Bid farewell to Rajib People joined the Shahbagh protests sporting black badges on Saturday to bid farewell to blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider, who had been actively involved in the protests before being killed by assailants on Friday night. Protesters, with the coffin of Rajib wrapped in the national flag in the protest venue, vowed not ... Read more
Month: February 2013
Solar panel yet to power any city traffic signals
The authorities have not yet installed any solar panel at the existing 70 signal posts in the capital even about four years after the project was initiated. The installation of solar panels at 70 old signals posts is scheduled to be completed in May while the construction of 30 new signal posts, along with the ... Read more
Book fair mourns death of Rajib
Amar Ekushey Book Fair Book fair mourns death of Rajib The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair on its 16th day mourned the killing of blogger Rajib Haider, an activist of the Shahbagh movement demanding death penalty for war criminals. Both the visitors and the representatives of different stalls were deeply shocked with the death of ... Read more
Greens for climate change adaptation under UN
Greens on Saturday called for taking action on the ground to promote climate change adaptation under UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Speaking at a consultation at National Press Club they urged the fast developing countries to take more mitigation initiative so that the Least Developing Countries like Bangladesh would require
Lukewarm response to Pragati’s Pajero sales
Pragati Industries Limited, the state-run automobile assembling industry, sold 300 units of vehicle in the first seven months of the current financial year which was only 27 per cent of their estimated annual target. The government had set a target for the PIL to sell 1,100 units of vehicle in the FY 2012-13 but it ... Read more
Healthy turnover marks third gaining week of stocks
DSE Weekly Review Healthy turnover marks third gaining week of stocks Dhaka stocks continued to gain for the third week last week amid healthy turnover as participation of retail investors increased thanks to the market’s gradual uptrend. DSEX, the newly launched benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 2.51 per cent or 105.38 points, to ... Read more
Kings stutter to semis
Chittagong Kings got the better of their nerve to beat Duronto Rajshahi by four wickets in the crucial eliminator setting up a semi-final contest against Sylhet Royals in the Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. Chasing a meagre target of 108 runs for victory, Kings looked extremely nervous when they lost five wickets in quick succession, ... Read more
11 banks hold 74.25pc classified loan
The country’s 11 banks held 74.25 per cent default loans of the banking sector as of December 31, 2012 as a significant amount of loans has been classified by the banks due to recent banking scams, said Bangladesh Bank officials. The 11 banks including four state-owned banks and three specialised banks are Sonali Bank, Janata Bank, ... Read more
Shahbagh protests call for ban on Jamaat
Protesters call off earlier plan after fellow’s killing Shahbagh protesters late Friday night stepped back from the decision they announced in the afternoon that they would be holding protests for seven hours every day after the killing of a blogger at Mirpur and Jamaat-e-Islami’s call for a general strike for Monday. The decision on rally ... Read more
Online sales of products gaining popularity
Online sales of products are gaining popularity in the country, said participants of a fair in the capital on Friday. The three-day fair began on the day where entrepreneurs who only use to sell their products through online are taking part. Constant Solutions, an IT and marketing organisation, organised the fair titled
Guardians want quality books for kids
Ekushey Book Fair Guardians want quality books for kids Parents taking their children to the Ekushey Book fair on the the Bangla Academy premises on Friday sought quality books. The earlier part of the day dedicated to the children also witnessed a huge crowd. Many guardians, however, on the day expressed concern over the quality of ... Read more
Gayle back to his supreme best
The demon in Chris Gayle is back and back in some style to create a storm in the Bangladesh Premier League that destroyed Sylhet Royals in the race-to-final against Dhaka Gladiators on Friday. In an astonishing display of power-hitting, Gayle rained down 12 sixes to stroke a swashbuckling 114 from 51 balls, which powered the ... Read more
Gladiators in final after winning cliffhanger
Chris Gayle struck a powerful century but Dhaka Gladiators still suffered a scare before reaching their second consecutive final in the Bangladesh Premier League in Dhaka on Friday. The holders beat Sylhet Royals by just four runs in a roller-coaster race-to-final despite Gayle making 114 from 51 balls to power them to 197-9 in their
Duronto, Kings face off in knockout tie
Captaincy remained the focal point for Duronto Rajshahi and Chittagong Kings as they clash with each other in the first eliminator today where the losers will be eliminated from the Bangladesh Premier League. The winner of the tie, meanwhile, will take on Sylhet Royals to determine which team goes through to the all-important final on ... Read more
Feni taste second win
Feni Soccer Club registered only their second victory after they dished out a single-goal defeat to Arambagh KS in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni on Friday. Liberian striker Anthony Paul Doe scored the all-important goal in the eighth minute, taking advantage of a defensive mistake as Anthony did ... Read more
Hand in hand in candlelight vigil
Shahbagh Protests Hand in hand in candlelight vigil People joined a candlelight vigil the protesters held in the Shahbagh crossing by lighting candles across the country on Thursday evening symbolically dispelling the darkness war criminals had cast on the nation. Protesters, after the candlelight vigil, said that they would hold a grand rally at Shahbagh ... Read more
Stop violence against women
Thousands join human chains in Dhaka as part of global movement Thousands of people took the streets in the capital and elsewhere in the country on Thursday demanding an end to violence against women. Prominent personalities, rights activists, actors, corporate officials, students as well as NGO representatives joined the protests throughout the
Love leads book fair to new height
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair assumed a different look on Thursday, with the visitors presenting each other with books as a token of their love on Valentine’s Day. Both the young and old couples, parents and kids grabbed the occasion to pour out their hearts to each other. ‘We have presented our favourite people with ... Read more
3G mobile service licence auction on June 24
BTRC invites applications for four licences Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will hold an auction for awarding four 3G mobile service licences on June 24 as the commission on Thursday invited applications from mobile phone operators of home and abroad to participate in the bidding. The BTRC will award three licences to three out of five ... Read more
DSE turnover hits 4-month high
Turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange hit a four-month high on Thursday as the bourse gained on the day amid injection of fresh funds from the institutional investors and retailers. The turnover of the bourse increased to Tk 552.42 crore from the last trading session’s Tk 482.72 crore. ‘Some new beneficiary owner accounts were opened ... Read more