Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas Saturday said media could play an important role in the overall social development as envisaged in the “Din Badaler Sanad” and Vision 2021 of the present government. He was speaking at a divisional correspondents’ conference of Bhorer Ka-goj at Zila Parishad auditorium in Joypurhat as the chief guest. ... Read more
Month: April 2009
57 percent post of doctors in public hospitals lying vacant
Patients in public hospitals of Barisal division are suffering badly because of lack of doctors in public hospitals. Sources in the health directorate office in Barisal said 374 doctors against 889 post of doctors are working in six districts of the division meaning 57.9 percent of the posts are lying vacant. The sources said one ... Read more
Separation of judiciary for ensuring human rights emphasised
The speakers of a daylong discussion meeting on democratic governance, human rights and access to justice of all people on Saturday were stressed the need for implementation of separation of judiciary for promoting access to justice and human rights. The discussion was arranged by “Save the underprivileged and the needy(SUN) a NGO with the help ... Read more
Agri-technology fair begins at Narsingdi
A three-day agriculture technology fair 2009 under National Technology Project began on the premises of Narsingdi Sadar Upazila Parishad on Friday. Minister for Post and Telecommunication Razi Uddin Ahmed Razu formally inaugurated the fair as the chief guest while local MP Lt. Colonel (retd) Nazrul Islam Hiro, Birpratik, was the special guest. The minister went ... Read more
Salinity starts rising in N-region potato-farming fields
Soil scientists and agronomists revealed that salinity has started rising in the agriculture fields with indiscriminate and unwise using of salt in the country’s northwestern region creating an apprehension of detrimental impact to soil nutrients and fertility. They said the farmers, potato, paddy and banana growers in particular, have been applying salt (sodium chloride) in ... Read more
‘Dead man’ tells court he is alive
A ‘dead man’ whose body was recovered by police on January 16 and identified by his father reappeared on Thursday to tell the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate that he is still alive. The magistrate immediately sent Rubel Sarder, son of Rustam Sarder, to district jail. Rustam, who identified the body of his son Rubel ... Read more
200 houses burnt at Mirpur slum
More than 200 shanties were gutted as a devastating fire broke out at a slum beside the Janata Housing at Mirpur section 2 in the capital on Monday. Locals and the fire brigade officials said that the fire had broken out from a shanty at about 11:30am and soon engulfed more than 200 adjacent shanties ... Read more
RU hall provost removed, two others resign
Professor Abdul Matin Talukder, provost of Mother Bux Hall at Rajshahi University, has been removed from the post while the provosts of two other halls resigned. Abdul Matin has been removed from the post of hall provost for his alleged non-cooperation with the university authorities, according to university sources. He told reporters that the vice ... Read more
Call for emergency services to disaster-hit people
World Health Day Today Call for emergency services to disaster-hit people Bangladesh celebrates the World Health Day today with the slogan ‘Save lives: Make hospitals safe in emergencies’ along with the other United Nations member countries. President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in separate statements wished successes of the week-long programmes taken by ... Read more
Hunt on for world-class actor to play Bangabandhu
Red Rose Films Limited, a London-based film production house, looks for a world-class actor to play the main role in its English movie being made based on the life of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, noted columnist and chairperson of the production house, told reporters at a press conference here yesterday that they ... Read more
Lending rates remain high
BABs’ commitment, repo rate cut ignored The commercial banks have not yet started slashing their interest rates on lending in line with the central bank’s latest interest rate policy and the commitment of the Bangladesh Association of Banks. However, some banks have cut interest rates on their deposits, but they are still counting the same ... Read more
Ailing movie industry sees light
Seventy-four full-length films were released last year but very few of them could make profits or breakeven returns on investments. Industry people used to say the movies could not make profit as middleclass people were turning their back on cinemas. But they now say cinema goers are there and also is the business thanks to ... Read more
Intensify talks with US for duty-free access
Trade analysts advise govt on recession risks Trade experts yesterday advised the government to aggressively negotiate with the Obama administration to obtain duty-free and quota-free access for Bangladeshi goods to the US. “This is the time to chalk out details with the Obama administration,” Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow with the Centre for Policy ... Read more
Motorola eyes strong foothold
Motorola, one of the leading mobile device makers, is developing plenty of strategies to grab a significant share of Bangladesh’s untapped handset market. The US-based company yesterday said it has taken a lot of strategic plans, which will be disclosed soon, to re-enter Bangladesh market with a wider distribution network. The existing 45-million mobile market ... Read more
Stocks shoot up on banks
Dhaka stocks rebounded strongly yesterday from continuous loss and flat trends for the last few days with all its indices going up backed by banking shares, although decliners beat advancers. The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSE General Index, rose by 39.62 points, or 1.63 percent, to 2,466.16 points. The DSE All Share ... Read more
Software exports grow 67pc in July-January
Staying immune from the ongoing global meltdown, the local information technology industry witnessed a 67 percent rise in exports during the first seven months (July-January) of this fiscal year, compared to the same period a year earlier. The IT-enabled service makers fetched $19.75million from exports during the time, which was $11.77million last fiscal. Software exports ... Read more
New boss vows ‘reinvented’ GM even in bankruptcy
Embattled General Motors is girding for bankruptcy if necessary but will still emerge “reinvented” from its wrenching crisis, GM’s new government- backed boss Fritz Henderson said yesterday. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said President Barack Obama’s administration was looking at all options for GM, after former CEO Rick Wagoner was replaced by Henderson last week on ... Read more
IBBL Quaraanic Language Institute inaugurated
Islami Bank Foundation, a subsidiary organisation of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) has introduced ‘Quaraanic Language Institute’ through an inaugural function at Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower recently. Shah Abdul Hannan, former Chairman, Board of Directors of IBBL and also former Secretary inaugurated the institute as the chief guest. Principal MouIana Zainul Abedin, ... Read more
RPP project chief, BB officials visit Japan-BD Security Printing factory
A high-level team comprising of RPP Project Chief Dick Moss (Sri Lanka), BACH Project Implementation Manager Nayeni Fernando (Sri Lanka) and Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank Mohiuddin Ahmed on Sunday visited the factory of Japan-Bangladesh security printing & papers Ltd. Located at Bhulta in Narayangonj. They along with Chairman of Japan-Bangladesh Group Salim Prodhan have ... Read more
Ashraful breaks into top 10 finally
National skipper Mohammad Ashraful finished among the top 10 batsmen in the Dhaka Premier League thanks to his solid performance in the Super League phase, revealed the Bangladesh Cricket Board. Ashraful hammered four successive half-centuries in five matches of the Super League to add 285 runs to his 258 from the 10 games of the ... Read more