Tanzika on her current endeavours
December 31, 2010
Since she began her career as an actor in a drama serial titled ‘Sparsher Baire’ directed by Shahiduzzaman Selim, model Tanzika Amin has been regularly acting in TV plays these days. Now she is equally busy in her duo role as a model and an actor.
The number of her fans is on the rise with the maturity of the performance in a number of TV plays including ‘Nayak Asene’, ‘Khan Estate’ and Read more
Popular TV serial “Choita Pago” completes 50th episode
December 31, 2010
Directed by actor Mahfuz Ahmed, popular TV serial “Choita Pagol” completed its 50th episode on December 24th. The cast and crew of the serial held a special press briefing at the Channel i station in Dhaka to celebrate the occasion with the media. Mahfuz Ahmed, Joya Ahsan, Majnun Mizan, Rawnak Hasan, Tahsin and Brindabon Das were present at the programme.
Mahfuz thanked the audience and the sponsors for their continuing Read more
$1.68b loss for traffic jam a yr
December 31, 2010
Traffic congestion in the capital causes a loss of about $1.68 billion a year.
The estimate was given by SM Salehuddin, additional executive director of Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB), at a seminar on Modernisation of Bus Transport in Dhaka on wednesday.
“Annual loss caused by traffic congestion in Dhaka city is approximately $1.68 billion,” he Read more
Transparency needed to uphold liberation war spirit: Justice Tofazzul
December 31, 2010
Former chief justice M Tofazzul Islam on Thursday called for maintaining transparency and accountability in every sector to materialise the spirit and ideals of the liberation war.
‘We should have maintained accountability and transparency in every field of national life after the liberation war. As we have failed to do so, I think the liberation war has not Read more
One sentenced to death, another life
December 31, 2010
Boy Killing in Tangail
One sentenced to death, another life
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced one person to death and another to life in jail in absentia for killing an eight-year-old boy in ransom in March 23, 2003 under Mirzapur upazilla in Tangail district.
The convict with death is Mohammad Bakul while Mohammad Selim was given life in jail.
Judge Mohammad Rezaul Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 gave the verdict saying that the Read more
Large number of visitors throng Rajshahi digital fair on last day
December 31, 2010
Visitors from all walks of life thronged the Rajshahi Digital Fair 2010 on its concluding day on Thursday.
Modern technological devices and information and communication appliances attracted most of the visitors, said the visitors on the fair ground while asked about their interest and causes that encouraged them to join the Read more
10 children die from malnutrition an hr
December 31, 2010
Say experts
Ten children die across the country every hour due to acute malnutrition which can be averted mostly through proper breastfeeding and complementary feeding, according to experts.
They said promotion, protection, and support in both breastfeeding and complementary feeding are a must for building a healthy nation Read more
Gulshan Couple Murder
December 31, 2010
Daughter cry for punishment before court
Sumaiya Yasmin Bithi, daughter of Sadequr Rahman and Rumana Nargis and lone witness to the murder of her parents, appeared before a Dhaka court yesterday and demanded exemplary punishment to the killers.
Judge Kaniz Akhter Nasrina Khanam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 recorded her Read more
Inter-Univ Mathematics Olympiad held
December 31, 2010
More than 250 undergraduate students of different universities of the country took part in the Inter-University Mathematics Olympiad 2010 on the North South University campus in the capital on Thursday.
The NSU’s electrical engineering and computer science department in collaboration with Read more
DSE ends 2010 on upbeat mood
December 31, 2010
DGEN rises by 82.87pc from 2009
Dhaka bourse finished a booming year on an upbeat mood with its benchmark general index and turnover gaining on Thursday.
The general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange advanced by 75.36 points, or 0.92 per cent, to close at 8,290.41 points on the last trading day of Read more

