New serial “Uposhonghar” goes on air on ATN Bangla tonight
July 31, 2010
TV serial “Uposhonghar” goes on air on ATN Bangla tonight. Written and directed by Badrul Anam Soud, the serial will be aired every Saturday and Sunday at 8:40 pm.
The serial follows close friends Asadullah and Neyamul Khan. The relationship between them was so deep that Read more
“Sitar Agni-Parikkha” gets a new look
July 31, 2010
Saymon Zakaria’s monodrama, with some changes, premieres today
Shadhona, a centre for advancement of South Asian music and dance, presented the monodrama “Sitar Agni-Parikkha” on stage in July, last year. Eminent Indian actor Averee Chaurey played the protagonist. This year, Shadhona is staging the play with some changes. The main change is re-casting of Read more
Ahmad Safa Memorial Lecture held
July 31, 2010
Ahmad Safa was a hundred years ahead of his time because of his uncompromising and progressive character, said academics and writers at a memorial lecture at Dhaka University on Friday.
That the Kataban Mosque would become the centre of a reactionary group was first Read more
RMG wage sparks violent protests
July 31, 2010
Rampaging workers vandalise over 200 business establishments, several factories in city a day after announcement of new pay structure
Several thousand garment workers yesterday rampaged through different parts of the capital and Gazipur rejecting new wage structure and demanding Tk 5,000 minimum wage Read more
Rajuk betrays affected people
July 31, 2010
Landowners, whose land was acquired for the third phase of Uttara Model Town, accused Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha of going back on its promise of providing compensatory plots all without discriminating between the holding Read more
Ex-army officers rarely receive services from SKS
July 31, 2010
BBC documentary told
Although Sena Kalyan Sangstha (SKS) is a philanthropic organisation whose only duty is to ensure welfare, former army officers and their family members rarely receive any advantages from SKS, reported the BBC radio documentary Read more
Lenders for Jamuna bridge toll hike to fund Padma Bridge
July 31, 2010
Lending agencies are pressing for raising the toll rates for the users of the Bangabandhu Bridge as a condition for lending $2.2 billion for the construction of a multipurpose bridge across the river Padma, communication ministry officials Read more
Mistakes in question paper confuse examinees
July 31, 2010
The question paper of the 30th Bangladesh Civil Service preliminary examination, held throughout the country on Friday, contained eight mistakes in one of the sets which created a lot of confusion among the examinees.
After the preliminary test, examinees who obtained the B set of English question papers Read more
Nigerian held at airport with ‘drugs’
July 31, 2010
Immigration personnel at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital yesterday detained a Nigerian national with six kilograms of white powder which, they think, is heroin.
He was caught around 7:00pm at gate-3 of the airport with five luggage and identified Read more
Most of city roads in bad shape
July 31, 2010
The roads of the city’s Zigatola area were dug by Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) in December last for development of sewerage system to free the area from perennial waterlogging.
Since then, people of the area have been facing serious problem in their movement as Read more