Bollywood fans who grew up watching multiple re-runs of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) have a reason to rejoice. While Shah Rukh Khan has been going strong on the big screen, Kajol has stayed away from it for the last few years. Until now, that is. In a recent interview to us, Kajol’s husband, actor ... Read more
Month: September 2013
Failure to develop recreation facilities disappoints city
Hatirjheel, Begunbari Twin Lakes Failure to develop recreation facilities disappoints city Since hurriedly opening the Hatirjheel and Begunbari twin lakes to the visitors in January the authorities virtually forgot their commitment to develop the planned recreation facilities around them. The visitors do not find the promised viewing decks, games facilities for children, water-taxi terminals, footbridges ... Read more
MRs hinder treatment at RMCH
Frequents visits of medical representatives of drug companies continue to hamper treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital although the authority had imposed restriction on their entry. The then hospital director brigadier general Abus Sabur Miya on August 4, 2011 at a meeting made the decision and asked all concerned to impose restriction on
Check mobile phone radiation: seminar
Environmentalists and physicians on Saturday urged the government to take immediate initiative to check electromagnetic radiation of mobile phones and mobile network towers. They made the urge at a seminar on ‘Mobile phone and mobile network tower: impact on environment and public health’ organised by Bangladesh Poribesh Andolan
Restaurant gutted in city
A restaurant on Satmasjid Road in the city caught fire on Saturday morning. Nilufar Yasmin, a duty officer at fire service, said that the fire broke out on the ground floor of the two-storey building of the restaurant, Golden Spoon, near Graphic Arts College of Satmasjid Road at around 11:45am. Three fire fighting units from Mohammadpur ... Read more
Heroin worth Tk 1 crore seized in Ctg
The Border Guard Bangladesh, Narcotic Control Department and the police have seized heroin worth about Tk 1 crore in City Gate area of Akbar Shah police station in Chittagong on Saturday morning. Kotowali circle police inspector Md Ibrahim Khan said that nobody was arrested in this regard as the heroin was left off in luggage ... Read more
PM visits Ashuliaa today
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, will visit Ashulia, a suburban area of the capital, today to lay the foundation stone of a 12-storey dormitory complex designated for woman garment workers. Last minute preparation is going on in full swing in Ashulia ahead of her visit. The PM is scheduled to address a rally on Ashulia ... Read more
BB counts Tk 5,519cr in losses from dollar, gold reserve
Bangladesh Bank counted Tk 5,519.11 crore in losses from its foreign currency, gold and silver reserve in the past financial year 2012-2013, according to latest BB data. The BB made a profit of Tk 3,952.27 crore in the FY12 by investing in currencies, gold and silver. BB officials told New Age on Thursday that the central ... Read more
DSE moves to scrap faulty trading software MSA Plus
The Dhaka Stock Exchange has moved to scrap its faulty online-based trading software MSA Plus and install a new one following a Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s directive, DSE officials said. To this end the bourse last week arranged a programme where the NASDAQ Stock Exchange, a US bourse, gave a demonstration on an upgraded ... Read more
Five micro entrepreneurs, institutions get Citi award
Three micro entrepreneurs and two microfinance institutions on Saturday received the 8th Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards-2013 for their work in poverty reduction and socio-economic development in the country. Rabeya Begum from Kishoreganj as the best micro entrepreneur, Shahida Begum from Jhenaidah as the best women micro entrepreneur, Najma Begum from Tangail
Canada’s GTP scheme revision won’t hurt Bangladesh: envoy
Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden on Saturday said that Bangladesh would not be affected by the Canadian government’s move for revising the General Preferential Tariff scheme as the country was eligible for duty-free access as a least developed country. At a seminar on ‘Bangladesh-Canada Trade and
Flat week for Dhaka stocks
Dhaka stocks ended flat last week after two weeks on the up while the turnover increased thanks to the investors’ profit-taking moves. The benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, ended flat at 4,127.48 points, gaining 0.05 per cent, or 2.21 points. The blue chip index of the DSE, DS30, lost 1.35 per cent,
Software makers eye $1b export in 5yrs
The country’s ICT software exporters have aimed to attain $1 billion software export landmark within five year, as the country has already achieved $100 million milestone. To reach the goal, Bangladesh needs to develop 1.5 to 2 lakh IT graduates with global standard skill and expertise, they said. Their optimism came at a discussion that organised
Bangladesh trade fair ends in Malaysia
A three-day trade fair titled ‘Trade in Bangladesh’ ended on Saturday at Putra World Trade Centre with displaying of hundreds of Bangladeshi products. Former prime minister of Malaysia Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi inaugurated the fair on August 29. Headmaster Events in collaboration with the Bangladesh Garment
ONE Bank celebrates 14th anniversary
ONE Bank celebrated its 14th founding anniversary at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka recently, said a press release. Chairman Sayeed H Chowdhury, vice-chairman Asoke Das Gupta and managing director M Fakhrul Alam spoke on the occasion attended by the bank’s clients and dignitaries. To mark the occasion, ONE Bank also launched Prepaid Card,
Citi Asia Pacific CEO in Dhaka
Citi Asia Pacific chief executive officer Stephen Bird arrived in Dhaka Saturday on an official visit. During his visit, Stephen is scheduled to attend the final awards ceremony of the Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards programme, currently into its 8th year, inaugurate Citi Bangladesh’s new corporate office in Dhaka, and meet key clients, stakeholders, regulators and Citi employees. A ... Read more
Outplayed at Dasharath
Bangladesh’s hope of making it to the semi-final of the SAFF Championship received a major blow after going down against hosts Nepal in a 2-0 defeat in the tournament opener at the Dasharath Rangashala Stadium on Saturday. Bangladesh had also fallen to a defeat in the previous meeting between the two sides at the SAFF Championship ... Read more
Mashrafee near to another return
After a long lay-off pace bowler Mashrafee bin Murtaza is set to make a return to cricket with a three-day practice match in Khulna ahead of the home series against New Zealand. Mashrafee has been picked for Bangladesh Red who will face Mushfiqur Rahim-led Bangladesh Green at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium from September 3.
‘We gave it away in first 25 minutes’
Bangladesh coach Lodewijk de Kruif refused to give up hope for a semi-final berth despite his charges were completely outplayed by their Nepalese counterparts on Saturday. Kruif blamed his defence for the debacle in the opening match as they failed to put up any resistance before two Nepalese forwards Anil Gurung and Bharat Khawash scored
Bangladesh post consolation win
Bangladesh avoided a wooden spoon in the Asia Cup hockey when they post a consolation 11-3 win over Chinese Taipei to finish seventh in Ipoh, Malaysia, on Saturday. Bangladesh, who were below-par in the tournament, scored four goals in the first half but changed gears after the break, pumping in as many as seven goals ... Read more