Four young photographers have been awarded in the first edition of the JP’s Contemporary Photography Competition and Exhibition, which is going on in La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka. Kaisar Ahamed and Sumon Yusuf won the first ‘prize documentary’ and the ‘first prize creation’ respectively while Mohammad Rakibul Hasan and KM Asad have received
Month: April 2013
Padatik Natya Sangsad’s theatre fest ends
2 plays staged on last day The four-day theatre festival organised by Padatik Natya Sangsad (TSC) ended in an ordinary manner on Monday at the Shilpakala Academy. There was no formal closing ceremony as done in any other festivals. Just two scheduled plays were staged at the two venues. ‘Due to hartal we had to ... Read more
NITOR-GB link road building faces further delays
Construction of the planned 60 feet road linking the Grameen Bank headquarters with the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation faces further delays as the process of land acquisition for the road is yet to be completed. The Dhaka North City Corporation has not been able to acquire
Opposition parties urged not to call hartal
Leaders of Imarat Nirman Sramik Union, a rights body of the construction workers, on Tuesday at press conference called on the opposition political parties to refrain from calling general strike or other such violent programmes. Mohammad Abdur Razzak, general secretary
HSC examinees urge parties to shun violent programmes
Higher Secondary Certificate examinees on Tuesday urged all the political parties to refrain from any violent political programmes that disrupt the examination schedule. A good number of HSC candidates carrying banners, festoons and placards made the call from a human chain in front of Chittagong Press Club
DU Blue Panel teachers decry Hefajat demands
Pro-Awami League Blue Panel teachers of Dhaka University on Tuesday held demonstrations protesting at the 13-point demand placed forth by Hefajat-e-Islam. Terming the demand as a ‘charter of medieval darkness era’, they urged the government to arrest those who were misusing Islam,
Local people hold demo for arrest of killers
Local people held demonstrations in of the Barisal city on Tuesday, demanding immediate arrest of the killers of schoolboy Inan. Samir Rafi Inan, 16, Class X student of Barisal Government Zila School and only son of Zahangir Hossain Tanu, a contractor of Baro Bari Lane
Residential building catches fire in Ctg
A residential building on Jubilee Road in the Chittagong city caught fire Tuesday afternoon. Sources in the Chittagong fire service said the fire originated from a leakage in the gas line at the building under the Kotwali police station. On information, the fire fighters put out the fire.
Fire breaks out at DB office
A fire broke out in the Detective Branch office in the capital city’s Minto Road on Tuesday. The fire originated from a short circuit and spread to at a room of the DB bomb disposal unit at about 2:30pm, said fire service station manager Shafat Hasan. On information, three fire fighters’ units doused
ADB depicts gloomy picture of economy
It says GDP growth to be only 5.7pc The Asian Development Bank has projected that the country’s GDP growth will be 5.7 per cent, lower than the World Bank and International Monetary Fund estimates of 5.8 per cent, in the current fiscal year because of political uncertainties and stagnant economy of Europe. The bank in ... Read more
BTRC cuts annual spectrum fee in amended 3G guideline
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Monday amended the 3G mobile service guideline reducing the annual spectrum charge for operators which will win the 3G licences. According to the BTRC amendments to
Imports remain weak in negative business climate
The country’s import bill payment registered a negative growth in the first eight months of the current financial year on year-on-year basis as the import of capital machinery, industrial raw materials and intermediate goods declined sharply amid a low-key investment situation, said Bangladesh Bank officials. According to the BB data released on Tuesday, the overall
No change in corporate tax rate, no new tax in budget: Muhith
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of changing the corporate tax rates in the next budget and said there would not be any new tax. ‘We’ll not change the corporate tax rates by any means in the coming year,’ he said at a pre-budget meeting with the Economic Reporters’ Forum
3 stockbrokers fined Tk 7 lakh
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday fined three brokerage houses Tk 7 lakh for violating different securities laws. The BSEC made the decision at a regular meeting at its office in the capital with its chairman M Khairul Hossain in the chair, said a BSEC release.
BTRC extends tender submission deadline
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has extended the tender submission deadline to April 15 for the international firms for managing 3G auction. A BTRC notice on Tuesday said all other provisions of the tender offer would remain the same. The previous deadline for the interested parties
BSEC relaxes rules for margin account holders
The margin account holders who were barred from share trading due to a huge fall in share prices will now be able to trade as the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday suspended the bar until September 30. The BSEC made the decision in a bid to break
Stocks gain on fresh bank investment rumours
Dhaka stocks gained for the second trading session on Tuesday despite the continuous strike following rumours that the banks might make fresh investments in the capital market as the call-money rate declined to 7 per cent. The benchmark general index of
Sri Lanka keen to import medicine from Bangladesh
Sri Lanka is eager to import medicine from Bangladesh as Bangladeshi medicines have achieved international standard, visiting Sri Lankan health minister Maithripala Sirisena said on Tuesday. Maithripala said this as he called on health
Biman to reopen 2 international routes
Flights on Dhaka-Delhi route will start from May 6 and on Dhaka-Hong Kong route from May 13. ‘The routes remained closed for a long time and we had been thinking how to make them profitable,’ struggling public carrier’s marketing and sales director Muhammad Shah Newaz told the news agency. He hoped the new plans would ... Read more
Telenor CEO for clarifications to regulatory framework
Telenor Group president and CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas on Monday stressed the need for clarifications to the regulatory framework that provides foreign investors with predictability and stability. He expressed this opinion during a courtesy call on prime minister