Forming bands nowadays in this country is far from being a ‘big deal’. One only needs a good drummer who is able enough to play some basic beats, a guitarist to play a couple of accurate chords and a good vocalist who sings in tune and voila! A new band is formed to join the ... Read more
Month: September 2012
World’s No 1 surrogate mother
The world’s most prolific surrogate mother has told how she is pregnant again and planning to give away baby number 13. British-born Carole Horlock, who moved to a farmhouse near Bordeaux, France, said she will hand over the child to an Italian couple without even giving it a cuddle. The 45-year-old added that she’s delighted to ... Read more
Culinary talent hunt begins
A countrywide culinary talent hunt titled ‘Monitor-Malaysian Palm Oil Chef of the Year-2012’ was launched on Wednesday at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital. Travel publication The Bangladesh Monitor has been organising this competition for eight consecutive years while Malaysian Palm Oil Council has joined their
116 get CIP cards
The government yesterday awarded 116 businesspeople the status of commercially important persons (CIPs) for their outstanding performances in business, especially in export. Commerce Minister GM Quader handed over the CIP cards to the businesspeople at a function at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. The commerce ministry and
Nazimgarh Resorts gets TripAdvisor award
Nazimgarh Resorts in Sylhet has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award, the resort said in a statement yesterday. The award marks hospitality excellence, and TripAdvisor is the world’s largest travel site that helps travellers plan trips through advice from real travellers and other supportive
Road bridge, if need be
PM tells JS on Padma project funding Expressing her government’s firm determination to construct the Padma bridge, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that if better funding was not available, the government would build only the road bridge, excluding rail facilities, with its own money in the interest of quick construction. “We picked a ... Read more
Dhaka too noisy
Call for tough action against polluters The capital’s noise pollution is driving its citizens crazy. The most comm on sources of noise pollution here are the construction and transportation systems. Despite having a law to check the pollution, city dwellers, especially the heart patients, senior citizens and children, have no respite from noise, as loud ... Read more
Mobile users pay high for P1 internet package
Mobile phone operators have been charging high for the ‘pay as you go’ or ‘P1’ internet package for the past seven years despite the internet bandwidth price having fallen several times in that period. Grameenphone, for instance, charges Tk 20 for every megabyte (MB) used under the P1 package, meaning a usage of 1 gigabyte ... Read more
Hallmark laundered Tk 1,000cr
The Anti-Corruption Commission has found that the Hallmark Group had laundered Tk 1,000 crore illegally by using at least 50 bank accounts in the last three years, an ACC official told New Age on Tuesday. He said that the group’s 18 companies used at least 30 local public and private as well as foreign banks ... Read more
Sonali Bank to file case against its officials, Hallmark MD
Sonali Bank management will file criminal cases in a day or two against some of its officials and Hallmark Group managing director and chairman in connection with swindling of more than Tk 3,606 crore from the bank, a top official of the bank told New Age on Tuesday. ‘We have already made the first information ... Read more
Writ seeks judicial commission to probe Hallmark scam
A writ petition filed with a High Court bench sought a direction to the government to constitute a judicial commission to investigate and ascertain the truth about the ‘blame game of the Sonali Bank loan scam’ in order to award exemplary punishment to the perpetrators and abettors of the scam. The petition, filed as public ... Read more
18 companies of Hallmark Group obtained TIN but did not submit tax returns
The National Board of Revenue has found that 18 associate companies of the Hallmark Group did neither submit tax returns nor paid taxes for any fiscal year though the companies have obtained tax identification numbers as business entities, NBR officials said on Monday. The NBR will serve notice very soon to the companies asking why they ... Read more
DSE turnover tops Tk 900cr again
Dhaka stocks gained on Tuesday amid active participation of the large-scale investors with the turnover of the bourse crossing Tk 900 crore after four and a half months. DGEN, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 1.30 per cent, or 56.73 points, to close the day at 4,413.90 points
Web portal on climate change research launched
The International Centre for Climate Change and Development at Independent University, Bangladesh, together with the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, Action Research on Community Adaptation in Bangladesh, and the International Institute for Environment and Development have jointly launched a new web portal to provide information on climate change
Shah Abdul Karim’s third death anniv today
Today is the third death anniversary of the legendary baul musician Shah Abdul Karim (February 15, 1916 – September 12, 2009). One of the most influential baul composers from the greater Sylhet region Shah Abdul Karim was born and brought up in the village of Ujan Dhol, in Derai Upazila of Sunamganj. He lived there ... Read more
Leading singers present diverse Nazrul songs
Diversity in Nazrul’s creation had been presented in the rendition of some timeless Nazrul songs by the leading singers of the music genre on Monday at the Sawkat Osman Auditorium of the Central Public Library. Bangladesh Nazrul Sangeet Sangstha organised the programme titled ‘Jaha Chai Jeno Joy Kore Pai’ marking 36th death anniversary of the ... Read more
Miles leaves Dhaka today for US tour
Popular band Miles left Dhaka for its month-long official tour in the US. The band will perform several concerts in different cities in the US tour on Tuesday. It will be the Miles’ second tour in the US 16 years after since its first official visit in the US as a first Bangladeshi band in ... Read more
VEET Channeli Top Model 2012
After creating waves in its first season, “VEET Channel i Top Model” is once again coming to rock Bangladeshi TV. In this regard, a press conference was arranged at Channel i centre on September 10. Reazul Chowdhury, managing director, Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh Ltd; Faridur Reza Sagor, managing director, Impress Telefilm Ltd; Adil Hossain Nobel, one
Superb Salma sinks SA
A rollicking batting performance by Captain Salma Khatun, in the post-rain session, gave the Bangladeshi women’s cricket team their second T20 victory this year in the first of three T20Is against the visiting South Africans at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. Bangladesh, who had to chase down a reduced target of 73 in 13 overs, ... Read more
Suspended ban for Nafees
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) disciplinary committee found Shahriar Nafees guilty of misconduct and imposed a ‘suspended sentence’ on the left-handed batsman. The disciplinary committee talked with the player and team officials yesterday before taking the decision against the left-hander, who was sent back home because