The internet users through mobile phones witnessed a downtrend in last three months after the six mobile phone operators launched 3G service in September, showed a recent data of the telecom regulator. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission data showed that the mobile internet subscribers of the six operators were 3.50 crore in October,
Month: January 2014
Biman resumes Dhaka-New York flight in June
The national flag carrier will resume its Dhaka-New York flight with a stoppage in Birmingham from June 4 after an eight-year suspension due to soaring fuel price and per trip loss, the Biman Bangladesh officials announced on Monday. It will also resume Dhaka-Frankfurt operation from April. ‘We are serious about Dhaka-New York operations… twice weekly
Banks asked to take tight safety measures for vaults
Bangladesh Bank on Monday asked scheduled banks to take effective safety measures for their vaults to avoid burglary incidents. The central bank has given the direction as the burglars looted around Tk 16.40 crore by digging tunnel into the vault of a Sonali Bank’s branch in Kishoreganj on Sunday. To this end, the BB issued a circular ... Read more
Stocks end flat after 4-day bull run
Dhaka stocks ended flat on Monday after increase in the previous four trading sessions with decline in turnover as investors adopted a ‘go-slow’ approach to cope with the fresh monetary policy declared by Bangladesh Bank after the trading closer on the day. The benchmark general index of the bourse,
First phase of Bishwa Ijtema concludes
The first phase of the Bishwa Ijtema on the banks of the Turag at Tongi concluded on Sunday with the offering of ‘Akheri Munajat’ (final prayer). Millions of devotees from different places of the country and abroad joined the final prayers at the Ijtema ground and sought forgiveness and divine blessings for peace and prosperity ... Read more
Burglars tunnel into Sonali Bank branch, steal Tk 16.4 crore
Burglars have made away with Tk 16.4 crore from the volt of a Sonali Bank branch in Kishoreganj town, bank officials said yesterday. Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan, Manager of Isha Kha Road branch of the bank, said the miscreants dug a passageway into the vault of the bank sometime Friday and Saturday and took away the
Pvt univs asked again to move to own campus by Sept 2015
The government has given private universities failing to move their own, permanent campus for the third time, asking them to do so by September 15, 2015. If private universities that are in operation for more than seven years fail to move to their own campus by third deadline, they will lose their provisional approval to ... Read more
Sayeed Ahmad’s death anniv observed
Pioneering absurdist in Bangladesh playwright Sayeed Ahmad’s theatre of absurd Kalbela was staged at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Theatre activists also discussed on the life and works of the playwright on his fourth death anniversary, observed on the day. Sayeed Ahmad Foundation for
Biswajit to reproduce his song on Suchitra
Noted singer Kumar Biswajit has reproduced his once popular romantic song titled Agochhalo Bhabna, where legendary actor Suchitra Sen appears as a symbol of beauty. The song released in 1995 will be included in the upcoming album titled Priyo Anubhab, Kumar Biswajit told New Age. The 28th solo of the singer,
Weeklong Madhu Fair begins in Jessore
A weeklong Madhu Fair marking Michael Madhusudan Dutta’s 190th birth anniversary began at the poet’s birthplace at Sagardari under Keshabpur upazila in Jessore on Saturday. Jessore district administration chalked out several programmes to mark the anniversary of birth of the poet. The programme includes discussion
Tigers look to keep roaring
Bangladesh-Sri Lanka first Test begins today Bangladesh will be keen to pull up their socks and start from where they left off in the Test arena when they take on Sri Lanka in the opening game of their two-match Test series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. Though they have struggled to establish a strong foothold ... Read more
Mushfiq urges Tigers to ignore ICC storm
Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim asked his team to set aside the recent controversy surrounding the proposed two-tier Test system and concentrate on the immediate work at hand as they prepare to begin their home series against Sri Lanka today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The recent developments in international cricket, which may deny Bangladesh
Saber supports Mani protest
Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury wrote to International Cricket Council president and CEO Alan Isaac on Sunday in support of former ICC president Ehsan Mani’s letter of protest against the controversial plan to overhaul the ICC. Mani’s letter, dated January 26, is undersigned
ADP spending drops to 27pc in July-Dec
The government ministries and agencies implemented only 27 per cent of the annual development programme in the first half of the current fiscal year, three per cent less than the ADP implementation rate in the same period of the last fiscal year, planning ministry officials said. In July-December of the last fiscal year, the rate of ... Read more
BB asks banks to take preparation to keep more capital
Basel Pillar Ii: Risk-Weighted Assets BB asks banks to take preparation to keep more capital Bangladesh Bank has asked the scheduled banks to take preparation to keep more capital against their risk-weighted assets starting from the last quarter of 2014 or first quarter of 2015 to implement fully the BASEL II, said officials of the ... Read more
Country’s mobile phone subscribers rise by 17pc in 2013
The active number of mobile phone subscribers in the country increased by 1.66 crore or 17 per cent in 2013 as the total user of six mobile operators reached to 11.37 crore at the end of the year. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission data showed the total number of mobile phone subscribers rose by 13.70 ... Read more
Akheri Munajat today
Several lakh Muslim devotees are converging on the congregation venue and attending the prayers with reciting the name of Allah and hearing the sermons. The first phase of Ijtema will end with Akheri Munajat (finalprayers) on Sunday while the second phase will be held on January 31-February 2, reports UNB. The first phase of Biswa ... Read more
Measles-rubella vaccination campaign begins
The measles-rubella vaccination campaign started on Saturday all over the country. According to the Directorate General of Health Service officials, the three-week long vaccination campaign will continue till February 13 and about 5.20 crore children will be given measles-rubella vaccine while 2.20 crore children the polio vaccine during the
Govt to set up museum in Suchitra’s house
The ancestral house of the late legendary actor Suchitra Sen in Pabna will be reclaimed from the illegal occupation immediately and will be converted to a memorial museum, said the cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor in a condolence programme organised at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. The minister further said that he would request Suchitra Sen’s ... Read more
Sakib yearns for sporting wicket
All rounder Sakib al Hasan is yearning for a sporting wicket in the forthcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka as he believed that it would provide both the teams an equal chance against each other. ‘I think a sporting wicket would be better because the contest will be between two Asian teams,’ Sakib told reporters ... Read more