A total of 521 slum households in the city received grants of around Tk 26.05 lakh for attaining economic emancipation through income-generation activities. Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction Project distributed chaques for stimulating the slum community towards goat rearing and small business for uplifting
Month: April 2013
Orientation of IU dev studies course held
The orientation programme for the newly admitted students of the development studies Master’s programme at Islamic University in Kushtia was held on Saturday. The students, admitted under session 2013-2014, are the fourth batch of the evening course conducted under the department of politics and public adminstration.
Call for bringing street kids under mainstream development
Speakers at a discussion stressed the need for bringing the underprivileged street children under mainstream development by providing them with basic facilities especially education, health and shelter. Privileged groups of the society should do something for development of the street children, they said, adding if every rich family comes forward with supports, no children
Maritime univ student drowns in Ctg
A cadet of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Maritime University drowned in a water body on the campus on Saturday in Chittagong. The student, HM Masud Kaiser Shuvo, 21, a second-year student and son of Mainul Islam, hailed from Barura of Comilla.
Exporters race to convince under-pressure buyers
Garment exporters are in hectic negotiations with international buyers to retain market as pressure on buyers from their respective country mounts following the collapse of the building that housed five clothing factories at Savar. More than three hundred bodies, mainly apparel workers,
FICCI, BCI want no minimum tax on company turnover
Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Bangladesh Chamber of Industries on Saturday demanded that the National Board of Revenue withdraw the provision of imposition of a minimum tax at the rate of 0.5 per cent on companies on the basis of total turnover irrespective of profit or loss. The foreign investors, however,
GDP to grow by 5.75pc: UO
Uncoordinated monetary and fiscal policy along with the government’s lack of foresight will cause a nosedive in the GDP growth to 5.75 per cent from the target of 7.2 per cent, said local think-tank Unnayan Onneshan. In its April issue of Bangladesh Economic Update
BSEC seeks Tk 1,266cr loan from fin min for brokers, m-banks
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has sent a proposal to the finance ministry that the brokerage houses and merchant banks should get Tk 1,266.69 crore in loans from the Bangladesh Bank to implement the compensation package for the investors affected by the stock market crash. In a report sent to the finance ministry the
Govt plans to import formalin thru TCB
Commerce minister GM Quader on Saturday said the government was planning to import formalin through the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh in an effort to control its import for illegal use. ‘We’ve already imposed strict restriction on formalin import…the government will take all necessary steps to stop the import of formalin for illegal use,’ he said while
Dual regulatory system affecting banking sector
Say experts Political consideration in governing the banking sector and dual regulatory system for the state-owned commercial banks are the major problems for banking sector reform, said speakers at a discussion on Saturday. At the roundtable ‘Banking Sector Governance:
Stocks drop for 2nd week
Dhaka stocks declined for the second week in last week amid fall of turnover as most of the investors became inactive after making some profit in the previous week. DSEX, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, lost 1.90 per cent or 67.70 points to close at 3,503.56 points.
Twin fifties put Tigers in control
Sakib al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim shared an 84-run partnership to bring Bangladesh back on track after some substandard umpiring had threatened to derail their second innings in the second Test against Zimbabwe in Harare on Saturday. Sakib got out for 59 runs after scoring his second
BCB to serve legal notice on BPL teams
The Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to serve a legal notice to the franchises of the Bangladesh Premier League today asking them to pay their franchise fee or face expulsion from the tournament, the BCB officials said on Saturday. The BCB is mulling a similar move over the Game
Army clinch kabaddi gold
Bangladesh Army claimed the men’s kabaddi gold for the very first time after overcoming holders Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by 30-22 in the final of the eighth Bangladesh Games at the Kabaddi Stadium on Saturday. Bangladesh Army were bestowed with the
BKSP grab football gold
Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothisthan (BKSP) ensured football gold in the eighth Bangladesh Games after beating Barisal 2-1 in the final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday. Rohit Sarker bagged a brace for BKSP while Barisal forward S.M. Noman decreased the arrears. Rohit initiated the scoring in the 28th minute
Records galore in weightlifting
Four new national records were created in the weightlifting discipline of the eighth Bangladesh Games when Faima Akhter Moyna, Shahria Sultana Suchi, Maria Akhter Simanto and Mainul Islam bettered the previous marks in their respective weight categories at the National Sports Council gymnasium on Saturday. In all, six new records were
Lightning injures archery judge
Lightning hit the Maulna Bhasnai Hockey Stadium on Saturday where the archery events were taking place leaving a judge injured. A flash of lightning near the stadium during the heavy rainfall in the afternoon caused an injury to judge Nurul Islam, who was speaking on mobile phone, and he
Rajshahi claim cricket gold
Rajshahi Division grabbed the inaugural cricket gold of the eighth Bangladesh Games after overpowering Rangpur Division by five wickets in the final at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra on Saturday. The 20-over knockout cricket competition was introduced for the very first time in the Bangladesh Games and Rajshahi lifted the title after overcoming the
SL U-19 level series
The Bangladesh Under-19 team went down by six wickets as per the Duckworth/Lewis method against their Sri Lankan counterparts in the fourth and penultimate youth one-day international at Mirpur on Saturday. Ahead of the final one-dayer of the five-match
BCB bosses meet district organisers
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan met the officials of the District Sports Associations in an exchange of views programme at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Nazmul, who was accompanied by members of the ad-hoc committee, assured the officials of the DSA of every support in order to run cricket smoothly in their