The Chittagong City Corporation on Sunday began demolishing Shebak Colony, a dilapidated and risky building inhabited by cleaners of the corporation, at Patharghata under Kotwali police station in the port city. CCC sources said the building was identified as risky years back but the authorities failed to demolish it as the inhabitants did not leave ... Read more
Month: April 2013
Workers’ union demands compensation for victims
The Sylhet District Construction Worker Union on Sunday formed a human chain in the city, demanding immediate arrest of the owners of garment factories housed at Rana Plaza, proper compensation for the victims’ families and necessary treatment for the wounded apparel workers. The union members participated in the human chain
Allocation for children in budget demanded
Speakers in a programme in Dhaka called upon the government to take step for making adequate allocation in the budget for children for protecting their rights. There is allocation for women and poor, but no allocation for children in the budget, they said while addressing a press conference at Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University on ... Read more
London Grace celebrates Pahela Baishakh
London Grace School in Dhaka held Baishakhi fair and Bangla New Year celebrations on Saturday depicting the six seasons in stage performances. The students and teachers also exhibited different cultural heritages of the nation through different programmes.
JnU students continue demo
Students of Jagannath University staged protests and blocked road on Sunday morning, demanding new dormitories and their control over the existing ones. Teachers and staff of the university could not enter the premises during the demonstration in the morning.
BB goes tough on banks’ housing sector financing
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday asked scheduled banks to send compliance reports on the banks’ financing in the housing and real estate sector within June 30, 2013 to its Banking Regulation and Policy Department. The BB issued a circular to managing directors
Atiur asks banks to stop lending to non-compliant RMG units
Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman on Sunday warned banks’ bosses of stern legal action against them if they provide loans to non-compliant garment factories. ‘Stop lending to non-compliant garment factories where conditions are not suitable enough to ensure safety of the workers and employees, or face punishment,’
BIA seeks reduction in capital gain tax
BLFCA for withdrawal of tax on zero coupon bond Bangladesh Insurance Association on Sunday demanded that the National Board of Revenue reduces capital-gain tax on company taxpayers’ income derived from share transactions in the capital markets to 5 per cent from the existing 10 per cent. At a pre-budget discussion with the NBR, the BIA ... Read more
Mobile users inch towards 10cr again in March
The number of active mobile phone users neared 10-crore mark again in March as six mobile operators added 12.78 lakh subscribers in the month shrugging off the shock in the consequence of tight SIM registration process. Earlier in September 2012, the number of total mobile
BTRC to appoint 2 individuals as 5 firms rejected
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will appoint two individuals as consultants for conducting the 3G auction management as the five firms which applied for the consultant job failed to match commission’s criteria as per tender, said BTRC officials. The five companies applied for the job after the commission
BTCL slashes bandwidth price by TK 3,200
The state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited has reduced monthly leased rental bandwidth price by Tk 3,200 aimed at providing cheaper internet services to its subscribers. ‘We’ve trimmed the monthly rental bandwidth price to Tk 4,800 from the exiting Tk 8,000,’ SOM Kolimullah, managing director of BTCL, told the BSS on Sunday.
Dhaka stocks extend bear run to seventh day
Dhaka stocks ended negative for the seventh trading session on Sunday, the first trading session of the week, as investors refrained from trading amid political unrest. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, declined by 1.39 per cent, or 49.03 points, to finish at 3,454.52 points.
REHAB demands govt allow undisclosed money investment
The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh on Sunday placed a nine-point demand before the government with a view to flourishing the sector overcoming their existing problems. The Association leaders placed the demands when they met finance minister AMA Muhith at his secretariat office. REHAB president Nasrul Hamid Bipu
Rokshana Zaman elected Dhaka Bank vice-chairperson
Rokshana Zaman has been elected the vice-chairperson of Dhaka Bank recently, said a press release. The proprietor of Manehor Fisheries and Dhaka Enterprise, Rokshana joined Dhaka Bank as an alternate director in 1996. She was the chairperson of the bank’s Board of Directors
NAV of MTB Unit Fund Tk 35.93 cr
The net asset value of MTB Unit Fund, an open-end mutual fund, stood at Tk 35.93 crore at cost price and Tk 34.03 crore at market price on April 25, said the Alliance Capital Asset Management Limited, which is the asset manager of the unit, in a press release. The sale price per unit is ... Read more
Tigers close in on win
Bangladesh closed in on a rare Test win despite some counter-punch from Zimbabwe in the second innings as they clamed four crucial wickets on the tricky fourth day of the second Test in Harare on Sunday. Set an improbable target of 401 runs, the home side
Tamim fined for dissent
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal was fined 10 per cent of his match fee after pleading guilty to a Level 1 breach of the International Cricket Council code of conduct during the third day’s play of the second Test match against Zimbabwe in Harare, said an ICC press release. Tamim, who scored 49 runs in the ... Read more
Curtain falls on Games
Four new records in weightlifting on final day The curtains descended on the eighth Bangladesh Games through a circumspect closing ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday as the nine-day Games came to a conclusion. Speculation was rife that there will be a discreet closing programme and it was proven to be right as ... Read more
Ansar reign supreme
Bangladesh Ansar retained the crown of the Bangladesh Games for the third time in a row as the services organisation topped the medals table in the eighth version of the Games which concluded on Sunday. A total of 469 athletes represented Bangladesh Ansar
Ansar to withdraw team from kabaddi
Major General Nazim Uddin, the director general of Bangladesh Ansar, hinted that they might pull out from kabaddi after serious disciplinary breach by his charges during the women’s kabaddi final last week. Ansar put themselves in a shame when they attacked