The Teknaf-Tetulia roadshow aimed mainly at raising awareness against money laundering starts today in Cox’s Bazar. Governor of Bangladesh Bank Atiur Rahman is expected to inaugurate the eight-day roadshow on the premises of Teknaf branch of AB Bank Friday morning. Bangladesh Bank, in cooperation with 37 other banks and the Small and Medium Enterprise
Month: March 2010
Need for rural power met halfway: REB chief
The Rural Electrification Board is receiving almost half the supply of daily demand for about 2,500MW power in rural areas, said the REB chairman yesterday. The result is, the erratic supply of electricity affects irrigation during the current boro rice
Prime Bank declares 30pc stock dividend
Shareholders of Prime Bank Limited approved the Financial Statement of the Bank for the year 2009 and declared 30per cent Stock Dividend,10per cent Cash Dividend and also took a special resolution to offer one Right Share against 4 (Four) Ordinary Shares (i.e. 1R:4) at a premium of Tk.200/- against each share in the
PCL T20 deffered for two days
The PCL T20 Bashundhara Cup, which was scheduled to start at Sharjah today, has been deferred for two days as some of the players and officials failed to reach the venue on Thursday night due to visa and air ticket complications. The tournament will now begin
Bangladeshis rule Day 1
Indo-bangladesh Bangla Games in Kolkata Bangladeshis rule Day 1 Bangladeshi athletes enjoyed a successful day yesterday, the first day of competition of the Indo-Bangladesh Bangla Games in Kolkata yesterday. Shooters grabbed six gold medals out of eight, athletes bagged four out of nine, and swimmers grabbed five out of seven on offer on
Black Night revisited
Nation celebrates Independence Day today The horrors of March 25 night return to haunt the nation as it observes the 4oth Independence Day today, but this time with a mixed emotion of joy and worry as the government is set to start the process of trying war criminals. Now, the nation waits for quick completion ... Read more
Couple shot dead over daughter’s marriage proposal refusal
Assailants on Wednesday morning shot dead a businessman and his wife in their rented house allegedly over their rejection of a marriage proposal for their daughter at Kalachandpur in the Gulshan area in Dhaka. The deceased were fisheries and nursery businessman Sadikur Rahman, 50, and his wife,
BTRC shuts down RanksTel, Dhaka Phone again
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Wednesday sealed off the switch rooms of private landline operators RanksTel and Dhaka Phone again for their failure to provide lists of their subscribers. The commission chairman, Zia Ahmed, told New Age the landline operators had failed to provide
Not accidents, but murders
Families gather to mourn deaths in road crashes Sufia Kamal Auditorium of the National Museum was plunged into a sombre mood yesterday with the arrival of family members of road accident victims. They were sobbing uncontrollably and some of them were trying to choke back tears as they recounted how their near and dear ones ... Read more
Warid signs deals with BTCL, Teletalk to share infrastructure
Warid Telecom has signed separate deals with Bangladesh Telecommuni-cations Company Ltd (BTCL) and Teletalk to share infrastructure among each other. The operators will share BTS, transmission equipment, transmission bandwidth, space, towers, poles, power, generator and optical fibre lines, Warid said in a
Pinto’s rep denies Bond role
A spokesperson for FREIDA PINTO has denied reports the actress has signed up to be DANIEL CRAIG’s next Bond girl. Tabloid reports last week (ends21Mar10) fuelled speculation that the Slumdog Millionaire star has been chosen to appear in the next 007 movie, which will be directed by Sam Mendes and set in Afghanistan. A source ... Read more
Mosharraf Karim just wants a break
“I am tired of working everyday. Every working individual gets at least a day off every week; I get none.” This is how Mosharraf Karim, one of the busiest actors of small screen, described his work schedule. He said that he is very fond of spending time with friends and family. But due to the ... Read more
Desh Natak’s new play “Prakrito Purangana”
Theatre troupe Desh Natok premiered its latest production “Prakrito Purangana” on March 22 at the Experimental Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Written by Khandakar Hafiz Redu, the play is directed by Shamsul Alam Bakul. “Prakrito Purangana” is a play against the discrimination of women in our society. Rupai, the protagonist of the play, is unmarried though ... Read more
Share Bazaar Mela begin tomorrow
The three-day-long second ‘Share Bazaar Mela 2010’ will begin tomorrow at the Winter Garden of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister G M Quader will inaugurate the event. Earlier the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel successfully organised the first “Share Bazaar Mela-09, displaying its event management
Panic attack by hijras at Uttara: Two hurt
A group of hijras (hermaphrodites), who were engaged in raising extortion money from different houses by intimidation, attacked a house at Uttara sector 5 yesterday and injured two security personnel. The group, consisting five to six hijras, was chased away by the local people with canes and brickbats. During the short chase, one hijra was
Bahrain Air launches flights from Chittagong
Bahrain Air, the first privately owned national carrier of Bahrain, started its flight from Chittagong to the Middle East yesterday. The inaugural flight flew from Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong at 7.30am. Officials of Flight Link Company, Bahrain Air’s general sales agent for Bangladesh, said
Prime Bank celebrates ‘Decade of Loan Syndications’
Prime Bank Limited has successfully completed a decade of loan syndications as the lead arranger. To celebrate its ongoing journey for expanding partnership and building economy the bank on Monday held a press conference at a city hotel. M Ehsanul Haque, Managing Director, Md. Mehmood Husain, DMD, Md.Touhidul Alam Khan,
GMG to fly to Abu Dhabi
GMG Airlines is set to open flights to the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi next week, to carry more Bangladeshi travellers, especially migrant workers, to the Gulf. The carrier said it will fly twice a week between Dhaka and Abu Dhabi on Thursdays and Sundays, beginning March 28, according to a
Aktel achieves growth
Aktel posted a growth in revenue market share during 2009. The mobile phone operators achieved a three per cent increase in revenue share in 2009 over the previous year, said a news release. In 2009, Aktel earned 18.2 per cent revenue market share against 15.2 per cent in
Kazi & Kazi Tea launches ‘Teatulia’ brand in Japan
After US, Kazi & Kazi Tea, the only organic tea of Bangladesh has recently launched its Brand in Japan with the brand name ‘Teatulia’. In the recently held fare Foodex 2010 in Japan, Dr. Kazi Anis Ahmed, CEO, Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate Ltd. along with their partnering distributor for Japan Masao,