Despite a drop of prices in the wholesale spice market, retailers are still charging customers high for items like raisins, cumin, cloves and cardamom. Prices of some spices dropped by as much as Tk 150 a kg a month ago, according to data gathered by The Daily Star. However, visiting Karwan Bazar, Palassy and Moulvibazar, a ... Read more
Month: August 2012
Govt to issue MRPs before getting police clearance
The government has asked the passport and immigration department to issue new Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) in 15 days for emergency and in 30 days for regular before getting police verification reports to contain sufferings of the passport seekers home and abroad. The decision came on Sunday at a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s ... Read more
Russia agrees to provide 85pc fund
Nuke Power Plant Russia agrees to provide 85pc fund Loan agreement by year end Russia has agreed to provide as credit 85 percent of the estimated Tk 12,000-15,000 crore needed for setting up the first-ever nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. It will initially provide $500 million (around Tk 4,000 crore) for conducting necessary studies and ... Read more
PM for global actions to end poverty
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for concerted efforts of the international community to fight against poverty and hunger as the two issues had global origins and implications. “The whole world needs to mobilise its resources, share experiences, research findings and technology, and fully commit themselves to implementing global and national plans and
No admission test this year
Medical Colleges No admission test this year There will be no admission tests for public and private medical colleges this year as students will be enrolled on the basis of their SSC and HSC results. This was decided at a meeting at the health ministry yesterday with Health and Family Welfare Minister AFM Ruhal Haque ... Read more
329 BDR rebels get jail terms, 7 acquitted
BDR mutiny case 329 BDR rebels get jail terms, 7 acquitted A special court of the Border Guard Bangladesh on Sunday jailed 329 members of the Bangladesh Rifles Sports Board and members of various directorates of the BDR for varying terms ranging from four months to seven years on charge of mutiny in its headquarters ... Read more
Sayedee corrects name, age after 50 years
JS panel formed to examine A parliamentary panel, on Sunday, has assigned a sub-committee to investigate changes in the name and age of detained Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh leader Delawar Hossain Sayeedee, that were reportedly made 50 years after he had passed his Dakhil examination. Whip Sk. Abdul Wahab will head the three-member parliamentary investigation committee, which
Yunus not telling truth: Muhith
The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, on Sunday said that Muhammad Yunus was not telling the truth when he said that the government was out to grab Grameen Bank with its various activities and Yunus’s saying such things were harmful for the country. ‘He is running unnecessary campaigns that the government wants to take ... Read more
Hajj flights begin on Sept 17
Hajj flights from Dhaka to Jeddah will begin on September 17 and continue till October 30 this year. Biman Bangladesh Airlines along with Saudi Arabian Airlines and Nas Air will carry a total of 1,12,568 Hajj passengers from Bangladesh, the civil aviation secretary, Md Atharul Islam, said on Sunday. ‘The national flag carrier Biman has ... Read more
CGA turns into den of graft: TIB
The office of the Controller General of Accounts has become a den of corruption as each service provided by the office has ‘specific spread of bribe’, a report of Transparency International, Bangladesh said on Sunday. The report named 23 services provided by the CGA office and their corresponding bribe spread where the highest amount in ... Read more
Rain, traffic chaos batter life in Dhaka
Long bumper-to-bumper tailbacks were seen on almost all major streets yesterday as a daylong drizzle intensified traffic jams, causing immense sufferings for thousands of city dwellers. Passengers passed agonising minutes waiting in their vehicles to cross intersections. Most roads that lead to the major shopping hubs and exit points
BSF kills Bangladeshi
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot a Bangladeshi cattle trader dead in Goborda area of India, opposite to Boikari border of Satkhira, early yesterday. The deceased is Ataur Rahman, 30, from Babulia village in Satkhira. Villagers in the bordering area said BSF personnel of Goborda camp in India’s
Tribunal orders completion of Mir Quasem probe by September 27
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday ordered its investigative agency to complete the probe of the Jamaat’s detained executive council member, Mir Quasem Ali, by September 27. The tribunal fixed the date after prosecutor
Banks post mixed profits
Loan provisioning weighs on earnings Earnings of listed commercial banks showed a mixed trend in the first six months this year with half of the banks posting growth in net profit. Net profit of the remaining banks declined during January-June, compared to the same period last year, according to the banks’ half-yearly disclosures made public
Banks open on Thursday
Banks will remain open on Thursday in Dhaka and other areas where garments factories are concentrated, Bangladesh Bank said in a notice yesterday. Banks are also allowed to open all or specific branches on Saturday, ahead of the Eid festival. The branches of all commercial banks in Dhaka, Savar, Ashulia, Gazipur, Narayanganj,
Blake to carry Bolt legacy
In the run-up to the London Olympics Glen Mills faced one sweet problem on whether to pursue Usain Bolt for further glory or prepare Yohan Blake to break the final barrier. Now the Games is over and Mills, the coach of Racers Track Club in Jamaica, where both Bolt and Blake train, can happily look ... Read more
Jamaica’s win cements Bolt’s Games
If Beijing belonged to Michael Phelps, London belongs to Usain Bolt. The fastest man on earth completed a unique, unprecedented triple double after running anchor as Jamaica crushed the world record to win the men’s 4X100 metres relay at the Olympic Stadium in London on
2012 ‘off-the-chain’
London Olympics 2012 2012 ‘off-the-chain’ If there ever was a one-word summary to describe the 30th Olympiad in London, the USA athlete DeeDee Trotter found it during one of many press conferences at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday. “Off-the-chain,” said Trotter and the whole room burst out laughing. “And that is putting it mildly,” she ... Read more
A question and grim reality
The American journalist was clearly irritated by the presence of so many Bangladeshi newsmen at the press conference after almost every athletics event at London. He had no clue as to why a country would be so highly represented despite them having no stake in any of the events. Spurred on by the question from ... Read more
Pybus satisfied with Europe outcome
Bangladesh coach Richard Pybus is confident that the national cricket team is shaping up well ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 as the players are more or less settled in the side with several T20 matches under their belt after their tour of Europe. ‘What is important for us is that we have got a ... Read more