A Chittagong metropolitan magistrate court on Sunday sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment and fined him Tk 50,000 for violating a female student in Chittagong. The convict was identified as Nur Mohammed, 32, son of Abul Kashem, resident of Shah Mirpur area under Karnaphuli police station in the district.
Month: June 2013
Student killed in Ctg
A college student was killed early Sunday at Alkaran under Sadarghat police station in Chittagong. The deceased was identified as Rintu Ghosh, 25, a second year student of Gachbaria Government College under Chandanaish upazila in the district,
Stock investors to get more tax relief on dividend income
Scope to legalise undisclosed money in capital market to continue The government may offer a package of facilities for stock markets including an increase in tax exemption limit on income from dividend for small-scale investors in the budget for next fiscal year 2013-2014. The package will also allow continuation of the
Govt drastically cuts investment target from savings tools
The government has drastically cut investment target from its savings instruments for the upcoming fiscal year 2013-14 by 32.82 per cent to Tk 4,971 crore from the current fiscal year target of Tk 7,400 crore. The government borrowed only Tk 679.03 crore in
Govt disburses Tk 2,914cr for July-Jan
The finance division has so far disbursed Tk 2,914 crore in subsidy for buying electricity from rental and quick-rental plants in the first seven months, between July, 2012 and January this year, of the outgoing financial year. The cumulative amount stands at Tk 2,914 in the
Mobile apps developers urged to tap global market
Speakers at a seminar on ‘Apps Development: Challenges and Opportunities’ on Sunday called upon the mobile application developers to come up with a specific proposal about the hurdles to entering the international apps market. The government will remove the barriers and open
Khalil elected CMCCI president
Khalilur Rahman was elected president of the Chittagong Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry while Shawkat Ali Chowdury was elected its first vice-president in a meeting of the board of directors of the trade body in the port city on Saturday night. Saiful Alam, Ali Hossain Akbar Ali, Taslim
ICT min, GP sign MoU on telemedicine service
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and Grameenphone on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a view to widening the reach of telemedicine service in the country. Secretary to the ministry Nazrul Islam Khan and
Stocks gain for 5th day
Dhaka stocks gained on Sunday, fifth day in a row, as investors continued to remain hopeful about the market following the government move to refinance the loan scheme for the small-scale investors. DSEX, the benchmark general index of Dhaka
Budget session to pass Food Security Act: Razzaque
The food minister, Abdur Razzaque, has said the Food Security Act-2013 will be passed in the upcoming budget session. He said the present government had taken initiatives to enact a law to secure food security in the country and the law would be implemented after passing in the
Pangaon ICT starts operation next month: minister
The Pangaon Inland Container Terminal on the outskirts of the capital will go into operation in July, the shipping minister, Shajahan Khan. said on Sunday. ‘Construction work on the terminal at Pangaon under Keraniganj upazila in Dhaka has already been completed’, he said this while visiting
Ayub elected Northern Insurance chair
SM Ayub Ali Chowdhury and Md Sarwar Selim have been elected chairman and vice-chairman of Northern General Insurance Company at the 145th meeting of its Board of Directors on Saturday, said a press release. SM Ayub is also the managing director of City
ACSU spends a busy day
Gladiators MD quizzed, report unlikely today The two-member ICC Anti Corruption and Security Unit panel had a busy day on Sunday when they interrogated some officials of the Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Gladiators at a city hotel. The officials interrogated include Gladiators
Uzzal, Aysha fastest boy, girl in Nat’l Jr Athletics
The 29th National Junior Athletics Championship began on Sunday with Kishorganj district’s Uzzal Chandra Sutradhar and BKSP’s class 10 student Aysha Siddika announcing their grand arrival as the fastest boy and girl of the nation at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. In the age of 17 years and four months, Uzzal,
BHF election on July 27
The much talked-about election of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation will be held on July 27 and the National Sports Council declared the election schedules on Sunday. The preliminary voters list will be published on Tuesday and the objections will be received on June 5 and 6. The hearing of the objections will be held on
Nazmul leaves for Australia today
Injured pace bowler Nazmul Hossain is set to leave for Australia today to undergo an operation on his left knee after sustaining an injury during the Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka earlier this year. Nazmul is expected to be operated on by Australian surgeon David Young in Melbourne on June 6, who had previously performed ... Read more
Super Cup draw on June 6
The draw for the Super Cup will be held on June 6 with eight teams divided into two groups of four competing in the cash-rich football tournament, the Bangladesh Football Federation said on Sunday after a meeting of its competitions committee. The BFF said it is in talks with two event management
Rajib sharing 3rd position in Mayor Cup Chess
Bangladeshi GM Enamul Hossain Rajib shared the 3rd position in the 6th Mayor Cup International Open Chess Tournament along with eight other players securing 4.5 points after the 6th round matches in the Indian city of Mumbai on Saturday. After the 6th round, another Bangladeshi
Bangladesh draw against Singapore
Bangladesh played to a 1-1 draw with Singapore in their 3rd Group F match of the AFC Under-14 Championship Qualifiers at the Zeyar Thiri Stadium in the Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw on Sunday. Ian put Singapore ahead in the 9th minute while Bangladesh was lucky to get the equalizer via a suicidal goal by ... Read more
National Cricket C’ship from June 7
The 33rd National Cricket Championship will begin on June 7 at different zonal venues across the country. Fifty-eight district teams will compete in the first phase of the meet at 14 zonal venues of Kushtia, Satkhira, Moulvibazar, Noakhali, Chandpur, Pirojpur,