Accord, Alliance, National Committee to hold meeting Nov 6-8 Readymade garment factory inspection by three parties — the European Accord, North American Alliance and National Tripartite Committee — could not be started yet as the parties could not agree on a common checklist on fire and building safety six months after the Rana Plaza collapse. ... Read more
Month: October 2013
Import increases by 8.37pc in Sept
The country’s overall import increased significantly in September over the corresponding month of 2012 mainly due to higher import of foodgains—particularly rice and wheat. According to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank, the settlement of letters of credit, generally known as actual import, registered a growth of 8.37 per cent
Vegetable prices go up on lower supply
The prices of vegetables went up on the capital’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday due to lower supply after Eid-ul-Azha. Onion price remained high but the price of green chilli decreased on the kitchen markets. The early harvested winter vegetables have started to come in the market with high prices. Besides, the prices of most ... Read more
GP profit declines by 16.44pc in Jan-Sept
The profit of Grameenphone, the country’s leading mobile phone operator, declined by Tk 210.86 crore or 16.44 per cent in January-September period of the present year compared to the same period of the previous year. The profit declined as the company made a large amount of payment to the government during the period, GP officials said. A ... Read more
Govt to enhance fertiliser storage capacity of BADC godowns
The government has taken an initiative to enhance the fertiliser storage capacity of the godowns of the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation through renovating the existing ones alongside building some more steel godowns. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council recently approved a project to this end titled
Rain ends series in draw
The second Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand ended in a draw after rain washed out the fifth and final day’s play at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday. The result ensured the two teams shared the honours in the series after the first Test in Chittagong also ended in a draw. Match officials called play ... Read more
Brendon says draw a fair result
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said that a draw was a fair result after rain washed out the final day of the second Test with Bangladesh on Friday, ending the two-match series level at 0-0. ‘We wanted to win this Test series, and we were expected to do so as well. If we strip it ... Read more
No regrets for Mominul
As the final day of the second Test match between hosts Bangladesh and New Zealand was lost to rain, young prodigy Mominul Haque was left three runs short of a potentially glorious record. Former captain Habibul Bashar holds the record for the highest aggregate of runs in a Test series for a Bangladeshi batsman. In ... Read more
Mushfiq content with draw
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was a satisfied man after the two-match Test series against New Zealand came to a disappointing end on Friday as incessant drizzle entirely washed out the fifth day’s play of the second Test. With the series drawn 0-0, the Bangladesh skipper expressed his contentment with his team’s performance citing the five-month
Transfer boycott means relegation, says BHF
The Bangladesh Hockey Federation will start the three-day inter-club players’ transfer on October 29 as scheduled, BHF officials said after a working committee meeting on Thursday. If any clubs do not participate they are to be relegated from the premier league to the first division as per the rules. ‘We will follow the by-laws to take
Siddik 14 strokes back in KL
Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman shot a two-under-par 70 in the second round of the CIMB Classic at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club on Friday, moving to one-over for the tournament and trailing the leader by 14 strokes. Siddik followed up his rough first round with six birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey on Friday ... Read more
Poet Shamsur Rahman remembered by peers
Noted poet Shamsur Rahman’s peers and fellow poets recited self-composed poems dedicating them to the poet in a programme celebrating the poet’s 84th birth anniversary. The programme, titled Ashuvoyer Sathe Aposhbihin Dando Chai, was jointly organsied by Jatiyo Kobita Parisad and Shamsur Rahman Smrity Parisad that took place at the TSC,Dhaka University
Local musicians, singers recall the legend
Legendary singer Manna Dey has been an inspiration for singers and musicians. Many singers consider the legend their idol, especially for his dedication towards music. Like the common music lovers, leading singers and composers say that Manna Dey’s evergreen songs have the power to touch all human emotions. In a career spanning over
Bollywood mourns Manna Dey’s death
Bollywood mourns the death of Manna Dey, one of the leading singers the industry has ever produced. In his illustrious career spanning over five decades Manna Dey lent voice to hundreds of playbacks in Bollywood. Many these songs such as Ae meri zohra jabeen, Zindagi kaisi hai paheli, Ae mere pyaare watan, Ek chatur naar, ... Read more
Jackson regains crown as top-earning dead celebrity
Michael Jackson regained the title of the highest-earning dead celebrity in the past year, easily surpassing Elvis Presley and cartoonist Charles Schulz, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday. After being pushed into second place by Elizabeth Taylor last year, Jackson, who died in 2009, was back on top with estimated earnings of $160 million in the ... Read more
Depicting language of colours
An on-going painting exhibition titled The Silent Word of the young artist Shabekun Nahar Noushin is taking place at the Galerie Zoom of Alliance Francaise de Dahaka. The title itself is specially designed to hint the fact that the artist is not gifted with the natural human abilities of speaking and listening. But she has ... Read more
Barisal markets brim with hilsa, as ban goes
Immediately after the end of the ban on netting hilsa, the wholesale fish market in Barisal and 19 other retail ones are now abound with the dazzling fish. Seven thousand maunds of hilsa arrived in Barisal fishery ghat on Thursday at 10.00am barely 10 hours after the restriction ended. Same thing was reported from 18 ... Read more
Road crashes kill 10, injure 16
Ten people, including three of a family, were killed and 16 others injured in road accidents in Dhaka, Tangail, Gazipur, Netrakona, and Dinajpur on Wednesday and yesterday. Our staff correspondent reports, a bus ran over a newspaper hawker at Dainik Bangla intersection in the capital yesterday morning, leaving him dead on the spot.
Civic body concerned over ICT law
Journalists and human rights activists in Rajshahi city on Thursday urged the government not to enact the recent amendment of the ICT law. They are afraid the law could easily be misused. They remarked this during a roundtable
Cancer patients’ lives hang in the balance
Broken DMCH Radiotherapy Machine Cancer patients’ lives hang in the balance A radiotherapy machine at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) worth around Tk 20 crore has been out of order since Monday morning creating apprehension among cancer patients on consequences of the interruption in their scheduled therapies. At present, 44 patients were receiving doses