Diverse craftworks by the traditional artisans are on display at the Nalini Kanta Bhattasali Gallery of Bangladesh National Museum in Shahbagh. Thirty nine artisans, who participated at the Setouchi International Art Festival in Japan last July, are displaying their craft works in same number of stalls at the weeklong craft fair organised by the department ... Read more
Month: December 2013
Feedback to release 11th album
Popular band Feedback plans to release its 11th album early next year after 11 years of eclipse. The band released its 10th album O2 in 2002. Bandleader Foad Naser Babu, who is also the music composer and keyboardist of the band, said that the band has prepared ‘some very good tracks’ for the upcoming 11th ... Read more
Acrobats enthrall audience
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy acrobatic team wowed the audience on Monday displaying their skills of balance and acrobatic moves in an open air programme held under the banyan tree at the Suhrawardy Udyan at Shahbagh, which has become popular as Chobir Haat. The show was organised as part of the month-long 10th founding anniversary celebrations programme
Dylan faces French legal inquiry over Croat remarks
US singer and song writer Bob Dylan has been placed under judicial investigation in France for allegedly provoking ethnic hatred of Croats. It follows a legal complaint lodged by a Croat association in France over a 2012 interview Dylan gave to Rolling Stone magazine, reports BBC online. In the interview he allegedly compared the relationship ... Read more
International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed
Don’t neglect disabled children, treat them with sympathy, asks PM International Day of Persons with Disabilities was observed on Tuesday across the country. Different government and non-government organisations held different programmes to mark the 22nd International Day of Persons with Disabilities and 15th National Disabled Day. The theme of National Disabled Day 2013 was
Noise level in capital double normal limit
The capital’s noise level is two times higher than what is permissible, posing a serious threat to public health, a study has said. Vehicle horn, brick chips machines, mills, factories, music accessory shops and public gatherings are the main sources of noise pollution in the capital, it says. Save the Environment Movement disclosed the
JU teachers confine VC again
Teachers vow to continue agitations Jahangirnagar University teachers once again besieged the vice-chancellor, Anwar Hossain, in his house, pressing for his resignation. The teachers under the banner of General Teachers’ Forum laid the siege to the vice-chancellor’s house Monday night and said the programme would continue until Anwar resigned. They laid the siege to the vice-chancellor’s house ... Read more
Sylhet div Physics Olympiad Dec 27
The divisional-level competition of 4th Bangladesh Physics Olympiad would be held on the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology campus on December 27. A press release, issued on Tuesday and signed by the divisional Olympiad unit member secretary Sharif Md Sharaf Uddin, asked the students willing to participate
KU intake test postponed
The admission tests for the first year honours courses under session 2013-14 in all disciplines of Khulna University have been postponed. The decision was made in a meeting of ‘Central KU Admission Test Committee’ Tuesday afternoon, said a press release. Chaired by the KU vice-chancellor Professor Md Fayequzzaman, all deans, heads of departments and teachers attended the meeting.
Dev agenda inclusive of disability stressed
Participants in a discussion in Barisal on Tuesday called for taking forward a disability-inclusive development agenda and human rights for all. The programme was arranged to observe International Day of Persons with Disabilities with the theme ‘break barriers, open doors: for an inclusive society and development for all’ at Social Service Directorate ground in the city. On ... Read more
Mobile sets worth Tk 7cr seized
The customs authorities on Tuesday said they seized 1,667 mobile sets including 200 I-Phone-V and Samsung galaxy-S from the capitals Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Customs assistant commissioner Kamrul Hasan told New Age that they seized a carton from the airport cargo on Sunday. Opening the cartoon Tuesday afternoon,
Home ministry wants NBR desks at immigration posts
Tax Evasion By Foreigners Working In B’desh Home ministry wants NBR desks at immigration posts The home ministry has requested the National Board of Revenue for setting up offices at immigration check posts to identify tax evading foreign nationals leaving Bangladesh, officials of the revenue board said. The request was made at an inter-ministerial meeting held ... Read more
Oct mobile users’ addition hits 9-month low despite 3G launch
The country’s mobile phone operators added 11.17 lakh subscribers in October, which is lowest in nine months despite the launching of 3G services by four leading operators in the month. The total subscriber base of six operators stood at 11.17 crore at the end of October. Despite the 3G service launch in October the subscriber
Muhith asks BB to allow PKB to go for commercial banking
Finance minister AMA Muhith backs a longstanding demand of Probashi Kalyan Bank to upgrade its current status to a partial commercial bank so that the nascent bank is enabled to provide optimum services to Bangladeshi Diaspora. Muhith asked Bangladesh Bank last week to allow the principal branch of PKB to pursue all types of commercial banking ... Read more
Blockade sends onion price soaring
The price of onion shot up to Tk 110 a kg on the retail market in the city as supply chain disrupted due to frequent blockade enforced by the opposition alliance. Traders said that both wholesale and retail markets faced severe supply shortage in last three days as supply of the item decreased by 80 ... Read more
Scientists discover wonder rice gene: IRRI
Scientists have discovered a wonder rice gene that could dramatically increase yields of one of the world’s most important food crops, the International Rice Research Institute said Tuesday. Preliminary tests show that yields of modern long-grain ‘indica’ rice varieties, the world’s most widely grown types of rice, can rise by 13-36 per cent when
BSEC gives M-banks, brokers more time to keep provision
Unrealised Losses BSEC gives M-banks, brokers more time to keep provision Fines five brokerage, one company for violating rules The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday extended the loan provisioning deadline by one year to December 31, 2014 of the unrealised losses that merchant banks and brokerage firms incurred in 2012. The decision was made ... Read more
DSE demands Tk 300cr refinance fund released by this month
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Tuesday urged the authorities concerned to take immediate step to disburse the first Tk 300 crore tranche of the government refinance fund worth Tk 900 crore for the investors affected by the stock market crash in 2010-2011 and to inject the fund into the capital market within this year. DSE present ... Read more
Stocks soar with rising turnover
Dhaka stocks soared on Tuesday with rising turnover due to increased participation of investors anticipating that the capital market regulator might relax some provisioning rules for merchant banks and brokers against their capital market investment. The benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, finished at 4,310.72 points, adding 2.68 per cent or 112.79 points. DS30, the
Bangladeshis exit Open badminton en masse
Most of the Bangladeshi shuttlers were knocked out on the opening day of Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International Badminton Challenge 2013, which began on Tuesday amid pomp and grandeur at the Shorawardi Indoor Stadium. Of the 14 men and women from Bangladesh participating in the Badminton Asia Confederation-sanctioned tournament, only Rias Uddin managed to