A Bangladeshi puppet production titled Tales of Bangladesh has won the Best Folk Puppet Musical Award at a puppet carnival held at Jakarta in Indonesia. Tales of Bangladesh, a production by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy puppet team, was also nominated for the ‘Best Scenery Award’ at the Wayang World Puppet Carnival 2013, which continued from September ... Read more
Month: September 2013
SM Mohsin busy acting in film
Seasoned actor SM Mohsin is playing an important character in Murad Parvez’s government grant winning film Brihonolla for which, he says, he is not appearing much on teleplays these days. SM Mohsin received appreciation and awards acting in diverse characters in teleplays. ‘I like Television because it made me popular among people. Film, on the ... Read more
Govt to revise nat’l savings certificate regulations
The finance ministry plans to revise the existing regulations governing the national savings certificates through lifting the current limits on investment in the savings tools and accepting those as collaterals against bank loans. The move, aimed largely at curbing the government’s over-dependence on bank borrowings to finance its budget deficit
Import drops by 6pc
Food import, however, jumps The country’s overall import dropped significantly in August despite huge amount of imports of food products in the period. According to the latest Bangladesh Bank data, the settlement of letters of credit, generally known as actual import, registered a negative growth of 6.03 per cent in August compared with that of a ... Read more
Commerce ministry under pressure to lift ban on hilsa export
The commerce ministry is under mounting pressure from the businesses to withdraw the ban on hilsa export, said officials. ‘Demands from the businessmen to remove the restriction have risen recently,’ commerce secretary Mahbub Ahmed told New Age on Tuesday. Mahbub last week visited India where the
Long wait for taxpayers to get services at tax fairs
Taxpayers on Wednesday had to wait at least three to four hours for completing procedures of taking electronically generated taxpayers’ identification numbers and submitting income tax returns at the income tax fair because of inadequate number of service booths and huge rush of service seekers. Taxpayers alleged that the number of booths
Biman to take lease of 2 new generation aircraft
State-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines will take lease of two new generation aircraft dropping two existing DC-10s as the latter ones are consuming excess fuel, said Biman officials. They expect the two new aircraft to be added to the Biman fleet by December this year. To this end, the Biman authorities on
BCB finally begins election process
The Bangladesh Cricket Board finally took steps towards holding its long overdue elections when it started to send letters to clubs, DSAs and other parties on Wednesday, asking them to submit the names of their councillors. ‘We started distributing the letters for councillorship [on Wednesday]. Hopefully by [Thursday] they will reach the concerned authorities,’
BFF body begins SAFF failure investigation
The committee assigned to investigate the Bangladesh national football team’s debacle at the recent SAFF Championship interviewed three assistant coaches on its first day of work on Wednesday. The three-member committee, lead by Bangladesh Football Federation vice-president Badal Roy, revealed on Wednesday that it had unearthed errors regarding
Reviews to be reset after 80 overs
The number of reviews available for a team in a Test innings will be topped-up to two after 80 overs in an innings. The system will be trialed from October 1, 2013 in all Tests where the Decision Review System is available, the ICC announced on Wednesday in Dubai after its Chief Executives’ Meeting. Currently, a ... Read more
U-19s to tour WI in October
The Bangladesh Under-19 squad will start a three week tour of Guyana on October 2 to play seven One-Day matches against the West Indies Under-19s, officials said on Wednesday. The tour is considered critical to the team’s development ahead of next year’s Under-19 World Cup in Dubai, particularly on the heels of a disastrous tour ... Read more
Quader Mollah gets death penalty
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday awarded the death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah on charges of crimes against humanity committed during the War of Liberation in 1971. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain, entered the courtroom at 9.32 am and delivered the 4:1
No scope for review, says AG
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has expressed his satisfaction over the death sentence awarded by the Supreme Court on Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Molla and said that there was no scope to file a review petition against the verdict. He also said that the legal process had ended with the appeal verdict and that Molla could ... Read more
We will file review petition: Defence Counsel
Terming the verdict “wrong”, the chief defence counsel, Barrister Abdur Razzaq, told reporters that they would file a review petition, seeking review of the judgment. “It’s a wrong verdict, we are aggrieved, surprised, and we think the verdict is against justice,” Razzak made the observation in an instant reaction
Khaleda can’t foil polls, says Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the next general election will be held at any cost, and the opposition leader cannot foil it. “The next general election will be held at any cost, the BNP leader (Khaleda Zia) doesn’t have the ability to foil it, and we won’t allow her to do that,”
Jamaat, Shibir go on the rampage, calls two-day hartal
The Jamaat-e-Islami has called a nationwide 48-hour hartal from Wednesday, in protest against the Supreme Court verdict that awarded capital punishment to Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah. The Jamaat acting secretary general, Rafiqul Islam Khan, announced the hartal through a statement on Tuesday, hours after the verdict. “We’ve
BGMEA, BKMEA call for withdrawal of hartal
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) on Tuesday called for withdrawal of the 48-hour countrywide hartal to be enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from Wednesday. “BGMEA and BKMEA are humbly requesting to call off the hartal called
RMG workers clash with police, 10 injured
Thousands of RMG workers of different garment factories staged demonstration and abstained from work demanding salary and allowance increment at Monipur area under Gazipur sadar upazila in the district on Tuesday morning. They locked into a clash with police while trying to barricade Dhaka-Mymensing highway. At least 10 workers were
Prime Minister opens army’s new infantry division
A new infantry division of Bangladesh Army commenced its formal journey here today unveiling a new milestone on the way to implementation of the Forces Goal 2030, the development vision of Bangladesh Armed Forces. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina formally announced the raising of the 17 Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army by hoisting flag
Yunus for peaceful, participatory polls
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said people want to see a peaceful parliamentary election with the participation of all political parties to help the country attain its full potential. “We want polls. We want a peaceful election. And we want an election with the participation of all political parties. Nobody will be able to deprive ... Read more