He and his wife Tatyana – who also stars in the play – were forced to flee Ukraine ten days into Russia’s invasion, after seeing “rockets and helicopters circling” above their Kiev home. “It was impossible to understand, no one believed that the war would happen, but it happened,” said Zinovenko, 62, who has starred […]
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has asked the Ministry of Local Government to look into the complaints made by the organization’s president against Dhaka WASA Managing Director (MD) Takseem A Khan. Today, in a press statement released on Friday, the anti-corruption organization demanded a proper probe into the allegations leveled against the WASA MD. Quoting media […]
WASA President Gholam Mostofa recently highlighted various irregularities and mismanagement in a TV talk show. Three organizations of WASA officers and employees sent a letter to the Ministry of Local Government complaining against the chairman. Presumably the president of WASA wrote a retaliatory letter to the ministry making allegations against the MD of the organisation. […]
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday filed a case against three officials of Dhaka Wasa for embezzling Taka 2.49 billion from the Program for Performance Improvement (PPI) project over 10 years, UNB reported. The accused are former WASA revenue inspector and PPI project co-chairman Miya Mohd Mizanur Rahman, former revenue inspector Mohd Habib Ullah Bhuyin, […]
Hee Don Jung, President, AIPS Asia handed over the award. BSPA, the country’s oldest organization for sports journalists, achieved this prestigious recognition in 2022 thanks to its activities. BSPA was ranked first among 30 countries while Nepal was selected second. BSPA celebrated its 60th anniversary last year and felicitated 10 best sportspersons the country has […]
‘Super Mario’ scores second straight box office win
In fact, the Sayeedabad-1 and Sayeedabad-2 projects received much less water than what they should have received. In such circumstances, more ground water has to be extracted and the water level in the ground is further decreasing. Adil Muhammad Khan, executive director of the Institute for Planning and Development, an urban research and policy analysis […]
‘Dungeons & Dragons’ aims to recapture ’80s movie magic
Bangladesh archers Hakim Ahmed and Diya Siddiqui won the gold medal in the recurve mixed double event of the 2023 Asia Cup Archery in Chinese Taipei on Sunday. Diya and Hakim won the gold medal for Bangladesh after defeating their Kazakh counterparts in the final.
Bangladesh team: Mohd Hakim Ahmed, Sagor Islam, Ram Krishna Saha (men’s recurve archer), Diya Siddiqui (women’s recurve archer), Mohd Ashikuzzaman (compound men’s archer) and Shyamoli Rai (compound women’s archer). Officer: Ayanal Haque Swapan (Team Manager), Martin Frederick (Head Coach) and Mohammad Hasan (Coach).
Bangladesh and the Bangla language have a special place in Frederick’s heart. He has also become addicted to Bengali cuisine, “The taste of Bengali cuisine here is incredible. But they use excessive spices, I find it spicy.” Frederick is also a fan of Bangladeshi vegetables and regularly eats some in his meals, “You can’t find […]
In January, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Under-14 Development Championships took place in Dhaka. Masfia acted as assistant referee in that contest. This time he was given the responsibility of referee, for which he is very happy. Masfia is working side-by-side with tournament director Thomas Schultz of Germany and fulfilling his responsibilities as referee. Prior […]
Sailer Jessore Half-Marathon 2023 was organized under the patronage of one of the country’s top fashion brands ‘Sailor’ with the slogan ‘There is no substitute for running to stay healthy’ at Jessore on Friday. The Jessore Runners Community organized this half-marathon for the first time in the country’s south-western city.
Female athletes also often receive less than male athletes in terms of prize money. Men earn far more than women playing in the same league or position. For example, male players in the pro league NBA are paid an average of $7.4 million a year, while a female player earns an average of less than […]
Djokovic only seems to be getting better with age and the “next gen” of young talent still can’t even come close to him in five sets. Her coach, Goran Ivanisevic, believes there are a few more years at the top – and more Slams – to come. “Definitely two, three more years,” Ivanisevic told reporters […]