For Bangladeshis, migration is nothing new. About 8.5 million Bangladesh nationals have migrated to various countries in search of greener pastures. However, several hundreds of them harbour different dreams while migrating. As many as 753 Bangladesh nationals, some of them women, want to
Month: October 2013
Illegal CNG sales power CTG ship-breaking units
Owners of ship-breaking yards at Sitakunda are misappropriating millions of cubic metres of concentrated natural gas (CNG), violating the government’s directive, at a time when there is severe crisis of gas in the port city of Chittagong. Owners of CNG refuelling stations in Sitakunda upazila have been selling CNG to the ship-breaking yards at the ... Read more
Ban on rallies in Chittagong
The Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has indefinitely banned rallies and processions in the port city from 6 am today. The CMP Commissioner, Md Shafiqul Islam, issued a circular imposing the ban under the Chittagong Metropolitan Act 29, 30, 31 and 34. The circular reads that rallies and processions will be banned from 6 am today until ... Read more
‘He is talking like a terror’
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said, Nobel Laureate Prof. Yunus is talking like a terrorist. “He (Dr Yunus) is an envoy of peace but he is now talking like a terror,” the finance minister said after a meeting of the cabinet committee on purchase, held at the conference room of the cabinet division in the ... Read more
Vatican Cricket Team Wants To Play At Lord’s
The Vatican has started a cricket club in an attempt to forge better relations with other faiths. About 300 catholic priests and students at colleges attached to the Holy See, most of whom come from the Indian sub-continent, antipodes and the West Indies, have signed up to play. At a launch event on
Air pollution now leading cause of lung cancer
AIR pollution has been named as the leading cause of lung cancer, the World Health Organisation’s cancer agency said. The International Agency for Research for Cancer (IARC), a part of the World Health Organisation (WHO), announced that there is “sufficient evidence” that exposure to air pollution is a key cause of lung cancer. Data revealed ... Read more
Unusual rain at end of monsoon
Just before the end of the monsoon, the country has been experiencing unusual October rains following three drier months in a row when the monsoon was supposed to be most active with heavy rainfalls. Usually, the country experiences a maximum of eight rainy days in October, the Met office website says. But this time around, ... Read more
Shamsur Rahman’s birth anniversary today
Today is the 84th anniversary of birth of poet Shamsur Rahman, a leading poet of the contemporary Bangla literature. Poet Shamsur Rahman (October 23, 1929 – August 17, 2006) emerged in the latter half of the 20th century and authored more than 60 collections of poems including Prothom Gaan Ditio Mrityur Agey, Roudro Karotitey, Biddhosto ... Read more
Antique collections exhibited in Pabna
Hundred-year old lamps, coins, hookah and other such antiques were put on display in Pabna on Saturday. The antiques were from the collection of Nazmul Haque Montu. The exhibition was held at the Annoda Gobinda Public Library auditorium. Pabna Deputy Commissioner Md. Mostafizur Rahman inaugurated the three-day exhibition as the chief guest. Convener of the exhibition, ... Read more
Shadhona to stage dance drama on Jasimuddin’s narrative
Artistes of Shadhona are practicing dedicatedly for the last minute preparation of the troupe’s upcoming production Champaboti, which is based on Jasimuddin’s classic Beder Meye. Adapted by eminent poet-playwright Syed Shamsul Haq, the dance drama will be premiered on Friday evening at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Farooki’s Television wins prize in Italy
Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s Television has bagged the jury award of the best feature film at the Asiatica Filmmediale 2013. Besides, it also won in the category of the best feature film by audience popular vote at the same festival in Rome, Italy. About 12 feature films participated at the festival held from October 12 to ... Read more
Avatar sequels to begin filming next year
Director Sam Worthington is all signed up to return to Pandora for the various sequels to Avatar, with the star confirming that filming is set to begin in October 2014. James Cameron is thought to be hard at work on pre-production on the sequels, with the second, third and fourth instalments set to film back ... Read more
Low key birthday celebrations for Mahfuz
Noted TV actor and winner of the National Film Award, Mahfuz Ahmed will celebrate his birthday today, though he hasn’t planned any grand celebrations. In fact he will be busy planning his own production film “Zero Degree”, shooting for which begins on November 2. “Birthday celebrations are no big deal in our family. Moreover, my ... Read more
FY13 worst year for banking sector: CPD
Election-centric political business cycle to cut GDP growth below 6pc The growth of gross domestic product will fall below 6 per cent in the current fiscal year as the country has entered into political business cycle in election year when economic activities become stagnant, said Centre for Policy Dialogue on Tuesday. The private think-tank also observed ... Read more
Forex reserve balloons to $17b as idle dollars pile up
BB purchases $428m more in October The country’s foreign exchange reserve on Tuesday crossed $17-billion mark after Bangladesh Bank purchased fresh US dollar worth $428 million in the first 21 days of this month to keep the inter-bank foreign exchange market stable, said officials of the central bank. Higher export earning against a lower
Dhaka, Delhi to encourage trade thru 16 land customs stations
Bangladesh and India have identified 16 land customs stations of high bilateral trade importance and agreed to encourage the export and import activities through these stations. Customs administrations from both the countries have also decided to improve infrastructure facilities, allow free movement of customs officials
Govt mulls subsidy for low-income remittance senders
A cabinet committee on Tuesday decided to provide subsidy for pulling down the cost the expatriate Bangladeshis pay for sending remittance home. The decision was taken at a meeting of the cabinet committee on skill development, manpower export and remittance chaired by finance minister
BB eases rule for new ‘politically licensed’ banks
Keeping Deposits Of Govt Entities BB eases rule for new ‘politically licensed’ banks Bangladesh Bank has lifted a bar on private commercial banks that are less than five years in operation to keep deposit of all government and autonomous organisations in a bid to channel funds to the politically licensed new banks. The BB in a ... Read more
Stocks ride on political hopes
Dhaka stocks rebounded on Tuesday after two sessions in the red as the main opposition party BNP’s move on the day to send a letter to the ruling party over formulation of a polls-time government made the investors optimistic. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, increased to 3,814.66 points, adding 1.34 per cent, ... Read more
Rights groups urge govt to make stance clear
Wto Ministerial Conference Rights groups urge govt to make stance clear Rights groups on Tuesday urged the government to clarify its position on the 9th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference to be held in December 3-6 in Bali of Indonesia. The WTO-proposed Trade in Services Agreement and Agreement on Trade Facilitation in fact will jeopardise ... Read more