The industry minister, Amir Hossain Amu, on Tuesday said that the government had decided to declare newspaper sector as an industry. At a meeting with the leaders of the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh at his Shilpa Bhaban office, Amu also said that the ministry would issue a gazette notification soon in this regard. Amu told the ... Read more
Month: February 2014
HC summons IO to explain headway
Sagar-Runi Murder Probe HC summons IO to explain headway The High Court on Tuesday summoned the investigation officer to explain what headway he could make in the probe in the sensational case twin murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi. A bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah also directed the ... Read more
Light titles lead tally, serious books lag behind
Ekushey Book Fair Light titles lead tally, serious books lag behind Volumes of poetry, novels and story clinched the highest position in the tally of new books that arrived so far till the 18th day of the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Tuesday. But serious books like volumes of essays and research-based publications witnessed ... Read more
Selim wins award in negative role
National Film Award Selim wins award in negative role Popular actor-director of small screen Shahiduzzaman Selim has been named best actor in negative role in the National Film Award 2012 for his acting in Redoan Rony’s film Chorabali, according to information ministry’s gazette issued on February 7. Selim played the role of Ali Osman, a ... Read more
Sanjib Datta satirises social anomalies
Artist Sanjib Datta has addressed social anomalies from different perspectives in his ongoing fourth solo exhibition at Bengal Shilpalay in Dhanmondi. The show titled, Je Jiban Pharinger (a life like that of a dragonfly), showcases the artist’s previous and recent works in four series such as Reformation of Dreams, Coal, Bad Times and Good for ... Read more
Tigers stunned and silenced
There was something different about the loss to Sri Lanka in the first ODI on Monday; something that still hung in the air a day after Bangladesh incredibly managed to find a way to lose at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. Maybe it was more disappointing because of the limited overs form that the home side had ... Read more
Jurgensen backs team to bounce back
Bangladesh are optimistic that they can come from behind in the ongoing three-match ODI series after learning their lessons from their last three close defeats at the hands of the visitors, coach Shan Jurgensen said on Monday. Bangladesh were defeated by 13 runs in the first match despite creating an opportunity to take an early lead ... Read more
Nat’l team to play India sans practice
The Bangladesh football team will go into their FIFA international friendly against India, scheduled for March 5 in Goa, with just a day’s preparation. Keeping the friendly match in mind, the Bangladesh Football Federation’s professional football league committee rescheduled three matches of
Coach hails SL’s mental strength
Sri Lanka showed their mental strength in winning close matches against Bangladesh to earn a 1-0 in the in the ongoing three-match ODI and a clean sweep in the Twenty20 series earlier, coach Paul Farbrace said on Tuesday. ‘Winning close games are important, because it shows the fight and determination in the team,’ Farbrace told reporters ... Read more
Liza wins 3rd national crown
Women International Master Shamima Akter Liza of Narayanganj became a three-time champion of the Sultana Kamal 34th National Women Chess Championship on Tuesday at the Bangladesh Chess Federation hall. Liza earned nine points from 11 games to clinch the national women’s title. She was also the champion in 2005 and 2010. Liza beat Mahmuda Hoque Chowdhury Moly
BTV, Maasranga to telecast WT20
Maaimp, a consortium of several private firms called Mediacom, Ardent, Asiatic, Mindshare and Impress Matra and Property, has won the terrestrial and satellite broadcasting rights of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 in Bangladesh, this was announced at a press conference on Tuesday. The consortium handed over the terrestrial rights to state-owned Bangladesh Television
4 negotiated trade deals not in agenda
Myanmar Bimstec Summit 4 negotiated trade deals not in agenda A number of agreements on trade and commerce already negotiated among BIMSTEC member states have not been included in the agenda of the 7-nation summit of the economic cooperation group, slated to be held in Myanmar on March 4. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to ... Read more
Banks asked to form special unit to recover defaulted loans
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday asked commercial banks to establish a special unit for recovering the defaulted loans which were rescheduled on political consideration in the last quarter of the 2013, said BB officials. The BB instruction came in a meeting on the day with managing directors of all scheduled banks presided over by BB governor Atiur ... Read more
EU RMG retailers start factory safety inspection today
Safety experts appointed by the European retailers will start today inspection of around 1,500 Bangladesh garment factories from where they procure products, said an official of the retailers group on Tuesday. The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, the platform of EU retailers, has appointed four international firms for assessment of fire, electrical
Apparel unit owners demand rules for overseas inspectors
Experts and garment factory owners on Tuesday put emphasis on formulating rules and regulations for the overseas engineers who would inspect garment factories under the initiatives of global retailers. They said that there should be a provision for the foreign engineers of taking approval from Institution of Engineers Bangladesh or any other professional institutions
Telcos for relaxing of BTRC conditions
Service Quality Standards Telcos for relaxing of BTRC conditions The mobile phone companies have demanded relaxing the standards of several service quality parameters set by the telecom regulator including the record keeping provision to three months from existing three years. The Association of Mobile Telephone Operators of Bangladesh on Tuesday sent a letter to the Bangladesh ... Read more
BSEC fines 5 brokers, 1 investor Tk 28 lakh for rules violation
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday fined five brokerage houses and investors Tk 28 lakh for violation of different securities rules and irregularities in share transaction. The BSEC took the decision in a regular commission meeting presided over by its chairman M Khairul Hossain. The five brokerage houses are : Be Rich
Use Bangla in all spheres: HC
The High Court yesterday directed the government to take necessary steps to use Bangla, the state language, in all advertisements of electronic media, signboards, personal nameplates, and registration plates of all vehicles. The court also asked the government to introduce Bangla in all spheres within a month and submit a compliance report in this regard by ... Read more
BIWTA drive to restore usual flow of Shitalakhya
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) continued its drive for the fourth consecutive day yesterday to remove sand, which was dumped illegally to fill up the bank of the Shitalakhya River at Kanchpur under Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj. The BIWTA along with the Narayanganj district administration is conducting the drive to free
Cold to stay for 2 days
After disrupting life for the past two days, the rain has stopped, but the cold will linger for another two days, a meteorologist told The Independent on Monday. Thankfully, the vital one-day cricket match between host Bangladesh and Sri Lanka resumed after the irritating drizzle stopped suddenly, perhaps