Bangladesh College of Leather Technology has started its journey anew as a full-fledged institution under Dhaka University’s Faculty of Engineering and Technology. The institution started operating as the Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology after an agreement was signed on January 1 in this regard at the
Month: January 2013
Women not safe until men change attitude
Say rights activists Safety of women cannot be ensured until men change their attitude, said speakers at a programme yesterday. Women will be victims of sexual, psychological and physical violence until the patriarchal attitude of our society gives the way to a more tolerant outlook, they said. They were speaking at the 27th founding anniversary ... Read more
Robiul, Anamul lift South
A late blitz by Robiul Islam helped Prime Bank South Zone reach a respectable 248 runs in the first innings on the first day of their second Bangladesh Cricket League match against Islami Bank East Zone at Mirpur on Wednesday. Half-centuries from Junaed Siddique and Farhad Hossain took Bangladesh Cricket Board
Pakistan officially replies to BCB
Pakistan Cricket Board officially responded to Bangladesh’s letter over the postponement of a planned tour in January, said the officials on Wednesday. The BCB informed its Pakistani counterpart of its decision though a letter last week and were waiting for a reply in the official channel
BFF takes guard as fixing threat looms
The seventh round of the Bangladesh Premier League begins today with title aspirants Team BJMC taking on a struggling Brothers Union at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the first match of the round. The BFF has decided to take extra measures ahead of this game as there is a match-fixing rumour swirling around as Brothers ... Read more
Film industry hopes for a better future
The concerned people of the country’s film industry hope for a better year to get rid of the ongoing slumped trade in the mainstream industry. Introduction of the digital film screening in the cinemas across the country that showed hope in the past year would create a boon in this year in terms of producing ... Read more
Smiles, all around
Children get free textbooks on first day of New Year Children began this year in a festive mood with new textbooks in hand yesterday. Gifts awaited them at schools across the country as they woke up to the first morning of 2013 to celebrate “Textbook Festival Day”. Students of primary and secondary grades were beaming ... Read more
ACC sues 18 executives of 5 more cos, 17 bank officials
Sonali Bank Scam ACC sues 18 executives of 5 more cos, 17 bank officials The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed as many as 26 cases against 18 senior executives of five more companies and 17 officials of Sonali Bank over their alleged involvement in swindling of the bank’s money. Officials of ACC filed the cases with ... Read more
Govt schools fail to make their mark
Government primary, secondary and higher secondary educational institutions mostly fail to make their mark they have failed to compete with non-government and private schools to capture top positions. No government schools could be in the 10 best institutions in the country and even among schools under the Dhaka education board, according to results of this ... Read more
Hatirjheel opens today
Project to ease Dhaka’s traffic; BGMEA building illegally stays in the lake The much-hyped Hatirjheel-Begunbari integrated development scheme in the capital opens to public today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to formally inaugurate the site, despite the fact that the 15-storey illegal building of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) stands boldly in ... Read more
Realtors want no Rajuk actions
Dubious Housing Business Realtors want no Rajuk actions Real estate developers’ association Rehab in a letter has asked Rajuk not to “interfere” in its five-day housing fair that opens in the city today. Real Estate Housing Association of Bangladesh (Rehab) is holding the fair at the city’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Abdul Mannan Khan, state ... Read more
Four die as boat sinks in Meghna
At least four people drowned and two others went missing as a boat drowned in the Meghna after hitting a jetty amid dense fog in Chandpur yesterday. Earlier on Monday, one person was killed and five others were hurt when two speedboats collided head-on due to poor visibility on the
BSF kills 2
Indian Border Security Force shot dead two Bangladeshi cattle traders on Bujruk border in Thakurgaon early yesterday. The deceased are Nur Islam, 28, and Moktar Dai, 27, of Haripur upazila, said Major Muntasir Mamun Siddique, operations officer of Border Guard Bangladesh, Dinajpur-2. Around 4:30am, BSF men of Borra camp opened fire on a group of cattle traders, ... Read more
Celebrations turn deadly
65 killed on New Year’s day around the globe At least 65 people were killed and hundreds more were injured during New Year celebrations around the globe yesterday. Tragedy struck Ivory Coast when at least 61 people died and dozens more were injured as a crowd that had gathered for New Year’s fireworks stampeded in ... Read more
CJ reshuffles 25 benches, no bench given to Justice Nizamul
The chief justice has reconstituted 20 two-judge and 5 single-judge High Court benches without allocating a bench for Justice Md Nizamul Huq, who resigned as International Crimes Tribunal 1 chair on December 11 after his Skype conversations with a Brussels-based Bangladeshi expatriate about war crimes
Fire mars first day of DITF
5 stalls burnt At least five stalls were burnt after a fire broke out at the Dhaka International Trade Fair at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital on Tuesday, the first day of the month-long fair. The fire originated at stall no 283 on the west side of the control room at the DITF at about ... Read more
Number of diabetic children on rise: Doctors
More than four lakh children suffering from type-1 diabetes in the country are dependent on supplemental insulin, and the number is increasing every year, said doctors and experts at a programme on Monday. They made the remarks at a day-long New Year celebration programme organised by Bangladesh Diabetic Samity (BADAS), Novo Nordisk and World Diabetes ... Read more
REHAB fair begins today
The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh will begin its five-day housing fair in the city today. The five day ‘REHAB Fair 2012’ will be held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre from January 02 to January 06. The fair will remain open from 11:00am to 08:00pm today and 10:00am to
BB launches online monitoring
Documentary Bill Purchase BB launches online monitoring The Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday introduced three software solutions to monitor banks’ activities relating to purchases of inland and foreign documentary bills for letters of credit and flow of inward and outward remittances to ensure transparency in the foreign exchange transaction. A BB official told New Age that ... Read more
Diversify exports, find new markets
Prime minister asks businesses as DITF kicks off Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked businesspeople to diversify export products and explore new markets abroad to help earn more foreign currency. “Don’t rely too much on traditional export products,” she said while inaugurating the month-long 18th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) at