EU envoy Stefan Frowein on Thursday expressed concern about the delay in implementing the new minimum wage for garment workers. Speaking at a press conference in the capital, organised by the Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Bangladesh, Frowein said, “I am concerned about the four
Month: August 2010
DCC drivers mint millions
Fortune favours Dhaka City Corporation drivers as they created classic stories of rising from rags to riches. Their bosses wouldn’t disagree that over half a hundred DCC drivers minted millions out of the spare fuel oils, some of whom now drive luxury cars of their own, reports banglanews24.org, a
Dhaka stocks keep hitting records
Dhaka stocks continued to rally for the third session in a row Thursday, taking the indices to another high. The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) rose 0.34 per cent or 23.37 points to end at 6,743.20, outpacing all time high of 6,633.46 recorded in the previous session. The gain was led by banking, engineering and ... Read more
Singapore to hire 40,000 trained domestic helps from Bangladesh
Singapore has proposed to take some 40,000 trained Bangladeshi women as domestic help. The proposal came on Thursday as a delegation of Singapore Association of Employment Agencies called on expatriate welfare and overseas employment minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain at the secretariat in Dhaka. The delegation informed the minister that Singapore would recruit 1.90 lakh domestic
Eco-tourism fair kicks off
A three-day fair with a focus on green trade, environment and eco-tourism began at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka yesterday. Dr Ainun Nishat, environmentalist and vice-chancellor of Brac University, inaugurated the fair as a special guest. Despite being a low carbon-emitting nation, Bangladesh unfortunately suffers more
AddPack telecom products launched
The Express Systems Limited on Wednesday launched a range of video conferencing and internet telephony products of AddPack in the country. The ESL will distribute various AddPack products for IP (internet protocol) telephony, VoIP (voice over internet protocol), video surveillance, and video
Nazimuddin back after 2 years
BCB announces provisional squad for NZ series Nazimuddin has been recalled to the national fold when Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 26-member provisional squad for the upcoming five-match one-day series against New Zealand at home. The right-hander had started with lot of promise but soon jeopardised his international career by joining the banned Indian ... Read more
Fountain rushes into business
Julien Fountain, the new fielding coach of Bangladesh cricket team, arrived in Dhaka on Thursday and made no delay in working out his plan with head coach Jamie Siddons. Hours after his arrival, Fountain went to the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and met the acting chief executive of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, to complete
Tigers take on Canada, Pakistan in warm-ups
Bangladesh will take on Canada and Pakistan in their two warm-up games ahead of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The Tigers will take on the North Americans in Chittagong on February 12 and Pakistan in Dhaka on February 15. England will take on Canada, also in Dhaka on February 16 while England also play
Shakib six-for destroys Surrey
Shakib Al Hasan’s six-wicket haul powered Worcestershire to their fifth win in the County Championship Division Two competition as they recorded a massive 238-run win over Surrey at the County Ground in New Road yesterday. Requiring 369 runs in the second innings to win the match, Surrey were already in
Actors Apurbo and Prova tied the knot
TV actors Ziaul Haque Apurbo and Sadia Jahan Prova tied the knot last Wednesday, according to Apurbo’s family sources. The wedding took place in Mymensingh in the presence of a few close friends of both Apurbo and Prova. Apurbo’s family, particularly his mother is happy for her son. Incidentally, Prova was engaged to someone else ... Read more
Jennifer Aniston, Anne Hathaway, And Liv Tyler Are Possible Credit Card Fraud Victims
A Beverly Hills salon owner is being accused of ripping off several high profile celebrities by making unauthorized charges to their credit cards. Maria Gabriella Perez, owner of Chez Gabriella Salon, has allegedly racked up $280,000 in charges on her clients’ credit cards over the course of a year. “fraudulently [charging] approximately $280,000 worth of ... Read more
Joy in jail as 1,000 prisoners set free
About 1000 prisoners are being set free on Thursday in what jail authorities say is the largest mass release in the history of the country. The inmates, who have already served 20 years imprisonment, are being released from 61 jails across the country under title 569 of the prison code, which grants amnesty to prisoners ... Read more
Agricultural breakthroughs
Khamin writes about the researches that have made positive differences to our agriculture sector Being mainly an agrarian economy with agriculture being the largest producing sector, the increasing performance in the sector in Bangladesh, has been fuelled by various scientific researches conducted over the past three decades. The fruition of the researches has brought about ... Read more
Lost pride of Muslin can be revived
Industries Minister Dilip Barua on Wednesday said the pride of Muslin that has gone astray could be regained by modernising the design of the traditional Jamdani. “I believe Jamdani saree and handlooms of Tangail will ensure its global acceptability through bringing modernism into its design and fashion,” he said, while addressing the inaugural ceremony of
Hridi Haq in a new avatar
Audiences in Bangladesh are familiar with Hridi Haq’s acting skills on TV and stage. They have also seen her as a TV show host, and enjoyed the serial “Amader Anandobari” written by her. However, in “Nineteen Twenty”, a serial aired on ntv, she displays her latest feat as a director. She has also been hosting ... Read more
Three popular Kolkata singers on Banglavision Eid-special show
One of the highlights of Banglavision’s range of special programmes for this coming Eid is a musical programme featuring three popular artistes of Kolkata. The programme, titled “Ek Mutho Roddur”, will be aired in two instalments and will include performances by Lopamudra Mitra, Rupankar and Shilajit. The first instalment of the show will feature Lopamudra ... Read more
Bridging the divide
Sarwar Ahmed It was hot and humid with an overcast sky. As we stopped to talk to farmers about progress of rice transplantation near Soling More Bazar, at Mowna, Gazipur, the water flowing through the wayside ditch was not the usual mud colour. It was bluish-black, with a disagreeable smell. In the midst of rice ... Read more
No new department without own campus, says education ministry
Private universities, which failed to shift to their own campus will no longer be allowed to open further departments. According to the Private University Act, it is mandatory to own a campus within five years of opening, a condition which only nine out of 54 private universities managed to
Dhaka stocks reach new heights
Experts warn market becoming ‘too risky’ The bullish Dhaka stocks continued to soar on Wednesday reaching new heights amid experts’ warning that the market had become ‘too risky’ for investors, especially newcomers. The benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange crossed the 6700-point mark for the first time on Wednesday to close at 6,719.83 ... Read more