An alleged miscreant was killed in a ‘shootout’ with police in Beribadh area under Rupnagar police station in the capital on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Mahdi, 40. According to Sub-inspector of the police station Aminul Islam, terrorist Mahdi received bullet in the forehead during a ‘shootout’ with police in the Beribadh area ... Read more
Month: July 2013
Move to split GB: Officials to wear black badges today
Officials and employees of Nobel-winning micro-finance institution Grameen Bank will wear black badges on Sunday protesting the government’s reported plan to break up the bank into 19 entities and taking control over it. As part of the programme, the Grameen Bank employees of the head office will observe a sit-in in front of Mirpur central ... Read more
‘People want poll manifesto fulfilled’
Communications minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that people of the country want to see how much the government has had implemented so far; which it had promised in its election manifesto. “People don’t want to see any colourful promises. They would assess the previous promises. There is no point of making any new promise. ... Read more
Fatema welcomes limited experimentations
The Ekushey Padak winner Nazrul Sangeet singer Fatima Tuz Zohra says that she welcomes experimentations with songs of this genre as long as it does not distort the original composition. In a recent programme aired on a private TV channel Zohra also presented songs using western instruments. ‘I don’t find anything wrong if some experimentation ... Read more
Absurd theatre satirises contemporary society
Teerondaz Natyadal’s latest production Kanthanalite Surjo satirises brutal realities of the contemporary society through an absurd story portraying the sun being stuck into the throat of a man. The troupe premiered its third production on Friday at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The late Indian poet-playwright
Manipuri artistes present classical dance
Manipuri artistes presented classical manipuri dance and traditional kirtan song at the bamboo made auditorium of Manipuri Theatre at the remote village Ghoramara under Kamolganj upazila in Moulvibazar district. The traditional artistes of the community also presented ritualistic songs and dance recitals at the programme on Thursday, which was organised by Dhrumel, a joint venture ... Read more
No initiative to remove business establishments from Dhanmondi
Hundreds of commercial establishments are operating illegally in Dhanmondi residential area but the city development authority has not taken any initiative to remove them despite the court’s order. The High Court on June 11 last year had declared illegal all commercial operations in Dhanmondi residential area and directed the authorities to remove
National committee formed to save Sundarban
Politicians, right activists, academics and environmentalists on Saturday urged for a greater unity of citizens to save national pride Sundarban from all kinds of destructions including installation of power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat. At a citizens’ gathering at Mukti Bhaban in the capital, they also formed a 101-member national committee to steer the movement
4 mayors-elect to take oath today
The newly elected mayors of Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet city corporations will be sworn in on Sunday. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at International Conference Centre at the Prime Minister’s office in Dhaka at 9:30 am.
Students rally for release four fellows
SYLHET INT’L UNIV Students rally for release four fellows Students of privately-run Sylhet International University on Saturday went on demonstrations in the city and boycott academic activities demanding an immediate release of four of their fellows arrested on Thursday in conneciton with Jamaat’s general strike. The students also exploded about 10 crude bombs
Man held with gold at airport
The Armed Police Battalion arrested a man at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on early Saturday along with huge amount of undocumented cameras, mobile phone sets and gold worth about Tk 50 lakh, the police said. Mizanur Rahman Ripon, 32, was arrested at about 12:15am
RMG exports to non-traditional market flourish again
Exports of readymade garments to 11 non-traditional markets grew by 28.75 per cent year-on-year in the just concluded financial year standing at $2.97 billion, showed Export Promotion Bureau data. Experts and exporters said it was a good sign that
Dhaka to request Delhi again to withdraw CVD on RMG items
The government is going to request India again to withdraw countervailing duty on import of readymade garment products from Bangladesh in order to create level playing field for Bangladeshi apparel items and reduce trade imbalance between the two neighbouring countries, commerce ministry officials said.
Loans at 8pc interest for small-scale investors proposed
REFINANCE SCHEME Loans at 8pc interest for small-scale investors proposed A five-member committee formed by the finance ministry has suggested setting the interest rate for the loans under the government’s refinance scheme for the small-scale investors affected by the stock market crash at 8 per cent, BSEC officials said. Earlier, a finance ministry guideline proposed ... Read more
BGMEA lists 1,107 Rana Plaza survivors for jobs
A government agency recently provided the BGMEA with a list of 1,107 out of 2,438 survivors of Rana Plaza collapse, who were employees of the five garments factories housed in the building, asking the trade body to give the workers jobs. In response, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers
Comprehensive directive for mobile cos soon
PROMOTIONAL PACKAGES Comprehensive directive for mobile cos soon The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has decided to issue a comprehensive directive on promotional and tariff packages of the mobile phone companies as the operators are not complying with the rules. BTRC officials said the commission in different
Strikes cripple businesses in Ctg, Khulna
Nationwide dawn-to-dusk strikes on four straight days have left the country’s businesses reeling under huge losses. Chittagong trade body leaders said businesses running at a low ebb might hinder timely payment of the salaries and festival bonuses to the workers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr as factory production and shipments of goods had remained
Loss, lower turnover mark DSE week
Dhaka stocks finished in the red last week with a declining turnover as political unrest and four straight dawn-to-dusk strikes took its toll on the bourse. The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, declined to 4,223.62 points, shedding 0.92 per cent, or 39.32 points while the old benchmark general index of the bourse,
Practice match washed out ahead of ‘A’ team selection
The national selectors missed an opportunity to assess potential bowlers for the Bangladesh ‘A’ team as Saturday’s practice match between the BCB XI and the Under-23 squad at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium was called-off due to rain. This was the second practice match to be abandoned in
Clubs agree to play league in neutral venues
The professional football clubs agreed to play next season’s Bangladesh Premier League in neutral venues only if the Bangladesh Football Federation provides Tk 10 lakh to each club every season. The professional league committee, though, is yet to finalise the yearly football calendar and decided to meet again on Tuesday, the governing body informed