Ershad oath likely today Members of Parliament elected in the January 5 general election were sworn in on Thursday. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury administered the oath to 284 lawmakers of the 10th Parliament in the oath room of Jatiya Sangsad in the morning. ive lawmakers, including Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad, could not take the ... Read more
Month: January 2014
Cabinet oath Sunday amid speculation over ‘early polls’
The new Cabinet is going to take oath on Sunday amid apprehension over the longevity of the incoming government as pressure is mounting for an early election with the participation of all parties including the BNP and its allies that boycotted the January 5 polls demanding a neutral person to supervise the poll-time caretaker administration. President ... Read more
No blockade today, tomorrow
Oath taking violation of constitution: BNP The BNP-led 18-party alliance has suspended its countrywide non-stop road-rail-waterways blockade programme for today and tomorrow taking what they termed ‘peoples’ sufferings’ into consideration. “We have put on hold the non-stop countrywide blockade for Friday and Saturday considering the people’s suffering. The blockade will resume from Sunday across
EU for genuine talks to hold inclusive polls
China, S Korea urge stability People of Bangladesh were not given an opportunity to fully express their democratic choice in the elections on January 5, the European Union said, calling upon all the parties to engage in genuine dialogue to agree on a mutually acceptable way to hold inclusive and credible polls. The powerful bloc ... Read more
Doraemon returns despite government ban
Cable TV operators in many places within the capital has started the downlink of Disney Channel from the following day of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad elections held on Sunday, ignoring the ban imposed on the channel last year for airing Hindi-dubbed Japanese cartoon Doraemon. The channel is now available in the Eastern part of the ... Read more
Obscure to perform in live TV show today
Popular band Obscure will present its popular songs at a phono-live programme at 11:45pm today on Desh TV. The band will also render songs requested by the viewers over telephone. The viewers can also talk to the members of the band at the programme. ‘We will present our old yet very popular numbers including Mamotay Cheye ... Read more
Theatre Punyabhumi celebrates founding anniversary
Theatre Punyabhumi celebrated its third founding anniversary on Wednesday amid colour and enthusiasm at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The troupe members presented dance recitals, music and a collage production featuring selected parts of the five theatre productions the troupe produced so far. The programme began
John to star in Hera Pheri 3
It seems the friendship between John Abraham and producer Firoz Nadiadwala is going from strength to strength as the latter has roped in John for ‘Hera Pheri 3’, reports India Today. After ‘Welcome Back’, this is the second film in which John has replaced Akshay Kumar. John’s romantic lead would be model-turned-actress Sakshi Chowdhary. Though the ... Read more
SL tour on track: BCB
Pakistan remain positive over Asia Cup The Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Thursday that the forthcoming home series against Sri Lanka will go ahead as planned after the BCB received the confirmation from the Sri Lankan authority during an International Cricket Council meeting in Dubai. BCB president Nazmul Hasan met his Sri Lankan counterpart Jayantha Dharmadasa ... Read more
Stars smash Sakib’s Strikers
Sakib al Hasan’s Adelaide Strikers fell to a crushing eight-wicket defeat at the hands of the Melbourne Stars in Australia’s domestic Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League, on Thursday. Sakib’s second outing for the Strikers on Thursday did not match his excellent BBL debut on Saturday, as the Bangladeshi all-rounder scored just two
Feni hold Abahani
Local giant Abahani Limited were held to a goalless draw by unfancied Feni Soccer Club in the Bangladesh Premier Football League on Thursday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Ali Akbar’s charges wasted a series of chances against Soccer Club and both the sides had to be content with a point from their second game. Abahani ... Read more
Sonali Bank in Club Hockey semis
Sonali Bank confirmed their semi-final berth in the Club Cup Hockey tournament with a 4-1 win over the Dhaka Wanderers at the Moulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Their big win also clinched a spot in the last four for title favourites Abahani Limited, who are due to face Sonali Bank in the group-deciding ... Read more
Women’s nat’l cricket team start training
The training camp for the Bangladesh women’s national cricket team started at the National Cricket Academy on Wednesday with the participation of 20 players, said the Bangladesh Cricket Board. The camp will end on January 20 and the squad will resume training ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 in March-April. Squad: Salma Khatun, Rumana Ahmed,
NBR asked to cut RMG export tax at 0.3pc
The government has bowed to the pressure of readymade garment manufacturers by agreeing to reduce significantly tax on apparel exports. The national board of revenue officials told New Age that the ministry of finance directed them to lower the tax at 0.3 per cent from existing 0.8 per cent.
H1 export earnings up
Export earnings in the first-half of the current financial year crossed the government-set target for the period by 3.08 per cent to $14.68 billion. The earnings posted a 16.56-per cent growth from $12.59 billion of the same period of the financial year 2012-13, showed the Export Promotion Bureau
2010-11 stock crash still haunts victims
5 Years of Al Govt 2010-11 stock crash still haunts victims Govt yet to bring any scamster to book The stock market crash in 2010-11 resulted mainly from share price manipulation by powerful cartels took centre stage in the five-year tenure of the Awami League-led government. The biggest market crash in the country’s history that ... Read more
Govt bank borrowing drops as unrest hits dev projects
The government borrowing from the banking sector went down by 32.05 per cent to Tk 4,569.85 crore from Tk 6,725.81 crore in the corresponding period of FY13, according to the latest Bangladesh Bank data. BB officials told New Age on Thursday that the government borrowing from the banking sector had declined significantly in the first six months of ... Read more
Stocks rise on another bubble anticipation
Dhaka stocks advanced for the third trading session on Thursday as investors became active in anticipation of another bubble at the capital market as the Awami League-led alliance is going to form government for another term, market operators said. They said the outgoing government run by AL-led alliance saw abnormal share price hike in early years ... Read more
North shivers in cold
Mercury dips to 6 at Ishwardi The winter signalled it was gaining strength, as chilly winds started blowing on Wednesday, dipping the mercury to 6° Celsius in the northern town of Ishwardi, leaving it shivering under the merciless blow of a moderate cold wave. Nearby Rajshahi, too, had its share of the bite, a little ... Read more
MPs-elect take oath today
Move triggers debate The Members of Parliament-elect will take oath at the Parliament Bhaban in the capital today. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Choudhury will administer the oath of office to the MPs-elect at 10am, said a press release issued by the Parliament Secretariat on yesterday. However, questions have been raised whether taking oath by MPs-elect before ... Read more