Six junior school certificate examinees were killed in a road traffic accident on their way to an examination centre in Shibganj upazila of Bogra district on Monday. The accident took place on Bogra-Rangpur highway near Kashipur around 12:45pm when a Rangpur-bound bus coming from Bogra rammed a human hauler carrying JSC
Month: November 2010
50pc applicants to get new power line
After a break of more than seven months, power distribution agencies are going to give new electricity connections to consumers on some specific conditions, including installation of solar panels. A power division notice on Monday said 50 per cent of the applicants would be
Realtor, land owner of tilted building sued
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha on Monday sued the developer and land owner of an eight-storey building at Kathalbagan in the city that tilted toward a bordering building after two of its floors subsided on Sunday night. The city development authorities on Monday filed the case accusing real estate company A Asian Comtech BD Ltd managing director ... Read more
CIP status for 10 top taxpayers
The government has decided to reward 10 top taxpayers with the status of Commercially Important Person every year to encourage people to pay direct tax. The decision came at a weekly cabinet meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The cabinet also approved a policy subject to
Laptop to cost only Tk 15,000
Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) will start manufacturing and assembling laptop and notebook computers in the country within six months in collaboration with a Bangladeshi IT company and a Malaysian equipment manufacturer. Under the joint venture initiative, the highest price of a laptop or notebook will be
Gas Dev Fund policy still in limbo
Petrobangla shuns BERC confce The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission in a technical conference on Monday failed to finalise a draft policy for spending the Gas Development Fund due to the absence of any authorised official of Petrobangla, the designated keeper and spender of the fund. The BERC chairman, representatives of the Consumers’ Association of
RMG workers go berserk over pay
Workers of three garment factories in Savar and Gazipur went on the rampage on Monday, demanding wages under new wage scales and payment of festival allowance and protesting at reduction in overtime allowance. Workers also blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur for about an hour. At least 16 workers were injured as the police charged ... Read more
The black swan
Sarwar Ahmed It was a chilly April morning when Fakhruzaman, my Bangladeshi colleague who works for Syngenta in Europe, drove me for a sightseeing tour through the idyllic English countryside near Cambridge. We stopped over for some tea and muffins in a restaurant next to a small river. White swans floated on the cold water ... Read more
Google celebrates 115 years since the discovery of X-rays
You’ll notice that today the Google logo looks very special, it’s in honor of the 115th anniversary of the discovery of X-ray radiation. The twin ‘O’s in the Google logo, an animated GIF, pulse gently with a radioactive glow. The search-engine’s logo is shown as an x-ray with bones forming the six letters, with other
Emma Watson Faces Topless Picture
EMMA Watson is in panic mode after discovering she’s at the center of a topless picture scandal. According to Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper, a snap of the Harry Potter actress — which apparently shows Watson with a towel around her waist standing by a hot tub — is being emailed between students at the ... Read more
Golmaal 3 vs. Action Replayy: And the winner is…
Aishwarya Rai, Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, etc. etc- we had loads of stars fighting it out this Diwali as two big and promising flicks hit the theatres together. While Action Replayy came with a baggage of retro feel, Golmaal 3 ushered in lots of chuckles and guffaws. But who has won the box ... Read more
1 of 2 waterbuses on circular waterway out of service
One of the two waterbuses plying the Aminbazar-Sadarghat waterway has remained out of service for about a month, causing sufferings to the commuters. The passengers have to wait for hours for the only waterbus, Turag, which touches each of the four landing stations every three to three and
Private Medical College
Six more get govt’s nod while many limp The government has approved six more private medical colleges, including three homeopathic and one dental, while many are running without ensuring standard of education. Before approval of the medical colleges, the government should scrutinise the teachers at the institutes, said Prof Pran Gopal Datta, vice-chancellor of
RUET admission tests begin today
4,000 candidates are expected to compete for 485 seats The first year admission tests for bachelor’s degree courses in the 2010-11 session at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology will be held today. A total of 4,000 candidates are expected to compete for 485 seats in the tests to be held from 9:00am to 11:30pm ... Read more
‘300 lakh to be displaced if sea-level rises by 1 metre’
The state minister for environment and forest, Hasan Mahmud, on Sunday said that 30 million people would be displaced and 17 to 19 per cent of the country would be submerged by water if the sea-level rises by 1 metre. Hasan Mahmud made the comment while addressing a seminar on ‘Degradation of
Three killed, 25 injured in road accidents
At least three people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Netrakona, Lalmonirhat and Chapainawabganj on Saturday and yesterday. Our correspondent from Netrakona reports: A construction labourer was killed and 15 others injured in a road accident in Rampur-Durgashram road under Kendua
Rush of admission seekers on first day
Viqarunnisa Noon School Rush of admission seekers on first day Sale of admission forms for class I of Viqarunnisa Noon School began yesterday with many parents of admission seekers returning empty handed due to a huge rush of applicants. A large number of guardians thronged all four branches of the school from early morning with ... Read more
Dhaka stocks finish flat
SoE share prices continue to fall Dhaka stocks opened the week flat with the DSE general index gaining 1.79 points on Sunday as a rise in share prices of banks and insurance companies was cancelled out by a fall in share prices of state-owned enterprises which have been losing prices in their shares following the ... Read more
Economy improving but investment scenario depressed: MCCI
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that the country’s economy has improved in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, with the turnaround in the trade sector and strong growth of domestic demand. The overall investment scenario, though still depressed, is improving as investments
StanChart closes forex deal with PHP
Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh has closed the first dollar-taka seagull deal in the country with PHP Group. This was the first transaction of its kind and the largest dollar-taka option deal executed so far in Bangladesh, StanChart said in a statement yesterday.