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Sada Moner Manush: Re-post on request
Unilever Bangladesh Ltd. took the initiative to honor ten Bangladeshis living in remote areas and working selflessly and silently without any recognition whatsoever. Unilever also dubbed those unsung heroes with an adjective “Shada Moner Manush” (People with Beautiful Mind) previously
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The Great Aussie Rickshaw Ride in Canberra
Spanning ten weeks and five states and territories, the Great Aussie Rickshaw Ride will launch some 400 Aussie rickshaw wallahs on a 2000-kilometer quest to raise awareness about global poverty. The message is simple: alleviating global poverty is achievable through
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Bhai Girish Chandra Sen
ভাই গিরিশচন্দ্র – নিশ্চিহ্নের পথে কোরআন অনুবাদকের বাড়িসুমন বর্মণ, নরসিংদীভাই গিরিশচন্দ্র সেন। পবিত্র কোরআন শরিফের প্রথম বাংলা অনুবাদক। এ মহাগ্রন্থের অনুবাদ করে কেবল বাংলা ভাষাভাষীদের মধ্যেই নয়, সারা বিশ্বেই ব্যাপক সাড়া ফেলেছিলেন তিনি। জন্মেছিলেন নরসিংদীর সদর উপজেলার পাঁচদোনা গ্রামের পৈতৃক
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Khaleda cuts 'birthday' cake today (15 Aug )
Dhaka, Aug 15 (bdnews24.com)—Opposition leader Khaleda Zia celebrated her ’66th birthday’ in the early hours of Sunday despite calls from the ruling party and its associated organisations not to observe the day on Aug 15, the National Mourning Day. The
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Sheik Mujibur Rahman : Eto Mitthachareo Noto Non Jatir Pita
এত মিথ্যাচারেও নত নন জাতির পিতা …মধুমতির উপর দিয়ে খোলা নৌকায় বাসন্তিবালার বাবা মেজো মামাকে ধরে আছে। বড়ো আশায় বারবার বলছে, কথা ক। কথা ক, অ কপিল। এই সময় একটি লঞ্চ দূর থেকে ভটভট করে আসতে দেখা গেল। দোতলার রেলিংয়ে
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Bangladeshi Western Marine launches ice-class vessels
Marking a milestone in the shipbuilding industry, Western Marine Shipyard Ltd has rolled out two ice-class vessels. “These are specially designed vessels,” said Md Saiful Islam, chairman of Western Marine. Ice-class ships have strengthened hulls to enable them to navigate
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Shooting of Nasiruddin Yousuff’s “Guerrilla” underway
Kongkon Karmaker, Dinajpur: Preparations are on in full swing in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur for the shooting of “Guerrilla,” a movie highlighting the Liberation War. The film crew and cast had visited different areas of Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur, including
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Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus to star in The Simpsons series
DHAKA: Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, who pioneered the concept of microcredit successfully in Bangladesh, is set to star in a special episode of popular American TV series ‘The Simpsons’. “He (Yunus) is set to appear in one of the
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Solar-powered irrigation project launched in Bangladesh
Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman on Saturday said power and energy crisis was creating obstacle on the way of targeted economic growth of the country.The country can achieve two per cent more economic growth if sufficient energy and power supply
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Bangladesh seal historic victory
Bangladesh 236 for 7 (Kayes 76, Shahzad 3-41) beat England 231 (Trott 94, Shafiul 2-38) by five runs Bangladesh produced a performance of immense spirit and character as they secured their first victory over England in any format with a
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His dream comes true
In two successive years, expatriate Bangladeshi scientist Dr Maqsudul Alam achieved two milestones in genomics — sequencing the genomes of papaya and rubber plants. These successes shot Alam into spotlight in the scientific fraternity and hit headlines in the world’s
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Julia Gillard Australia's first female prime minister
Gillard set to get ‘a good government back on track’BY DAVID MCLENNAN AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE 24 Jun, 2010 01:05 PM Julia Gillard has been sworn in as Australia’s first female Prime Minister after being elected unopposed this morning. In her
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It's worst genocide since World War II (watch exclusive videos)
The mass killing during the Liberation War of Bangladesh was the worst genocide since World War II, speakers said in a conference yesterday and also urged international community to recognise the “Genocide.” The Pakistan Army and its local auxiliary forces
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Nation mourns today (5th June) in Bangladesh
The country will observe a national mourning day today in memory of those killed in Nimtoli fire and Begunbari building collapse tragedies. details at http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=141430 The national flag will be hoisted at half-mast at all government and non-government organisations today.
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Fate does a fancy pirouette and reunites two old mates
AKRAM KHAN has worked with Kylie Minogue, Juliette Binoche and the French prima ballerina Sylvie Guillem, but none of these meetings amazed him as much as his chance encounter with a Sydney taxi driver. After a performance with Binoche at
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Tamim and Siddique build on Shahadat's five
Bangladesh more than held their own on the second day at Lord’s, reaching 172 for 2 at the close – 134 runs away from the follow-on – after Shahadat Hossain’s 5 for 98 saw England bowled out for 505 after
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BOOK REVIEW Healing invisible wounds Noor by Sorayya Khan
Reviewed by Tahir Rauf “The people who say – those who go away will return – tell lies.” Waris Shah (Sufi Poet) Noor is a beautifully crafted political novel by Pakistani-Dutch writer Sorayya Khan. Khan paints the pictures of the
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Bangladeshi Musa conquers Everest
Anxious wait for official confirmation on first-ever feat of a Bangladeshi Musa Ibrahim has scaled Mount Everest as the first Bangladeshi, said friends and family of the mountaineer. He reached the summit at 6:00am Bangladesh time yesterday, Musa’s wife Sorabon
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The first all-Bengali civilian team On top of the world, in 10 hours
KOLKATA: At 7.45 am on Monday, when Basanta Sinha Roy and Debashish Biswas finally dug their pickaxes into the ice, they were feeling on top of the world. Literally. Having tackled bad weather, blinding snow and treacherous terrain, the two
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