Two GMs also removed The government on Tuesday made Sonali Bank Limited deputy managing directors Atiqur Rahman and Mainul Haq officer-on-special duty following the bank’s financial scandal in siphoning out around Tk 3,600 crore by the Hallmark Group. The ministry of finance in an order on the day made the officials of the state-owned bank
Month: September 2012
BUET crisis lingers
Students rigid in their demand for removal of VC The situation in the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology took a turn for the worse due to the rigid stance adopted by anti-vice chancellor students and top administrative figures of the university. Agitating BUET students were uncompromising in their demand for the removal of the ... Read more
Remove 2 HC judges
Demand treasury bench MPs during discussion at JS over verdict on Speaker’s ruling In a heated discussion in parliament, a number of ruling alliance lawmakers yesterday accused two High Court judges of violating the constitution and demanded that they be removed for delivering a controversial judgment on the Speaker’s June 18 ruling. The two — ... Read more
JCD central committee named
New guards overaged, mired in controversies A 201-member central committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, backed by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was announced with Abdul Kader Bhuiyan Jewel and Habibur Rashid Habib, are in or close to their forties, as president and general secretary. Some of the leaders said that Kader and Habibur had ... Read more
3 syndicates, 31 operators supplying Yaba
Dhaka to urge Yangon to shut down 37 factories Dhaka will urge Yangon to shut down at least 37 yaba factories, run by extremist and militia groups, in different states of Myanmar. The request will be made at a high-level meeting between the directors-general of the narcotics departments of the two neighbours, scheduled to be ... Read more
Witness says Alim ordered killing of young men in 1971
The second prosecution witness against former BNP minister Abdul Alim, who was also a lawmaker, told in International Crimes Tribunal 2 on Tuesday that Alim had ordered the killing of many young people in Jaipurhat during the war of independence in 1971. The witness, Md Saidur Rahman, now 67, also told the tribunal that Alim, ... Read more
10th prosecution witness against SQ Chowdhury cross-examined
War Crimes Trial 10th prosecution witness against SQ Chowdhury cross-examined reedom fighter Kazi Mohammad Nurul Absar on Tuesday testified that a cook of a restaurant at Chandpura in Chittagong was arrested in September 1971 after an abortive attack by freedom fighters on the life of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. The cook was brutally tortured in custody ... Read more
JS session begins without opposition
Speaker asks MPs to speak gently as children may be watching Speaker Abdul Hamid on Tuesday asked the lawmakers to be guarded in their speech in the House to ensure that their words would not have a negative impact on the minds of the children who watch the sessions on TV. The speaker made the ... Read more
Fitness certificate scheme up against a wall
Only 41 BRTA inspectors to examine more than 15 lakh vehicles Worn out public vehicles are plying on city streets with gusto, owing to a palpable lack of parity between the number of such vehicles and that of transport inspectors. Also, an attempt to outsource vehicle fitness certificates through motor workshops has hit bureaucratic hurdles, ... Read more
Oman road crash kills 4 Bangladeshis
Four Bangladeshi workers were killed in Muscat, the capital of Oman, on Monday when a truck carrying them lost control and hit iron barriers along the road, reports Gulf News. The bodies of the Bangladeshi workers were transferred to the Royal Oman Police Hospital morgue in Muscat. The names of the dead could not yet be
Woman killed as bike hijackers shoot couple
Gunmen shot dead a woman and injured her husband before hijacking the couple’s motorbike in Gazipur yesterday. The dead is Zulekha Begum, 22, and the wounded Shamim Hossain, 32. A gang of four in a car chased the couple and blocked their way at Salna of Gazipur around 6:00am. The couple were on their way to ... Read more
100 Bangladeshi workers in UAE to lose jobs
Visa Transfer Trouble 100 Bangladeshi workers in UAE to lose jobs One hundred Bangladeshi workers are to lose their jobs as the United Arab Emirates authorities have rejected their new employer’s plea to transfer their visas and let them work on their existing visas. The migrant workers from Dubai said they earlier worked at Hastie ... Read more
Theatre fest to celebrate Lucky Enam’s 60th birthday
A six-day theatre festival to celebrate the 60th birthday of actor-director Lucky Enam begins today at the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Enam’s troupe Nagarik Natyangan in association with Shilpakala Academy will arrange the fest that will feature six plays directed and performed by her. Six well known journalists
Samsung Galaxy Y top selling entry level smart phone: research
The handset usage trend in Bangladesh has taken a sharp turn as users are getting more inclined to using smartphones. Among the top choices, users are more interested in using the entry level smartphones because of their affordable prices. Recently, one of the biggest research organisations in the world GfK Group conducted a
BCB reviewing clauses
Tender for Worldwide Media Rights BCB reviewing clauses The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is in the process of rethinking some tough clauses following a poor response to their international tender for worldwide media rights. The board has already extended the timeline for obtaining tender documents and submission of tenders by another seven days in order ... Read more
Kamal faces strong opposition over cricketers’ councillorship
With the election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board scheduled for November, the councillors of the board started to pull up their socks by raising their voice against the president AHM Mustafa Kamal at a meeting at the Nationals Sports Council recently. Kamal recently wrote a letter to the NSC for retaining the councillorships of 15 ... Read more
Lone veterinary surgeon for 2,161 animals at Dhaka Zoo
Dhaka Zoo has been providing healthcare services including regular medical check up to about 2,161 animals with a single veterinary surgeon. Zoo officials said from the very beginning of its establishment in 1974, this popular recreational hub of the country has only one sanctioned post of veterinary surgeon, two assistants and only one
Standard DNA profiling possible in Bangladesh
Claims NFDPL chief The chief of National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory (NFDPL) yesterday refuted claims that DNA profiling of murdered journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi was not possible in the country. The NFDPL chief, Prof Sharif Akhteruzzaman, said they read about the claims from recent newspaper reports. He was addressing a press conference ... Read more
H&M purchase to double in five years
Swedish retail giant seeks to buy more garments from Bangladesh H&M, the Swedish retail giant for clothing, will double its annual outsourcing volume from Bangladesh to around $3 billion within the next five years. The biggest outsourcing company for Bangladeshi garment items said they get products at competitive prices from the country. Leaders of Bangladesh Garment ... Read more
Remittance grows 6pc year-on-year in Aug
The month of August saw non-resident Bangladeshis send $1.167 billion in remittance, down by 2.84 percent from July’s receipts of $1.201 billion, the central bank said yesterday. The figure, however, is 6 percent higher than the $1.102 billion recorded for August 2011. This is the ninth consecutive month that Bangladesh has received over one billion ... Read more