Tk 3,606cr Recovery Sonali Bank mulls differently Wary of legal implications for forged papers used in Hall-Mark loan The Sonali Bank is looking for ways to get back around Tk 3,600 crore it lent to Hall-Mark and five other companies on false documents as the repayment has become uncertain. The state-run bank now wants the ... Read more
Month: October 2012
Tanvir on 29-day remand
Arms case filed against the Hall-Mark boss Tanvir Mahmud, managing director of Hall-Mark Group of Industries, and Tushar Ahmed, general manager of the company, were each placed on a 24-day remand in three cases over the Sonali Bank loan scam yesterday. The Hall-Mark MD was also placed on an additional five days’ remand in an arms ... Read more
Metro rail project to get underway
Ministry expects no further delay, hopes to finish by 2019 The metro rail project has finally gathered momentum after nearly three-year delay over change of route with the government deciding to appoint a consultant to prepare a detailed design of the metro rail from Uttara third phase to Motijheel. Several international companies that have been ... Read more
Robi opens new unit to run towers efficiently
Mobile operator Robi Axiata has set up a new concern to provide support to its back-up equipment as part of its efforts to improve the overall quality of its service, an official said yesterday. “We have more than 8,392 base transceiver stations across the country. It is not possible to maintain them without any dedicated ... Read more
Tourism fair begins Thursday
The government needs to act fast to ensure rapid growth in domestic tourism with better services and road communication, said an association of the tour operators yesterday. “The number of domestic tourists is increasing at 10 percent a year. Now the government should provide them with better accommodation, security,
First Bangladesh made warship launched
The first-ever warship built by Bangladesh was launched by Foreign Minister Dipu Moni through a ceremony at Khulna Shipyard yesterday. The warship, categorised as a patrol boat, was built by Khulna Shipyard at a cost of Tk 58 crore and will be handed over to Bangladesh
Nadir Shah in fixing scandal
Well-known Bangladesh ICC panel umpire Nadir Shah has been plunged into controversy after Indian television channel India TV conducted a sting operation that has revealed that six umpires from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, Shah among them, were willing to give wrong decisions during a game
Hall-Mark MD arrested after daylong drive
Sonali Loan Scam Hall-Mark MD arrested after daylong drive Tanvir Mahmud, managing director of Hall-Mark Group, and another top official of the controversial firm, were nabbed by the Rapid Action Battalion last night in the capital’s Pallabi in connection with the Sonali Bank loan scam. The other official is Tushar Ahmed, general manager (commercial), also ... Read more
Heritage, treasures all burnt
Sectarian violence at Ramu Heritage, treasures all burnt Buddha relics, several hundred statues of the Buddha, hundreds of ancient manuscripts and religious scriptures, mostly dating back to the 11th to the 12th century and about 5,000 copies of the Tripitaka in different languages were either burnt or looted during sectarian attack by the Muslims on ... Read more
Stop polluting Dhaka rivers
Task force gives 2-month time to plug sewage lines The Inter-ministerial Task Force on rivers has served on the capital’s house owners a two-month ultimatum to stop discharging excreta into the river and to make their own septic tanks. At present a large number of house owners link their sewage lines with the storm sewerage
58pc children still need basic services
13 percent engaged in child labour Bangladesh made significant progress in promoting child rights during the last five years but around 58 percent children are still deprived of one of six basic services, says a government draft report. The draft of the Fifth Periodic Report on child rights labels shelter, sanitation, water,
3 Bangladeshi farmers injured in BSF firing
Three Bangladeshi farmers suffered serious injuries shot at by Indian Border Security Force troops at Chakpara frontier in Shibganj upazila on Sunday morning. The farmers Setabul Islam, 45, his brother Abu Sayem, 30, and Saidur Rahman, 32, were irrigating their crop fields near border pillar no 182/3 at
Profit-taking sends stocks slipping for third day
Stocks slid for the third day in a row as investors continued with their selling spree to pocket profits. DGEN, the benchmark General Index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, finished the day with 4,542.64 points, after declining 103.43 points or 2.22 percent. The day, however, started on a positive note, with the market gaining 44 points ... Read more
Jamuna Future Park to open soon
Jamuna Future Park, one of the world’s largest shopping mall, is going to open soon beside Baridhara Diplomatic Zone in the capital, according to a statement yesterday. There is an allotment of 120 bighas of land for the Jamuna Future Park Complex, 33 bigha of which is being used to build the
Unregistered SIMS banned from Friday
Mobile operators will not be able to sell pre-activated connections from Friday as the telecom regulator introduced a raft of measures to tighten the registration process to fight crimes committed using cellphones. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said mobile operators would have to stop purchase and sales of all kinds of pre-activated SIM (subscriber identity ... Read more
Rimi takes oath as lawmaker
Ruling Awami League candidate Simeen Hussain Rimi, who won the Gazipur-4 (Kapasia) by-polls, took oath as a lawmaker yesterday. Speaker Abdul Hamid administered oath to Rimi in his office in Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Rimi’s mother Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, a number of AL leaders and officials of the
13 killed in road accidents
Thirteen people were killed and 31 others injured in road accidents in Munshiganj, Manikganj, Comilla, Chittagong, Naogaon and Rangpur on Saturday and yesterday. Our Munshiganj correspondent reports, four people were killed and eight others injured as a bus hit a pickup from the opposite direction in
Increase JS women’s reserved seats
Says Mahila Parishad Bangladesh Mahila Parishad placed a 13-point recommendation, including raising the number of reserved seats for women in parliament to 100 and holding direct elections to those seats. The parishad placed the suggestions at a meeting in the capital’s Cirdap auditorium yesterday. Pointing out the attack on the Buddhists, Maleka Banu, general secretary ... Read more
Yaba tablets seized, 4 arrested
Detective Branch of police arrested four young drug traders with 7,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 24.50 lakh from the capital’s Khilgaon on Thursday. Police also seized Tk 3.5 lakh, five mobile phones and a microbus from their possession. They are Md Aminul Islam alias Amin, Md Ayez, Md Ilias, and Noor Mohammad,
35 get certificates on TV news presentation training
Participants of training course on “TV News Presentation” were awarded certificates at a function at Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) in the capital on Saturday. Maasranga Television Chief Executive Officer and Chief Editor Syed Fahim Munaim as chief guest distributed certificates among the