The government is likely to sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Indian private power trader PTC India Ltd within a few days to import 250 MW from October. This will be an addition to the 250 MW of power to be imported Indian under a government-to-government agreement signed between Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) ... Read more
Month: September 2013
BIWTA and BIWTC blame each other for ferry service disruption
Officials of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority and the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation blamed each other for the disruption of ferry services on Mawa-Charjanajat and Paturia-Daulatdia routes. The corporation officials said that navigability on the river routes were the main reason for the disruption and the authority failed to dredge the river properly to ... Read more
Power play delays Apparel Board Act
A tug-of-war among the Board of Investment (BoI), Ministry of Jute and Textile (MoJT) and some other government agencies has been the key factor in delaying the framing of the Apparel Board Act – 2012. As a result, the entire garment sector, which is the principal foreign exchange earner of the country, is virtually running ... Read more
Only RPO amendment not enough: Dr Akbar Ali
Dr Akbar Ali Khan, former adviser to the caretaker government, said on Friday that if the election-time government is not acceptable to all, it would not be possible to hold free and fair elections only by amending the Representation of the People Order (RPO). “An acceptable parliamentary election would not be possible under a partisan ... Read more
3 drown in Buriganga
Three teenaged boys, including two students, drowned in the river Buriganga in two separate incidents yesterday. Deceased Sajal Chandra Das, 17, was a class-IX student, Subham Chandra Das, 18, a first-year college student, and Md Robin, 15, an employee of a shop. The student duo drowned while immersing idols
2 killed in Jhenidah boiler explosion
Two workers were killed in a boiler explosion in a rice mill at Narayanpur Trimohoni in sadar upazila on Thursday night. The victims were identified as Shafiuddin,35, of Naodapara village of sadar upazila and Aslam Hossain,40, of Shailakupa upazila. Two other workers-Abdullah,28 and Khairul Hossian-suffered burn injuries following the blast. Police said when the boiler ... Read more
2 girls drown
Two schoolgirls drowned in a pond at Char Hasan Hossain village in Ramgati upazila on Friday. The deceased were identified as Shahnaj Akhter Lipi, a Class-V student of and daughter of Mahbubur Rahman, and Zobaida Akhter Meem, a Class-II student and daughter of Momin Ullah of the village. Locals said Lipi and Meem slipped into ... Read more
Doly Zahur on acting career and more
Seasoned actor Dolly Zahur’s popular drama serial from the 80’s Ei Sob Din Ratri is being re-telecasted on BTV on Monday and Thursday at 10:30pm. The actor gained huge popularity for her lively acting in the role ‘Nilu Bhabi’ in the drama serial, which was written by Humayun Ahmed and directed by Mostafizur Rahman. Dolly ... Read more
Palash reveals his artistic genius in different mediums
An exploration of art in different mediums and colours can be enjoyed at a solo painting exhibition of the artist Mastapha Khalid Palash taking place at the Athena Gallery of Fine Arts at Badda in the capital. The artist has projected his passion through different modes and mediums like pen, marker, pastel, oil and acrylic ... Read more
Two classics and a contemporary play to be staged today
Mohakal Theatre Fest Two classics and a contemporary play to be staged today Two classics and a contemporary play will be staged today at three different venues as part of the theatre festival arranged by theatre troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday. Padatik Natya Sangsad will stage Shakespearean classic tragedy Macbeth at the National Theatre Hall of ... Read more
Farm sector defaulted loan rises by 21pc
The defaulted loans in the agriculture sector increased by 21.06 per cent in the last one year as the banks did not take adequate initiatives to recover their loans disbursed to the farmers, said Bangladesh Bank officials. Besides, the officials said, a large number of farmers failed to repay their loans in the period after ... Read more
Prices of onion, vegetables on the rise
The prices of vegetables and onion went up on the retail markets in the city over the week ending Friday. Traders said the prices of vegetables increased because of a supply shortage amid general strike in last week. Most of the vegetables saw an increase of Tk 5-Tk 10 a kilogram in their prices. Aubergine was selling ... Read more
Tax fair draws huge crowd
NBR adds 20 booths to Dhaka venue The income tax fair in Dhaka drew huge crowd on Friday, a public holiday, but taxpayers complained that they struggled to find satisfactory services at the fair. Officials of the National Board of Revenue said that they increased the number of booths by 20 at the Officers’ Club, ... Read more
BB sounds fake currency alert
The Bangladesh Bank has sent letters to the home ministry and all commercial banks asking them to check inflow of fake currency in all cattle markets across the country ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. In the letter, the central bank has asked them to take adequate measures to detect counterfeit notes in the markets. The committees, formed
BU, Prime Bank cruise in DPL
Nazmus Sadat played a brilliant unbeaten innings of 82 runs to help Brothers Union post an easy six-wicket victory over holders Victoria Sporting Club in the Dhaka Premier League on Friday. Brothers, who picked up their second victory, were joined in the winners’ circle by Gazi Tank Cricketers and Prime Bank Cricket Club after contrasting ... Read more
Lost opportunity for Sagar, Shakil
Nat’l ‘A’ Chess Begins Today Lost opportunity for Sagar, Shakil International Masters Minhazuddin Ahmed Sagar and Abu Sufian Shakil have lost an opportunity to gain a Grand Master norm from the National ‘A’ Championship, which is schedule to start from today. In order to achieve a GM norm, Sagar and Shakil’s opponents must have an ... Read more
An ad hoc postman!
Bangladesh Cricket Board’s ad-hoc committee member AZM Nasir apparently acted as a postman as he took 10 councillorship letters to hand over to the representatives of different districts of Chittagong Division. Rival group alleged that Nasir took the responsibility, which is supposed to be done by a messenger or a postman as specified in the ... Read more
Russell chief blames coaches for failure
Saff Debacle Probe Russell chief blames coaches for failure Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra president Nurul Alam Chowdhury blamed the coaching staff and the national team management committee for Bangladesh’s SAFF Championship debacle after facing the fact-finding committee at the Bangladesh Football Federation House on Friday. Chowdhury had recently expressed interest in
Bangladesh women humbled by SA
The Bangladesh women’s national team lost the first ODI of their tour of South Africa by six-wickets in a one-sided affair in Benoni on Friday, as the hosts chased down the tourists’ 149/8 in the 38th over. Bangladesh lost the toss and were put in to bat by South Africa, who allowed just one run ... Read more
Jamuna devours part of Sirajganj town protection embankment
ABOUT 75-metre stretch of town protection embankment in Sirajganj was washed away by river Jamuna on Wednesday night. Locals and Water Development Board officials said that the concrete part of the guide-wall as well as its adjacent road on the embankment began to be eroded at about 10:00pm on Wednesday and the erosion continued till ... Read more