Dhaka has set a model for disaster management, says Minister The Indonesian Health Minister, Dr Endang Rahaya Sedyaningsih, has said that her country wants to import more quality drugs from Bangladesh and that it is mulling over ways to set up joint ventures with leading Bangladeshi drug manufacturers. The visiting dignitary was talking to The ... Read more
Month: July 2011
Fukuoka: Second Social Business City
Fukuoka has become the second city in the world to be named “Social Business City” for spreading activities based on the much-talked-about economic theory championed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus. Soichiro Takashima, the recently elected mayor of the Japanese city, made the announcement at the closing of the Asian Forum for Social Business that took ... Read more
Agora takes over PQS
Rahimafrooz Superstores Ltd that operates supermarket chain Agora has acquired PQS, another renowned brand. From August 1, all five PQS outlets across the capital will be operated under the brand name of Agora. “We reached an agreement two weeks back to take over PQS. This move is part of an expansion plan we have been working ... Read more
Stocks buck gaining trend
Twin bourses ended a four-day gaining streak yesterday as investors sold shares for profit-taking. The benchmark general index, DGEN, the yardstick of Dhaka Stock Exchange, lost 14 points, or 0.21 percent, to end the day at 6,669. On the port city’s bourse, the selective categories index, CSCX, the indicator of Chittagong
Zakat an effective tool for poverty alleviation: seminar
Speakers in a seminar said zakat was an effective tool for poverty alleviation and suggested that in order to reduce economic disparity and alleviate poverty zakat should be incorporated in the development strategies. Besides, the wealthy people should make appropriate planning for proper distribution of zakat, they said in the seminar on ‘exploring potential of ... Read more
Senior StanChart officials due in town
Sandeep Bahl, managing director and head of financial market sales for South Asia of Standard Chartered Bank, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today, the bank said in a statement yesterday. He is scheduled to meet senior officials of the bank, key clients and regulators. Prior to his current role, he was the managing director ... Read more
Commuters left to suffer
Gridlocks go from bad to worse as traffic regulated for VVIP movement Zihan Saba was sobbing as she entered her school around 2:15pm yesterday. A student of class two, she was 18 minutes late for her second-term exam. Saba’s mother, who accompanied her to Siddheswari Girls High School on Bailey Road in the capital, said ... Read more
Dhaka confers highest honour on Indira
Sonia receives award for her mother-in-law Bangladesh on Monday conferred its highest state honour on the late Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, posthumously for her outstanding contribution to the War of Independence. A special ceremony was held at Bangabhaban where the Indian ruling United Progressive Alliance chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, received the posthumous Bangladesh Swadhinata Sanmanona
Care is the call
Int’l conference presses for law, awareness to ensure rights of special people A two-day international conference on autism opened in Dhaka yesterday with a call for promoting legislative and policy actions to ensure quality healthcare for autistic people, especially the children. The conference has brought together government leaders, policymakers, experts and activists from around the ... Read more
Bangladesh ahead of India in social sectors: Sonia
President of the Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi on Monday praised Bangladesh’s success in reducing fertility rates, underweight children, infant mortality and increasing immunisation, school enrolment, and life expectancy and said Bangladesh is ahead of India in these sectors. “Bangladesh has achieved economic and social success beyond anything thought possible at the
Autism initiatives hold ray of hopes
When Salma Zaman took her four-year-old autistic boy Tawsif to a diagnostic centre, she heard a man asking a nurse whether the test has any side effects on the “abnormal” baby. “I know my child has some problems. But when someone terms him abnormal, it is really heartbreaking,” said Salma, who attended an international conference ... Read more
Metro rail project ready to roll
Loan negotiations, detailed design next month After a hiccup over a partial change in the route, the $1.7 billion metro rail project has gained momentum as its major financier Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) is set to start loan negotiations with the government next month. Experts will begin an exercise next month to prepare a ... Read more
Sugar price yet to come down to govt-set level
The retail price of sugar in the capital was yet to come down on Monday to the level set by the government, while soya bean oil was being sold at the government-set price where it was available. On Monday, it was found that some retailers in the capital were selling sugar at a price higher ... Read more
Tarique asked to appear in court on Aug 8
A Dhaka court on Monday asked Tarique Rahman, the eldest son of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, to appear on August 8 in a money laundering case. Dhaka special judge Mohammad Mozammel Hossain passed the order and said that the court would frame charges against Tarique, also senior vice-chairman of BNP, in his absence ... Read more
HRW urges India to probe border killings by BSF
The government of India should undertake a speedy, fair, and transparent criminal investigation into fresh allegations of killings, torture, and other abuses by the Border Security Force (BSF) at the border with Bangladesh, New York-based organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday. Those against whom there is credible evidence of culpability should be prosecuted ... Read more
Jamuna continues to threaten Sirajganj town
Sirajganj town protection embankment went under serious threat at Ghurka area where about a 90-metre chunk collapsed due to further rise of the river Jamuna on Sunday night. The Jamuna recorded a rise of 1cm at Bahadurabad and 3cm at Serajganj and was flowing 15cm and 6cm above its flood level at the two points ... Read more
Construction worker dies after fall in city
A construction worker died after falling from the fourth floor of an under-construction building in Bashundhara Residential Area in city’s Baridhara on Monday. Police said the worker, Mohammad Miraz, 18, fell down while setting windowpanes at building no-137 of Block-F in the residential area at around
Man killed for protesting at stalking of wife
A man was stabbed to death for protesting at stalking of his wife in front of Comilla Government College in the town Monday noon. The deceased was Nurul Islam Apple, son of Tazul Islam of Chotora area in the town. The police quoting local sources said some spoiled youths had been stalking Ayesha Akter, wife ... Read more
Wireless internet becoming popular
Modem based Broadband Internet Service [BIS] is becoming increasingly popular in Bangladesh, while Banglalion brand is gradually turning into dominant player with Qubee at the second position. Another Service name Zoom, which is offered by Bangladesh’s only CDMA mobile phone operators Citicel is loosing market because of its extremely poor service and the company fails ... Read more
Tigers excited about Test return
Without being unduly bothered about their prolonged absence from the longer-version of the game, the Bangladesh national team players were instead upbeat about getting back to the number one form of the game; Test cricket. Terming the five-day game as the best form, both Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan and new