Family Planning City areas, slums, remote places lag behind The government has failed to achieve success in family planning in the city corporation areas, slums and hard to reach areas as the people living in those areas are less interested to use family planning methods, health ministry high officials said on Thursday. ‘Family planning success ... Read more
Month: October 2013
UN Day calls for opportunities for youth
United Nations Day was marked on Thursday in Dhaka with the urge for creating opportunities for the country’s young generation to assert themselves in development sector. The UN resident coordinator Thushara Fernando stressed the need for role of youth for economic growth. Inaugurating UN Day 2013 at the Bangabandhu
Sarus Beyond Borders team calls on DU VC
A three-member team of Sarus Beyond Borders, an international organisation based on Cambodia and Vietnam, called on vice-chancellor of Dhaka University AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter’s office of the university on Thursday. Founder director of the organisation Wesley Hedden is leading the team. Other members of the team are William M Orr and Sylvia Murray.
DoE fines pvt hospital, diagnostic centre
Department of Environment (DoE) on Thursday fined a private hospital and a diagnostic centre Tk 4.5 lakh for violation of environment laws, reports UNB. After a hearing at its headquarters, DoE director (monitoring and enforcement) M Alamgir fined Salahudding Specialised Hospital Ltd in Tikatuli area Tk 4 lakh
Annual boat race in Khulna today
On Friday afternoon the traditional 8th annual boat race in Khulna, popularly known as ‘Nouka Baich’ competition-2013 will be held in the Rupsha River which flows by the east side of divisional city. The competition has been going on for the last eight years. Khulna Nagar Samajik o Sangskritic Kendra (NSSK) will arrange the competition ... Read more
Govt raises investment limit in nat’l saving tools
Finance ministry revises regulations governing NSCs The finance ministry has revised existing regulations governing the national savings certificates through lifting the current investment limits in the national savings tools and accepting those as collaterals against bank loans. Finance Minister AMA Muhith approved the new rules on Sunday to attract savers and boost the sales of savings ... Read more
Aid for trade should be without condition for effectiveness
CPD, ICTSD discussion told Economists and businesspeople on Thursday demanded that the international lenders and development partners should provide unconditional assistance under ‘aid for trade’ initiative as such aid tagged with different conditions had made almost no impact on improvement in the Bangladesh’s trade capacity. At a dialogue on ‘aid for trade: second generation
Stocks plunge as political tension intensifies
Dhaka stocks plunged on Thursday, last trading session of the week, because of panic selling amid intensified tension on the political front. DSEX, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, declined to 3,799.27 points, shedding 2.17 per cent or 84.59 points. The blue-chip index
7 lakh Bangladeshis in KSA under legalisation process
About seven lakh Bangladeshi workers in Saudi Arabia were brought under the legalisation process during amnesty period that will end on November 3, expatriates welfare and overseas employment minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said on Thursday. About 40,000 Bangladeshi workers who
BSEC again says no to gifts for shareholders at AGM
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday decided to issue a fresh circular to remind the listed companies that they were not allowed to offer cash or kind to its shareholders in the annual general meeting but cash dividend or stock dividend, a BSEC release said. During or after the AGM, many listed companies
DSE finds Envoy Textiles `overstated’ earning, asset
Envoy Textiles Limited, a listed company on the stock exchanges, has overstated its earning and assets by deviating from different accounting standards, said a Dhaka Stock Exchange report. The DSE management prepared the report on the basis of audited financial statement of Envoy Textiles for the year ended on September 2012.
17th ACG general meeting held in Dhaka
The 17th general meeting of the Asia Pacific Central Securities Depository Group was held in the city on Monday with the theme ‘Market Booms and Busts Experiences’ focusing on the role of central depositories. Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission chairman M Khairul Hossain inaugurated the session where 73 foreign delegates from 16 central securities
Primark extends payouts to Rana Plaza victims
Clothing retailer Primark on Thursday announced that it was to provide further compensation to victims of the Rana Plaza collapse that had killed more than 1,000 people in April. Primark, one of many international retailers that were supplied by factories housed within the Rana Plaza complex, said it would pay an extra three months’
Mallik elected Best Life Insurance chair
Abdul Hafiz Mallik has recently been unanimously elected the chairman of Best Life Insurance for the next three years, said a press release. He joined the then East Pakistan Army in 1969 as a commissioned officer and was promoted to the rank of Major General in 1996. He did his graduation
Day belongs to Mominul, Tigers
Mominul Haque’s second hundred in as many Tests and a record partnership with Tamim Iqbal on Thursday put Bangladesh in a position to save the second Test against New Zealand with one day left at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Bangladesh reached the end of day four on 269/3 in their second innings, leading New Zealand by ... Read more
Mominul draws Sakib comparison
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal on Thursday compared the country’s newest cricket sensation Mominul Haque with ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan in terms of a laidback approach, tenacity and nonchalance. Mominul cracked a superb, unbeaten ton to help Bangladesh take a 114-run lead with seven wickets in hand after they were trailing by 155 runs when
Next BPL in doubt
Uncertainty looms over the fate of the next edition of the Bangladesh Premier League as there is no scope to start the tournament before the match-fixing Tribunal completes its proceedings, Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Thursday. The Tribunal was formed after the International Cricket Council charged nine individuals in August for match-fixing-related offences
Cash incentive for Jr Tigers
The victorious Bangladesh Under-19 team received a cash incentive of Tk 10 lakh from the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday after they returned home with a 4-3 series win over their West Indies counterparts. The Junior Tigers’ skipper Mehedy Hasan requested the BCB to include match-fee for them while giving a speech at the greeting ceremony ... Read more
Tamim lashes out at media
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal lost his cool on Thursday after he was asked about his Test century drought and asked to be left alone regarding the matter at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Tamim scored 95 and 70 runs in the ongoing second Test against New Zealand, raising in each innings the prospect of a ... Read more
Mohammedan footballers join camp
Rebel footballers of the Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited returned to the pre-season training camp on Thursday after getting an assurance from the officials. Mohammedan, who started the pre-season camp last month, could not resume training after the Eid-ul-Azha break as the players refused to attend