Poor doubly deceived by WASA Most of the people in both rural and urban areas still have little or no access to safe drinking water as the policymakers, industries and research workers are yet to come up with a comprehensive and pragmatic plan to address the problem, reports NewAgebd. Even most of the ‘improved’ sources ... Read more
Month: March 2010
PCL ready to roll
After the grand success of the first edition, the Port City League (PCL) to be held in Sharjah this season will see 100,000 dollars up for grabs for the winners, said organisers yesterday. Apart from the champions, the runners-up will receive 30,000 dollars with the budget of the tournament going up to
Anxiety grips Aila victims before rains
The hapless victims of cyclone Aila, with the monsoon setting in shortly, say that they want to return their homesteads in Dacope and Koyra upazilas, and are badly in need of assistance for reconstruction of their houses along with employment, reports NewAgebd. ‘We don’t know how we will fare in the coming days, especially during ... Read more
VoIP watch to go on
4 lakh subscribers of three companies left in the lurch The BTRC will continue its investigation of illegal VoIP activities by any telephone operator or Internet service provider and shut them down, if found guilty, as it did in cases of three private landline companies and 18 ISPs recently, reports The Daily Star. Bangladesh Telecommunication ... Read more
Genetically modified food ‘unfit for consumption’
Genetically modified foods or crops should not be classified as food at all, as they are liable to cause various health problems affecting the liver and kidney, and hence unfit for human consumption, said a noted agriculturist, reports UNB. Dr Mohammed Ataur Rahman of International University of Business Agriculture and
RCC plans to sell bottled water as treatment plants lie idle
The Rajshahi City Corporation has planned to sell bottled water by using all of its four idle water treatment plants when the city’s one-third population, mostly poor, are out of its water supply network. The RCC circulated a notice on March 2 in this regard, seeking proposals from interested
Additional 4.8 lakh tonnes of hilsa produced in 6 yrs
Jatka Preservation Week Begins Today Additional 4.8 lakh tonnes of hilsa produced in 6 yrs An additional 4.83 lakh tonnes of hilsa worth Tk 12,075 crore has been produced in the last six years since the government started implementing jatka (hilsa fry) preservation programme. Around five lakh fishermen are directly involved in catching hilsa in ... Read more
2.5 lakh children die from preventable causes a year
Around 2.5 lakh children die from easily preventable causes in Bangladesh a year before they reach the fifth birthday, speakers at a national consultation on newborn and child survival said yesterday. Save the Children organised the consultation to launch a five-year worldwide campaign titled
Motor show ends on high note
Most of the participants in the three-day Dhaka Motor Show that ended yesterday were happy as they witnessed a huge turnout and many of them bagged satisfactory spot orders. Rangs Ltd, the sole distributor of Mitsubishi brand cars, sold eight new cars at the show — the highest number followed
Laptop to be made in the country soon
Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) will sign an agreement with Malaysian company Think F Transistor (TFT) to produce laptop in the country for Taka 12,000 only. TSS Managing Director Ismail Hossain told the news agency that all paper works in this connection have been
Singer launches summer sales campaign
Singer Plus, the retail chain from Singer Bangladesh, launched its special summer campaign on March 16, the company said in a statement. The campaign — “Discount Bahu Gune, Summer Tour London-e” — will award two lucky buyers of the company’s fridge, television, airconditioner, IPS and Singtech Pc, with a
GP declares 60pc cash dividend
Grameenphone (GP), the only listed telecom company in Bangladesh stockmarket, has recommended 60 percent cash dividend for the year 2009. The recommendation was made at GP’s board meeting on Friday, according to price sensitive disclosure by the mobile phone operator published in
HSBC, Shanta Properties sign memo
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd in Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding with Shanta Properties Ltd at the bank’s corporate lounge premises in Dhaka recently. Shanta Properties chief executive officer Kamal Uddin Ahmad and HSBC Bangladesh
Bangladesh district portals hacked
Some 20 out of 64 district web portals of Bangladesh were hacked on Saturday. “Mission is now complete .Who will be next,” says the hacked sites’ messages. The messages read, if you need help contact me: emilindianhacker@hotmail.com. The hackers claimed that they are from India. The text on the hacked sites also reads: “Secure
Soccer giants fire blank
The high voltage Bangladesh League match between the traditional rivals Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club ended in a goalless draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday. But the term ‘High Voltage’ was not seen produced in the match due to bite less attacks and counter attacks throughout the match. However,
EC asks 3 parties to explain status of student bodies
The Election Commission has asked three political parties to notify the commission about the affiliation with their respective student organisations. The EC Thursday issued letters to the political parties in this regard mentioning some press reports and speech of the leaders of the Awami League, the BNP and the
BTRC shuts down RanksTel operation
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission on Friday shut down all operations of the Ranks Telecom Ltd, brand-named RanksTel, for its alleged involvement in illegal voice over internet protocol business and arrested three of its top executives. The arrested officials of RanksTel, a public-switched telephone network operator, are general manager
52 students get world highest marks
Thirty-one Bangladeshi students secured the highest marks worldwide in 14 subjects in GCE O-level examinations and another 21 in six subjects in A-level exams in 2008-2009 academic session. Two students obtained A grade in 11 subjects in the 2009 O-level exams and three others in six subjects in the
1.27 lakh students drop out this HSC session
More than 1.27 lakh out of about 7 lakh students enrolled in Class XI in the 2008–2009 academic session to take the HSC and equivalent exams of 2010 have dropped out, reports NewAgebd. Of the total 1,27,844 lakh students who dropped out, 61,796 are female, according to statistics available with the
National vitamin A+ campaign on May 29
National vitamin A plus campaign-2010 will be observed on May 29 with feeding over two crore under 5 children vitamin A capsules and de-worming tablets with a view to preventing childhood blindness, reducing child mortality and strengthening immunity. Children aged 1-5 years will be fed a high powered