Hartal, Political Unrest Tourism industry fears loss during Eid holidays Tourism industry people in Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong and the three hill districts feared a slump in their business due to declining number of tourists caused by ongoing political unrest, including frequent hartals. They said that the industry had been passing through tough times due to ... Read more
Month: August 2013
BTRC to get NID database access from EC
Sim Registration Verification BTRC to get NID database access from EC The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has got green signal from the Election Commission for accessing the national ID database to verify users’ data given by the mobile phone operators, said BTRC officials. According to the BTRC officials, the commission initiated the move as mobile ... Read more
Wholesalers raise rice, sugar, oil prices ahead of Eid
Take a chance over govt decision banning vehicular movement on highways Rice, sugar and edible oil prices increased in retail markets in last two days due to stocking by wholesalers after the government’s announcement that plying of trucks, covered vans and lorries on highways would remain halted for seven days starting three days before Eid-ul-Fitr. ... Read more
Government to allow pvt entrepreneurs to import fuel oil next year
The government will allow private entrepreneurs to import diesel and furnace oil for their own consumption, particularly to run their power plants, from next year, officials said. On Sunday, power, energy and mineral resources ministry came up with the decision at a meeting held at the secretariat chaired by prime minister’s energy adviser
Familytex downgraded to ‘Z’ category only one and half months after listing
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Sunday placed the shares of Familytex (BD) Limited under ‘Z’ category from ‘N’ category only one and a half months after its listing as the company failed to declare any dividend for the financial year ended on December 31, 2012. Familytex raised Tk 34 crore by offloading 3.40 crore shares ... Read more
NBR set to provide depreciation benefit bypassing law
3,500 Imported Cars NBR set to provide depreciation benefit bypassing law The National Board of Revenue is set to provide 45 per cent depreciation benefits for around 3,500 reconditioned cars imported before June this year though the cars are supposed to get 35 per cent depreciation under the law, officials of the NBR said. NBR ... Read more
Stocks’ downtrend stretches to fourth day
Investors remain off-floor due to unrest fear: traders Dhaka stocks dropped for the fourth trading session on Sunday with a sharp fall in turnover as investors kept them off the trading floor, anticipating political unrest after Eid-ul-Fitr, market operators said. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, declined to 3,833.53 points, shedding 1.99 ... Read more
NGOs request BB to slash interest rate
Farm Loan NGOs request BB to slash interest rate Three non-government organisations on Sunday urged the Bangladesh Bank to reduce the farm loan interest rate to single digit. They also proposed the BB to increase the amount for farm loans. Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust, Credit and Development Forum and
Biman starts accepting local credit cards
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, has started to accept both local and international Visa and Mastercard credit cards for booking seats through the website. The airline will also accept Nexus Debit Card issued by local Dutch-Bangla Bank in its web-booking integration, said a press release on Sunday
BIWTC starts special Eid services today
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation starts today a 13-day special steamer services from Dhaka end and it will continue till August 17. Source also said four BIWTC vessels — peddle wheel steamers PS Lepcha, PS Mahsud, PS Turn, and screw wheel motor vessel MV Sela — have
Gold seized at Chittagong airport
Gold worth about Tk 2.5 crore was seized from two passengers at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong Sunday morning. The immigration police detained Ikbal and Rashed, resident of Raojan of the district with 53 gold bars weighing over six kilogram after they came to the airport in a Fly Dubai Airways flight
Rajshahi Eid markets get momentum
With hardly four days left for Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims, shopping in Rajshahi city has gained momentum amid huge supply of consumer goods and enthusiasm among the people. All the city markets are seen very busy, setting up makeshift footpath markets, now to sell their commodities to hundreds of shoppers. The rush ... Read more
Tree plantation campaign begins at DU
The Dhaka University authorities on Sunday began a tree plantation campaign on the campus. Arboriculture office of the university and DU Tree Plantation and Beautification Committee jointly organised the campaign. The university vice-chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, inaugurated the campaign at a function at the Mall Chattar on the campus. Besides planting tree, he
Six for six- Sakib takes CPL by a storm
Ace Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan nearly missed out on world-record bowling figures in Twenty20 matches as he took the Caribbean Premier League by storm in his third outing for Barbados Tridents on Saturday. Sakib mesmerised Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel after he recorded figures of 6-6 in four
‘A’ team coach expects strong Lions
The touring Bangladesh A team can expect to face a tough England Lions side in their one-day series later this month, according to head coach Corey Richards. ‘The tour will definitely be a challenging one as the depth of English cricket at the moment is as good as it has been for a while and ... Read more
No end to football’s transfer dispute
Clubs and footballers, who have taken advance payment from one club but decided stay or join in another club, are yet to resolve the matter despite a deadline in this regards ends today. The Bangladesh Football Federation gave the involving clubs and players August 5 deadline, ahead of inter-club players’ transfer, which begins on
Only Nepal and Kuwait interested in Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Among the eight invites, only Nepal and Kuwait have agreed to send their teams in September’s Bangabandhu Gold Cup, said an official of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Sunday. The BFF invited Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Thailand and Yemen with only Nepal making sure of their involvement in the tournament in the scheduled
Football team return home
The national football team returned to Dhaka on Sunday after their week-long tour of Thailand, where they played two practice matches against the local sides as part of their preparation for September’s SAFF Championship in Nepal. Bangladesh fell to a 2-1 defeat against Thai club Osotspa Saraburi FC in their first
Jadeja jumps to No 1 in ODI bowling rankings
Ravindra Jadeja has topped the ICC bowlers’ rankings in ODIs, level with West Indies spinner Sunil Narine, after jumping four places. Jadeja is the first India bowler to top the rankings since Anil Kumble, who topped the table in 1996, and is the fourth India bowler to do so, Kapil Dev and Maninder Singh being
Rauf retires from all forms of umpiring
Tainted Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf has retired from all forms of umpiring duties due to personal commitments, a report claimed on Saturday. A report on the website of ‘Express’ newspaper on Saturday said that Rauf had made up his mind to retire from all forms of umpiring