The rural people of Bangladesh would not get ubiquitous access to the internet in the next few years due to a lack of government stimulus in the telecom sector, according to a research jointly conducted by Alcatel-Lucent and World Economic Forum. The study said, with no stimulus, the urban population of Bangladesh may come close ... Read more
Month: July 2011
Garment makers open liaison offices in HK
Ready Made Garments Garment makers open liaison offices in HK Many Bangladeshi garment entrepreneurs are opening their liaison offices in Hong Kong to ensure easy and quick services in businesses, said the industry insiders. The RMG sector entrepreneurs are getting interested to open new offices in Hong Kong also for geographical proximity with China, the ... Read more
Garment orders may slow down
Ready Made Garments Garment orders may slow down Garment makers see a slowdown in orders from international buyers who have now taken a wait-and-see stance as the prices of raw materials are on the slide worldwide pushing the outsourcing agents to rethink about the prices they would offer. The buyers of all brands are waiting ... Read more
Al-Arafah donates solar panels in Habiganj
Al-Arafah Islami Bank yesterday distributed 25 solar panels for free among some poor families at Madhabpur in Habiganj in a bid to boost the rural economy through empowering the poor. The bank handed the panels as part of its corporate social responsibility programme. Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman inaugurated the
Stocks pass four bullish weeks
Stocks gained for a fourth week with high turnover due to active participation of small and institutional investors and the possibility of an increased inflow of money into the market. The benchmark general index, DGEN, gained 4.22 percent or 266 points, to end the week at 6,578. The yardstick of DSE gained 13.89 percent or ... Read more
Population 14.23cr
Fifth census finds it grew by 1.8cr in 10 years Bangladesh’s population now stands at 14.23 crore, which is 1.8 crore more than a decade ago. According to the preliminary data of the latest government census, Bangladesh’s annual growth rate is 1.34 percent. The preliminary report says that more people now live in Bangladesh than ... Read more
Confusion over census outcome
The preliminary results of the fifth census unveiled yesterday became questionable as it contradicts with the numbers projected by different United Nations (UN) bodies and government high-ups last year. As per the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ (BBS) latest census, the country’s population stands at 14.23 crore. The debate over the population surfaced last year when the United ... Read more
Male, female ratio close
The country has 100.3 males against 100 females, though over 119 males live in the capital at present against 100 females. There are 71,255 thousand males against 71,064 thousand females in the country, of which 6,460 thousand males elbowing each other in the capital along with 5,415 thousand females, revealed the
Govt out to eliminate Zia family: BNP
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday staged protests across the country against the warrant issued for arrest of its senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in the August 21 grenade attack case. A Dhaka court on Thursday issued the arrest warrant against Tarique Rahman, also the eldest son of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, and 11 others in ... Read more
Perform official duties without fear: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has encouraged the government officials to perform their official duties without fear of any political manipulation and mishandling. ‘You (government officials) may have your own choice of political party. You may give your vote to a particular party. Those all are your personal matters. But you must do your respective ... Read more
Student dies as brick falls from highrise
A student was killed yesterday as a brick fell on his head from an under-construction multi-storey building on Panthapath in the capital. Habibur Rahman Munna, 18, an HSC examinee of Tejgaon College, died on the spot at around 12:30pm as the brick fell on his head from the 10th floor of under-construction 15-storey Sagupta De ... Read more
Shab-e-Barat tonight
Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, will be observed across the country tonight with Muslim devotees seeking blessings of Almighty Allah for the wellbeing of mankind. The devotees across the country will pass the night through prayers, reading the Qur’an, milad mahfil, zikr, visiting the graveyards of their near and dear ones and offering special
Rumana won’t see, ever
Surgery on her right eye also fails to raise any hope Rumana Manzur is never going to see again. Eye-surgeons of Vancouver General Hospital, Canada failed to restore the optical nerve in her right eye on Friday while hope for the left eye was already shattered. A team of six eye-surgeons and several other eye-experts ... Read more
Save the passengers
Spurt in road accidents Save the passengers The surge in road accidents across the country in recent times is attributed by experts to the deplorable condition of roads, poorly maintained vehicles, untrained drivers, lack of monitoring, violation of traffic laws and corruption of the law enforcers. A spate of road accidents all over the country ... Read more
Essentials’ price racing up
Vegetables going beyond people’s reach Consumers feel the pinch of soaring prices of essentials and vegetables nearly two weeks ahead of the Ramadan. Prices of onion, rice, pulse, sugar and chickpea have already gone up in city markets. Vegetables such as aubergine, bitter gourd and okra have also become dearer in the last few days. ... Read more
TV journalist, 2 others killed in city road accidents
Belal Hossain Chowdhury, 34, joint news editor of private TV channel Somoy and two others were killed in separate road accidents in the city on Saturday, the police said. The other victims were 30-year old Mohammad Yusuf, quality control manager of Vision Garment and 32-year old day labourer Mohammad Elahi
ConocoPhillips blamed for pollution
US oil giant ConocoPhillips has been held responsible for polluting some 4,250 square kilometres (1,650 square miles) of the Bohai Bay. Of the estimated area, 840-square-kilometre area is seriously polluted, according to a report posted on the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) website on Friday. Following its investigation, SOA ordered ConocoPhillips on Wednesday to suspend its ... Read more
2 housewives killed for dowry
Two housewives were killed for dowry in Cox’s Bazar town and Ramu of the district on Thursday. The victims were identified as Rasheda Akter, 25, daughter of Mohammad Hossain, of South Kolatoli village and Sabera Ali Reha, 22, daughter of Sona Ali of Alirjahan in Cox’s Bazar town. Cox’s Bazar police said Mohammad Aziz, 27, ... Read more
11 Mirsarai survivors back home
All eleven students who survived in Mirsarai road crash have returned to their respective homes on Saturday afternoon with sound health after five days of treatment at hospital. ‘We had never thought of survival, but we lost our 40 fellows to whom we would never meet,’ Zahidul and Shuba two students after returning from hospital ... Read more
Low-income groups smoke more: study
Although use of tobacco is widespread in Bangladesh, it is higher among the lower socio-economic groups in both rural and urban areas. According to a recent study, the prevalence of smoking goes down with increasing levels of wealth in both rural and urban settings in the