The admission activities of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology were postponed due to unavoidable reason, a RUET press release said on Tuesday. The admission committee president, Professor Shahid Uz Zaman, said the scheduled admission date was on December 14 next on basis of merit list, but,
Month: December 2013
48 birds freed in Rajshahi
The Rajshahi Wild Life Management and Nature Preservation Department on Tuesday freed 48 birds of different types of native birds. The department, conducting a mobile court in the Rajshahi rail station area, seized the birds and sentenced the poacher to 15 days’ imprisonment. Convicted Shafikul Islam was identified
More dip in pvt sector cradit growth
Political Unrest More dip in pvt sector cradit growth Credit growth in the private sector declined further in October as business people have adopted a ‘wait and see’ approach to expand their business by taking finance from banks due to the ongoing political unrest, said officials of the Bangladesh Bank. According to the latest BB ... Read more
BDBL, m-bank, broker get ‘lenient’ punishment
Cvo Share Price Hike BDBL, m-bank, broker get ‘lenient’ punishment Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission fined three firms — Bangladesh Development Bank Limited, Prime Finance Capital Management and PFI Securities — with ‘nominal amount’ in connation with CVO Petrochemical Refinery’s unusual price hike. The BSEC took the move at a regular commission
RMG exporters demand special loan package to offset unrest losses
Apparel exporters on Tuesday asked the bankers to arrange a special loan package including low-interest ‘packing credit’ for giving workers wages and blocking of term loans without any interest for next two years as ongoing political unrest is hindering their business severely. In a view exchange meeting with the chairmen
NBR sets C&F agents’ commission on jute, fish, carpet exports
The National Board of Revenue has fixed the rate of clearing and forwarding agents’ commission on export of some items including jute and jute goods, sacks, bags, carpets, fishes and shrimps for smooth collection of advance income tax on the commission, officials of NBR said. The revenue board last week set the rate
Scheduled banks asked to maintain CRR, SLR separately
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked scheduled banks to maintain cash reserve requirement and statutory liquidity ratio separately. The BB issued a circular to managing directors and chief executive officers of all banks asking them to follow the new rules from February 1, 2014. The banks are now placing their whole
Mobile financing can be a great tool for micro-credit operations
Bankers say at a seminar The mobile financing can bring rapid changes in the micro credit sector by developing savings, loan disbursement and repayment modules, said speakers at a seminar organised by Microcredit Regulatory Authority on Tuesday. Addressing a seminar titled Mobile Banking in Microfinance Operations at CIRDAP auditorium, representatives from the banks
Matin Spinning IPO gets BSEC nod
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday allowed Matin Spinning Mills Ltd to raise capital worth Tk 126.17 crore through initial public offering at an issue price of Tk 37 including premium of Tk 27 each share. The BSEC made the decision in a regular commission
Stocks rise amid hope in political front
Dhaka stocks advanced on Tuesday after declining in the previous trading session with significant rise in turnover as the UN move to reach a political consensus to hold the next polls continued to impact on the capital market investors. The turnover of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, increased to Tk 746.05 crore which was Tk 647.36 crore ... Read more
Chamber judge stays Mollah execution
Appellate Division hears defence plea at 10:30am today; Jamaat calls countrywide daylong strike In a dramatic development, just two hours before the scheduled execution of the Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah at 12.01 am on Wednesday, the Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division stayed the execution. The order was passed by the Chamber Judge at ... Read more
Taranco brings AL, BNP to talks
Hectic parleys by visiting UN assistant secretary general for political affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco resulted in a crucial meeting between Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam and BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir here on Tuesday. Both the rivals also expressed their will to
4 killed, 100 hurt in blockade violence
Four people were killed and at least 100, including policemen, were injured across the country in stray incidents of violence on Tuesday, during the ongoing 6-day blockade programme called by the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance. The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami complemented the blockade programme by enforcing a daylong hartal on the day, in protest of
20 children die in political violence in 2013
Scores of children fell victim to political violence in 2013, with at least 20 dying and many others still fighting for life as political parties continued to use children in demonstrations, according to rights watchdog Ain o Salish Kendra and New Age reports. At least 6 out of 20 have died since November 8
EU, UK reiterate opposition against Mollah execution
The European Union (EU) and UK Tuesday reiterated separately their opposition to death penalty saying that the case of Abdul Quader Mollah now reached a stage where an execution of the death sentence given by the Supreme Court on September 17 could be imminent. “The European Union is opposed to the use
Killing of witness Mostafa rings alarm bells
War Crimes Killing of witness Mostafa rings alarm bells The death of 58-year old prosecution witness Mostafa Haoladar on Tuesday following stabbing prompted the International Crimes Tribunals to express concern over the security of those testifying in war crimes cases. Mostafa was among 28 prosecution witnesses on whose testimony Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee was handed ... Read more
Ganajagaran Mancha holds protest
Several hundred youths Tuesday evening once again gathered at the city’s Shahbag demanding execution of Abdul Quader Molla after the chamber judge stayed execution of death sentence awarded by the Appellate Division. Ganajagaran Mancha, which was formed on February 5 demanding execution of Quader when the ICT-2 awarded him a lifetime imprisonment,
Injured Sayedee case witness dies
A prosecution witness who gave deposition against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, who was sentenced to death in February for war crimes charges, died on Tuesday two days after he was stabbed by miscreants early Sunday. Mostafa Haoladar, 58, the eighth witness
BNP vows to foil ‘lopsided’ polls
BNP on Tuesday warned that the party-led mass movement would thwart the government’s move to hold “lopsided national polls”. “The Prime Minister is trying to reach her destination by driving a passenger-free train hurriedly, but she will be fail in the face of mass resistance,” BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan told the media on ... Read more
Security beefed up
Unpreceden-ted security measures have been taken across the country, especially in the capital, ahead of the execution of convicted war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah. Mollah, an assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, is scheduled to be hanged at one minute past Tuesday midnight, confirmed State Minister