Hundreds of people have been desperately trying to buy a train ticket standing in long queues for hours when some are comfortably wangling it from black marketeers. Despite different measures taken by the authorities to stop irregularities, black marketeers are still active at Kamalapur railway station. They are offering home-bound people tickets at a rate ... Read more
Month: August 2012
BSF kills Bangladeshi cattle trader
The Indian Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi national and injured another in Moheshpur border in Jhenaidah on Monday. Cattle trader Jahidul Islam Laltu, 38, died at the Jessore General Hospital at about 7:00am while injured Sahinur Rahman, 29, underwent treatment at the same hospital, the hospital officials
Hand over Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover by Feb 28: Nanak
The contractor of the under-construction Gulistan-Jatrabari flyover, also known as Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover, has been directed to hand over the flyover to the Dhaka South City Corporation by February 28 next year. Besides, the state minister for LGRD and cooperatives, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, on Monday also directed for shifting the gas, power, water and
Applications for 1,65,000 MRPs put on hold
At least 165,000 passport seekers, who had applied for passports, in the last three months, to go abroad for jobs or medical treatment, are in serious trouble, due to delay in getting machine-readable passports (MRPs), because of delays in importing passport booklets, and lengthy process of police verification. As a result, a vested quarter is ... Read more
Hiroshima Day observed
The 67th Hiroshima Day was observed in Bangladesh on Monday as elsewhere in the world, marking the dropping of atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan on 6 and 9 August 1945. A number of organisations in Bangladesh observed the day with programmes. The Bangladesh Peace Council organised a discussion at ... Read more
LDCs need game-changers to reach development goals
Experts suggest as an international conference comes to a close Least developed countries (LDCs) need some game-changers to reach their development goals, an expert said yesterday. They should impart more inclusive education and training to their children as the present education and training system is not working, said Jean-Francis Regis Zinsou, ambassador and permanent representative of ... Read more
215 out of 244 projects remain incomplete
ADP projects for FY12 215 out of 244 projects remain incomplete About 215 development projects, out of the total of 244 that were scheduled to be completed under the Annual Development Programme in fiscal year 2011-2012, remained incomplete at the end of the year. A report of the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division released on ... Read more
Govt to set up Tk 187cr industrial park for printers
BSCIC and Mudran Shilpa Samity set to sign deal The government plans to set up an exclusive industrial park for the printing industry at an estimated cost of Tk 187 crore in Munshiganj. Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) will develop the park at Sirajdikhan upazila on nearly 50 acres
No changes in monetary policy right now
Atiur says BB will follow inflation rates of both the base years until December Bangladesh Bank is not going to bring any change in its monetary policy right now though inflation rate was shown around 3 percentage points less as per the new base year over the old one. BB Governor Atiur Rahman said they ... Read more
Govt to offer 5 new licences for life insurance business
The government will offer five new licences for life insurance business and to prohibit bank loans in establishing such business entity. The finance ministry has finalised a guideline that said the minimum paid-up capital for life insurance companies would be
Dhaka stocks break 5-day losing streak
Dhaka stocks rose on Monday breaking a five-day losing streak on bargain hunting. DGEN, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 1.29 per cent, or 52.41 points, to close at 4,092.28 points. Turnover of the bourse increased to Tk 239.08 crore on the day from
Internet price slashed by 20pc
The government yesterday slashed internet bandwidth prices by 20 percent to Tk 8,000 per megabit per second (Mbps), as promised by Telecoms Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju in January. The industry insiders say the new price will allow the internet service providers (ISPs), including the mobile operators and WiMAX providers, to decrease the internet
BB raises limit for banks’ cash transaction report to Tk 10 lakh
Bangladesh Bank has raised the limit for cash transaction report for commercial banks to Tk 10 lakh from the existing Tk 7 lakh. The BB issued a circular on Sunday to the managing directors and the chief executive officers of all commercial banks asking them to follow the instruction on submission of the CTR with
Dipu Moni seeks Nepal’s cooperation in water resources, hydropower
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday invited Nepal to participate in the sub-regional move initiated by Bangladesh for cooperation in water resources management and hydropower sector for the benefit of the people. There was immense potential for cooperation between Bangladesh and Nepal in areas of water resources and hydro-power to harness the synergies in these sectors on
Banks asked to keep branches open on Aug 18
BB to release new Tk 20 note Bangladesh Bank on Monday asked the commercial banks to keep open all or some of their branches on Saturday (August 18) to facilitate banking ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. The BB issued a circular in this regard asking the banks to take adequate security measures to keep the branches open ... Read more
BGMEA works for a better industrial relationship
The country’s garment makers are now working on how to implement the Better Work Programme of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to establish a better industrial relationship between the workers and the factory managements. Lejo Sibbel, ILO’s senior design adviser of the Better Work Programme, and
Friends of Yunus express concern for Grameen Bank
Members of Yunus Shurid (Friends of Yunus) at a meeting in Chittagong yesterday expressed deep concern over the recent proposed change in the legal structure of Grameen Bank. Professor Muhammad Sekandar Khan, vice chancellor of East Delta University and also the convener of Nobel Laureate Dr Yunus Shurid (Friends) Chattagram, presided
Poor Eid sales worry northern weavers
More than three lakh handlooms in 10 upazilas of Pabna and Sirajganj are abuzz with activities targeting sales during this Eid season. But the weavers in the major handloom clothing zone of the country are worried about low sales even in this peak shopping
People swarm Kamalapur for train tickets
Many people, who failed to buy advance train tickets the previous day, swarmed the Kamalapur railway station in the capital on Monday to manage tickets for their journey before and after the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Many of them, however, blamed mismanagement for their sufferings standing in long queues for hours. The Bangladesh Railway started selling advance ... Read more
His creations to be cherished forever
Humayun Ahmed His creations to be cherished forever Says Sust VC Humayun Ahmed’s writings were immensely popular and those would be cherished by millions forever, said Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Sust) Vice-Chancellor Prof Saleh Uddin yesterday. There is not a single family which has not read the charismatic storyteller’s books and the eminent ... Read more