DSE crosses 7,400-point mark The government is planning to invest the employees’ provident fund in the local bond markets to increase the balance of the funds, officials of the finance ministry have said. They said the balance of the provident fund declined to around Tk 260 crore at the beginning of the current financial year ... Read more
Month: October 2010
Ericsson, Huawei to develop Airtel network in Bangladesh
Bharti Airtel has said it has selected Swedish telecom equipment-maker Ericsson and Huawei from China as vendors to deploy, expand and manage its mobile network in Bangladesh. It was announced at a press conference held in the city yesterday. High officials of Bharti Airtel and Warid Telecom were present at the
Tax returns deadline ends
The last date for the submission of tax returns ended yesterday as the government refused to extend the deadline. About nine lakh people have submitted tax returns this year, up nearly 18.9 percent from last year, according to the officials of the National Board of Revenue
RMG testing lab opens in Dhaka
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Spanish retail giant Inditex have jointly opened a testing laboratory at the BGMEA office in Dhaka to conduct chemical and dye tests of exportable clothing items. Inditex will provide technical supports for setting up the lab, which will go into
Home Loan Fair of HSBC begins today
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Ltd in Bangladesh is organising a two-day long ‘Home Loan Fair” at Sheraton Winter Garden from 8 to 9 October 2010, in association with some of the leading real estate companies of Bangladesh. A few renowned home appliances and home decor solution providers are also participating
Bay Leasing gets new MD
Bay Leasing and Investment Ltd has appointed Iftekhar Ali Khan as its managing director recently, says a statement. Prior to joining Bay Leasing, he also served a Singapore based finance company as country head. Starting career with ANZ Grindlays Bank, Khan joined Standard Chartered Bank in 1994 as
IDLC Securities opens Uttara branch
Brokerage firm IDLC Securities Limited, a subsidiary of IDLC Finance Limited, recently opened its 9th branch at sector 4 of Uttara in Dhaka. IDLC Finance chairman Anwarul Huq and chief executive officer and managing director Selim RF Hussain, also chairman of IDLC Securities, inaugurated the branch, said a
Bank Asia holds 5th Shariah council meeting
Bank Asia held the 5th meeting of its Shariah council at the bank’s board room at Motijheel in Dhaka on Monday. Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman, a member of the Shariah council of the bank, presided over the meeting, said a news
Rain threatens to ruin second ODI
Incessant rain over the last 24 hours caused by a depression over the Bay of Bengal threatens to ruin today’s second one-day international between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The pitch at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium has remained under cover for the last two days and it is unlikely to be removed unless there is a ... Read more
Ctg Abahani face Police in Fed Cup opener today
Chittagong Abahani face Bangladesh Police in the inaugural match of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Kamalapur stadium at 3:30pm today. Grameenphone officially entered the Bangladesh football arena declaring itself as the new football partner of Bangladesh Football Federation in the logo unveiling ceremony at
Opening NCL round washed out
The fourth and final day’s play in all three-matches of the National Cricket League opening round were washed out as Khulna made great escape against Dhaka in Rajshahi. A defeat was on the menu for Khulna after they were reduced to 14-1 in the second innings having to chase a winning target of 390 runs ... Read more
Shakib wants captaincy issue resolved
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had to work very hard to convince Shakib Al Hasan to lead the team in today’s second one-dayer of the five-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. It was learnt that the world’s number one all-rounder, who almost single handedly guided his team to nine-run victory in the ... Read more
Athletes continue to frustrate
Bangladesh athletes as usual produced below-par performances in the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Thursday. Bangladesh shooters Sabrina Sultana and Sharmin Shilpa were far off from their best when it was most required as Sabrina scored 558 to finish 15th among 17 shooters in the singles event of
Wheelchair hero Hafizur
Md Hafizur Rahman became runners-up in the 26th Handi-marathon in Japan, a wheelchair run competition for persons with disability. The physically challenged athlete from Dhunot of Bogra district won the laurel in Nagoya city on October 3 where participants from South East Asia, South Korea, Philippines, Thailand and
Hattrick beckons Europe
It will be a battle between Europe and the Rest of the World when the two-day Rover Cup, Bangladesh’s annual equivalent of the Ryder Cup, kicks off at the Kurmitola Golf Club today. Steve Wilson, head of Chevron Bangladesh, will captain the European team that will be on the verge of completing a hattrick against ... Read more
Bangladesh in Group E
Asiad Football Bangladesh in Group E Bangladesh have been pitted along with Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong in Group E in the football event of the 16th Asian Games which will be held from November 7 to 25 in the Guangzhou province of China. A total of 24 teams will be vying for ... Read more
Int’l kabaddi underway
Japan beat Bangladesh Police 23-8 with two creditable ‘lonas’ in the opening match of the Meizan International Club Cup Kabaddi that began yesterday at the Kabaddi Stadium in Paltan. Earlier, Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation president Khandakar Hasan Mahmud formally
Google to launch Google TV this month
Google launched an extensive mini-site dedicated to the Google TV, the company’s service announced earlier this year designed to integrate TV watching and the Internet. One of our goals with Google TV is to finally open up the living room and enable new innovation from content creators, programmers, developers and advertisers. By bringing Google Chrome ... Read more
Sundarbans comes to Nat’l Museum
To a person, who has not made a trip to the Sundarbans, the first floor of the city’s National Museum can be an ideal place to glimpse the biodiversity of the world’s largest mangrove forest. Inside a newly constructed diorama, one can see the monkeys of the forest clinching with the Sundari trees, the deer ... Read more
German radio starts airing Bangla programmes
A German radio station, Deutsche Welle (DW), officially launched its programmes in Bangla using the FM frequencies of the state-run radio station Bangladesh Betar yesterday. Listeners in six divisional cities — Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur — can reach DW programmes from 8:00am to 8:30am, and 8:00pm to 8:30pm