The shopkeepers may keep their business open throughout the night after 15 Ramadan across the country ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr. It was disclosed on Sunday at a press conference jointly organised by Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) and Bangladesh Shop Owners’ Association (BSOA) at the DPDC conference room in
Month: August 2010
DU observes black day today
Teachers, students and employees of Dhaka University will wear black badges today marking the anniversary of the August 2007 campus protests and in protest against repression. The university authorities decided to observe August 23 as ‘black day’ protesting at the wholesale arrest of students and teachers of the university after the August 20–23, 2007 campus
Mob kills old woman
Rumour of Child-Lifting in Ctg Mob kills old woman 30 injured as they clash with cops, attack police station An elderly beggar woman was killed and three other people were injured in separate incidents of mob beating in the city on Saturday night and yesterday following a rumour of child-lifting. Chittagong SP ZA Morshed told ... Read more
Web-only bids to save state millions next year: World Bank
The government of Bangladesh could save millions in goods, public works and services with a secure electronic procurement system, the World Bank country director said Sunday at a meeting that unveiled draft guidelines for e-procurement. Online bids for the $3 billion the government spends annually on supplies and contracts
Operators to see new spectrum prices
The telecom regulator will introduce guidelines to set the spectrum price per mega hertz (MHz) for telecom, internet and other operators. However, spectrum-based service providers oppose such a change, as they now pay only the yearly spectrum fees. Under the new move, the regulator will impose new prices on per MHz spectrum
Country now has 6.18cr cell phone subscribers
The number of mobile phone subscribers across the country surpassed six crore in July despite the mobile operators’ demand to the government for a cut in SIM taxes. The active mobile subscriber base reached 61.845 million at the end of July with the leading operator Grameenphone continuing to add large number of clients and state-run ... Read more
Dosti-WETEX begins on Aug 24
The 7th Women Entrepreneur Trade Expo (Dosti-WETEX) will be held from 24 to 29 this month at BICC in the city. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury is expected to inaugurate the Expo at Milkyway in BICC on August 24. A total of 120 women entrepreneurs from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, ... Read more
New DMD for Fareast Islami Life
Sultan-Ul Abedin Mollah has recently joined Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company as deputy managing director for administration, says a statement. Prior to the new appointment, Mollah was the senior executive vice president and company secretary of
A pleasing day on the filed
The long run-up to the 2011 World Cup began yesterday with the national cricketers having a long slog in the nets as well as in the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium outfield. One would be tempted to go the distance and call it the perfect start as Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s men were given a thorough workout, having ... Read more
Siddons turns focus on individual skills
Improvement of individual skills has now become a top priority as Bangladesh began their practice with the World Cup cricket in their mind at the Sher-a-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Coach Jamie Siddons divided the 26 players of the preliminary squad into four groups with one group called for net practice while the others were ... Read more
Bangladeshi short film “720 Degrees” going to Venice Film Festival
Bangladesh is going to be represented at this year’s 67th Venice International Film Festival by Ishtiaque Zico’s short film “720 Degrees”. It should be considered an achievement for Bangladeshi films, considering this is one of the most prestigious international film festivals. Zico’s film is among 37 short and 45 full-length feature films from 35 countries ... Read more
The hidden costs of traffic
Brendan Weston The city’s traffic has grown increasingly crowded and chaotic for more than a decade, and is a disaster even by the standards of less developed countries (LDCs). Productivity is suffering, as workers with once-short commuting distances now make glacial progress in gridlocked daytime traffic that averages barely five miles an hour. Crowded into ... Read more
Agri varsity celebrates golden jubilee
The golden jubilee of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) was celebrated with due festivity and elaborate programmers on its campus yesterday, says a BAU press release. Marking the 50th founding anniversary, the BAU authorities chalked out a day long programme including hosting of national and university flags, colourful rally, tree plantation, seminar, farmers’
Advance rail tickets from August 31
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling advance tickets from August 31 on the occasion of Eid-ul- Fitr. The BR took the decision considering the convenience of homebound Eid passengers. Md Shajahan, Joint General Manager (Operation) of BR, yesterday told the news agency that advance tickets for different destinations would be sold from Dhaka, Chittagong and ... Read more
Poisonous liquor kills 13
At least 13 persons were killed and 10 others injured seriously between Friday night and Saturday after taking poisonous liquor at Osmani Nagar in Sylhet. Local sources said some people of Goala Bazaar under Osmani Nagar thana started to fall sick from Thursday noon as a result of imbibing locally prepared hooch on
‘I’ll give you blood, you give me performance’
The newly-appointed fielding coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team Julien Fountain urged the cricketers to put the maximum efforts in order to elevate their performances. ‘I will give you blood, sweat and tears and in return you give performance,’ said Fountain who got himself introduced to the members of the preliminary squad for the ... Read more
Rach pens new deal
Rach Gerhard Peter, the German coach of the national hockey team, pledged higher training facilities for the national players during their stay in Germany. Rach, who signed a four-month deal with the Bangladesh Hockey Federation on a monthly salary of $3000, clarified his position regarding the European tour at a press conference at the federation
Riparian vegetation: A corridor for environmental stability
Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman The word “riparian” is derived from the Latin word ‘Ripa’ (river bank).Vegetations bordering water bodies are technically known as riparian vegetations. These vegetations are also called riverine or gallery vegetations as they are grown adjacent to or near rivers. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks are called ... Read more
Assessing climate change impacts on floral diversity
Forest Mensuration Assessing climate change impacts on floral diversity Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman Forest Mensuration provides forest inventory, forest resource monitoring, measurement principles, stand structure parameters, different sampling methods and applications. It takes into account all the resources of a forest, including timber and non-timber vegetation parameters, natural regeneration, lesser vegetation, coarse woody debris, and ... Read more
No respite in traffic jams
The government has taken a series of measures, including closure of schools and colleges during Ramadan and withdrawal of rundown vehicles, but could not bring about any improvement in the city’s traffic situation. The communications ministry has dumped only one old car a day on an average since the drive began on 15 July, 2010 ... Read more