1 tonne of polythene shopping bag seized A mobile court on Sunday seized about 1 tonne polythene shopping bags from three markets in the Dhaka city. The mobile court filed cases against four polythene sellers in kitchen markets at Gulshan 1, Gulshan 2 and Banani areas in the city and realised Tk 60, 000 in ... Read more
Month: September 2010
Rights activists call to ensure waterway safety
Rights activists on Sunday urged the government to ensure safety and security on the waterway. They alleged that the government had failed to manage properly the waterway journey as it was hostage to the launch-owners. The government should also come up with special measures to make the waterway journey
Degree first yr exam (spl) begins on October 11
Degree Pass first year examination 2009 (special) under National University will begin on October 11. According to NU authorities, students across the country have to sit exams at 2:00pm on scheduled date, a press release said
Korean tiny computer unveiled
Korean venture firm Ocosmos’ collaboration with international giants Intel and AT&T has resulted in the development of a revolutionary new tiny computer. The device called “OCS1”, was unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this week. It has a 4.8 inch screen slightly larger than the Samsung’s 4-inch smartphone Galaxy S and it
Ericsson, Telenor join hands
Ericsson went into an agreement with Telenor for more cost-efficient fixed voice production, said a statement. Ericsson will transform Telenor’s fixed network into one IP-based converged network (IMS), which will provide cost efficiency and prepare the ground for new revenue streams. Telenor secures a future-proof path to converge their mobile and fixed networks, while
Murad Iqbal elected Rehab general secretary
Mega Builders managing director Murad Iqbal Chowdhury was elected general secretary of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh at an executive committee meeting of the association at the REHAB secretariat in Dhaka on Thursday. Murad is also the joint secretary and fair standing committee chairman of
BRAC Bank, Structural Engineers sign deal
Structural Engineers Ltd and BRAC Bank signed an agreement recently. SEL deputy managing director AHM Zahirul Haque and BRAC Bank retail banking head Firoz Ahmed Khan signed the agreement, said a news release. As per the agreement, BRAC Bank ‘Apon Ghor’ clients will enjoy special benefits in
Banglalink, AIS, A2I sign memo
Banglalink, Agriculture Information Service and Access to Information Programme signed a memorandum of understanding recently. The partnership will allow Banglalink to be regarded as strategic ally of AIS or A2I and a part of any mobile integrated service, event and project in the agriculture sector, said a news
UCB holds EGM, AGMs
United Commercial Bank Ltd held its extra-ordinary general meeting and 25th, 26th and 27th annual general meeting for the years 2008 to 2010 at Radisson Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka on Sunday. Bank chairman MA Hashem presided over the meetings, said a news release. In the AGMs, the board approved 50 per cent stock dividend ... Read more
DBL donates microbus to police
Dhaka Bank Limited donated a microbus to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police recently. DBL managing director Khondker Fazie Rashid handed over the key to DMP commissioner AKM Shahidul Hoque, said a news release. Dhaka Bank deputy managing director Kaiser Tamiz Amin, public relations and brand
Govt has anthrax vaccines for only 5pc of cattle
The government has this year produced only 19 lakh vaccines which could vaccinate about 5 per cent of about 8 crore cattle, the country now has, against anthrax infection that broke out in Sirajganj in mid-August. Forty-three cows and 56 goats have so far died of the infection or have even been slaughtered after being ... Read more
31 more human anthrax infection cases reported
At least 31 more case of human anthrax infection were detected at Charkadira of Kamalnagar in Lakshmipur on Saturday. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research is, however, yet to confirm the cases as anthrax infection. The institute till date also did not confirm two anthrax infection
Rawhide and leather sector endangered by anthrax
The spreading of anthrax and the people’s consequent avoidance of beef have reduced the slaughtering of cattle by more than 80 per cent in the past three or four weeks, said traders of hides. The scarcity of cow skins, which make up at least three-fourths of the supply of local rawhides, has hit hard the ... Read more
Polluters must pay
Buriganga Clean Up Polluters must pay Seminar seeks integrated approach for river drive The government must make the polluters pay for cleaning up the river Buriganga and undertake an integrated and scientific approach to this end, demanded leading environmental activists and experts at a seminar in the city yesterday.
74 pc banana ripening with medicines : Study
Almost all (99.3 percent) the farmers use chemical pesticides for banana cultivation, according to a recent study. The study says that for hopper control in banana, 37 percent farmers use Carrate, 33 percent use Sythrin and 22 percent use Ostad while to control fly, 36 percent of the farmers use Sumithion. It reveals that about ... Read more
India, Jordan arrive here
The under-19 women’s football team of Jordan and India arrived in the city yesterday to take part in the Group B qualifying-1 round matches of the AFC U-19 women’s championship that begins on Monday at the Birshreshtha Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur. Iran, the other participants apart from hosts Bangladesh, will arrive today. India will ... Read more
Women’s kabaddi
Bangladesh Ansar and BJMC reached the semifinals of the Meizan National Women’s Kabaddi Championship by winning their respective matches at the Dhanmondi Sultana Kamal Women’s Sports Complex yesterday. In the day’s matches, BJMC defeated Jamalpur by 37-19 points while Bangladesh Ansar
Banglalink to work for farm sector
Mobile operator Banglalink has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Access to Information (A2I) Programme of the Prime Minister’s Office and Agricultural Information Services (AIS) of the agriculture ministry. The partnership will allow Banglalink to be part of any kind of possible mobile integrated
Children toil in brass hell
The melting brass glows in the dimly lit workshop where a coal furnace rages at around 900 degrees Celsius. By the fire, a master carefully casts molten brass into an earthen mould. As soon as the molten metal touches the mould, it ignites with a burst of flame burning a layer of soil and burnt ... Read more
Ten tremors with epicentres in Chandpur region in 6 days
Experts warn major earthquake any time Ten earthquakes measuring 2.0 to 4.8 on the Richter scale having epicentres in the Chandpur areas rocked Bangladesh in the past week, giving a warning of a major earthquake any time, according to the Dhaka University Earth Observatory. The earthquakes included the two that took place on the eve ... Read more