 on Richter scale)
Bus fare up again
The government on Monday raised bus fare by five paisa a kilometre to offset the ‘10 per cent increase in fuel prices’. The communications ministry approved the proposal of upwardly revised fares for buses, mini-buses and CNG-run auto-rickshaws as recommended by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority
CNG price hiked
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday increased the price of compressed natural gas to Tk 30 a cubic metre from Tk 25 with effect from midnight Monday. The commission made the decision without holding a public hearing with the stakeholders. At the same time, the commission increased the price of feed gas to the ... Read more
Troubles brewing in silence
Quake toll rises to 71 Indications are strong for major earthquakes to strike South Asia, geological experts observed yesterday, a day after a 6.9 magnitude quake in Sikkim rattled the region, killing 71 people in India and Nepal. A number of below-surface cracks, geologically known as faults, have made the region the most quake-prone in ... Read more
Humanity trampled
Savar police didn’t even bother to take victims to hospital after Aminbazar mob beating Law enforcers did not care to send the seven injured students to a hospital even seven hours after they were brutally beaten by a mob on Shab-e-Barat night on July 18 at Aminbazar, a police probe found in its enquiry. “Police ... Read more
OC closed, 2 SIs suspended following probe reports
The officer-in-charge of Savar police station was closed to Dhaka police line and two sub-inspectors, who were closed to the police line on September 11, were suspended on Monday as a police probe body found that the cops failed to discharge their duties properly during the Aminbazar incident in which six students were beaten to ... Read more
Victims were not robbers
Killing of 6 Students at Aminbazar Victims were not robbers Police probe echoes judicial investigation; proposes action against Savar police A police enquiry yesterday concluded that the six students killed by a mob in Aminbazar in July were not robbers, 10 days after a judicial probe also found them innocent. A four-member committee formed by ... Read more
Fuel prices hiked
The government increased for the second time this year the prices of all fuel oils, including diesel, by Tk 5 per litre and that of furnace oil by Tk 8 a litre with effect from Sunday midnight under heavy pressure from the International Monetary Fund. The price of diesel and kerosene has been raised from ... Read more
Little care for luggage
Showkat Alam Khan, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Canada, was much excited about his Dhaka trip. He was going to see his mother, a cancer patient living in the city’s Kalabagan, and to let her have a glimpse of his fifteen years of life abroad, captured in video and still cameras. Unfortunately, the tour turned quite
Metro Rail Project: Air force concern unfounded
Experts object to its route change proposal; financier upset with delay, change Bangladesh Air Force’s objection to the Bijoy Sarani portion of the proposed 22-km metro rail on a plea that it will hinder the operation of Tejgaon airfield is unfounded, experts have said. The experts also rejected an alternative route, suggested by the air ... Read more
Sharp rise in carjacking
9 held with 14 cars, 5 motorbikes Police recovered 14 stolen cars and five motorbikes and arrested nine suspected carjackers in Chittagong and Dhaka on Thursday and Friday. The law enforcers were seemingly happy with the success of their recent drives, which came at a time when the crime is on the rise. But they ... Read more
Students on rampage after teacher’s death
A female teacher of the Dhaka Commerce College died after delivery, allegedly due to wrong treatment in Dr Azmal Hospital in Mirpur on Saturday, triggering violent protests by her students. The deceased, Trishna Ganguli, 32, was an assistant professor of the college’s Bangla department. The management of the Dr Azmal Hospital said that Trisha was ... Read more
Save JS complex from metro route
Architects, environmentalists ask govt, suggest relocation of military sites from city The air force’s pressure to realign the proposed metro rail route through Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban premises is not acceptable, leading architects and city planners said at a media briefing in the capital yesterday. They instead demanded relocation of all military installations from the core ... Read more
Moeen blames caretaker govt for torture in DU
Former army chief Moeen U Ahmed, who now lives in the US, on Tuesday denied his involvement in the August 2007 campus violence in Dhaka University and blamed the Fakhruddin-led caretaker government for this. During a one-hour long teleconference with the parliamentary probe committee, Moeen said he had no control over the members of Directorate ... Read more
Now Louis Kahn’s JS masterpiece at stake
Air force’s objection forces metro rail to change route; new proposal awaits PM’s approval; financier Jica yet to respond In the face of pressure from Bangladesh Air Force, the government has decided to change the course of the much-talked-about metro rail, and take it through the parliament complex. About 55 metres of land on the ... Read more
Dhaka bourse now Asia’s worst
Dhaka Stock Exchange became the worst performer in Asia this year, ridiculing the premier bourse’s ranking last year when it was the third among the global best, according to Bloomberg News. The Dhaka bourse lost 25 percent in the last nine months this year, while its general index advanced 82.81 percent last year
Wasa knocks down illegal structures
Kalyanpur Canal Wasa knocks down illegal structures Around 20 concrete and semi-concrete structures on Kalyanpur Gha Khal (canal) in the capital were demolished in a drive yesterday. A joint team of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) and the district administration conducted the drive with some 100 day-labourers and 50 police men from 10:00am ... Read more