The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed a case against BNP stalwart Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manzur Ahmed, now living in London, on charge of grabbing a government house worth about Tk 300 crore. The commission deputy director Harunur Rashid filed the case with Gulshan police station. According to the first information report,
Month: December 2013
Biman passengers stranded for hours
Technical Glitches in 2 Aircraft Biman passengers stranded for hours Hundreds of air passengers have been held up for long hours in Bangladesh and three other countries, as two aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were grounded due to technical glitches in the last two days. Lack of hotel accommodation from the airline added to the sufferings ... Read more
2 workers shot dead in city
Two constructions workers were shot dead and another was wounded by unnamed people at Madhya Badda in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday morning reportedly over the payment of extortion money. The deceased were Faruk Hawlader, 30, a brick layer, and Milon Hossain, 19, a day laborer. The other laborer who was injured is Md Mahmud, 35, also
‘No credible evidence’ Diana murdered: police
British police on Monday said they had finished examining new information about the 1997 death of Diana, princess of Wales, but had found “no credible evidence” she was murdered. Scotland Yard police headquarters announced in August it was checking the credibility of recently received information about the deaths of the princess
WC trophy in city amid uncertainty
The FIFA World Cup trophy arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday as a part of its 88-country tour ahead of 2014 tournament in Brazil. FIFA officials arrived with the trophy on Tuesday at 12:30pm. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin received the party at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The trophy was taken to the Bangabhaban, where President Abdul Hamid
BCB mulls new T20 tournament
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has agreed in principle to host a franchise-based Twenty20 competition next week in order to give the players some much-needed action ahead of the ICC World T20, 2014, officials said on Tuesday. The proposed tournament could be held from December 22 to 31 in Sylhet, BCB game development chairman
MSC election on Dec 29
The Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited election will be held on December 29, the club announced on Tuesday. A total of 210 club members are expected to cast their votes to elect a president and 16 directors, who will run the club-turned-limited-company for a two-year period. A schedule was announced for the election, with the date for submission
Idle fund forces banks to rush for govt securities
Political Unrest Idle fund forces banks to rush for govt securities Scheduled banks with huge idle fund continue to submit a large number of bids in the auction of treasury bills and T-bonds with a view to invest their fund although the government do not accept any bid excluding the auction calendar, said officials of ... Read more
Export-import through land ports in tatters amid blockade
Indian exporters reluctant to send trucks into Bangladesh Export-import business with neighboring countries, mostly with India, through land ports and land customs stations remained almost suspended due to ongoing political unrest, particularly frequent spells of nonstop blockades and hartals, trading insiders said. Exporters, importers and clearing and forwarding
Banks to give farmers agri loan for producing 31 types of seeds
Bangladesh Bank has taken a decision to disburse short-term agriculture loans to produce 31 types of seeds at the farmers’ level, avoiding the seeds production companies, said officials of the central bank. They said that BB governor Atiur Rahman had signed the new policy on Tuesday and the central bank would issue a fresh circular to scheduled
Manpower export fine despite blockade: minister
Labour and expatriates’ welfare minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said that ongoing political turmoil like hartals and blockades sponsored by BNP-led opposition alliance has not affected the manpower export and caused no problem in this sector. He said the overseas job-seekers were visiting
CVO Petro, 2 other cos downgraded to junk category
Dhaka Stock Exchange on Tuesday downgraded three companies — CVO Petrochemical Refinery, Rahima Food and Modern Dyeing and Screen Printing — to ‘Z’ category as they were not in continuous operation of their productions for more than six months. Of the companies, CVO and Rahima Food were
Outsourcing service providers to pay 10pc tax on commission, profit
The National Board of Revenue has decided to deduct advance income tax on commission or profit of outsourcing service providing companies that they get for supplying manpower to different organisations, officials of the NBR said. The decision came from the latest board meeting
Political unrest sends stocks to negative for third day
Dhaka stocks inched down on Tuesday, third trading session in a raw, with increased turnover due to decline in most of the traded large capitalized company shares amid rising political violence across the country. The turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange increased to Tk 593.72 crore from Tk 497.60 crore in the previous trading session. Of the
GP internet users get free Wikipedia
Grameenphone customers can now enjoy access to Wikipedia, the largest free online encyclopaedia in the world, free of mobile data charges, said a news release. Beginning on Tuesday, any Grameenphone user will be able browse zero.wikipedia.org without incurring data charges using Opera Mini browsers.
ICB declares 40pc cash dividend
Investment Corporation of Bangladesh has declared 40 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year ending June 30, 2013. The declaration came in an extraordinary meeting and 37th annual general meeting of the company held in Dhaka recently, said a news release. ICB chairman SM Mahfuzur Rahman presided over the meetings while
Warm tributes paid to war heroes
Call to execute penalties of all war crime convicts The 43rd Victory Day was celebrated on Monday here in the port city in a different atmosphere amid paying homage to the martyrs and colorful programmes. After 42 years of the victory, this year scenario is bit different as death sentence of a war criminal has ... Read more
Six Saudi-funded projects stymied
Hamstrung by slow disbursement of funds and land acquisition problems, agencies implementing six Saudi-funded projects for upgrading a 50-bed cancer hospital to a 500-bed one are facing serious hurdles. According to the Economic Relations Division (ERD) and the implementing agencies, though the agreement between the Saudi Fund for
Jewel XI ride on Roqibul ton
Roqibul Hassan marked the Victory Day exhibition cricket match with a brilliant 111 runs which steered Shaheed Jewel XI outclass Shaheed Mushtaque XI by 149 runs at Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium on Monday. The newly married Roqibul plundered the bowlers all corners of the park to help Jewel XI amass a gigantic 285 for nine in ... Read more
Army clinch Victory Day rugby title
Bangladesh Army emerged unbeaten champions in the Victory Day Rugby Tournament beating Flame Boys 31-7 in the final at the Paltan Maidan. Earlier four teams took part in a single league system in the fist phase. The top two teams from the first phase qualified for the final. Army also defeated