11-day Ban on Hilsa Catching 2.45 tonnes of fish seized 11 detained At least 11 people were detained and around 2.45 tonnes of hilsa fish, and nets worth Tk 26.85 lakh were seized across the country in separate drives yesterday, the first day of an 11-day ban on catching, marketing, selling and transporting hilsa. Forty six ... Read more
Month: October 2013
Inventor of applicator awarded
Guti Urea Inventor of applicator awarded Bangladeshi agricultural engineer Dr Abdul Wahab has received an award from the US-based IFDC for his contribution to the development of a fertiliser applicator intended to cut labour costs and reduce farmers’ woes in applying Guti urea. Dr Amit H Roy, president and chief executive officer of the International Fertiliser ... Read more
Alamgir, Runa selected best couples
The celebrity couple singer Runa Laila and actor Alamgir will be the judges at a TV reality show in which they will select best couples. The show titled Ponds Super Couple will be aired in seven consecutive days beginning from the Eid day at 5:50pm on Channel 9 as part of the channel’s weeklong Eid ... Read more
Shibli, Nipa to perform on Eid
Noted dancer duo Samim Ara Nipa and Shibli Muhammad will present different genres of dance at a programme to be aired on the second day of the Eid programme at 10:20pm on Maasranga TV. The dance show titled Jalnupur will also feature 30 dancers of Nrityanchal, the dance school run by Nipa and Shibli. ‘We ... Read more
Creating castles in the sky
The friends and family members of the late artist Sohrab Rahman Khan have organised a three-day commemorative exhibition featuring Khan’s paintings at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. An amateur artist Sohrab Rahman Khan, who was a teacher of the economics department at the American International University, had never exhibited his artworks in his lifetime.
Revenue shortfall widens further to Tk 1,997cr in Q1
The National Board of Revenue continued to struggle in revenue collection as it failed to attain its collection target in the first quarter of the current financial year that made the revenue officials worried about achieving the target set for the entire year, NBR officials said. They said in July-September, revenue collection
Traders set minimum rawhide price amid ministry threat
Traders on Saturday set the minimum price of rawhide of the sacrificial animals in the face of a threat from the commerce ministry of lifting the ban on export of the item. Leather sector leaders at a meeting at the Bangladesh Finished Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear Exporters Association’s office set separate rates for
Batexpo ends with gloom
The 24th Bangladesh Apparel and Textile Exposition-2013 ended on Saturday with spot order falling as global buyers gave the textile exposition the cold shoulder. Organisers and participants of the three-day event said the turnout of global buyers was thin this year amid political uncertainty and ahead of Durga Puja
Struggling industrial sector’s share growth in GDP to decline: UO
The growth of share of the struggling industrial sector in the gross domestic product would decline in the current fiscal year reducing the GDP growth, said a local think-tank Unnayan Onneshan on Saturday. In the September issue of Bangladesh Economic Update, the UO predicted that the growth of manufacturing might decelerate further to 9.22 per ... Read more
Govt should improve public expenditure quality: speakers
The government should improve the quality of public expenditure and ensure equitable distribution of such expenditure among the different income groups of the society for gaining better results, said speakers in a dialogue in Dhaka on Saturday. In the dialogue on ‘Public expenditure accountability
DSE Weekly review
Dhaka stocks decline for three weeks in a row Dhaka stocks declined last week, for three weeks in a row, with decline in turnover as no significant improvement took place in the political frontier which made investors panicky. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, declined by 2.66 per cent or 104.89 points, ... Read more
Draw looms as Tigers rule
The first Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand was heading for a draw barring any late drama after rain forced early stumps in the fourth day’s play at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Saturday. Bangladesh, however, can claim a moral victory irrespective of the outcome after going past New Zealand’s first ... Read more
Sohag does a tit for Watling tat
Lower-order batsman Sohag Gazi returned New Zealand the same pain that they had inflicted upon Bangladesh when he scored a century batting at number eight to propel Bangladesh to take the lead in the first Test in Chittagong on Saturday. New Zealand rode on number eight BJ Witling’s 103 to heap 469 runs from a ... Read more
Nazmul becomes first elected BCB boss
The Bangladesh Cricket Board got its first elected president when the newly elected and NSC nominated directors of the board unanimously elected him to the post on Wednesday. After the introductory session of the directors at the NSC audotorium, Nazmul did not have to wait long to get his name inked in the history book ... Read more
Under 19s draw against Pakistan
The Bangladesh Under-19 national football team were held to a goalless draw by Pakistan in their final Group C game of the AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers at the Francouse Al-Hareeri Stadium in Arbil City, Iraq on Saturday. The six best runners-up sides will join the nine group champions in the final round next year in ... Read more
Justice Rashid to head tribunal
The Bangladesh Cricket Board is set to appoint Justice Abdur Rashid as the head of the Tribunal formed to deal with the match-fixing allegations in the Bangladesh Premier League after today’s first board meeting, a BCB official said on Saturday. BCB delay in forming the Tribunal raised quite a few eyebrows as it was expected ... Read more
Four Tigers fined
Four Bangladeshi cricketers have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee by match referee Javagal Srinath for breaching clothing and equipment rules during the ongoing Test match against New Zealand in Chittagong, officials said on Saturday. The cricketers include skipper Mushfiqur Rahim who used an extra logo on his bat during the third ... Read more
Bangladesh U-19 post huge win
Bangladesh Under-19 made light work of their West Indian counterparts as they coasted to a huge 198-run against the hosts to go 2-1 up in the seven-match one-day series on Friday in Guyana. Bangladesh U-19 posted a competitive 286 for the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs as opener Shadman Islam led the way ... Read more
Queen’s Baton to come to Bangladesh
To generate mass awareness among the commonwealth member countries about the Commonwealth Games, a three-member team will arrive in Dhaka on Monday as a part of the Queen’s Baton relay. The 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August 3 next year. The three-member team comprising
China’s co-op with Bangladesh inclusive: China ambassador
China’s ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jun on Saturday said that cooperation between Bangladesh and China was a mutually rewarding process and it had not developed and would not develop at the cost of either of the countries. Speaking at a roundtable on ‘Bangladesh-China relations: Potential of Growing Partnership in the Coming Decades’ at the National