Month: September 2009

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has assured Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of continued support for further strengthening parliamentary democracy in Bangladesh. He also gave the assurance that the United Nations would give all necessary support to Bangladesh to cope with the challenges of global climate change. The assurances came when the Bangladesh Premier ... Read more

Sit almost idle for over 7 months since election; lawmakers, UNOs play major role in development Over seven months into being constituted through public elections, the upazila parishads have yet to start functioning, as the Awami League (AL)-led government is still allowing members of parliament (MPs) and the civil administration to carry out the parishads’ ... Read more

Tk 1,650cr deposited for Uttara, Purbachal plots; allotment not made in 10 months Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) is making profits out of over Tk 1,650 crore deposited by about 1.65 lakh people who applied for plots of Uttara Model Town (third phase) and Purbachal New Town Housing Project around nine months back. Rajuk sought applications ... Read more

The ongoing reform project of the Bangladesh Railway has hit snags because of resistance by officials of the communications ministry who are unwilling to approve the proposed new organogram of the loss-making state-run entity. Sources alleged that the communications ministry has kept the approval of the proposed BR organogram and the line of business pending ... Read more

The prices of essential commodities showed an upward trend in the city’s kitchen markets yesterday defying ongoing market monitoring and belying commitment by the government and businessmen to contain the price spiral during the month of Ramzan. The continued price escalations of sugar, lentil, garlic and ginger proved the failure of market mechanism by the ... Read more

Fish is no longer a favourite option for many city dwellers as selling formalin-treated fish has become a rampant practice in the city’s kitchen markets, endangering public health. “The next time you go to the fish market beware of those fresh-looking fish where even the flies don’t dare to get close… it could be treated ... Read more

The Eid shopping is gaining momentum in the capital as thousands of people throng shopping malls, arcades and markets everyday to purchase their Eid merchandises for near and dear ones. Market operators said good economic climate, improved by huge inward remittances by expatriate Bangladeshis and stable political situation boosted the spending spree of the confident ... Read more

Anti-gastric drugs are surprisingly ruling the country’s pharmaceutical market due mainly to consumption of adulterated foods and lack of discipline in eating habits, physicians and drug-makers said. The drugs for treatment of gastric and ulcer have occupied the top three positions in terms of sales turnover in fiscal 2008-09, according to IMS, a US-based drug ... Read more

Over 10 lakh anti-Swine flu capsules to be supplied to hospitals A total of 10.5 lakh Oseltamivir capsules are being supplied across the country for the treatment of the swine flow affected patients. One and a half lakh swine infected patients can be treated with this volume of supply, said SM Alamgir Hossain, Virologist of ... Read more

A septuagenarian woman was killed at her Central Road residence in the city’s Dhanmondi area yesterday allegedly by her domestic help who made off with gold ornaments and some other valuables. The deceased Sajeda Amin, 70, wife of a late physician, had no child and lived alone in her residence on the first floor of ... Read more