Share market investors’ confidence hit the lowest ebb last week as Dhaka stocks kept on plunging in every trading session, prompting the market regulators to halt trading for three consecutive days amid violent street protests by small investors. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange last week lost a massive 1249.54
Month: January 2011
Etihad, Emirates win awards
Frequent flyers have recognised Etihad Airways as the best airline, Emirates the best cargo airline and Kuala Lumpur the most popular destination for tourists. The awards organised by travel trade publication The Bangladesh Monitor were announced at the Airline of the Year 2009-10 ceremony at The Westin in
CAPAXPO concludes in Ctg
The three-day Chittagong Apparel, Fabrics and Accessories Exposition organized by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association concluded at CJKS indoor stadium on Saturday. Former commerce minister Amir Khashru Mahmud Chowdhury was the chief guest at the concluding session of the exposition while former state minister for forest Jafrul Islam Chowdhury was specia
10 fibre-reinforced plastic boats for 50 fishermen in Savar
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday in Savar handed over 10 boats, made of fibre-reinforced plastic, to 50 fishermen, one for five men, of the southwestern districts. FAO delivered the boats as a part of its project — ‘Support to Assist Landless, Marginal and Small Farmers to Overcome Soaring Input and Food Prices in Impoverished ... Read more
Socio-economic dev suggested to end harassment of women
Participants in a debate competition on Saturday emphasised social and economic development of women to end gender discrimination and harassment of women in the country. They were addressing the divisional final round of Inter University Parliamentary Debate Competition 2011 at Barisal Model School and
Rokeya Hall reunion held
Former students of Rokeya Hall, one of the oldest female dormitories of Dhaka University (DU), gathered at the hall grounds yesterday for the first reunion ceremony of its alumni association. DU Vice Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the daylong celebration in the morning after which present and former hall members brought out a colourful ... Read more
Orientation for NSU freshers held
North South University (NSU) yesterday held orientation ceremony for its newly enrolled undergraduate students of Spring 2011 semester on its campus in Bashundhara. The students are from the departments of BBA, economics, environment, architecture, English, computer science, computer engineering, computer science and engineering,
Meditation cd launched
Cardiac disorder is likely to take the shape of epidemic in the coming days for wrong lifestyle, unscientific food habit and unnecessary stress or tension, said physicians on Friday. They said smoking, consumption of extra fatty food, fast food and lack of physical exercise were responsible for coronary diseases along with tension and practice of ... Read more
Power scenario grim as summer ahead
2,500mw power shortage in the irrigation season The country is going to face a shortfall of at least 2,500 megawatts of electricity in peak hours in the coming Boro season, informed sources said on the basis of possible demand and generation scenario. The demand for electricity will exceed 6,500 mw by February due to irrigation, ... Read more
Steel will
Briton in wheelchair sets out for a 5,000-mile journey to raise fund for CRP Peter Donnelly, a spirited 24-year-old from St Helens in Liverpool, who is paralysed from the neck down, started rolling back towards his hometown in his wheelchair yesterday. Donnelly, a volunteer for the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP), will ... Read more
Upazila chairs, vice-chairs begin fast unto death
The upazila chairmen and vice-chairmen began a ‘fast unto deat’h at Muktangan Saturday morning to press home their 10-point demand, including making upazila parishads functional. Nearly 300 upazila chairmen and vice-chairmen under the banner of Bangladesh Upazila Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen Oikya Parishad are staging the hunger
Railway to offer 25 new services
Says communications boss, opens commuter train services on N’ganj route In an effort to ease traffic hold-ups, Bangladesh Railway yesterday launched two new commuter train services on the Dhaka-Narayanganj route. The services have been introduced to facilitate more people using the route, railway officials said adding, it would also provide over five thousand people a ... Read more
Private cars fill 70pc city roads
Call is for making rooms for public vehicles Public vehicles like bus; and cycling and walking must get priority over private vehicles to prevent perennial traffic congestion and air pollution in the capital, said environmentalists at a media briefing yesterday. The Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) along with Forum of Environmental Journalists of ... Read more
Akheri Munajat today
Second phase of Biswa Ijtema begins Jan 28 The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest congregations of the Muslims, ends today with Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) on the bank of Turag in Tongi. Eminent Islamic scholar Moulana Jobayerul Hasan of India will lead the concluding prayers starting around 11:00am
Stock loser kidnaps student
Police arrested a private tutor here yesterday for kidnapping a girl student, which he said was an attempt to recover his loss due to the recent stockmarket plunge. The arrestee, Abdul Mazid, 24, hails from Kutubdia upazila of Cox’s Bazar. Mazid kidnapped his student Naima Kaiser, 8, on Thursday on her way back home from ... Read more
Doctor accused of stalking
A doctor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) was suspended yesterday following an allegation of physically harassing a teenage female patient. Saiful Islam, junior consultant of Department of Ophthalmology, allegedly harassed the patient at the outdoor department of the hospital around
BCB celebrates 10 years of Test
The Bangladesh Cricket Board celebrated the nation’s 10 years of Test cricket with a colourful ceremony at the Bangladesh Army Stadium on Saturday. The programme turned out to be the biggest gathering of current and former cricketers who represented Bangladesh in Test and other forms of international
Brothers upset MSC
Brothers Union’s Danilo Rafael and Tanmay Hossain Taru scored a goal apiece in the second half to give the orange outfit their first victory in the Bangladesh League with a 2-0 drubbing of Dhaka Mohammedan SC at the Kamalapur stadium on Saturday. With this win in their fifth match, Brothers climbed two steps up to ... Read more
Salahuddin quits BCB
Mohammad Salahuddin, former fielding coach of the national cricket team and currently working with the GP-BCB National Cricket Academy, has resigned his BCB post on Saturday to join the University Kebangsaan of Malaysia. Salahuddin will work at the university, which is also the national university of Malaysia,
Solid start by Barisal Abahani
Barisal Abahani crushed Mukul Fauj of Pirojpur by 200 runs in their opening match of the Inter-District Club Cup cricket tournament in Patuakhali yesterday. Six other matches took place on the opening day across the country. Modern Club of home side Habiganj beat Phantom Group of Sunamganj by seven wickets and