A Myanmar navy frigate that has been stationed in the River Naaf along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border will stay there for about a month, a Border Guard Bangladesh official said. The Myanmar warship is there to supervise a smooth changeover from Nasaka, the Myanmar border force that has recently been abolished, to the National
Month: July 2013
AL explains Joy’s remarks
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif on Saturday came up with an explanation of the comments made by the prime minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and said Joy had actually wanted to mean that the Awami League would return to power if the party activists could be more active before the next polls.
Mahmudur remanded in police custody
The acting Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman was on Saturday remanded in police custody for three days for interrogation in one of the cases filed against him in February. ‘We have taken him in our custody for three days for interrogation beginning today,’ the Ramna police officer-in-charge, Moshiur Rahman, told New Age on Saturday.
Storm-hit Singapore ship leaves Ctg port again
The Singapore flag ship that was forced to return to the Chittagong port because of high sea after being caught in a storm two days ago left for its destination on Saturday afternoon, port officials said. The MV Express Karnaphuli laden with more than 800 containers left the Chittagong port about 1:00pm for Singapore, they ... Read more
Birangana Roma Chy meets Hasina
A Birangana of Chittagong, Roma Chowdhury called on the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, at the latter’s Ganobhaban residence in Dhaka Saturday morning. After seeing Roma Chowdhury in the meeting room of Ganobhaban, the prime minister embraced her and requested her to sit beside her.
New wage board award for journalists soon: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said that the gazette notification on the 8th wage board award for journalists and workers of the press would be issued soon. She also said that efforts were on to implement the new wage structures for newsmen and employees in the newspaper industry.
RMG worker stabbed to death in N’ganj
An apparel worker was stabbed to death at Bholail of Fatullah in Narayanganj on Friday. The deceased was Faridul Islam, 22, of Bagha Jalakandi at Dhunat in Bogra who lived at Deobhog Banglabazar and worked with Shaon Garments factory at Bholail. Sabuj, a cousin of the deceased, said that they had
Renaissance plans album after 9 years
Renaissance is now working on its upcoming album nine years after since the band released its fourth album Ekush Shotoke in 2004. The band members informed that the album will feature 10 or 12 songs. The band members further told that the unique style developed by the band would be maintained in the album. But, ... Read more
American scholar presents art in the US
LECTURE ON ART TREND AT DAC American scholar presents art in the US American art scholar Auburn E Elise demonstrated the contemporary art trend in the US at the Dhaka Art Centre on Friday. Displaying images of some contemporary works, the audio-visual presentation anaylsed the themes dealt with by the contemporary artists in the USA ... Read more
Lata Mangeshkar to get first Yash Chopra Memorial Award
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar will be given the inaugural National Yash Chopra Memorial Award. Industrialist-politician T Subbarami Reddy, who has produced Hindi movies like Vijay, Chandni and Lamhe, announced the award in memory of late filmmaker Yash Chopra, reports Hindustan Times. The award, instituted by Reddy-led
180 RMG units yet to submit factory report to BGMEA
About 180 garment factories are yet to submit their structural designs, soil test reports and premium of insurance to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association after two months of the expire of deadline. The factories remained out of BGMEA service due
Policy for pvt sector gas condensate fractionation plants on cards
The government has decided to frame a policy for the condensate fractionation plants set up by private entrepreneurs to regulate supply of condensate from local gas fields, its import and marketing of the refined products. The Energy Division has already drafted the Policy
FBCCI VP resigns from 2 bodies on price monitoring
HIGHWAY EXTORTION BY POLICE FBCCI VP resigns from 2 bodies on price monitoring Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry vice-president Md Helal Uddin on Saturday resigned from two separate price monitoring committees of the FBCCI and commerce ministry in protest at ‘extortion’ by the police from goods-laden trucks on the highways. In a ... Read more
NBR opens tax files for 19,300 house, shop owners
DOOR-TO-DOOR SURVEY NBR opens tax files for 19,300 house, shop owners The National Board of Revenue has brought 19,300 house and shop owners under the income tax net till June through an ongoing special survey which was started in December 2012 to detect suspected tax-dodging rich people across the country, officials said. Under the door-to-door ... Read more
Dhaka, Seoul to sign memo for tourism development
Dhaka and Seoul have agreed to identify possible areas to work together for development of the two-way tourism and hospitality industries. In doing so, a memorandum of understanding would be signed soon, said a message received in Dhaka. The decision came when civil aviation and
Korean businessmen keen to import RMG
Korea Importers Association vice-chairman Hi-Hyun Kim has expressed keen interest to import more products from Bangladesh, especially the readymade garments items. Kim said this at a meeting with the visiting Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry trade delegation in Korea on Friday, said a DCCI release on Saturday.
UCB gets new AMD
AE Abdul Muhaimen has recently joined United Commercial Bank as the additional managing director. Prior to joining UCB, he was the managing director of National Finance Limited, said a news release. Muhaimen is a senior banking professional with over 27 years of multi-functional experience with six banks in Asia, Australia and the Middle East. He ... Read more
US chief execs can’t break cost-cutting habit
A disconcerting trend lurks beneath the recent round of solid profit forecasts announced by companies ranging from United Technologies Corp to Wendy’s Co. More than three years into the recovery, CEOs are still relying on cost cuts to prop up earnings, reports Reuters. While the cuts are not as severe as those that followed
Stocks end week plunging amid monetary policy fear
DSE WEEKLY REVIEW Stocks end week plunging amid monetary policy fear Dhaka stocks plunged last week with heavy fall of the turnover as the investors fear that the new monetary policy announced by the central bank would squeeze the liquidity flow to the capital market. DSEX, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange,
Telcos incorporated in labour law for ‘job security’
Cellular phone operators in the country have been incorporated in the labour law aimed at securing employee’s job and other benefits, said officials. They said the law would secure the job of the employees of the cellular phone operators, which was very much fragile due to the absence of any legal obligation.