The parliamentary committee on the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock suggested running the Dhaka Zoo by those who know animals and their food habits. Otherwise the Dhaka Zoo will suffer much, they said in a report. At the moment, the zoo is maintained by those who
Month: August 2013
Indefinite road blockade in Khulna from today
Transport owners and workers will enforce an indefinite road blockade on 17 routes of Khulna division from today demanding a ban on the plying of unregistered shallow engine-run vehicles on highways. District Bus-Minibus-Coach Owners’ Association and Motor Workers’ Union will enforce the blockade as per their earlier decision taken at a meeting on Thursday.
Women to get outsourcing training to earn online
Government plans to launch a project to impart outsourcing training to women aimed at earning online, official sources said. They said information and communication technology ministry has designed the project titled ‘Bari Bosey Borolok’ to provide outsourcing training for 13,400 women of the country. The cost of the project has been estimated at
Smuggled Sundari timber seized in Barisal
Detective branch of Barisal metropolitan police on Sunday seized a trawler, arrested two people and recovered 52 pieces Sundari timbers smuggled from Sundarban mangrove forest. DB inspector Abdur Razzak said on the basis of a tip-off they raided a fishing trawler, FB Oli, at Lamchhari on Arial Kha River early Sunday.
Woman hurt in crude bomb blast in capital
A woman was hurt as a crude bomb went off in the capital’s Jurain on Sunday. The victim was identified as Ruksana Begum, 30, wife of Jahangir Alam and resident of Jurain Railway area. Abdul Halim, subinspector of Shyampur police,
BB asks banks to lower lending rates
Bangladesh Bank on Sunday asked scheduled banks to take necessary measures to lower their rate of interest on lending in a bid to decrease the interest spread rate below five percentage points. The direction came from a meeting between the central bank and the scheduled banks at the BB headquarters in the capital. Managing directors ... Read more
H1 SME loan growth in manufacturing sector drops
The growth in SME loan disbursement in the manufacturing sector declined in the first half of the current financial year to 28.36 per cent from 32.43 per cent in the same period of 2012 because of ongoing political tensions, said Bangladesh Bank officials. BB data released on Sunday showed that banks and
EAB urges govt to re-fix value of taka as Indian rupee slides
The Exporters Association of Bangladesh on Sunday requested the finance minister to re-fix a logical value of Taka against the US dollar as the exporters were in fear of incurring losses because of devaluation of Indian Rupee against the greenback. In a letter to finance minister AMA Muhith,
Microcredit sector needs separate CIB: experts
Bankers and micro-credit experts on Sunday stressed on introducing a separate Credit Information Bureau (CIB) like scheduled banks as the sector has flourished over the years. CIB can assist the lenders with exchange information among each other about the history of a borrower. Overlapping, shocks and dropout rate in
Dhaka for narrowing trade gap with KL
Foreign minister Dipu Moni on Sunday stressed the need for narrowing the bilateral trade gap with Malaysia, the largest ASEAN investor in Bangladesh. She suggested that Malaysia could import more from Bangladesh to cut down the huge trade gap tilted in favour of Kuala Lumpur. Bangladesh is the third
BB posts Tk 4,152cr profit in FY13
The operating profit of Bangladesh Bank stood at Tk 4,152.37 crore in the recently concluded financial year. According to a BB news release, the operating profit of the central bank increased by 7.61 per cent in the FY 2012-13 compared with that of the FY12. The transferable operating profit to the government
3G licensees can operate 4G service: BTRC
The telecom regulator would allow the cellular phone operators to run Long Term Evolution service along with the 3G or third generation cellular phone licence, said officials. They said the regulator — Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission — had taken the decision to make the forthcoming auction for 3G spectrum
BTRC extends bid money submission deadline to Aug 29
3G Auction BTRC extends bid money submission deadline to Aug 29 The telecom regulator has extended the time by two days for depositing bid earnest money to participate in the much-awaited 3G auction scheduled for September 8, said officials. They said the regulator had refixed August 29 to deposit $20 million as bid earnest money ... Read more
Poverty, unemployment main barriers to effective dev: Muhith
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Sunday termed poverty, extreme poverty and unemployment as the main barriers to development of Bangladesh as well as developing countries in Asia. ‘Asian countries including Bangladesh must have to address poverty and unemployment problems of people in order to ensure effective development
3-member supervision body to be formed by this week
TK 900CR Stock Scheme 3-member supervision body to be formed by this week A three-member supervision committee would be formed by this week to operate the Capital Market Affected Small Investors’ Assistance Fund of Tk 900 crore, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission sources said. The committee would be formed as per the memorandum of understanding ... Read more
Stocks gain amid higher turnover
Dhaka stocks advanced for the second trading session on Sunday with an increased turnover as the news that the government is in the final stage to release the first instalment of the refinancing scheme worth Tk 300 crore made the investors cheerful. ‘Opening a separate bank account for the fund is under process.
Muhith for integrated microfinance approach
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Sunday stressed the importance of an integrated approach of microfinance in the coming days to have a greater impact on poverty reduction. Addressing the closing session of a two-day national conference on microfinance and development at Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation, the finance
Bangladesh trade fair begins in Malaysia Thursday
A three-day trade fair, titled ‘Trade in Bangladesh’ will begin in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday aiming to boost Dhaka-KL trade, organisers said on Sunday. Headmaster Events in collaboration with the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers
Top clubs snub Sakib in shock transfer
Leading all-rounder Sakib al Hasan was snubbed by at least four teams before being picked by lowly Kalabagan Krira Chakra in a surprise Dhaka Premier League player transfers held at a city hotel on Sunday. Sakib was expected to be the apple cart in the newly-introduced complicated transfer system that saw a club team’s pecking ... Read more
‘Sakib happy to play for Kalabagan’
Kalabagan Krira Chakra wasted little time in finding out Sakib al Hasan’s frame of mind after they landed the prized all-rounder for their club in the surprise Dhaka Premier League players’ transfer on Sunday. ‘I just called Sakib in London and he seemed perfectly alright,’ club official Reaz Ahmed Babu said during a break in ... Read more