The government has formed an 18-member high-powered delegation to attend the upcoming 9th WTO (World Trade Organisation) Ministerial Conference to be held in Indonesian resort city Bali on December 3-6. Commerce Minister GM Kader will lead the delegation at the multilateral trade talks. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved the composition
Month: November 2013
Deadline for tax returns submission extended to Dec 1
The National Board of Revenue on Thursday extended the deadline for submission of income tax returns by individual taxpayers by one more month to December 1 due mainly to poor response from the taxpayers in filing the returns within the time limit. The NBR in its decision, however, said that
Institutional investors keep Dhaka stocks afloat
Dhaka stocks advanced on Thursday, the last trading session of the week, after just a day in the red as a number of institutional investors kept the market afloat. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, finished at 3,967.72 points, adding 0.55 per cent, or 21.71 points. DS30,
DSE holds postponed EGM tomorrow
Demutualisation DSE holds postponed EGM tomorrow The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday announced that the postponed extraordinary general meeting for passing the bourse’s demutualisation scheme would be held tomorrow. On Tuesday the DSE called off the EGM scheduled to be held on the day following a stay order from the High Court on Monday. The High ... Read more
Unilever top FMCG player in LinkedIn survey
Unilever has been ranked as the Number 1 Employer of Choice in the FMCG sector by an independent survey conducted by LinkedIn, said a press release. In the overall, cross-industry race, Unilever emerged third, right after tech giants Google and Apple; beating last year’s favourites Facebook and Microsoft.
Tigers roar in unison
The Bangladesh national cricket team have come a long way as a unit. In the past, quite often it was seen that one member of the team outshone the others in terms of individual brilliance. Victory or defeat, a one-man display was always greeted with a bit of circumspection from the fans since individual performances can ... Read more
All is not lost for Kiwis
New Zealand are not totally devastated despite losing yet another series to Bangladesh as their main focus is on the World Cup 2015 at home, paceman Kyle Mills said on Thursday. Bangladesh defeated New Zealand by 40 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODI series and make ... Read more
Tamim touches new height
Tamim Iqbal may not have been at his marauding best in the second one-day international against New Zealand on Thursday, but his 86-ball 58 was enough for him to become the leading scorer of Bangladesh in this format of cricket. The opener eclipsed close pal Sakib al Hasan to achieve the feat as Bangladesh compiled a ... Read more
BJMC first to form squad
Team BJMC on Thursday became the first top-flight club to complete the players’ registration formalities for the upcoming 2013-14 season. Much like the previous two seasons, BJMC have again targeted fourth position in the domestic football league and lined up their team with a number
A rare win for Abahani
Local giants Abahani Limited registered a rare win when they defeated defending champions Victoria Sporting Club in the eighth round of the Dhaka Premier League on Thursday with Prime Bank Cricket Club and Gazi Tank Cricketers also posting handsome victories. Abahani saw off Victoria by four wickets
Efficient management can make Dhaka livable
Speakers tell book launching Dhaka can still be a livable city if managed efficiently and if urban plans are implemented accordingly, speakers told a book launching ceremony yesterday. Dhaka’s biggest challenge is that it lacks a leader — a single authority to deal with the problems of its urbanisation, said one of the speakers, Prof ... Read more
Economic dev, not service delivery, underscored
N’ganj City Corporation Economic dev, not service delivery, underscored Experts have suggested that a master plan should be formulated for the Narayanganj City Corporation to shift its focus on service delivery to economic development. In a report, the urban experts have observed that the city corporation should focus more on the city’s economic development instead ... Read more
Opinions sought on draft rules of tobacco control act
Health and family welfare ministry has uploaded the draft rules of the amended the smoking and tobacco product usage (control) act on the ministry’s website and sought public opinions on the rules, the officials said on Thursday. The draft rules were uploaded on Wednesday and would be kept available up to November 20 at www.mohfw.gov.bd, they ... Read more
Nancy vents concern over police harassment
Popular and National Award winning singer Naznin Munir Nancy feels threatened that police would arrest her or any members of her family in false case, she has claimed. She has alleged that police went and searched her house without any cause at Netrakona on Tuesday after she had posted a status where she commented
Violence against women deterrent to empowerment
Mahila Parishad national convention told Violence against women and lack of recognition of women’s contributions to the country’s economy is a huge deterrent to the empowerment of women, said speakers at the twelfth national convention of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad yesterday. Convening women from all over the country under the banner “Women’s rights and contributions to the ... Read more
Officers’ Gunnery Staff Course ends in Ctg
The certificate awarding ceremony of the officers’ Gunnery Staff Course (Field) -15 was held at Artillery Centre and School at Halishahar in Chittagong city on Thursday. General commanding officer of Army Training and Doctrine Command Major General Abul Kalam Md Humayun Kabri distributed the certificates among
Wheat-laden vessel sinks at Ctg Port
A lighter vessel with 1,800 tonnes of government-imported wheat capsized after an oil tanker hit it near Chittagong Port channel in the river Karnaphuli yesterday. Thirteen crew of the sunken vessel, however, got down safely, said Capt Najmul Alam, deputy conservator of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA).
Roaring Tigers clinch ODI series
Bangladesh toiled little on their way to script yet another history as they pulled off a facile 40-run victory over New Zealand in the second ODI to wrap up the three-match series. The comprehensive victory at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday gave them their sixth straight win over the Black Caps. It was also
Talks take back seat as AL, BNP train guns
With the ruling party and the opposition set for a massive showdown on the streets from this week, apprehension about escalation of political violence across the country is growing. Political observers believe that prospects of a dialogue between the two sides are becoming bleaker with each passing day, as both the ruling party and the ... Read more
Khaleda enforcing hartal to destroy country: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the opposition leader not to enforce any agitation programme that harms the academic life of students. “I’ll request her not to enforce such agitation programmes that harm the academic life of innocent students,” she said referring to the opposition’s next