Garment Safety EU Accord team arrives Monday for follow-up meeting A five-member delegation of EU Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh arrives in Dhaka on Monday to hold a follow-up meeting with the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association regarding the platform’s action plan. The delegation will hold the meeting to set the ... Read more
Month: September 2013
Microsoft suspects pirated software may lead to increased cyber crimes
IT experts term suspicion linked more to business Microsoft in a letter to the finance ministry in the past week suspected that the use of pirated software could expose computer networks to risk, resulting in an increase in cyber crimes. Finance ministry officials said that Microsoft suspected that information could be stolen from government and ... Read more
NBR collects Tk 800cr in six day
7-Day Income Tax Fair NBR collects Tk 800cr in six day The National Board of Revenue on Saturday set record in providing services to people and receiving income tax returns in six days of the weeklong income tax fairs across the country, according to NBR data. The fairs which began on Monday end today. In ... Read more
BIAC holds dialogue on arbitration
Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre organised a dialogue on arbitration at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the city on Saturday with a view to encouraging those who had taken part in its workshops on alternative dispute resolution previously, said a press release. Four trainees — Jaharat Adib Choudhury,
Bajloor elected Progressive Life Insurance chair
Bajloor Rashid and Abdul Malik have recently been elected the chairman and vice-chairman of Progressive Life Insurance Company for the term 201 3-2014 respectively, said a press release. Bajloor, who had been awarded a Member of the British Empire by the Queen of Great Britain, was also the president of Bangladesh Caterers’ Association in UK
Solaiman re-elected Shahjalal Islami Bank Securities chair
Mohammed Solaiman has unanimously been re-elected the chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank Securities recently, said a press release. While Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Halim were unanimously re-elected vice-chairmen. Solaiman, who holds a masters degree in public administration from Chittagong University, is a sponsor director and former chairman of Shahjalal Islami Bank and a founder director
Early derby ignites DPL
Mohammedan-Abahani face off today in crunch match Arch-rivals Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sporting Club face each other in what is just the third round of the ongoing Dhaka Premier League, the newly-included list A competition, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Mohammedan are the only unbeaten side so far in the tournament despite not being able ... Read more
Local giants eye SAFF stars
Six new faces will arrive in Dhaka in the last week of this month for trials with Abahani Limited while Mohammedan Sporting Club have set their sights on sub-continental players as the local giants are gearing up for the upcoming football season. Both Abahani and Mohammedan have placed their priority on recruiting quality foreign players ... Read more
Sri Lanka want an extra T20 in February visit
Sri Lanka have requested to play an additional Twenty20 International when they visit in February for a series against Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Saturday. ‘We have decided to include another T20I in the itinerary of Sri Lanka,’ said Enayet Hossain, chairman of the BCB cricket operations, after a meeting of his
Nat’l ‘A’ Chess C’ship begins
The Berger Paints 39th National ‘A’ Chess Championship began at the Media Centre of Bangladesh Olympic Association on Saturday with holders GM Niaz Murshed of Dhaka Mohammedan making a draw with FM Khondakar Aminul Islam of Bangladesh Ansar in the opening match. In the day’s another first round match, Shafiq Ahmed
School Handball reach semi stage
The Polar Ice Cream 21st School Handball (Boys and Girls) Tournament advanced to the semifinal stages after the day’ s matches at the Shaheed (Captain) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium on Saturday. In the boys’ semifinal on Sunday, Narinda Govt. High School will play Play Pen School at 8:30 am while Sunnydale School will ... Read more
RMG workers go berserk as denied leave for Dhaka rally
Protests force 400 factories to suspend operation Several thousand apparel workers staged violent protests in Gazipur, Savar and Narayanganj after they were denied permission to attend a rally in Dhaka on Saturday, forcing over 400 garment units to suspend operation. The protesters vandalised vehicles and blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway
War trial not act of revenge
Says Hasina in Al Jazeera documentary Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has denied the opposition’s allegation that the trial of war criminals is an act of revenge, insisting that it is rather the due course of law. “Sometimes you can hear the hue and cry from many quarters that you are taking revenge on the opposition ... Read more
WASA plans micro-dredging to free canals in city
Realising that lack of proper dredging encourages grabbers to occupy the city’s canals, the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has taken up a micro-dredging project for 26 city canals, rendered stagnant by liquid and solid wastes. The BWDB and WASA recently reclaimed the Ramchandrapur canal in Mohammadpur and Kalayanpur canal in Mirpur-1; it
25 more Tazreen fire deceased named to High Court
Names of 25 workers, not included in the official confirmed list of 99 workers who died in the Tazreen Fashions fire in November 2012, have been filed in the High Court by the anthropologists who had earlier petitioned the court to take action against government authorities for their failure to prosecute Tazreen Fashions owner
Fix Tk 8,114 as minimum wage
RMG workers tell owners Apparel workers at a rally in Dhaka on Saturday warned that they would launch a strong movement if the factory owners did not accept their demand for Tk 8,114 in minimum monthly wage. Rejecting a proposal of the owners’ representative to athe sector’s minimum wage board for fixing the wage at ... Read more
Child death cut by 72pc
Report shows Bangladesh’s outstanding success over 22 years Children don’t die in big numbers in Bangladesh now as they did 22 years ago. The country is preventing over 1,100 child deaths a day, thanks to a successful reduction in child mortality by 72 percent in last two decades. Back in 1990, as many as 1,454 ... Read more
Drop Rampal project by tomorrow
Citizen’s platform asks govt The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports yesterday demanded cancellation of the government decision to set up the Rampal Power Plant close to the Sundarbans by tomorrow. Leaders of the committee made the call ahead of its long march programme towards the Sundarbans starting on Tuesday ... Read more
Bangladesh top achiever along with Cambodia
MDG Goals Bangladesh top achiever along with Cambodia Bangladesh, jointly with Cambodia, according to a new study topped the chart of the least developed countries in achieving Millennium Developed Goals thanks to its steady progress in major targets. The first of its kind study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue said both countries were likely ... Read more
FBI installs database software at DNA lab in Dhaka
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is installing its criminal justice DNA database software at the National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory in Dhaka to increase the lab capacity, officials on Saturday said. ‘The FBI will also train us to run the software,’ the DNA lab’s national technical adviser Sharif Akhteruzzaman said. An FBI team on ... Read more