Says BASIS official on eve of software expo The ICT market size is expected to be $500 million from existing $300 million if young information technology professionals get banking support for their working orders, experts said. “Our young IT professionals have vast technical know-how but they have no access to finance that
Month: February 2010
Int’l tourism fair in Dhaka from Mar 11
The three-day international tourism fair Dhaka Travel Mart 2010 will begin at Winter Garden of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on March 11. The Bangladesh Monitor, premier travel & tourism publication of the country, will be hosting the seventh edition of the international tourism fair. Triune Exhibition and Event Management Services has been entrusted with
Bestway Bazar gets best pavilion prize of trade fair
Bestway Bazar was selected as the best pavilion in the Dhaka International Trade Fair- 2010.Commerce minister Lt. colonel (Rtd) Md Faruk Khan handovered the crest of the best pavilion prize to Md Mizanur rahman, chairman of Bestway group on the closing ceremony of the
SSC exam begins tomorrow
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination 2010 begins tomorrow across the country under strict measures against any trouble or copying at the important public exam. Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on movement of people, except examinees, within 200 yards of examination centres in
Show-cause notice on govt, DU
Sanctity of Shaheed Minar The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule upon the government and the Dhaka University authorities to show cause within 10 days as to why they should not be directed to take appropriate steps to protect the sanctity and honour of the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka. The court also asked ... Read more
Hopes dashed
The death of Faruk Hossain at Rajshahi University shattered the hopes of a poor family who was dreaming to come out from the vicious poverty cycle with the achievement of their only son. Faruk, born in 1984 in Khord-Shaguna village under Joypurhat Sadar upazila, was a final year student of RU’s
Arsenic a big threat to Kalia people
Arsenic remains a serious threat to Kalia Upazila people in Narail District, posing a big challenge to the government in achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for ensuring “safe water for all” by 2013. More than one lakh people of the Kalia Upazila, home to 41610 families, have been drinking arsenic contaminated water for a
Munmun has made it big
Rumana Malik Munmun has a confident, smiling persona. Anchoring, acting, organising, whichever arena you consider, Munmun has made it big. Although she had appeared in advertisements, acted in the film “Chhana O Muktijodho”, by Anwara Syed Haq, and directed by Badol Rahman when she had just entered her teens, or been in countless dramas, she ... Read more
Kutumb leaves a lasting impression
The 11th South Asian Games came to a grandeur end with another delectable display of light, sound, fire and water. It was a spectacle of a magnitude that has never been staged before in South Asia. It had ingredients similar to that present in the opening ceremony, but this time it concentrated totally on our ... Read more
Womanpower drives hosts
Bangla-desh’s female athletes may have been outperformed by their male team-mates in the end, but their success has contributed to a large extent to the hosts’ outstanding results in the just-concluded SA Games. Bangladesh claimed as many as 18 gold medals that took them to third place in the medals table, a position that they ... Read more
Bangladesh’s record haul
Bangladesh ended their campaign of the 11th SA Games Dhaka 2010 winning 18 gold medals, the highest haul in the 26-year history of South Asian Games. The hosts grabbed four gold medals on the penultimate day including two in boxing and one each in football and wushu to seal the third position in medals’ tally, ... Read more
Would you marry the same person again?
From CNN (Reader’s Digest)– “Would you marry the same person again?” could be a dangerous question. However, an international poll conducted in 15 countries reveals that 68 percent of respondents, and even more women, would again say “I do” to their spouse. The survey, which was conducted by Reader’s Digest and published in the March ... Read more
Katrina Kaif: Ka Haal Ba!
Guess Katrina Kaif’s diction woes have finally rested. People around her claim vociferously that now she not only speaks in fluent Hindi (hopefully…let Raajneeti release!), but also Bhojpuri! Recently, she stunned the natives of Patna when she called out to them ‘Ka Haal Ba, Patna’! Hmm…accentuated vernacular language! Good going Kat! Filmmaker Prakash Jha launched ... Read more
Low water flow Padma drying up
The scanty water flow has been triggering the drying up process of the mighty Padma and its tributaries causing an adverse impact on environment in the drought-prone Barind tract. Experts said the entire northern and southern regions of the country, particularly the vast Barind tract, are facing ecological disorder due to adverse impact of the ... Read more
Licensed to break law
Vehicle owners display licence plates as they wish, get away with the offence right under traffic men’s nose Car licence plates have become a symbol of utter disregard for law as the vehicle owners tamper with the plates by using varying typefaces and designs in violation of the rules that strictly prohibit such practices, reports ... Read more
25 lakh urban poor to get rice at ‘fair price’
The government on Monday decided to expand its social safety net programme to urban areas in the form of rice sales to the ultra poor in Dhaka and other cities at a ‘fair price’. The decision came at a meeting of the food planning and monitoring committee at the secretariat with food and disaster management ... Read more
Junior terminal exams from this year
Countrywide junior terminal examination for class-VIII students will be held simultaneously across the country with same question paper from this year. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid came up with the discloser at a press briefing at his office yesterday. The decision came after holding the maiden primary terminal examination at the end of last academic
MPO listing on the basis of index system, says Nahid
The government will prepare a list of non-government educational institutions on the basis of index system for MPO (monthly payment order) allocation. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid said this at a press briefing held in the ministry yesterday. New MPO allocation would be under index system, he said adding, “A total of 100 points will ... Read more
Siamese twin separated successfully
A team of surgeons has successfully separated Siamese twin girls in a two and a half hour operation yesterday at the Dhaka Shishu Hospital. After separation, Moni and Mukta, aged six months, have been taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with the next two-days considered crucial for their survival. Doctors,however, said signs were good ... Read more
CityCell served show cause notice
The Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd, better known as CityCell, has been served a show cause notice by the telecom regulatory authorities on Monday, asking the cell phone operator to explain why it was selling unauthorised connections. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission sent the notice after lawmaker