The radio stations of the country are taking preparations to celebrate upcoming Eid festival with great enthusiasm through arranging a range of special programmes starting from the day before Eid day and continuing till the third day of the festival. A drama Formalin Prem starring Tishma, Mimi, Mahmud Shahin and Shafiq Tuhin will be aired ... Read more
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Memories of Eid past
Abdus Shakoor Shah Artist Abdus Shakoor Shah is widely recognised for folk motifs and visual ballads in his paintings. The artist reminisced on his childhood at Nishindhara in Bogra district. “When I was a child, Bogra and the entire northern region were greatly neglected in terms of economic development. There was a big Eidgah Maidan ... Read more
Three Shakib Khan films to be released this Eid
Movie theatres around the country are inundated with Shakib Khan films. In addition to the ones already running, three new films starring the actor will be released this Eid: Shahin Suman’s “Tiger Number One”, Badiul Alam’s “Ekbar Bolo Bhalobashi” and MB Manik’s “Jan Korban”. Khan is working on six movies at present. And a dozen ... Read more
Purnima in a new act
Leading silver screen actress Purnima is now equally prominent on TV. She has done several plays that will be aired this Eid. She will be playing a lead role in “Nilimar Prante”, directed by S.A. Haque Alik, to be telecast on Channel i. Maasranga Television will air the play “Omanisha” this Eid. The play is ... Read more
Housewife killed by husband
A husband stabbed his wife following a row over money at the city’s Mohammadpur on Saturday night, police and family members said. The victim Amena Khatun, 40, wife of Arshed Ali, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday morning with stab injuries to her head, hands, back and
Most pvt univs fail to move to permanent campuses
Most private universities have failed to move to their permanent campuses with only a few days left before the ministry deadline for the universities to do so. Only nine of the 54 private universities could move to their permanent campus as of Saturday, according to University Grants Commission
BNP threatens to avenge MU Ahmed’s death
The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday threatened to dislodge the government to ‘avenge’ the ‘killing’ of Supreme Court lawyer MU Ahmed. ‘We do not know how lawyers would take the death of MU Ahmed or whether they would take revenge, but we must avenge the killing by ousting the fascist government,’ BNP acting secretary ... Read more
Consumers go for junk ornaments
Trading in the Dhaka city witnesses a sharp rise in junk ornament sales ahead of Eid, while the gold and silver jewellers claim that recent hikes in gold and other precious metals cause dramatic fall in the sales of their products. Traders have said that the jewellery outlets and shops that sell gold plated ornaments, ... Read more
Second successful liver transplantation at Birdem
Surgeons at Birdem Hospital performed successful liver transplantation for the second time on August 6, sixteen months after the first one. The success creates scopes for the country’s patients to undergo the surgery at lower cost, the hospital authorities said at a press conference
Ibn Sina doctor, 5 employees held on HC directive
The police on Thursday arrested Ibn Sina Hospital physician Syed Anwarul Abedin and five of the hospital employees hours after the High Court had asked the them to take legal action against physicians and nurses concerned and all the members of the hospital’s trust who were sued for their alleged responsibility for the death of ... Read more
No driving licence to be issued without test: HC
The High Court on Thursday prohibited till October 17 the issuance of driving licences without making the aspirant drivers undergo the proper tests and due process of law. The bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Md Nuruzzaman asked the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority to produce before it on October 17 all the documents ... Read more
Customers disappointed at high prices on footpaths
The recent inflation has hit hard the poor people who have been forced to significantly cut down their Eid shopping, said customers and vendors on the footpaths of the capital on Thursday. They said that this year the prices of all the readymade garments have increase by Tk 50 to Tk 250 in the stalls ... Read more
BGMEA fears short-term slump in apparel export
All workers to get salary, allowances before Eid: assoc There will be a slowdown in apparel exports for another six months as exports orders from the buyers have slowed down, Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, said on Thursday. Addressing a meeting with the press, he claimed that most of ... Read more
Spicy Bites
Monalisa: Model to role model On ‘Spicy Bites’, cultural personalities face questions on issues from all angles, i.e. ‘what would he/she do if he/she were in charge of solving social issues?’ or ‘how can we minimise waste of resources?’ For our second instalment of ‘Spicy Bites’, we met up with the gorgeous model Monalisa at ... Read more
Deshi item, Bideshi take
Eid special Ityadi Apart from regular skits, this year’s Eid-special “Ityadi” will have a segment featuring 50 foreigners. The skit will show living conditions at a bachelors’ dorm. For the segment, the foreigners had to learn Bangla in seven days. The show has had foreigners performing traditional acts, like jatrapala, in previous episodes
Shahiduzzaman Selim’s Eid ventures
While the high profile actors of small screen are overloaded with two-digit numbers of projects, popular actor Shahiduzzaman Selim is coming up with around seven TV productions including single-episode plays and telefilms during Eid-ul-fitr. New Age recently interviewed the gifted actor to talk about his Eid schedule. ‘I don’t want to pack
Dealing with tall tales
Tele-film Ochol on ATN Bangla Tele-film “Ochol will be aired on ATN Bangla on Eid day at 4:30pm. The tele-film has been written by Brindaban Das and directed by Salahuddin Lavlu. The cast includes Amirul Haq Chowdhury, Dolly Zohur, SM Mohsin, Salahuddin Lavlu, Jyotika Jyoti and AKM Hassan. The film narrates the story of the ... Read more
Backfiring scams
Ultodhanuk on ntv Single-episode TV play “Ultodhanuk” will be aired on ntv at 10pm on the first day of Eid. Written and directed by Shafiqur Rahman Shantanu and Shamima Akhter respectively, the play recounts the story of Kajol, a crooked caretaker, who is in charge of a mansion. The owner of the large house, Abid, ... Read more
On a city bus
Special mini series on Rtv Rtv will telecast a special mini series, titled “City Bus”, from the first till the sixth day of Eid. The six episodes will be aired at 11:25pm everyday. The serial has been written and directed by Noman Robin. The cast includes Hassan Masud, Sohel Khan, Faruk Ahmed, Rashed Mamun Apu, ... Read more
Inflation rises faster in urban areas
Analysts blame rising consumer prices on bad roads and a lagged effect of monetary expansion Inflation accelerated faster in urban areas than in rural settings in July, partly because battered roads disrupted the supply chain, analysts said yesterday. The analysts also linked the jump in consumer prices to a lagged effect of high monetary expansion. ... Read more