Yet to make cars, Bangladesh is set to enter the global automotive industry by hosting a Draxlmaier lab for designing interior facilities for top brands like BMW, Mercedes and Cadillac. World’s leading suppliers to auto industry, Dräxlmaier Group decided to set up it’s a state of the art design lab in Dhaka, the company’s first ... Read more
Month: October 2010
Tidal surge, downpour kill 9
High tidal surges inundate coastal areas At least nine were killed on Friday in wall collapses, lightning strike, tidal surges and trawler capsize during downpour began on Thursday and continued till Friday afternoon. Tidal surges whipped up about seven feet high by squally weather influenced by a depression in the Bay of Bengal also inundated ... Read more
Woes befall Aila-hit people again
People, still struggling to recover from the traumatic experience of the cyclone Aila, are leaving their homes for safer places or cyclone shelters fearing another disaster as depression driven rains and tidal surge flooded vast areas in Dacope and Koyra upazilas of the district over last few days. ‘Tidal surge has submerged vast tracts of ... Read more
Power crisis likely to end in 2012
Outages start to ease in Dec; govt eyes 11,000MW power during its tenure A quarter of the persisting electricity crisis is likely to go by December with five new rental power projects coming into operation. The government expects that by the end of next year, bulk of the load shedding will be averted and by ... Read more
Speed monitoring system by April
To start on Dhaka-Ctg highway, then other highways to check accidents The government will introduce a monitoring system by next April to control vehicle speed on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in a bid to curb road accidents. Other highways across the country will be brought under the system in phases, said a Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA)
No step yet to ban hydraulic horns: Public nuisance, health hazard
The sound pollution due to use of hydraulic horns is now a days creating public nuisance, posing a serious health hazards to the dwellers of the country’s metropolitan cities, particularly the capital, medical experts said. Most of the pollution comes from the use of hydraulic horns, used in various vehicles, particularly buses and trucks. There are ... Read more
Deals on border haat, trade this month
Faruk to lead business delegation to India Oct 20 A business delegation led by Commerce Minister Faruk Khan will leave for New Delhi on October 20 aiming to ink a number of deals related to investment, border haat (market) and removal of trade barriers. During the four-day visit, a number of issues including duty-free access ... Read more
140 missing Bay fishermen victims of climate change
The Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods (CSRL), Oxfam International’s local alliance of 200 local- national civil society and grass-root level organizations yesterday expressed grave concern regarding the media reports of the 7th October reporting that following rough sea conditions 140 fishermen are missing in the Bay of Bengal
ED postal workers go for work abstention from today
World Post Office Day today More than 24,000 extra-departmental workers of the postal departmental announced to hold work abstention for 12 days beginning Sunday demanding allowance increase while the country observes0 World Post Office Day today. The Bangladesh Postal Department will hold a discussion and cultural events at the
Social isolation is like smoking 15 cigs a day health wise
We all know that smoking, drinking and eating too much rubbish is bad for us. But now scientists have discovered that loneliness can be even more damaging to your health. Yes, good friends really can be a lifesaver. A new study from Brigham Young University in Utah, has discovered that the support of friends, family ... Read more
Radical steps must to end traffic mess
Though the government has taken various initiatives for curbing traffic congestion, no tangible sign of improvement is visible in almost all the important points in the capital Dhaka. The government’s efforts to ease the nagging traffic congestion have failed due to shortage of equipment and lack of coordination among the agencies, sources said. High officials ... Read more
Dancer Munmun explores acting
Dancing means very much to her and she loves it more than everything else. Munmun Ahmed, an established Kathak dancer, who has achieved this position after years of learning, hard work and perseverance, has been showing a keen interest in acting in dramas and films alongside her dancer career nowadays. Munmun is playing the role ... Read more
‘Moner Manush’: in search of soul
Bangladeshi audience got a chance to have a first look on ‘Moner Manush‘, the latest film by eminent Indian director Gautam Ghosh which is all set for have a world wide release on December. Channel i has organised a special screening of the film for noted cultural personalities of the country on September 30 at ... Read more
New power connections from Nov 1
BERC to decide further power tariff increase Power distribution agencies will on November 1 start giving new connections ending a suspension of new connections, enforced on April 1, which was extended twice in six months, officials said on Thursday. ‘We will start giving new connections on November 1. But it will not be possible to ... Read more
Rain sweeps country
Heavy rainfall and tidal surge influenced by the low in the Bay of Bengal have inundated many districts and chars in the coastal belt. Heavy to very heavy rainfall from Tuesday lashed the coastal region and some other parts of the country, Dhaka Met office reported
5th population census begins March 15
The government is planning to put in place a strong population and households database for development planning and implementation through the 5th national census of population and households beginning from March 15. The minister for planning, AK Khandaker, at an exchange of views with the chiefs of
Govt withdraws red alert on anthrax
The government lifted on Thursday the ‘red alert’ on anthrax it had issued a month back in the backdrop of an outbreak infecting cattle and human beings. The government withdrew the alert to remove ‘unnecessary fear’ of the disease among the people, the minister for fisheries and livestock, Abdul Latif Biswas, told a news briefing
Hajj flights begin today
Hajj flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines begin tonight with a Boeing-747 carrying 477 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The flight is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Jeddah at 10:40pm. About 94,000 pilgrims from Bangladesh are likely to perform hajj this year, Biman officials said. Around 55,000 Bangladeshis performed hajj last
5 warehouses fined, asked to shift
Storing Chemicals 5 warehouses fined, asked to shift Two mobile courts yesterday fined five warehouses Tk 9.4 lakh for storing inflammable chemicals at Tipu Sultan Road, Lalbagh and Bangabandhu Avenue in the city without obtaining licence from the fire brigade. The courts realised the fine instantly and ordered the owners to shift their warehouses from ... Read more
Two more die from chemical factory fire
The Wednesday’s chemical factory fire in Dakkhin (South) Jatrabari claimed two more lives. Rimu Begum, 26, and Sheuli, 21, succumbed to their injuries at the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital early yesterday. With this the death toll in the fire incident rose to nine. Injured Aminur Begum, 25, and Bishu ... Read more