Padatik Natya Sangsad (TSC) staged the third show of Shakespearean popular tragedy Macbeth on the second day of Syed Shamsul Haque theatre festival at the National Theater Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Translated by Syed Shamsul Haque and directed by the young director Sudip Chakrabarthy, this is the
Month: April 2013
Dhaka city corpns to impose tax on hotel boarders
Boarders at the hotels in the city corporation areas will have to pay up to 5 per cent additional tax along with the rent and the value-added tax. The government is going to introduce ‘city tax’ for boarders at the hotels in the city corporation areas, high officials of the Dhaka city corporations said.
BB’s dollar purchase soars to $4b in 10 months
Bangladesh Bank purchased a record amount of $3.99 billion from the commercial banks between July 1 and April 21 of financial year 2012-13 with a view to stop the devaluation of the greenback against the local currency Taka, officials of the central bank said. ‘But the central bank initiative has virtually failed as the US ... Read more
Supermarket owners want withdrawal of VAT
Supermarket owners on Sunday demanded that the National Board of Revenue should withdraw the existing 4 per cent value-added tax on sales to help the sector grow and create level playing field with the other shops. At a pre-budget discussion with the NBR,
Only 7,413 investors of 9.5 lakh receive interest waiver
Only 7,413 small-scale investors out of the 9,53,849 affected by the 2010-2011 stock market crash have got compensation under the government-announced package, a Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission data showed. The commission data sent to the finance ministry on Sunday
Bangladesh retains 7th position
Bangladesh in 2012 retained its position as the seventh most remittance-earning country, said a World Bank report. According to WB’s Migration and Development Brief 2013 released on Friday, the total inward migrant remittance to the country was $14 billion last year. In 2011,
BTRC sits with mobile cos on compliance today
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission sits with the mobile phone operators today about the compliance of different promotional packages offered by the companies. The BTRC move came after the commission had found some gross violations of promotional offers by some operators recently.
Dhaka stocks drop on worries over fresh political unrest
Dhaka stocks dropped on Sunday, the first trading session of the week, with the turnover decreasing amid tension on the political front. DSEX, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, declined by 1.29 per cent, or 46.12 points, to finish at 3,525.14 points.
Bangladesh business delegation to attend World Chambers Congress
An 18-member business delegation from Bangladesh will attend the 8th World Chambers Congress scheduled to be held in Qatar from April 22 to April 25. The delegation will be led by International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh president Mahbubur Rahman, said a press release on Sunday.
Rumana rules pool with records
BKSP’s Rumana Akhter stole the show on the opening day of swimming in the Bangladesh Games by setting two new national records at the National Swimming Complex at Mirpur on Sunday. Rumana won the 200 metre butterfly and 400 metre individual medley clocking 2:44:15 and 5:55:20 respectively to create storm in the swimming pool announcing
Ex-athlete Ratan weeps in silence
Athletics, the most electrifying discipline of the eighth Bangladesh Games, will begin today at the Bangabandhu National Stadium but it hardly makes Jahirul Haq Ratan very enthusiastic. Once known as the King of Marathon, Ratan was banned for life by the Bangladesh Athletics Federation due to a scandal at the 2010 South Asian Games in ... Read more
Zia, Shafiul drafted to Test squad
All-rounder Ziaur Rahman obtained a place in the Test squad along with pace bowler Shafiul Islam who both left for Zimbabwe on Sunday night to bolster the strength of the Bangladesh team after their morale-shattering defeat in the first Test. The cricketers will be there as cover for pacers Rubel Hossain
Electricity goes AWOL
Despite a delightful opening ceremony, the second day of the ongoing eighth Bangladesh Games received an unceremonious interruption when the events of taekwondo and table tennis could not be finished in time on Sunday due to load-shedding. Electricity was disrupted several times at the National
SL U-19 go 1-0 up
The Sri Lanka Under-19 team prevailed by 62 runs as per the Duckworth/Lewis method in the first one-day international against Bangladesh Under-19 side at the Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Sunday. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Bangladesh U-19 team were bundled out for a meagre 137 in 47.1 overs with Abu Sayeem (43 ... Read more
SL high commission wins
The ‘High Commissioner’s Challenge Cup’ Twenty20 friendly cricket match between the British and Sri Lanka High Commissions invitation eleven was played on Friday at the National Cricket Academy ground at Mirpur. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, the British High
Rapid Foundation champs in Div-II cricket
Rapid Foundation emerged champions in super league of the Second Division Cricket League crushing Talent Hunt Cricket Academy by 108 runs in final at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Batting first after winning the toss, Rapid Foundation were all out for a total of 164 in 38.3 over with Tarikul scoring 44 runs. Nadim ... Read more
Dhaka city corpns far behind revenue target
The two Dhaka city corporations are far behind in attaining their tax collection targets with Dhaka South so far having collecting in this financial year less than half of the targeted revenue. As of March 2013, the Dhaka South City Corporation collected only Tk 178 crore against a target of Tk 408 crore and Dhaka ... Read more
RU accords reception to freshers
Rajshahi University authorities accorded a reception to the freshers under the academic session 2012-13 at Kazi Nazrul Islam auditorium on the campus on Saturday. RU vice-chancellor Professor Muhammad Mizanuddin presided over the reception programme while pro-vice-chancellor Professor Sarowar Jahan
Call for health economics for universal health coverage
Dhaka University vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique on Saturday emphasised the importance of health economics in country’s universal health coverage as well as overall development. ‘The role of health economics is important in overall development of a country. The Institute of Health Economics is working relentlessly with remarkable
Trained workforce must for industrial dev: speakers
The country needs more skilled and trained technicians for the development of the industrial sector as well as economic progress, speakers said at a training session on Saturday. They also viewed that there was no alternative to competency in the technical field to free the nation from the curse of unemployment.