Some 220 different species of birds were seized from the capital’s Mirpur on Wednesday. Wildlife crime control unit of the Bangladesh forest department seized the birds during a drive at Mirpur section 13. The seized birds include tota, tia and munia, said the unit press release. Wildlife crime control unit inspector Sohel Rana
Month: August 2013
Joint cultural centre to be set up at DU
The authorities of Dhaka University and Presidency University, Kolkata are going to set up a collaborative centre of studies in culture and literature, said the universities’ high ups. Dhaka University vice-chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique told New Age that a centre on culture and literature would be set up at Dhaka University.
10 injured in a JCD factional clash in Sylhet
At least ten activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal were injured in factional clash on Wednesday afternoon at a programme attended by the BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain. The party sources said that Sylhet district unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party held its workers’ convention at a community centre in the town’s Kumarpara.
RCC for civic services without corruption
The Rajshahi City Corporation is committed to delivering its civic services in a corruption and hustle-free manner, Shariful Islam Babu, mayor-in-charge of the corporation, has said. After taking charge, the present council has brought back and ensured transparency in the administrative and operational activities, he further said.
BB buys $738m more to keep taka afloat
The Bangladesh Bank purchased dollars worth $738 million in the first 58 days of the current fiscal year as it continues its effort to keep the value of taka stable against the greenback amid stagnant business situation in the country resulted from the ongoing political unrest, said BB officials. The central bank started to intervene ... Read more
Slumping Indian rupee closing in on taka
Hits Rs 68.80 against dollar, Rs 1 equals Tk 1.12 The rupee on Wednesday closed further to the Bangladesh currency taka as the Indian currency plunged to a fresh low of Rs 68.80 against the US dollar. The rupee, which lost 3 per cent against the dollar on Tuesday plunged by another 3.86 per cent ... Read more
Telcos add 1.9m users in July
The number of active mobile phone subscribers in the country reached 10.69 crore in July as the mobile operators added more than 19 lakh new subscribers in the month maintaining the uptrend since the turn of the year. The companies witnessed a sharp fall in their businesses for three consecutive months from October to December ... Read more
Almost same taxpayers making list for last 3yrs
NBR Tax Card Award Almost same taxpayers making list for last 3yrs The National Board of Revenue is going to award 20 individuals and 20 corporate taxpayers tax cards in recognition of their paying of highest income tax in the fiscal years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, NBR officials said. The NBR will hand over tax cards, ... Read more
Dhaka, Yangon ink deal today on airlink resumption
Bangladesh is set to sign an agreement to re-establish air connectivity with Myanmar today. ‘We will sign the final agreement with Myanmar tomorrow,’ civil aviation minister Faruk Khan told the news agency on Wednesday. Faruk Khan said signing of the deal would cement
5 insurers issued licence, 6 to get soon
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority has so far issued five licences out of the total 11 newly approved insurance companies in the country. Protective Life Insurance Company Ltd and Zenith Islamic Life Insurance Company Ltd received the licence on August 21 after completion of hearing
WiMAX operators to offer LTE services soon
The WiMAX operators in the country could offer LTE or long-term evolution services, the latest broadband technology for mobile communication, as the telecom regulator has proposed to amend the Broadband Wireless Access licensing guideline, said officials. They said the regulator — Bangladesh Telecommunication
Telenor eyes $2b investment as Myanmar okays telecoms bill
Telenor will invest less than $2 billion in building its telecoms operation in Myanmar, its chief executive said on Wednesday, the day the country’s state media reported the parliament had passed a telecoms bill, paving the way for licensed international firms to operate, in the latest move to open the potentially lucrative mobile market. ‘It ... Read more
DPL under scanner more than ever
The forthcoming Dhaka Premier League will be under more scrutiny than ever in the aftermath of the recent match-fixing scandal that has rocked Bangladesh’s cricket, said the officials of Bangladesh Cricket Board on Wednesday. The DPL is widely blamed for match-fixing in local cricket, though it has hardly any link with international betting syndicate which mainly lures ... Read more
Ashraful in UK for legal advice
Embattled former national captain Mohammad Ashraful has left for the United Kingdom to seek advice from a lawyer familiar with match-fixing related charges, sources close to the player confirmed on Wednesday. Ashraful, one of the nine individuals charged by the ICC for match-fixing in the 2013 edition of the Bangladesh Premier League, has already confessed
Injured Sohel ruled out of SAFF C’ship
Goalkeeper Shahidul Alam Sohel has been ruled out from the national team due to a groin injury, striking a blow to the Bangladesh side just two days before the start of the 10th SAFF Championship in Nepal. National team head coach Lodewijk de Kruif recalled Ziaur Rahman as a replacement for Sohel. Zia reached Kathmandu ... Read more
India thrash Bangladesh in Asia Cup
India defenders VR Raghunath and Rupinder Pal Singh shared seven goals between them to rack up a 9-1 win over hapless Bangladesh on Wednesday, setting up a semi-final against hosts Malaysia in the 9th Asia Cup in Ipoh. Both the Indian defenders converted three penalty corners
Nazrul becoming occasional
Observing Kazi Nazrul Islam’s 37th Death Anniversary Nazrul becoming occasional Experts blame authorities concerned Nazrul experts accuse both government and private organisations in the country for making the creations of the national poet occasional and to be performed on programmes marking the birth and death anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam. They also blame these organisations ... Read more
No move to take Nazrul onto international stage
Experts tell New Age The poetry of Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976) is the golden treasure of Bangla literature. The nation has honoured him by conferring the status of the national poet and several other state honours such as Ekushey Padak. It’s true that many centres of learning and culture in India and Bangladesh have been ... Read more
Nazrul in films
It might not be common knowledge that Kazi Nazrul Islam was the first Bengali Muslim film director in the sub-continent. He jointly directed Dhrubo, released in 1934 with Satyendra Nath Dey. In the film based on Girish Chandra Ghosh’s story Bhakta Dhruva, Nazrul acted in the role of Narada, composed songs, set them to music ... Read more
Power cuts plague Rajshahi life
Frequent load shedding, accompanied with extreme heat, is plaguing life at different parts of Rajshahi city as well as the whole district for past two or three days. The authorities, however, said they were not getting enough supply from national grid, so the Rajshahi people would have to suffer for few more days.