Headline
Biswa Ijtema begins
6 devotees die
Prayers and sermons marked the first day of Biswa Ijtema — one of the largest congregations of Muslims — as it opened on the banks of the river Turag at Tongi yesterday morning.
Six participants died of cardiac arrest and old age complications on Thursday night and early yesterday, organisers said, as the Ijtema opened after Fajr prayers.
Lakhs of devotees from home and abroad are attending the congregation being held in two phases. The banks of Turag — 20 km from the capital — turned into Read more »
City News
SUST celebrates Pitha Utshab
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet celebrated its 14th anniversary with Pitha Utshab (rice cake festival) on December 8 in its campus.
The day-long festival began with the delectable Pitha Utshab. The event drew hundreds of people including students, teachers and many others. The students attended the Utshab with their variety of traditional pitha such as Chitai, Teler Pitha, Bhapa Pitha, Pati Sapta Pitha, Koli Pitha, Nakshi Pitha and more, with the aim to Read more »
Nation
Lathi Khela to celebrate Tangail Free Day
Lathi Khela (A traditional Bangladeshi martial art form) was held in Tangail town last Sunday to celebrate Tangail Free Day (December 11). Tangail district was freed from the Pakistani Armed Forces on this day during the Liberation War.
Lathial Mohammad Azhar and his group from Aloa Bhabani village, Tangail staged a performance at Shaheed Memorial Municipal Park in the town. The group performed various acts like Baoi Jhak (group fight), Nori Bari (mock fight with sticks), Fala Khela and Dao Khela (mock Read more »
Column
Harmful impacts of cartels on consumers
Munshi Abdul Ahad
A cartel is an anti-competitive arrangement between two or more competing businesses. Anticompetitive agreements, particularly cartels, harm consumers in urbanised society, as well as in the emerging countries. In adding together, cartelised industrial sectors lack competition which certainly reduces competitiveness in the long run and may have a negative impact on the overall performance of a country’s economy. Widespread shapes of cartels conduct are: price fixing, market sharing, bid rigging and output control.
Price fixing take places when Read more »
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Business
Eskayef beats rivals in sales growth
Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd, one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in the country, posted nearly 25 percent growth in sales last year, the highest in the industry, riding on products innovation and aggressive marketing. In 2001, the healthcare solution provider sold medicines worth Tk 451 crore, up (more...)
Tech & Web
Changing the web forever?
Tech giants protest against two online anti-piracy US bills Those of you who visited Wikipedia's English page, Google, Mozilla, Wordpress or Reddit on January 18 might have thought that they have changed the outlook and black was the in thing in web designing, but these major websites censored their own sites to observe the “blackout” protest against two online anti-piracy US bills SOPA and PIPA- currently under consideration on (more...)
Health
Psychological treatment : getting maximum from minimum resources
Graham Edward Powell Mental Health problems are common in Bangladesh and have a serious impact. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), about 14 million people are suffering from mental illness in Bangladesh and the common problems are depression and anxiety disorders. WHO says that the impact of depression on functioning is 50 percent greater than that of angina/chest (more...)
Environment
Legal response to loss and damage
Climate Change Legal response to loss and damage Hafijul Islam Khan The adverse impacts of climate change have continued to devastate the lives and livelihoods of millions of people and inflict large economic losses. According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, there has been a global increase in weather related disasters between 1980 and 2003. The report estimated that during that period the economic loss due to damage caused by natural disasters is one trillion USD in total. Moreover, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has estimated that in 2008 over (more...)
Earth
Western black rhino declared extinct
No wild black rhinos remain in West Africa, according to the latest global assessment of threatened species, the Red List, drawn up by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The IUCN reports that despite conservation efforts, 25% of the world's mammals are at risk of extinction. As part of its latest work it has reassessed several rhinoceros groups. As well as declaring the western black rhino (more...)
Variety
Man forces lover to wear chastity belt
A 29-year-old man from China has forced his girlfriend to wear a chastity belt. Events leading to her wearing the chastity belt began in August when the man, surnamed He, suspected that his live-in lover, known only as Xiao Tian, was seeing another man. He assaulted Xiao Tian and locked her in the bedroom. The next day, He bought (more...)
Gossip
Beyoncé becomes a mother
Baby-oncé finally has a name -- Ivy Blue Carter. Music royalty Beyoncé and Jay-Z welcomed the baby girl in a private wing of Lenox Hill Hospital, the E! network reported Sunday. Music mogul Russell Simmons also confirmed the arrival of the bundle of joy, tweeting “congrats to my good friends Beyonce and Jay-Z.” A very pregnant Beyoncé (more...)
Cinema
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 a single actor, while the veterans and rookies engaged in a healthy competition for (more...)
World
Sweden: Wedding ring ‘found on carrot’ after 16 years
A Swedish woman has discovered her wedding ring on a carrot growing in her garden, 16 years after she lost it, says a newspaper. Lena Paahlsson had long ago lost hope of finding the ring, which she designed herself, reports Dagens Nyheter. The white-gold band, set with seven small diamonds, went missing in her kitchen in 1995, she told the (more...)
Sports
Imrul dazzles to level series
Opener Imrul Kayes continued his good form with a scintillating half-century as Bangladesh A shared the honours in the T20 series against the visiting England Lions with an 11-run victory in the second and final game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Riding on Imrul's 62, the home side posted 166 for six in 20 overs and then restricted their (more...)
Entertainmnt
Salman and Shah Rukh – the most bankable stars of Bollywood
Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan have been named the most bankable stars of Bollywood by ETC Bollywood Business Awards. Kareena Kapoor, who featured in “Bodyguard” and “RA.One” in 2011 opposite Salman and Shah Rukh, has been adjudged the most bankable actress. “Receiving an award wherein you are being adjudged considering the economic quotient as a cornerstone (more...)
Showbiz
Nude FHM babe Veena Malik announces Bollywood debut
Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who caused a stir by posing nude for FHM India (which she later denied), is making her Bollywood debut next year. The model and TV host has just inked a deal with UK-based creative media agency Sahdev Media, which is set to launch her film career. "We are absolutely delighted to be working with Veena Malik who is currently working on some very (more...)
Life Style
Football brings couples closer
Watching football together could be the best thing for your relationship, according to a new survey. The study by Indesit found 64 per cent of men in the UK would spend more time with their girlfriends if they knew more about football. Women agree too, over one in three believe that having a good knowledge of the game would lead to them spending more quality time with their partner. When asked directly, one in four men said that their girlfriend knowing more about (more...)
Women
Sleeping beauty
Your beauty routine needn't stop when you go to bed Do you know just how much the hours of sleep can contribute to your beauty regime? We're all aware that sleeping well is essential for both physical and mental health and well-being, but good nocturnal cosmetic habits are also important. So if you want to rise and shine and greet the morning with radiant skin, take a look at our recommendations: The importance of cleansing Before bed, a thorough cleansing routine is essential to clean the skin and leave it free of all traces of make up and (more...)
Art & Culture
12th Dhaka Int’l Film Fest Begins Today
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: Tahmineh Milani's “Principles” (Iran), Bappaditya Bandopadhyay's (more...)
Feature
The land of beauty
by Mahfuzul Haque Bangladesh, a South-Asian country wrapped up with great streaming rivers, is indeed a land of green and natural beauty. The land possesses the longest sea beach and is home to the Royal Bengal Tiger. Sundarbans is also the biggest mangrove forest in the world. The country, once part of undivided Bengal, is proud of her beautiful heritage and historical relics. Having a population of diverse religions along with tribal people, the land has rich culture and deep-rooted (more...)
Other Headlines
Remove all illegal structures
Gulshan Lake Remove all illegal structures HC directs govt The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the government to demarcate the city's Gulshan Lake and remove the illegal structures from it in the next two months. The lake has to be demarcated as per Revisional Survey (RS) records, Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain told The Daily Star (more...)
Metropolitan
Friends and colleagues mourn Amol Bose’s death
Popular character actor-comedian Amol Bose died of a heart attack at a city hospital on January 23. He was 75. He left behind his wife, a daughter, two grandchildren and a host of relatives, friends and well wishers. Amol Bose was born at Boalmari in Faridpur in 1943. The veteran actor was preparing to go to Sirajganj to attend a cultural programme on the (more...)
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