DOT Desk Songs are integral parts of Christmas, the greatest celebration of Christians commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, reports The Daily Observer. Christians around the world sing Christmas songs in praise of Jesus Christ which brightens the joy of them centering the festival. Many lyricists wrote songs on Christmas which are being sung as…
UNB An inter-ministerial meeting held here today asked the Petrobangla to meticulously ensure uninterrupted supply of gas from February to May 31 for expediting irrigation during the next Boro season. The meeting requested the Petrobangla to supply gas on a priority basis for unhindered electricity generation. The meeting held at power ministry conference room at…
DOT Desk Rawnak Hasan is a popular name in the tele-fiction arena, reports The Daily Star. Besides being an actor, he is also a playwright. He made his directorial debut early in 2004. He has also directed various tele-fictions over the years which were well appreciated. Recently, he took on the challenging role of directing…
DOT Desk The history of contemporary art in Bangladesh begins at the time of partition of the subcontinent in 1947, when Zainul Abedin and some of his contemporaries Habibullah Bahar, Shafiqul Amin, Quamrul Hassan, Khaja Shafique Ahmed, Safiuddin Ahmed, Anwarul Haq, Ali Ahsan (some of them) migrated from West Bengal to establish an art institution…
Desk Report President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday called upon all to exercise their voting rights to keep up the trend of development in the country, reports The Daily Asian Age. The President made the call while exchanging greetings with members of the Christian community at Bangabhaban at noon, marking Christmas Day. President Hamid said, “Bangladesh…
Jawed Naqvi, Dawn’s correspondent in Delhi/ Dawn, Pakistan INDIAN actor Naseeruddin Shah was trolled and threatened last week for expressing a reasoned view that religious intolerance and growing mob violence posed a mortal threat to the secular state. Naseer’s is a mixed marriage like several other actors and ordinary folk. Like him, his Hindu wife…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Mobile internet may be downgraded on election day as well as the day before and after it, said officials at a meeting at the Election Commission on Monday. The EC requested Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to make preparations to downgrade 4G and 3G networks to 2G in those three days, The…
Hossen Sohel of DOT At least 12 journalists were injured and 16 vehicles carrying them vandalised as unidentified miscreants attacked them at a guesthouse close to Nawabganj Police Station on Monday night, reports The Daily Star. A gang of 30 or 35 attackers masked in mufflers suddenly entered the guesthouse and attacked the journalists from…
Sustir Sarker, Netrokona Correspondent Christian celebrated this first Christmas festival in the city of Netrakona elaborately. Christmas is celebrated in festive surroundings through the organizers of Netrokona on the occasion of the birth of Jesus Christ. In the morning, the ceremony began with cakes cut and prayer music at the Sion Church Trust Office in…
Two twin sisters, Sabrina Mamtaz Tania and Sadia Mamtaz Toma, from Adamdighi have achieved the feat of getting GPA5 in their JSC exams. They are the daughters of Dhamkumari Government Primary School teacher Hasna Banu and Daily Orthoneeti Adamdighi correspondent AFM Mamtazur Rahman. The twins passed their exams under Santahar Harve Girls’ High School and…