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Chitmahal transfer: meeting in Dhaka at Thursday

Chitmahal transfer process will be held from 31 July to 30 November in Dhaka between Bangladesh and India. Secretary level meeting was held on Thursday in Dhaka. Myanmar border is closed to Bangladesh and India border and Myanmar will attend meeting. Foreign Ministry informs that a committee was formed to survey the locality of Chitmahal. […]

Winter GIG of Shakira, Live concert in Dhaka

Shakira, the world famous Colombian singer will come to Dhaka, Bangladesh this winter in 2014 to perform in a concert. The famous German band Scorpion will also join her in this concert. Shwapan Chowdhury, the Chairman of Antar Showbiz has confirmed it on August 1, 2014.Shakira, who has been a world famous singer and dancer, […]

Ankush-Mahi together in Indo-Bangla joint venture

West Bengal actor Ankush Hazra and Bangladeshi actor Mahiya Mahi will soon appear in a romantic comedy titled “Romeo vs Juliet.” An India-Bangladesh joint production, Ankush will be playing the character of Romeo, while Mahi will play Juliet. Shooting for the film, which was done in Bangladesh and England, is nearly finished. Ankush is now […]

Bangladeshi film Boishommo releases in Mumbai

The youth-oriented film tells the story of a rich father, who makes his spoiled son face a challenge and sets him out on the streets of Dhaka For the first time, a Bangladeshi film, which was not a joint venture project, saw its commercial release in India on Friday at Mumbai’s Anand Chitra Mandir in […]

Arijit Singh set to rock Dhaka again

Arijit Singh is going to perform in “Arijit Sing Live in Concert” on December 5 at Jamuna Future Park. This is the second time in this year that the 27 year old singer is performing in Dhaka. The playback singer is expected to sing for two and half hours in the programme. He has multiple […]

Lux-Channel i superstars contest enters final stage

The Lux-Channel i Superstars 2014 campaign is drawing to a close as the top five contenders got the nod from the judges. It’s only a matter of time before we have this year’s Face of Lux. Dhaka Tribune caught up with the contenders – Nazifa, Supriya, Nadia, Neela and Prema – who shared their enthusiasm […]

Modi’s Loving Approach on Bangladesh

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina that New Delhi would always stand by Dhaka and its relationship with Bangladesh was the most important in the South Asian region. “Modi expressed interest in working with all South Asian countries to strengthen cooperation and ensure development in the region. Hasina also assured […]

Equalizer hits Dhaka on the global release day

Denzel Washington-starrer “The Equalizer” will be released in Dhaka on the same day of its international release, on September 26. Star Cineplex is bringing the movie for the Hollywood action-thriller lovers in Dhaka. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Richard Wenk, the film is based on the television series of the same name, which […]

New taxicabs are not following fare chart

Some taxicabs are introduced in Dhaka recently to ease the transportation sufferings of city dwellers. At the same time new fare chart is also introduced by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). A gazette was published in 22nd April in this regard. The minimum fare will be 85 taka, it is for first two kilometers. Then […]

WiFi service on BRTC buses

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has launched wifi internet service on ten of its buses in the capital today. It only trial period; if it is successful BRTC will expand this service. They have named the buses as digital bus. Ten BRTC buses which ply between Uttara and Motijheel will have four 3G routers and […]

Public transports must be repaired and colored before T-20 world cup

The home ministry has issued a strict order to police to make sure that no old, unfit and discolored public transports do not plying on city roads during T-20 world cup. T-20 world cup cricket is scheduled to be started from 16th of March and government has taken various steps to enhance beauty of the […]

Some IPL matches may be held at Dhaka

Colorful and most lucrative T-20 league Indian Premiere League (IPL) is schedule to be held from 16th April to 1st June. But national election of India is also scheduled to be held during the period. Indian home ministry has informed Indian Cricket Board that they are unable to provide enough security personnel for IPL during […]

Gold found after scanning passenger’s shoe

A passenger named Sayem was passing through green channel of Hazrat Shahjalal International airport of Dhaka. He reached from Malaysia. But customs officials started searching him following his suspicious activity. At one stage they scanned his shoe and found about thirty gold bars inside his shoe. Officials said, these bars may worth about one and […]

Allegation of physical torture against a female professor of Dhaka University

A female student of psychology department of Dhaka University has alleged that a female professor of her department has assaulted her and rebuked with slang words. She is a student of master’s course and she went to room no 3034 of arts building to visit her course tutor to discuss about project submission of her […]

Two fetuses found in a boy’s body and eventually removed

Sahoaib is a six month old boy from Ashulia, Dhaka; there were two partially grown fetuses inside his body weighing two kilograms. Actually it was a case of triplet, but in a rare incident two of the three fetuses grew inside Shoaib’s body when he was inside his mother’s womb. His mother was supposed to […]