Thousands of young couples celebrated the Valentine’s Day on Sunday showing their love through exchanging gifts, Valentine cards and flowers with their loved ones. For young lovers, particularly those in the cities, the day was a special one though Valentine’s Day celebrations are relatively new in
Month: February 2010
New EC rule to disqualify turncoats
A new Election Commission rule is set to bar any aspirant from contesting in the 2014 general election who has not been a member of their party for three or more years. “Those who switch parties after 2010 cannot contest the 10th Jatiya Sangsad polls,” election commissioner M Sakhawat Hossain told bdnews24.com this
DCC poll by Mar 25
Schedule within February 20 The election to the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will be held sometime between March 18 and March 25 this year, sources in the Election Commission (EC) said yesterday. The commission will announce the poll schedule by February 20, the sources
Mutiny Trial at Rangamati
Nine BDR men claim innocence The nine BDR men accused of mutiny claimed themselves innocent in written statements submitted to the Special Court-4 of Bangladesh Rifles in Rangamati yesterday. The jawans of 12 Rifles Battalion at Rajnagar in the district submitted the statements following a court directive, reports our
300 gunshots traded along Sylhet border
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) traded over 300 gunshots on Sripur and Jaintapur borders in Sylhet yesterday over fishing in a water body. BDR sources said three people were injured in the BSF firing and they were taken to local hospitals for treatment. They are Abdur Rahman, a truck
Few books by women writers hit stalls
Ekushey book fair Few books by women writers hit stalls A small number of books by woman writers have hit the stalls in this year’s Ekushey Book Fair, although some popular publishers do not have books by women writer this year. Osman Gani, publisher of Agami Prakashani, said they brought to the fair two new ... Read more
‘9th Parliament becomes focal point of people’s hopes, aspirations’
Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate said that the 9th parliament was playing an important role and has already become the focal point of hopes and aspirations of the people. He was speaking at a meeting between the visiting seven-member delegation of European Parliament and
JS body for eco-friendly Saint Martin’s
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on Sunday directed the concerned authorities to develop the Saint Martin’s Island as a more environment-friendly zone, reports BSS. The directive was issued at a meeting of the committee held at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban with
Wasik: Wonder boy in cyber world
At the tender age of four, when most kids can at best play only games on computer, Wasik Farhan Roopkotha is talented enough to operate Windows XP, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access, Adobe Photoshop and surf the internet like a veteran, reports UNB. The born genius, a resident of Gulshan in the city, unbelievably ... Read more
Youngesters throng book fair on Valentine’s Day
Book-lovers in their thousands, mostly young couples, on Sunday visited the Ekushey book fair waiting in long queues much before the fair was opened, reports BSS. As it was February 14, St Valentine’s Day, couples were busy exchanging gifts and novels, especially love stories, which topped the tally of their
19 more passport offices soon
The government has decided to set up 19 more regional passport offices in the country soon to ease traveling abroad, and reduce public sufferings and harassments in getting passports, official sources said here on Sunday, reports BSS. Additional 1,050 officers and employees would also be recruited for those offices mostly at
IT industry set to take off on global market: industry people
Bangladesh’s software and information technology-enabled services industry is set to take off with some companies entering the world market and a significant portion of the local market getting readied, industry people said. Industry output, however, remained insignificant in two decades and entrepreneurs said
Bangladesh emerging IT outsourcing destination: survey
A leading global auditing and business advisory group has listed Bangladesh as one of the emerging Asian destinations for sourcing software, information technology-enabled services and business process outsourcing. The Amsterdam-based KPMG in a survey report placed Bangladesh with Indonesia, Malaysia,
Homegrown software cos eye domestic IT market
An emerging domestic economy and the ever expanding business activities are rapidly turning the country’s growing IT market a lucrative one for its homegrown software companies, industry insiders said this week. These are resulting in a major shift in the focus of the local IT companies which are increasingly
SoftExpo ends
The concluding ceremony of four-daylong SoftExpo-2010 was held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city on Saturday. Commerce Minister Faruk Khan attended the ceremony as the chief guest. AKM Abdul Awal Mazumder, secretary, ministry of Science and ICT, Ghulam Hussain, secretary
Handicraft fair begins in Sonargaon
A month-long handicraft fair and folklore festival kicked off yesterday at Bangladesh Folklore and Crafts Foundation in Sonargaon. Abdullah-Al-Kausar MP, inaugurated the festival as chief guest, while Hedeytullah Al-Mamun, cultural affairs secretary, was present as special guest. A total of 192 stalls will display handicrafts, apparels and stationery goods at the
Sales pick in gift shops for Pahela Phalgun, Valentine’s Day
Jamdani and tant sari for girls and panjabi for boys topped the gift list on the occasion of Valentine’s Day and Pahela Phalgun as sales peaked in shops of greeting cards, gift items, flowers as well as cake and pastry in the capital city. The shops have been decorated with Cupid dolls and heart-shaped products ... Read more
Industries Inside Bhawal National Park
Green light to 300 units The Awami League-led government is issuing environmental clearance certificates for industries on “private land” inside the Bhawal National Park in Gazipur, backtracking on its stance and lifting a ban imposed in 1999 during its previous tenure. This move will legalise around 300 illegal industries set up in eight mouzas during ... Read more
Tipaimukh meet ignores neighbour’s need
A high level meeting on Wednesday last attended by the officials of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Power and National Hydro Power Co-operation Ltd under the chair of the Manipur Chief Minister, O Ibobi discussed on the proposed construction of controversial Tipaimukh Power Project in
Thousands throng Ekushey Boi Mela: 127 new books hit stand on 13th day
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair, on Saturday, was touched with Spring mood on the occasion of Pahela Falgun. Marking the day, people of all strata of life, especially youngsters, decorated themselves with colourful traditional dresses. The fair drew huge crowds and were seen buying books at different stalls since the morning as