Premiere show of ‘Indumotir Boitha’
December 31, 2009
The premiere show of the documentary titled ‘Indumotir Boitha’ directed by Biplob Kumar Paul was held at Bangladesh Film Centre auditorium in Dhanmondi in the city on Tuesday.
The documentary has depicted how Indumoti, an underprivileged woman, struggles to feed her handicapped son and daughters and dreams to see better days ahead.
The documentary focuses on the story of struggle of an illiterate Read more
Thirty First Countdown on ETV
December 31, 2009
The private television channel ETV will telecast a magazine programme titled ‘Thirty First Countdown’ in celebration of the New Year 2010.
The programme featuring songs and dance performances will begin at 10:45pm and continue till 1:00am. Popular singers and actors Habib, Mousumi, Akhi Alamgir, Rupon, Khea, Rinku, Mimi, Read more
Mohammedan winning
December 31, 2009
Title contenders Dhaka Moha-mmedan continued their winning spree in the Citycell Bangladesh League edging past Rahmatganj 1-0 amid poor refereeing at the Kamalapur Stadium on Wednesday.
It was the sixth successive win for Mohammedan, who lead the points table with maximum 18 points. Dhaka Abahani also have equal 18 points, but Mohammedan remained at the top on goal difference. While Rahmatganj have collected just one point from the same number of Read more
Players ignore BCB ultimatum
December 31, 2009
The crisis over the National Cricket League has deepened further as no players responded to the ultimatum of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday.
The BCB on Tuesday had issued the ultimatum asking the players to join practice for their respective divisional sides by July 30 and warned that failing to do will be deemed as a breach of discipline.
The ultimatum came after the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh threatened to boycott Read more
BCB announces details of programme of Tri-Nation and Test series
December 31, 2009
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the details of Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition and India’s Tour of Bangladesh 2010.
Itinerary: Bangladesh-India-Sri Lanka Tri-Nation ODI competition
Date Details Venue
01 Jan – Fri Sri Lanka Team Arrives/Rest & Practice SBNCS Read more
SA Games live on TV
December 31, 2009
Viewers will be able to watch live telecast of all 23 disciplines of the 11th South Asian Games that will be held in Bangladesh from January 29 to February 9 next year.
After a meeting with the high-ups of different TV channels yesterday, Bangladesh Olympic Association’s media committee for the Games distributed disciplines among the state-run television and the private channels.
State-run BTV will broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies, football and athletics events Read more
Women’s cricket
December 31, 2009
Rajshahi continued their excellent run in the Women’s National Cricket League with a resounding eight-wicket victory over Barisal at the Khulna University Ground yesterday.
The losing team had decided to bat first, but like a pack of cards they were skittled out for 59 runs in 35.2 overs. More than half of those runs came as extras as no one could register a double-digit score for Barisal. Shathira Jakir and Farhana Haque took three wickets Read more
School cricket
December 31, 2009
Parerhat RL High School of Pirojpur, Rahmatullah Model High School of Dhaka and GK Pilot High School won their respective matches in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers U-16 National Cricket Tournament yesterday.
At Pirojpur Stadium, Parerhat RL High beat Hularhat High School by 116 runs. Batting first, Parerhat scored 214 before being all out in 42 overs. Hularhat High got bowled out for 48 in 19.5 overs. Belayet Hossain took Read more
Govt allots 3,116 Purbachal-Uttara plots
December 30, 2009
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) on Wednesday announced the names of 3,116 plot winners of the fourth phase lotteries for Purbachal New Town Project and Uttara Model Town Project.
The plots were allotted among the winners in six categories — minister-deputy minister-state minister-MP and people enjoying same status, government job holders, people serving at different autonomous organisations, armed forces, other retired and remaining officers of the government and Read more
Parthenium weed poses danger to crops
December 30, 2009
Parthenium, a newly discovered invasive and dangerous weed, has been posing a serious health problems to human beings and livestock and also causing loss of crops and vegetation in the country, reports The New Nation
The dangerous weed is affecting many countries in Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands causing serious environmental problems.
It is regarded as one of the worst weeds in Australia because of its invasiveness and economic and Read more
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