Govt to sign TICFA with US soon Commerce minister Ghulam Muhammed Quader on Saturday said the United States would retain the Generalised System of Preferences facilities enjoyed by certain Bangladeshi goods in accessing its market. The GSP facilities will even be enhanced in the future, he said while speaking as the chief guest of a seminar ... Read more
Month: May 2013
BBS primarily spots 96 lakh business entities
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has preliminarily identified more than 96 lakh units of economic households and establishments across the country, said Dildar Hossain, project director of the Economic Census 2013, on Saturday. The BBS is conducting 3rd economic census to get most
UK banks reluctant to remit money to Bangladesh
British commercial banks have become reluctant to provide remittance services to Bangladeshi banks and money transfer agencies operating in the United Kingdom, said the chief executive of a leading agency based in London. The situation could cause the remittance inflow from the UK to
Prolonged political uncertainty to affect economy: ICCB
Prolonged political uncertainty will hamper the economic performance of the country if the crisis is not addressed immediately, the International Chambers of Commerce of Bangladesh said on Saturday. In a report of its executive board, the ICCB said the
China fashion retailers find trade scope in Bangladesh
The visiting fashion retailers of China on Saturday said there was a scope of doing business of billion of dollars between Bangladesh and China. Feng Dehu, vice-president of China National Garment Association, at a press conference said that the China retailers had started to build up their relationship
Stocks see upbeat week on govt’s refinance move
Dhaka stocks last week returned to the positive zone after a three-week bear run as investors became optimistic following the news that the government approved a refinance scheme for the merchant banks and brokerage firms to compensate the small-scale investors affected by the market crash. DSEX, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 2.63 per ... Read more
Prepaid debit cards turn out to be a weak link in bank security
A brazen gang of cyber criminals, who stole $45 million from bank ATMs in 27 countries, exposes an Achilles heel in the global financial industry: prepaid debit cards. Cyber security experts and industry analysts say the burgeoning use of prepaid debit cards for everything from gift certificates to disaster relief handouts is
Tigers throw it away
Zimbabwe win first T20I by narrow six runs Sakib al Hasan returned to his all-round best but Bangladesh wasted an opportunity to end their miserable run in Zimbabwe losing the first Twenty20 International by six runs at Bulawayo on Saturday. The Tigers seemed to be coasting to an easy win
Abahani crash out of AFC Cup
Abahani Limited bowed out of the AFC President’s Cup qualifying round for the fifth time after they were pipped 1-0 by Mongolian side Erchim FC in their final match of Group A at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu on Saturday. Having drawn their first two matches, Abahani were
Chess officials at loggerheads over GM tournament
The officials of the Bangladesh Chess Federation are at loggerheads over hosting an international Grand Masters tournament that has not been held in the last three years. Grand Master Niaz Murshed last organised a GM tournament at his personal initiative in 2010 and a similar initiative was taken by some officials only to receive no
Chhayanaut’s Tagore festival begins
Beautiful lyrics blended with charming composition of evergreen Tagore song Parbi na ki jog dite ai chhondey rey rendered in chorus not only pleased the ears but also the eyes of the spectators as a synchronized, vibrant group dance was presented at a programme on Thursday evening. This was the introductory recital Chhayanaut’s two-day festival ... Read more
Sabina Yasmin’s first Tagore album launched
Distinguished singer of the country Sabina Yasmin’s first solo Tagore album has been released this Friday. The launch took place at the eighth Rabindra mela arranged by Private TV channel Channel i. Under the banner of Impress Audio Vision Ltd, the album titled Ami sandhyadiper shikha contains 10 timeless songs of Tagore
Swapno O Droher Jatiya Natyautsab begins
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has been beautifully decorated to celebrate a special moment: the inauguration of the eight-day National Theatre Festival 2013 on Thursday. Almost everyone who passed by the area was drawn to the programme by its zeal and fervour, colour and sound. The festival is featuring 64 plays in total, one from each district ... Read more
Reshma’s miraculous survival
As all hopes faded for finding any more Savar victims alive under the rubble of Rana Plaza 17 days after it collapsed, rescuers miraculously pulled out a young woman apparel worker named Reshma alive and almost well on Friday. Rescuers first heard a metallic noise (a banging on a metal
Rana Plaza death toll jumps to 1042
The death toll from the disastrous Rana Plaza collapse climbed to 1042 with the recovery of 17 more bodies in four hours till Friday noon. The 17 bodies were pulled out of the ruins from 8.00pm on Thursday to 12.00pm on Friday, said General Commanding Officer of the 9th Infantry Division Major General Chowdhury Hasan ... Read more
Capital punishment sought for Sohel Rana
Demanding the highest punishment for Sohel Rana, the owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza, eminent citizens and garment industry leaders said on Friday that vile politics and a pervasive culture of impunity were responsible for the disaster. They also opined that such calamities in the readymade garment
Rumour on Shapla Chattar deaths baseless: Press Note
The government on Friday said the ‘rumour of loss of thousands of lives’ in the city’s Motijhel area during a joint drive to clear Shapla Chattar is completely baseless, fabricated and ill-motivated. “At the age of mobile phone, email and internet, it’s simply unbelievable,” the government said in a press note issued after five days ... Read more
BNP to turn to UN if govt says no to judicial probe
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed on Friday threatened to take up the issue of the crackdown on Hefazat-e-Islami activists at Shapla Square in the early hours of May 6 with the United Nations if the government does not form a judicial probe panel to investigate the incident. “I will request ... Read more
Hamid, Hasina, Khaleda thank rescuers
President Abdul Hamid on Friday greeted the rescuers for their sincere and successful efforts in saving alive a trapped female garment worker from the ruins of Savar Rana Plaza, 16 days after the tragedy struck. In a message, the President said: “It’s a glorious example and it’ll ever be remembered in the history of the ... Read more
Twaki’s cousin shot in N’ganj
Ornab Wahid, 28, cousin of killed Tanvir Muhammad Twaki sustained bullet injury in an attack by some miscreants in Narayanganj on Friday night. A group of 10-12 miscreants fired at Ornab in the town’s Khanpur Jora Tanky areas at about 8pm and later injured Ornab was taken to Khanpur Hospital by the local people. Ornab ... Read more