Legendary singer Rathindranath Roy’s daughter Chandra Roy is going to release her first basic solo album ‘Boroshar Himel Hawa’ in the next week with a view to touch the heart of listeners like her father. Audiovisual production house Laser Vision will bring the album in the market. Renowned music director, lyricist and singer Basu composed ... Read more
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Mita Noor turns director
As a successful TV actress, though she has possessed a goodposition in drama for 22 years, Mita Noor was never seen directing any play inher career. For the first time, she is going to appear herself as a directorsince she has recently completed the shooting of a play titled ‘Choungali,’which was written by Khondokar Hafiz ... Read more
Jamdani fair gets Tk 117.6m export orders
A leading local company yesterday fetched over Taka 117.6 million on the spot export orders of traditional clothing – Taant and Jamdani and—at a month-long International Jamdani Taant Bastra Mela (fair) that began here on August 8. Bangladesh Weavers Product and Manufacturing Business Association (BWPMBA) organised the fair
Apollo seizes foothold in healthcare
After initial setbacks, the hospital has made a mark in Bangladesh’s services sector Local entrepreneurs should come forward and invest to set up international standard hospitals, as the country’s healthcare sector remains largely untapped, a physician and marketer said. “Hospital business is a flourishing business. There are huge prospects in the sector to expand. It ... Read more
5 Killed in Shootout
Rab claim shrouded in questions Witnesses of Friday night’s shooting in Uttara that left five dead are saying they did not see the “criminals” shoot but Rab is sticking to its story that its team only returned fire when they were shot at. Rab officials said they were forced to retaliate with gunshots when the ... Read more
Hillol: Moving from theatre to TV
When growing up, Adnan Hillol had no intentions of taking up acting as a profession. He wanted to be a pilot. Following a close friend’s suggestion, he joined the theatre troupe, Desh Natok. His first TV play “Biprotip” was aired on Ekushey Television; breakthrough performance was in the serial “Sporsher Bairey”. Since then the actor ... Read more
“Kushum Kushum Prem” on Channel i
The world premiere of “Kushum Kushum Prem” will be telecast on Channel i this Eid. Produced by Impress Tele-film Limited, the film has been written and directed by Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzar. Moushumi, Ferdous, and Riaz will star in the film. The plot centres on the life of a hapless girl named Kushum. The cast also ... Read more
Sabbir to make Ghorshawar 2011
Actor-turned-director Mir Sabbir is making a single episode TV play, Ghorshawar 2011 on this Eid. The TV play revolves around a young man who decides to buy a car after he gets fed up with sitting long hours in the bus in traffic jam. However, the TV play takes a turn when he returns home ... Read more
Rab shooting kills 5
The elite force tells of ‘gunfight’ with suspected muggers in city’s Uttara Five youths were killed in Rapid Action Battalion firing on Sonargaon Janapath in Uttara in the capital last night. Rab claimed that the dead were muggers and they were killed during two firefights between Rab personnel and a criminal gang. The “gunfights” took ... Read more
Shashi Becoming a household name
Model-actress Shashi is busy shooting a heap of TV plays. She is also a familiar face on the silver screen. During a recent chat with The Daily Star, the talented actress gave a glimpse into her world: “I’m currently shooting for the film ‘Shoa Chan Pakhi”, co-starring Anisur Rahman. After a short break the shooting ... Read more
Azam Khan’s latest songs launched
A mixed duet album titled Guru Tomay Salam featuring three unreleased solos and a duet by pop guru Azam Khan was launched on Thursday at the Channel-i building. The album features seven songs. The latest solos by Azam Khan released in the album are: Ami Bangladesher Azam Khan, Keu nesha koro na and Ekushey February
Rising house rent puts tenants in distress
Tenants are going through hard times because of the spiralling costs of house rent in the capital as well as the common practice of house owners to evict tenants without giving them notices. The House Rent Contract Act 1991 is proving to be ineffective in protecting tenants as very few of them apply to the ... Read more
Experts question GPS tracking feasibility
The absence of an updated road-database, appropriate infrastructure and a centralized traffic monitoring system would make installation of global position system (GPS) trackers in vehicles ineffective, experts fear. They say that given the circumstance, a big question mark hangs over the wisdom of home minister Sahara Khatun’s call on Wednesday to install GPS trackers in ... Read more
Rainfall causes water stagnation
Intermittent rainfall continued in different areas of the country on Thursday, causing water stagnation in low-lying areas already submerged by rainfall for the past four days. Less rainfall compared with that in the past few days was recorded at all places including the capital Dhaka and the port city of Chittagong in 24 hours till ... Read more
Judicial probe body visits Aminbazar
Judicial probe body visits Aminbazar The one member judicial committee, formed on Wednesday to probe the killing of six students at Aminbazar on the outskirts of the capital, visited the spot yesterday and talked to the locals. During his visit at around 1:30pm, committee member Metropolitan Magistrate Utpal Chowdhury told the reporters that the committee ... Read more
World Cup venues in shambles
In less than a year after renovating the stadiums for the World Cup Cricket 2011, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has received dozens of complaints from different venue managers. Many important areas at the five venues now need to be repaired or reconstructed as the construction firms concerned failed to maintain certain
Alok piqued, Akram irked
Twenty-five cricketers have been selected to attend the Bangladesh A Team skill camp which will start from Sunday. All-rounder Alok Kapali was the notable omission from the list and when asked, chief selector Akram Khan said: “What he [Kapali] told me over telephone was that he was not interested to play for the
Ahang – a new approach to traditional fashion
Feature Ahang – a new approach to traditional fashion To fashion connoisseurs, Ahang is a name that does not need any introduction. The fashion house, with its unique offerings, is a well known house of quality fashion wear. Let it be fashion for men, women, or even children, Ahang has always something for everyone. Since ... Read more
Aly Zaker on his current endeavours
Renowned actor Aly Zaker will perform in three interesting roles of aged persons in three special TV plays to be aired in different private channels during the Eid special programmes. In Habib Masud’s drama Taar Shishu Bandhura, Zaker has played the role of a character of an aged man who passes his loneliness playing with ... Read more
Promithus offers free songs
Musical band Promithus released their six new songs through its website www.promethusbd.com, from where listeners can download the songs in mp3 format for free, as a protest to piracy in the audio industry. The vocalist of the band Biplob said, ‘We will officially inaugurate our Mp3 Free Outlet project very soon before Eid.’ Addressing the ... Read more