The country needs qualified and trained nurses for better healthcare services and the proper application of nursing services can ensure the health care for individuals, families, and communities of the country. Prof. Dr Sarder A Nayeem, chairman of Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital made the observation while addressing ‘The Capping Ceremony
Month: November 2013
Free surgery for VVF patients in Rangpur
Specialist surgeons have conducted free operations for 20 extremely poor female patients suffering from vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) diseases at Rangpur Community Medical College Hospital (RCMCH) in the city. The RCMCH authority arranged the cost-free surgeries on Friday and Saturday for the poor female VVF patients under financial assistance of the
Cap on wholesale borrowing thru overdraft recommended
Govt Borrowing From Bb Cap on wholesale borrowing thru overdraft recommended The government’s cash and debt management committee has made proposals to impose cap on government borrowing from Bangladesh Bank through overdraft, said official of the central bank. As per the CDMC proposals, the limit of government borrowing through the overdraft should not cross Tk 4,000 ... Read more
NBR to seek time extension from HC to solve dispute
Sim Replacement Tax NBR to seek time extension from HC to solve dispute The National Board of Revenue is going to seek time extension from the High Court for solving the dispute with four mobile phone operators over SIM replacement tax worth Tk 3,100 crore, officials said. The revenue board has to seek the time extension ... Read more
Private project initiated to run commodity exchange
BSEC is unaware of the jute ministry let-go: officials A private company Bangladesh Jute and Commodity Exchange Limited has initiated a pilot project to run commodity exchange. BJCE chief investment officer Rahman Habib told New Age that the exchange would start its business soon. ‘The exchange will conduct the pilot project. We have already got approval from ... Read more
Unrest-affected stock prices draw higher foreign investment in Oct
Foreign investment on the Dhaka Stock Exchange jumped by 170 per cent in October, compared with that in a month ago as a significant fall in share prices amid political unrest attracted foreign investors, market operators said. The DSE received Tk 228.35 crore in net foreign investment in October against Tk 84.64 crore in September. In October, ... Read more
Supun to be new Robi CEO from January 1
Mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited has appointed Supun Weerasinghe, a Sri Lankan national, as its new chief executive officer with effect from January 1 next year. Current CEO Michael Kuehner will retire from full-time corporate services in December but will serve as a director in the company, a news release issued
Global Social Business Summit begins in KL November 7
The Global Social Business Summit 2013 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 7-9 with ‘Social Business to Change the World’ as its theme. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will present the keynote speech at the opening of the summit while the welcome address will be delivered by Nurfarini Daing,
BB gives ICB Islamic Bank another time extension
Repayment Of Depositors’ Money BB gives ICB Islamic Bank another time extension Bangladesh Bank on Sunday has again extended the deadline for one year more for repayment of the depositors’ money under the Oriental Bank (reconstruction) Scheme as the ICB Islamic Bank failed to repay the money in due time, said officials of the central ... Read more
State-owned entities keep stocks afloat for 2nd day
Dhaka stocks advanced for the second trading session on Sunday as some state owned-entities were active on the trading floor to keep the market afloat. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, advanced to 3,993.33 points, gaining 0.64 per cent, or 25.60 points. DS30,
Onion import from India thru Hili resumes
Bangladeshi traders resumed import of onion through the Hili land port on Sunday by paying the increased price set by India considering its demand in the local market. The importers on Saturday suspended onion import after India had increased the export price of the item to $1,150 a tonne from $900 a tonne,
New credit rating firm gets BB nod
To work only for SME sector Bangladesh Bank has recently given recognition to a new credit rating agency to compute rating of the industrial units of small and medium enterprises. This is for the first time that the central bank has given recognition to a rating agency that will work only for SME sector. The new ... Read more
Ashraf, Mueen to die for killing intellectuals
Absconding Al-Badr bosses Md Ashrafuzzaman Khan alias Nayeb Ali and Chowdhury Mueenuddin were sentenced to death by an International Crimes Tribunal for abducting and killing intellectuals at the fag end of the country’s liberation war in 1971. A three-member International Crimes
Oppn must withdraw hartal for talks, says Hasina
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday, tagged withdrawal of hartal, with her offer to the opposition for a dialogue on poll-time government. “The door for a dialogue is still open. But you have to withdraw the hartal. You have to commit to the nation that you would not play with the lot of the people,
18-party’s another 60-hr hartal begins today
The BNP-led 18-party alliance is going to enforce another spell of 60-hour nonstop countrywide hartal from 6am on Monday to push for its demand for arranging the next election under a non-party administration, reports UNB. The hartal programme will end at 6pm on Wednesday. BNP acting secretary general
PM condition for talks a trick, says BNP
The main opposition BNP has said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s call upon the opposition to lift the nationwide 60-hour hartal from Monday in the interest of dialogue is nothing but an instance of expediency. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s today’s call to sit for dialogue lifting hartal is a game. She is just playing tricks in ... Read more
157 Rana Plaza victims identified
One hundred and fifty-seven of the 322 unnamed workers killed in Rana Plaza collapse on April 24 have been identified from DNA sampling. The National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory at Dhaka Medical College Hospital submitted the test reports to the labour ministry on Sunday after
HC orders inquiry
Attacks On Houses, Temples In Pabna HC orders inquiry The High Court on Sunday ordered an inquiry into attacks on houses and temples of Hindus in Pabna over a reported posting on the Facebook maligning Prophet Mohammad (SM). The court asked the inspector general of police to investigate the matter by a three-committee composed of ... Read more
Tears of joy in courtroom
Victim families want Ashraf, Mueen brought back for execution As the International Crimes Tribunal-2 presiding Judge, Justice Obaidul Hassan, pronounced death sentence for Al-Badr bosses Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Md Ashrafuzzaman Khan, for abduction and killing of intellectuals, the family members of victim intellectuals present in the courtroom began sobbing in joy and hugged each ... Read more
Constitution Day today
Bangladesh celebrates Constitution Day today with the main opposition BNP-led alliance continuing with its protests pressing for restoration of election-time caretaker government system abolished by the latest (15th) amendment to the country’s constitution. The day this year bears special significance as