With the title ‘Lal Tip-Samsung Music Blast’ the formal campaign and music launching ceremony of Impress Telefilm’s new movie ‘Lal Tip’ was held in the city’s Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club playground on Sunday night. Managing Director of Impress Telefilm Ltd, Faridur Reza Sagar, Director and Head of News of Channel i Shykh Siraj, Managing Director ... Read more
Month: December 2011
Suranjit for jt survey before Tipai dam construction
The railway minister, Suranjit Sengupta, has called for an immediate joint survey by India and Bangladesh before constructing the Tipaimukh dam in Indian territory. ‘Bangladesh and India must conduct a joint survey to resolve controversy over construction of the Tipaimukh dam, the minister said, adding, ‘We should not make any delay to resolve the issue ... Read more
Tipai dam a ‘death trap’ for Bangladesh: left parties
Left political leaders on Monday described India’s under construction Tipaimukh Dam as the ‘death trap’ for Bangladesh. They said that India was unilaterally building the dam violating agreements with lower riparian Bangladesh as well as international conventions. India is building the dam on the international river Barak before it splits and enters into
DMCH radiology dept in disarray
Patients are deprived of proper services due to disarrayed system and lack of basic infrastructures at the Radiology and Imaging Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Three x-ray machines worth Tk 3 crore have been lying damaged at the department for the last one year causing immense suffering to the
97.26pc pass pry terminal exams
The results of primary terminal examinations for the Class V students showed an upward trend this year too with a pass rate of 97.26 percent, according to results published on Monday. The pass percentage of the largest public examination in the country was 88.84 in 2009 when it was introduced for the first time and ... Read more
Monipur best school in country
Monipur High School in the capital’s Mirpur has emerged as the best school in the country in this year’s primary terminal examinations. Seventeen among the top 20 schools are from Dhaka. The rest are from Comilla, Chittagong and Khulna which secured seventh, 14th and 18th
Govt pry schools in dire straits
Government primary schools across the country are failing to provide students with quality education as the schools do not have adequate teachers and infrastructure, parents and teachers say. This continued deterioration of the standard of education in the schools left the guardians with no option but to send their children to kindergartens and English-medium schools ... Read more
Razzak laid to rest with state honour
People bade Abdur Razzak a teary farewell as the frontline organiser of the Liberation War was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard with state honour on Monday afternoon. A smartly turned out contingent of the police gave a state honour as bugles played the Last Post before the body was lowered into the grave at ... Read more
Cabinet okays death for terror funding
The cabinet on Monday approved the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2011, proposing capital punishment for financing terrorist activities. The home affairs ministry placed the bill at the weekly meeting of the cabinet seeking amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009 to widen its scope for preventing terror
Science in review: 10 biggest stories for 2011
by Becky Crew, Cosmos Online From overachieving neutrinos to Earth-like planets and test tube sperm: here are the top 10 science stories of 2011, as chosen by the editors at COSMOS. Plus, we reveal which stories were particularly popular in the office. 10. HAS ARCHAEOPTERYX BEEN KNOCKED OFF ITS PERCH?
Nine people killed in Sylhet road accident
At least nine people, including a mother and her son, three more women, 2 drivers and 2 teachers, were killed and more than 40 injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on Sylhet-Tamabil highway at Jaintapur on Monday. Among the victims, four died on the spot while five others died ... Read more
25 trafficked girls return from India
A total of twenty-six girls trafficked to India were brought back to the country on Monday morning. Most of the returnees are residents of bordering areas and aged between 12 and 16 years. Most of them had to wait for 6 months to 5 years in Mumbai jail before they were rescued by Rescue Foundation ... Read more
Bleak weather for realtors
Looking Back Bleak weather for realtors Muzzamel Haque booked an apartment two and a half years ago, with hopes of taking delivery in May 2012. It would end his stay for two decades in a rented home with his family. His aspirations now hang in the balance. The stockmarket debacle that began in January this ... Read more
15 new securities enter stockmarket
Fifteen new securities found their way into the stockmarket this year, up from 13 last year, although the market showed clear signs of volatility in 2011 with twin price debacles. Eight equity securities, six mutual funds or investment securities and a convertible bond came to the stockmarket, according to data from Dhaka Stock Exchange. The ... Read more
Kumar Bishwajit: Reintroducing former hits
As a student of class seven, he participated in an inter-district school competition on music. Finding his vocals mature, the radio authority included the young singer in a programme, “Nabokallol”. In 1977, along with Ayub Bachchu, Miki Mannan and Pilu Khan, he formed a band that would practice regularly. Since the song “Torey Putuler Moto ... Read more
Primary school final exam results today
The results of primary and Ebtedai (madrasa) terminal examinations 2011, the largest public examinations for class-V students of general and madrasa education in the country, will be published simultaneously today. After handing over a copy of the results to the prime minister around 10:00am, it will be published in all districts and upazilas/thanas, says an ... Read more
Last respects paid to Razzak
Burial today Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Central Shaheed Minar yesterday to bid farewell to Abdur Razzak, one of the organisers of the Liberation War, hours after his body was flown back home from London. The veteran Awami League leader breathed his last in a London hospital on Friday, drawing to a ... Read more
Biman’s Boeing hits GMG’s plane at airport
A large aircraft of Biman struck a parked jet of GMG airlines before its take-off run at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and damaged a section of the jet’s tail late Friday night. A section of the left wing of the Biman’s Boeing 747 jumbo jet was damaged in the accident, but none of the 430 ... Read more
Xmas today
The Christian community in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world will today celebrate Christmas commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. The biggest religious festival of the Christians, Christmas is also a celebration of rebirth, new beginning, forgiveness and peace, and renewing relationship with the God and
Mobile operators’ infrastructure sharing at stake
A regulatory move is holding back mobile operators’ infrastructure sharing business with other service providers. According to a decision of the regulator, the mobile companies will now have to share their network through a common network. Also, the mobile operators will not be allowed to do such business in the areas where