Home minister’s assurance prompts industry move The ongoing unrest in the country’s ready-made garments sector continued for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday, with clashes between law enforcers and RMG workers leaving at least 50 injured in different garments hubs. Nearly 150 garments units were closed due to the unrest on Wednesday, though, in the evening, ... Read more
Month: September 2013
Rampal Power Plant
Govt to lay foundation stone Oct 22 Energy adviser to the prime minister Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has said the government is determined to move ahead with the controversial 1320 MW coal-fired Rampal power plant project despite opposition from environmentalists and different political parties and lay its foundation stone on October 22. Rejecting an idea that ... Read more
PM renews country’s lead role in achieving post-2015 dev agenda
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday assured the global community of doing everything necessary to achieve the universally agreed post-2015 Development Agenda as Bangladesh has been in the forefront of global efforts in laying down the political groundwork for intergovernmental negotiations. “Our national consultations also happily
Experts oppose Rampal power plant
The Indian power company, which was entrusted with setting up a controversial power plant at Rampal, near the Sundarbans, had failed to implement a similar project in India for refusal of permission by the government of India, experts allege. They also claim that Bangladesh will incur a loss of Tk. 140,000 crore for buying power ... Read more
People protest at frequent power cuts
People annoyed with frequent power outages have started holding protests in places across the country. People held protests demanding uninterrupted power supply at Raipur in Lakshmipur, Harinakundu in Jhenaidah and Mirsarai in Chittagong in the past two days. They said that they had been facing power cuts 12 to 18 times a day for a few days.
JS panel happy with power generation
The parliamentary watchdog on energy and power on Wednesday expressed satisfaction at the state of power generation during the tenure of the incumbent government but it was silent on the massive power cuts in last few days. The standing committee on energy,
Pak quake death toll rises to 328
A powerful earthquake has killed at least 328 people and wounded hundreds more in Pakistan’s remote south-west province of Balochistan. The 7.7-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday afternoon at a depth of 20km (13 miles) north-east of Awaran, the US Geological Survey said. Many
PM pushes UN to declare Feb 21 ‘Int’l Mother Language Day’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought the support of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President to declare February 21 as the ‘International Mother Language Day’. She requested the UNGA President to extend his support in Bangladesh’ s bid during a meeting with UNGA President Ambassador John W Ashe held at the United Nations Headquarters
Anger written in tears
Families of road crash victims protest Home’s decision to go soft on reckless driving Families of road crash victims yesterday gathered at a press conference in the capital protesting the government’s initiative to exempt reckless drivers from death penalty. Last Wednesday, Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir pledged transport owners and workers that deaths by road ... Read more
PM urges world leaders to divert funds from arms race to education
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has appealed to the world leaders and the development partners to redouble effort to place education at the heart of global development mission. “Our efforts would certainly realise an educated, and therefore, a safe and secure world for our future generation,” she said this at a function on
JP won’t join polls sans major parties: Ershad
Reaffirming his stance over the next general election, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said his party will not take part in the polls if the major political parties boycott it. “The major political parties aren’t willing to join the polls under the current regime… therefore, Jatiya Party won’t participate in the general election if ... Read more
Voters’ list might have little mistakes, no big flaws: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad admitted on Wednesday that the electoral might have some little mistakes. But there is no scope to have big mistakes in the electoral roll as it was prepared using an automated system he told reporters when his attention was drawn to the allegation of the leader of the opposition leader ... Read more
Adilur’s bail plea rejected
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday rejected the bail prayer of Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan in connection with the alleged distortion of facts about the police raid on Hefazat’s May 5 rally in the capital. Dhaka Cyber Crime Court Judge AK Shamsul Alam passed the order after hearing the bail plea in presence of Adilur and ... Read more
CJ to decide on lower court bail
Hall-Mark Chief CJ to decide on lower court bail A High Court bench yesterday sent the Anti-Corruption Commission’s petitions, seeking cancellation of Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam’s bail in 11 loan scam cases, to the chief justice for a decision. The ACC filed 11 criminal revision petitions with the HC in August this year, challenging the ... Read more
Yunus attends UN innovation forum
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took part in a discussion with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the MDG innovation forum in New York. The UN secretary general invited the leaders from the private and public sectors with the goal of the MDG advocate-led innovation forum to
Raibeshi dance captivates audience at BSA
A spectacular performance of traditional raibeshi dance entertained a huge crowd on Tuesday evening at the National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Dance troupe Bhabna presented one of the most popular traditional dance forms of the Bengal known as raibeshi nritya as part of the ongoing six-day South Asian handicrafts exhibition titled SAARC Handicraft ... Read more
Asif Azim makes entry into Bigg Boss 7
After girls like Veena Malik, Claudia, Sunny Leone and Pamela Anderson, it is now Bangladeshi model Asif Azim entered Bigg Boss house. Azim a famous ramp model who hails from Dhaka-Bangladesh has created waves on Indian and international ramp scene. Azim entered in the most controversial reality show on Wednesday, reports India Today. In an ... Read more
Mohakal Theatre Festival Tagore phase ends today The Tagore retrospective of the ongoing theatre festival organised by Mohakal Natya Sampraday will end today with the staging of two plays based on his works. A contemporary play will also be staged on the ninth day festival today. The 13-day festival titled Biswanatoker Yuth Utsab features world ... Read more
Telecom ministry opposes int’l call rate cut for IGWs
The posts and telecommunications ministry sees no justification of the telecom regulator’s proposal to lower the international incoming calls to 1.5 cents from existing 3 cents for international gateway operators. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in July sent a proposal to the telecom ministry to slash the call rate and government revenue sharing
Govt to seek duty, quota free facility in GCC countries
BTC identifies 190 products The Bangladesh Tariff Commission has primarily identified 190 products for seeking duty-free and quota-free market access for the products to the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, commerce ministry officials said. They said the products were identified as those have great export potentials to the Gulf countries. As per request of the ministry, the ... Read more