The newly established Belonia-Feni land port is being inaugurated today (Sunday) to open a new avenue for Bangladeshi entrepreneurs for exporting more commodities to the northeastern region of India. The new land port would help Bangladesh increase its export to India amounting to one billion US dollar by 2011, which would ultimately reduce Bangladesh’s trade ... Read more
Month: October 2009
Subscription to GP IPO starts today
Public subscriptions for the shares of Grameenphone, the biggest public offer in Bangladesh history, starts today to mobilize a fund of Tk 4.86 billion. Subscription to the IPO by resident citizens will close Thursday while it will continue until October 18 for the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs). Interested investors would submit their applications in over 500 ... Read more
‘Bhutan keen to sign FTA with Bangladesh’
Bhutan is keen to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh to boost economic relation between the two countries, the Economic Affairs Minister of Bhutan said here on Saturday. Lynopo Khandu Wangchuk spoke of Bhutan’s keenness during his meeting with the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) at the DCCI auditorium this morning. ... Read more
CJ to constitute bench for hearing today
Bangabandhu Murder Case CJ to constitute bench for hearing today Chief Justice MM Ruhul Amin is likely to constitute a bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today for the hearing on the appeals in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case. The hearing is scheduled to take place tomorrow. Five convicts in ... Read more
Rajuk to remove structures from parking spaces
Launches drive on Oct 11 to ease traffic jam Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha will launch a drive soon to remove illegal structures from the parking spaces at 198 buildings aiming to ease traffic congestion in the city. ‘We will launch the drive on October 11 as the owners of those buildings occupy the roads for car ... Read more
Stern action against fertiliser adulteration sought
Discussants at an opinion sharing meeting with the journalists here recently called for stern action against those found to be guilty in any sort of fertiliser adulteration, possession and marketing to protect the soil health from degradation. Jano Udyog, a cluster of some non-government development organisations, arranged the meeting styled ‘Excessive of Indian fertiliser and ... Read more
Introduce LED tech for energy efficiency
Suggest Japanese experts Bangladesh can introduce light-emitting diode (LED) technology to increase its efficiency of power consumption. This was suggested by Japanese energy experts, who are involved in producing LED light bulbs, at a seminar in the city yesterday. The seminar titled ‘Environment and Electricity’ was organised by Youth Eco Forum at Bangabandhu International Conference ... Read more
Corruption alleged in KCC conservancy department
Corruption has been alleged in the conservancy department of the Khulna City Corporation over dumping of household wastes by three contracting firms. Three firms — Shikdar Traders, SM Monirul Islam and Mutual Enterprise — were given the responsibility to collect household wastes from three of the total 31 wards and dump them at Rajband, corporation ... Read more
Life in the slums
Lalita on Ekushey TV Drama serial “Lalita” will be telecast tonight on Ekushey TV at 9:30pm. Based on a story by Abdus Salam, the serial is scripted and directed by Jewel Mahmud. A production of Ekushey TV, the serial’s cast includes Sumaiya Shimu, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Anisur Rahman Milon, Bannya Mirza, Elora Gauhar, Pran Roy, Joyraj ... Read more
Recital of kheyal held
A recital of the Indian classical music kheyal by Robiul Hossen was held at the Indian High Commission’s cultural centre in Gulshan on Friday. The musical event was jointly organised by the Indian High Commission in Dhaka and Shadhona -a center for advancement of Southasian Music and Dance. Artist of the classical music Robiul Hossen ... Read more
Ponting eyes Tendulkar’s record
Ricky Ponting, after becoming the third batsman to cross 12,000 runs in one-day cricket, has said he is chasing milestones set by Sachin Tendulkar. Ponting chalked up his 28th ODI century, an unbeaten 111 from 115 balls, to help Australia demolish England and march into the ICC Champions Trophy final. Ponting paid tribute to Tendulkar, ... Read more
Rio wins host bid; Chicago was first out
COPENHAGEN–Finally, South America gets an Olympics. The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro. In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend. Chicago was knocked out in the first round — ... Read more
Hand of admin in August 21 attack
Despite hints in the charge sheet that administration under the BNP-Jamaat alliance might have aided and abetted the August 21 grenade blasts, no investigation has been done along that line. The 41-page charge
Rental power not coming before next summer
Electricity to become costlier, PDB to lose more money The government’s costly venture to add 530MW electricity by August 2010 will not benefit farmers and consumers as both irrigation and summer seasons will be over before the rental power plants become
AL to set plans for checking party men
Ruling Awami League is likely to prepare plan of actions today to rein in the ongoing extortion and tender manipulations by its party men across the country and to ensure proper coordination in the activities of
Sugar price manipulators escape arrest: Police allegedly alerted them
None of the sugar hoarders are yet to be arrested despite directives from the commerce ministry given to the National Security Intelligence 7 days back. These dishonest businessmen dented consumers’ pocket by
PM conveys sympathy
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed deep shock and distress at the loss of lives and properties caused by the devastating earthquake in the island of Sumatra. In a message to President of
CID seeks more time for filing charge sheet
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has appealed for extension of time for submission of charge sheets of the biggest arms haul cases of the country. The CID was earlier scheduled to submit the charge
Urban problems aggravate as policies remain unheeded
Problems of urbanisation, including influx of rural people towards cities and major towns, continue to aggravate the quality of life and environment as the authorities failed to implement policies suggested
Ctg fertiliser factory comes on stream
Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited (CUFL), one of the major fertiliser producing plants of the country, resumed production today after five months as gas supply was restored on a limited scale. During the long