Grameenphone signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Information Commission to help raise citizens’ awareness by sending free text messages yesterday. Grameenphone (GP) will now disseminate public awareness messages under the Right to Information Act (RTIA) to the 70 million mobile clientele and help implement the
Month: January 2011
Nokia’s Ovvigota programme ends
Oviggota, an initiative of mobile phone manufacturer Nokia to empower the final year university students with experience of corporate life, ended at Spectra Convention Centre in Dhaka on Sunday. Nokia Emerging Asia took up the project, Oviggota, few months ago to equip the students with basic skills for enabling the leap towards corporate
Sajeeb Group launches consumer offer
Sajeeb Group inaugurated a consumer offer on Sajeeb Ready Mix Bhuna Khichuri with the title of ‘Sajo Sornalongkare, Maato Bhuna Khichurir Saday’on Sunday. In every purchase of 50-gram pack of Sajeeb Ready Mix Bhuna Khichuri (mug dal, mosur dal, mixed dal), a consumer will get a scratch card and by rubbing this scratch card will ... Read more
BASIC Bank holds branch managers’ conference
The first conference of branch and operational managers of the BASIC Bank Limited was held in Dhaka Saturday. The bank’s chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu appreciated the efforts of the officials in making an operating profit of Tk 215 crore in the year
New DMD for Prime Bank
Md Golam Rabbani was promoted as deputy managing director of Prime Bank recently. Prior to this assignment, he was the senior executive vice president of the bank, said a statement. Rabbani started his career in 1977 in Bangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha and joined Prime Bank on
Windmill Infotech, NITS Service sign deal
Windmill Infotech Limited, a call centre operator, and NITS Service Pvt Ltd, a vehicle tracking GPS hardware and software provider, signed a deal at Banani in Dhaka on Thursday. Md Tanjirul Basher, chief executive officer of Windmill Infotech, Arup Kumar Chaki, CTO of NITS Service (Pvt) Ltd, and Al-Monsul Aklim Ahmed, CMO of NITS Service ... Read more
Fast bucks, dangerous
Over 3 lakh innocent lured into investment with promise for hefty returns by unipay2u; central bank raises swindling alert If you open an account with $65 (Tk 4,500), you will be allowed to purchase up to 75 grams of gold worth Tk 157,000. Once you deposit the money, the purchase is done. The benefit is ... Read more
Drivers ignore meter compliance
Commuters in the capital city had to pay exorbitant fares on Sunday, the first of the new arrangement, as the drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws, barring a few exceptions, continued to charged more and refused to go by the meter. Auto-rickshaw drivers charged fares in excess, often several times more that the newly fixed
Road crashes kill 2 in city
Two persons including a class-V student were killed in road accidents at the capital’s Demra and Jatrabari yesterday. The dead were identified as Monir Hossain, 13, a student of Mannan Government Primary School and a resident of Basherpole at Konapara in Demra, while Afaz Uddin, 55, a resident of Konabari in
Felani killing by BSF gross HR violation: Odhikar
Human rights organization Odhikar in a fact-finding report it released on Sunday said that India’s Border Security Force had breached the border agreement between Bangladesh and India by killing innocent girl Felani Khatun. The report, which interviewed the victim’s family, villagers,
Bangladeshi tortured by BSF dies at RMCH
A young Bangladeshi farmer, who was tortured by the Indian Boarder Security Force on Saturday in Singanagar-Moksedpur border area in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital early Sunday, the police said. The victim, Shahjahan Ali, 22, was a resident of Singnagar Hatatpara village in the upazila,
Bangladeshi scientist stabbed to death in China
A Bangladeshi scientist was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant at a dormitory of North-West A and F University campus in Sanji province of China on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Md Khairul Alam, 32, son of Md Akimuddin of Keshabpur in Jessore. Khairul, a scientist of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), ... Read more
Easy ride for Muktis
National striker Mithun Chowdhury scored a goal in each half as Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra squeezed a 2-1 win over Feni Soccer Club in the Bangladesh League at the Kamalapur stadium on Sunday. The win took Muktijoddha to the second position in the league table, three places up from their previous standing, with nine points ... Read more
Much ado about nothing
The much talked-about match between arch-rivals Abahani and Mohammedan Sporting Club had an anti-climactic finish with the Dhanmondi outfit recording a 10-wicket victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Medium pacer Abul Hasan bowled a fierce spell to take four wickets, including three in
First win for Doleshwar
Prime Doleshwar registered their first win in the Dhaka Premier League when they shocked Kalabagan KC by four wickets at the Fatullah stadium on Sunday. Bangladesh Biman took a giant leap towards Super League after eking out a 12-run win over Orient SC in another match at the BKSP
Siddik finishes fifth
Siddikur Rahman finished in the fifth position after the end of the final round of the Gujarat Kensville Challenge Golf Tournament on Sunday. Siddik opened his fourth day just as he did in the third round with a bogey but he recovered at the third hole by hitting his first birdie of the day. Although ... Read more
Asif axed from higher training
Commonwealth gold medallist Asif Hossain Khan has been excluded from a four-member squad for the advanced training offered by the International Olympic Council ahead of the 2012 Olympic in London. The executive committee of National Shooting Federation of Bangladesh has picked up promising shooter Saida Sultana, back-in-form Sharmin Akhter, Abdullah Hel Baki and Ramjan Ali ... Read more
Handball teams win in India
Both men’s and women’s handball team of Bangladesh got off to winning start on the opening day of International Friendship Handball Tournament in Haldia in West Bengal state of India yesterday, said a press release from Bangladesh Handball Federation. Men’s team handed a 31-24 defeat to their Nepalese counterparts after leading the first half
Panasonic launches novel tech products
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic launched its multifunction printers and hybrid IP-PBX systems for the Bangladesh market in Dhaka yesterday to meet communication needs of small- to mid-size offices. Panasonic’s KX-TDA 100D hybrid IP-PBX system provides the features and flexibility to handle corporate communication needs of today and future, said Hiroyuki Fukuda, chief engineer of
Salt farmers seek ban on import
Salt producers in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday demanded a ban on ‘unnecessary’ salt import from India and Myanmar to protect the sector. They also demanded that the government should have a strong mechanism to monitor the whole process from production salt to its marketing to reach the salt to retailers at lower