Bangladesh are hoping for an out-and-out practice game when they take on the Zimbabwean XI at the Academy Ground in Harare from today. The three-day game would be an essential exercise ahead of the one-off Test for a team that is out of international cricket for almost four months and out of touch with Test ... Read more
Month: July 2011
The longest journey
Shakib Al Hasan, clad in the Tigers’ new tracksuit, walked out of the team hotel yesterday morning and sat in the sun-drenched driveway. “So this was the cold everyone was talking about,” he said with a wry smile. Some of the other members of the team followed the captain out to see the near-perfect weather ... Read more
Ryan Reynolds Not Over Scarlett Split Yet
Ryan Reynolds has revealed he isn’t completely over his divorce from Scarlett Johansson yet – but he thinks he will be ready for a relationship soon. Ryan Reynolds needs more time to get over his divorce from Scarlett Johansson. The ‘Green Lantern’ star split from the actress in December and their divorce was finalised earlier ... Read more
David Beckham to design men’s underwear
David Beckham’s eagerly awaited Bodywear range will be available to buy in H&M stores from February 2012 After a year in the design process, it has been announced that David Beckham’s eagerly anticipated bodywear line for men is to be sold in the global highstreet store, H&M. To be launched to
David Beckham Appeals For Africa Aid
New dad David Beckham is urging fans to donate to Unicef’s Africa drought and famine fund, insisting he “cannot begin to think” about the effect of the “horrific” crisis. The soccer superstar is a Goodwill Ambassador for the organisation and he’s been left shocked by the humanitarian crisis hitting the Horn of Africa, which includes ... Read more
GSK to cut medicine prices
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is set to cut prices of a number of vaccine and pharmaceutical products marketed in Bangladesh by up to 61 percent, starting in August. The price cut is GSK’s Action for Access healthcare initiative to provide healthcare in the least develop countries within people’s ability to pay, said Duncan Learmouth, chairman of GSK ... Read more
Western Marine delivers vessels today
Western Marine Shipyard will deliver three vessels and a ro-ro ferry to its German buyer and Bangladesh government today in Chittagong. Two of the three vessels are the third pair of ice-class large vessels — named EMS Wave and EMS Tide — each having a capacity of 5,200 deadweight tonnage and 12 nautical miles per ... Read more
‘One crore suffering from Hepatitis B, C in country’
Around one crore people have been suffering from Hepatitis B and C virus in the country, experts said at a seminar yesterday. On the occasion of the World Hepatitis Day different organisations arranged programmes to make people aware of Hepatitis B and C virus, the leading cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, which are ... Read more
Hopes sparked as parents learn to handle autism
Workshop on autism ends today When Dooye was three years old and his mother found that he had problem speaking and communicating, the mother rushed to different doctors, but they took long two years to identify it as Autism. “Still I think, if it was diagnosed earlier, the chance of his improvement would increase”, said ... Read more
‘Concert for Bangladesh’ goes digital
August 1 marks the 40th anniversary of a pair of historic benefit concerts that the late George Harrison staged with a little help from some very famous friends. Now, thanks to new technology, fans of all ages can relive the event. Tuesday marks the digital debut of The Concert for Bangladesh, the Grammy Award-winning album ... Read more
95pc Libya returnees face debt: Survey
Some 95 percent migrant workers, who returned recently from Libya, are burdened with debt, and almost half the returnees remain jobless, according to a survey report. The debt size keeps around below Tk 50,000 to over Tk 3.5 lakh, said the report of Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU),
“Pubal Batash”: Album of Bhawaiya songs released
A mixed album featuring Bhawaiya songs, titled “Pubal Batash” was released on July 27 at the Seminar Hall of Central Public Library, Shahbagh, Dhaka. The album features 10 popular songs of the genre. Lawmaker and noted media personality Asaduzzaman Noor was present as the chief guest at the programme. Among others, journalist and
Locals jostle for a view
Ityadi shooting at Tangail Hanif Sanket’s popular show “Ityadi” is reputed for being shot at sites of immense cultural, traditional, mythical and historical significance. The next episode of “Ityadi” will be no different: it has been filmed at the Nawab Manzil of Dhanbari, under Tangail, a place of considerable historical interest. The locals of the ... Read more
Lutfunnahar Lata back in Dhaka
Famous actress of ‘80s and ‘90s, Lutfunnahar Lata has returned to Dhaka from Canada recently. In a conversation with daily sun she says, “After returning to Dhaka, I have spoken with a few directors to work in TV plays. But, I do not want to work in any TV serials as I will be leaving ... Read more
Tisha swamped
Having winged her way back from the FOBANA COnvention in the US, Tisha is neck deep in work. With Eid around the corner and her many ongoing serials she can’t take a breather. Among the ongoing TV serials in which she is immersed are Meher Afroze Shawon and Humayun Ahmed’s “Ekla Pakhi”, “Chand-er Nijer Kono ... Read more
HC orders probe
Arrest, Torture of DU Student Quader HC orders probe IGP asked to suspend 3 cops; govt told to arrange his treatment The High Court yesterday ordered the inspector general of police to suspend immediately three officers of Khilgaon Police Station including its officer-in-charge for torturing a Dhaka University student in their custody. The court took ... Read more
No trace of robbery, mob beating
No residents or security guards of houses and other establishments near the city’s Segunbagicha intersection or Khilgaon old police camp saw or heard anything unusual in the early hours of July 16. Many locals walked outside their houses till late that night as it was too hot. None of them came across any incident that ... Read more
OC was lying
Say High Court judges; Quader’s statement and OC’s version totally different “You are lying,” Justice AHM Shamshuddin Chowdhury Manik told Helal Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Khilgaon Police Station, when he was giving statement on the arrest of Abdul Quader. “Tell us the whole truth. Otherwise, we will send you to the prison on Nazimuddin Road ... Read more
18 killed, 30 injured in Bogra road accident
At least 18 people were killed and 30 others in injured in a road accident at Noimile in Shajahanpur Upazila of Bogra district on Thursday morning. According to Shajahanpur police, the accident took place at 5:45 am when a Joypurhat bound bus named “Zaker Enterprise” from Dhaka collided with a truck coming from opposite direction ... Read more
NHRC chief terms it an ominous sign
“The torture on Quader is an ominous sign for law and order in the country…. The state is responsible for incidents of torture of civilians by law enforcers.” National Rights Commission Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman made the comment before the High Court yesterday during the hearing on a suo moto rule over police torture on