BB announces new monetary policy tomorrow The Bangladesh Bank will take the private sector foreign loans into consideration in setting its target of private sector credit growth in the monetary policy to be announced tomorrow, said BB officials. The BB is going to unveil the new monetary policy for the fiscal year 2013-14 with an ... Read more
Month: July 2013
BSEC likely to okay Research Analysis Rules today
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to finalise today the Research Analysis Rules, which will allow firms to provide their clients with written analysis report on specific stocks. The commission discussed the draft Research Analysis Rules on Tuesday but could not find enough time to finalise it, a BSEC source told New Age.
DCCI-Japan liaison office opens in Tokyo
A DCCI-Japan liaison office was inaugurated in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday. Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Sabur Khan inaugurated the liaison office at Otaku, Sanno 3-1-11, said a DCCI release. This liaison office will play an important role in developing
Photo show near Rana Plaza today
Photographs featuring the victims of the recent Rana Plaza tragedy will be displayed today at a group exhibition in front of the depressed land on which Rana Plaza building stood once in Savar. Four photo artistes have jointly organised the show to remind the people about the tragic building collapse on April 24 this year ... Read more
Russian film fest begins today
A two-day film festival featuring four Russian fairy tale films has been arranged at the Daffodil International University Auditorium on Tuesday and Wednesday. Cultural department of the embassy of the Russian Federation in Bangladesh arranged the festival jointly with Daffodil International University. On the beginning day, two fairy tale films-The Tale of Tsar Saltan, directed ... Read more
Korean team teach modern method
ART WORKSHOP AT DU Korean team teach modern method The fine arts students of Dhaka University are taking part in a fortnight workshop with the students of Korea National University of Arts at a studio at the faculty of fine arts of Dhaka University. The 11-member Korean team, led by professor Lee Ju Young, is ... Read more
Obscure returns with album Phera
Popular band obscure will release its eighth album after four years of eclipse since the release of its last album in 2009. The comeback album titled Phera featuring 10 songs will be released tomorrow. The featured songs of the album such as Brishti, Jabo choley durey, Jibon, Lukiye jay chand and Ochena manush will follow ... Read more
Elton John to receive first ever Brits Icon award
Brit Awards organisers are to launch a new annual honour to celebrate major figures in music with Sir Elton John announced as the first ever recipient. The ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘Your Song’ star is to be given the Brits Icon Award at a show in September which will be broadcast later by ITV. The new ... Read more
Sajal-Shokh as pair in three Eid plays
Four years ago, popular TV actor Sajal and promising TV actress and model Shokh have performed together as a pair firstly in Mahfuz Ahmed directed TV play “Tate-man.” Later they have performed together in many plays. On the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, this pair has performed together in three plays at a time. Directors of ... Read more
Help continuity of democratic path: PM tells DCs
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday advised the deputy commissioners (DCs), the key to field administration in the country, to see to it that no one comes to power unconstitutionally in future. “The country’s people were subjected to repression under the army-backed caretaker government in the past. So you should remain alert that it does ... Read more
Amended labour law falls short of int’l standards: ILO
The International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations (UN) labour agency, has said that the amendments to the labour law passed in Parliament on July 15 did not address some of its specific concerns and fell short of international standards. “An initial review suggests that the amendments did address some of the ILO’s specific concerns, ... Read more
Verdict on Quader Mollah appeal anyday
The Supreme Court (SC) will deliver its verdict any day on the appeals filed against the International Crimes Tribunal’s verdict sentencing life term imprisonment to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Quader Mollah for war crimes. The five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain, will deliver the verdict over the matter. Attorney General ... Read more
No election with present govt in office, says BNP chief
The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, said on Tuesday that her party would launch an intensive movement on the caretaker government (CG) issue after Eid-ul-Fitr. She called upon the people to make the movement a massive success. “If the next general election is conducted under the CG system, the ruling Awami League (AL) would face a ... Read more
World waits for first glimpse of Royal baby
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were spending their first full day with their newborn son yesterday, amid anticipation the world would get its first glimpse of the baby destined to be a king. It is expected that the duchess and her baby will remain in the private Lindo wing of St Mary’s hospital, Paddington, ... Read more
Victim families survivors, still rally for damages
Rana Plaza investigation half way in 3 months The survivors of Rana Plaza collapse and the families of the workers killed in the incident still are rallying for proper compensation and rehabilitation even after three months inside the collapse. Many workers are still suffering from trauma and injuries at hospital and houses while the Criminal ... Read more
DCs want transparency in teacher appointment
Deputy commissioners at their annual conference on Tuesday recommended a central mechanism for the appointment of teachers in non-government schools and more transparency in the appointment process. The deputy commissioners, at the session on education on the first of the three-day conference, also recommended steps for proper functioning of school managing
Rony backtracks on Facebook ‘decision’ to quit
The controversial lawmaker of the ruling Awami League, Golam Maula Rony, made a U-turn on his decision to resign as an MP, two-and-a-half hours after announcing it on Facebook on Tuesday. “I’m ready to resign at this moment if Parliament felt embarrassed because of my misdeed. I will talk to the Prime Minister in this ... Read more
Electoral codes not changed, says CEC
Rejecting the newspaper reports, saying electoral codes of conduct are being changed for the upcoming general elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rokibuddin Ahmed on Tuesday said that the Election Commission (EC) had not yet decided on changing or amending the electoral codes of conduct for the next parliamentary polls. “I have read the newspaper ... Read more
Children’s park turns into illegal parking lot
Children do not come out to play anymore and the elderly have given up on their morning walks at 0.33-acre Nayabazar Park in Old Dhaka’s English Road area. Once an “oasis” in the middle of the densely-populated concrete jungle, the park has turned into a garbage dump and parking lot for auto-rickshaws, human haulers and ... Read more
Sonali Bank DMD held over Hall-Mark scam
Law enforcers on Tuesday arrested Sonali Bank Deputy Managing Director (DMD) Atiqur Rahman for his involvement in much-talked Hall-Mark loan scam from Paltan area in the city. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director Pranab Kumar Battyacharya told journalists that Atiqur has been kept in the custody of Paltan police station and after primary quizzing he would ... Read more