Jatrabari Road DCC official draws flak from locals The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) administrator was severely rebuked by transport workers and local people at Jatrabari in the capital yesterday while he was accompanying the communications minister to check the condition of roads. Such a situation ensued after a Chittagong-bound luxury bus of Saudia Paribahan
Month: July 2012
Comedy at city kitchen market
Guided and controlled by business and shop owners’ associations, a parliamentary body yesterday expressed “deep satisfaction” over price of essentials following visits to two major kitchen markets in the capital. Consumers and even sellers at these wholesale markets termed the Jatiya Sangsad body’s visit “farcical”. They said such visits in motorcade accompanied by police force, market
Bus operators worried about highway traffic management
Long-distance bus operators expressed concern about the current state management of highways and urged the government to improve it to make Eid time journeys comfortable for millions of passengers during the country’s biggest religious festival. They said that millions passengers would face problems reaching home unless
Fresh edn ministry meeting fails to end BUET stalemate
Another meeting of the education ministry, held on Monday on the crisis bedevilling the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, ended without making any major headway to end the stalemate. The BUET teachers, agitating for removal of vice-chancellor Professor SM Nazrul Islam and pro-vice-chancellor Habibur Rahman, decided to continue their sit-in programmes until their
HC overturns Mamun, wife sentences
The High Court on Monday overturned a special court verdict that had sentenced businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun to 10 years and his wife Shahina Yesmin to three years in 2008 for amassing property of Tk 111.3 crore illegally. The bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman
400 workers cheated by manpower agent
Job Regularisation in Malaysia 400 workers cheated by manpower agent Around 400 Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia were allegedly defrauded by an employment agent in the job regularisation process. The victims said as per an agreement, they paid Malaysian Ringgit (RM) 3,000 (Tk 90,000) each to an agent earlier this year and were supposed to pay ... Read more
A prerequisite for sustainable development
Natural Resource Governance A prerequisite for sustainable development Rukshana Sultana The constitution of Bangladesh — article 143– illustrates that all natural resources on land and underground minerals and other things of value underlying the ocean within the territorial waters, or the ocean over the continental shelf of Bangladesh, are the properties of Bangladesh. In general, ... Read more
Shopping malls, markets abuzz with Eid shoppers
Shoppers have started thronging shopping malls and markets in the capital, with the biggest religious festival for the Muslims, Eid-ul-Fitr, still more than three weeks away. All the major markets in the city are now experiencing huge rush of customers and salespersons are passing very busy time coping with the rush of customers. ‘Shoppers are ... Read more
Export to India drops in FY12
Bangladesh’s exports to India declined to $498.41 million in the just concluded financial year of 2011-12 from $512.51 million in the financial year 2010-11 despite slight increase in apparel exports. Export Promotion Bureau officials said that exports to the neighbouring country declined by 2.75 per cent in FY12, after year-on-year growth in two previous years, ... Read more
BB asks banks to take measures against fake notes
Bangladesh Bank on Sunday asked commercial banks to take necessary measures against fake currencies so that the counterfeiters cannot operate ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. The BB issued a circular to managing directors and chief executive officers of all commercial banks asking them to guard against counterfeit notes as significant amount of money would be
FBCCI wants fish export ban
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Sunday requested the government to ban export of fishes till the end of Ramadan. The apex trade body in a press release said that its monitoring cell had observed that prices of all kind of fishes had increased and gone beyond the purchasing capacity of ... Read more
Implementation jumps to 92pc in unusual spending spree in June
ADP in FY 2011-2012 Implementation jumps to 92pc in unusual spending spree in June The implementation of annual development programme got an unusual extra pace in June, the last month of the just concluded fiscal year 2011-2012, and jumped to 92 per cent at the year end from 70 per cent in 11 months. The 54 ... Read more
2 new BB depts to promote digital banking, client service
Bangladesh Bank has introduced two new departments — payment systems department and financial integrity and customer services department — to promote digital banking and to enhance the clients’ interest protection, said central bank officials. The central bank issued two circulars on the launching of the departments
Most troupes are inactive
Secretary general of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGTF) Jhuna Chowdhury tells New Age that most of the theatre troupes are inactive across the country. According to Jhuna Chowdhury just over 100 out of over 300 members of the federation are active at present. ‘Just imagine about a hundred troupes are completely inactive and another 100 more
Ahmed Sofa: Voice of the underprivileged
July 28 marked the 11th death anniversary of Ahmed Sofa. On the occasion, writers, social and cultural activists placed wreaths at his grave at the Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard in Mirpur, Dhaka. A number of institutes and writers associations also organised discussions on his life and immense contribution to Bangla literature. Ahmed Sofa was one
Then and now
Afzal Hossain on the evolution of TV drama Afzal Hossain is the emblem of our country’s golden age of TV drama. Often regarded as the most successful actor on Bangladeshi TV, Afzal began acting as a member of Dhaka Theatre, when he was a student of the Institute of Fine Arts. He was a regular ... Read more
Syque nearly made it
After two disappointing displays in archery and shooting, Bangladesh finally have got something to tell in Olympics 2012 when gymnast Syque Caesar nearly made it to the final round on Saturday. Syque missed pommel horse and rings events because of a torn bicep and yet finished 17th in all-round category which earned huge plaudits in ... Read more
Bindra in for big battle
When Abhinav Bindra takes the range at the Royal Artillery Barracks today, he will be keenly followed by a 71-member strong Indian media contingent and millions of fans back at home. Never a country expected so much from one single athlete who shot India to glory four years ago in Beijing, winning their first ever ... Read more
Tigers return quietly
The Bangladesh national cricket team returned home quietly on Sunday after completing their tour of Europe where they played six Twenty20 Internationals against Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands. The tour, organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board as part of the Tigers’ preparations for the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, had a mixed experience for ... Read more
Ryan wins medley gold as Phelps finishes fourth
Ryan Lochte thrashed American compatriot and double Olympic champion Michael Phelps to take 400m individual medley gold. Phelps, the greatest all-round swimmer his sport has seen and gold medallist in both Athens and Beijing, was left without even a bronze as Brazil’s Thiago Pereira took second and