Friday, March 29, 2024

SM Solaiman remembered on his birthday

The late thespian SM Solaiman’s 60th birth year anniversary was celebrated through a colourful programme on Friday at the Shilpakaka Academy. The premises of the National Theatre Hall of the academy was decorated with installations and dedicated places for different troupes, which paid respect to one of the most prominent theatre activists in the neo-theatre ... Read more

Evergreen Tagore songs presented

The leading singers presented evergreen Tagore songs at a programme organised Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangsad. Promising singers also entertained a houseful audience rendering inspirational Tagore songs such as Aguner poroshmoni and Akash bhora surja tara in chorus. The noted recitation artistes

Short films made by children screened

Three short films made by child filmmakers were screened at a programme at the Abul Karim Sahitto Bisharod Hall of Shishu Academy on Friday. Films screened at the programme—Amader Matiur, Papi Naamer Chheleti and Atut Swapna Kahini- are the outcome of a child filmmaking workshop conducted by the academy, said a press release. Information minister ... Read more

Farmers, not cos, to get agri loan for seed production

Bangladesh Bank is going to take a decision to disburse agriculture loans to produce seeds at the farmers-level avoiding the seeds production companies, said officials of the central bank. As per rules of the BB, the scheduled banks cannot now disburse farm loans with interest rate of 13 per cent to the farmers, as the ... Read more

Ministry mounts pressure on NBR for flat VAT for co-op markets

Rural Development and Cooperatives Division has requested the National Board of Revenue for settling value-added tax for cooperative markets across the country at a fixed amount instead of the existing 4 per cent VAT on sale, officials of the ministry said. They said that the division had recently

BB wants to go for WB-funded strengthening project’s 2nd part

A huge pie of 1st phase spent on foreign tours of BB staff Bangladesh Bank (BB) is keen to embark on a second phase of capacity building under the Central Bank Strengthening Project (CBSP) to further streamline its functional supervision and enforce tight banking regulations and monitoring, officials in the central bank said. The proposed ... Read more

Safa, Sami of IBA win

Telenor Youth Summit Idea Contest Safa, Sami of IBA win Safa Tasneem and Sami Tahsin of the Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka University have won the Telenor Youth Summit Idea Contest. Their idea Bipod Barta allows instant notification to law enforcing agency and family members during danger or emergency and filing

Prime pull off a thriller in dark

Newcomers Prime Doleshwar continued their impressive run in the Dhaka Premier League after pipping Gazi Tank Cricketers for a three-run win in Duckworth/Lewis method in a hard-fought encounter at Mirpur on Saturday. In the day’s other two matches, Nasir Hossain inspired Victoria Sporting Club to a narrow three-wicket win over Cricket Coaching

Committee recommends punishment for Zahid

Saff Debacle Probe Committee recommends punishment for Zahid The fact-finding committee, formed to probe SAFF football debacle, in its report on Saturday has recommended that fitness trainer Yamali Mohammet and winger Zahid Hasan should be punished for their part in the competition. The committee, headed by Bangladesh Football

More time to be taken before hockey verdict

The Bangladesh Hockey Federation will take its time before making any decision over a report of the fact-finding committee that was formed to investigate Bangladesh’s below-par performance in the recently concluded Asia Cup. After a meeting of hockey’s governing body,

Four new national records in age-group swimming

Four new national records were set on the second day of the Bashundhara 29th National Age Group Swimming Competition at the Syed Nazrul Islam National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Saturday. Jahidul Islam set the national record in 100m butterfly in the 13-14 age-group category after clocking 1:04:17 minutes to earn a gold medal before ... Read more

Nat’l Women’s Handball final today

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation will play Rangamati District in the final match of the Walton Invitational National Women’s Handball Tournament at the Shaheed (Captain) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium onSunday. Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu MP will be the chief guest in the final match and distribute the prizes. Additional Director  of

BSJA Media Cup Cricket

The Pran-Frooto BSJA Media Cup Cricket Tournament advanced to the semifinal stage on the 5th day of six-day meet at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Saturday In the semifinals today, Dainik Samakal will face Channel 9 while Kaler Kantho will meet Rising BD, both at 9 am, at the same venue.

Gas crisis deepens

No hope of improvement before mid-Oct Surging illegal consumption together with spiralling demand on the one hand and a slight drop in production on the other has created an unusual gas crisis in the capital in recent weeks. When production is expected to increase keeping pace with a 10 percent annual growth in demand, the ... Read more

World Tourism Day observed

‘Govt won’t harm Sundarban’ The World Tourism Day was observed in the country on Friday as elsewhere across the globe with the theme ‘Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future’. Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB), Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC), various tour operators and other organisations observed the day with elaborate programmes. The government will seriously

Killer driver yet to be arrested

Kamalapur Road Accident Killer driver yet to be arrested Family members of Roksana Begum Laila, 37, killed in a road accident in front of her six-year-old daughter, demanded capital punishment of the driver who ran the bus over her. The body was kept in a fridge of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital for two ... Read more

Implementation of UN charter for people with disabilities stressed

Participants in an exchange of views held in the Barisal city on Friday urged all to be active in support of the implementation of UN charter for people with disabilities. The programme was jointly organised by the Association for Research, Development and Rights Implementation of Disabled and the

CCC workers dig hill for treasure trove

The Chittagong City Corporation is excavating a hill after rumour spread that there was hidden treasure. Some unidentified men informed the CCC men that there was hidden treasure beneath the hill mud. The city corporation is building a banglow for the city mayor spending Tk 5 crore on the Tiger Pass hill and the construction ... Read more

Children need care of parents for a better future

Speakers at a programme in Sylhet urged the parents to be caring about their children to develop social values and patriotism among them. The programme was organised by Paromita Sylhet, a local litterateur forum, at the district council auditorium at noon. The love, care and