The Bangladesh women’s cricket team beat Pakistan by 43 runs in the first of two ODIs at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. Lata Mondol cut through the Pakistani top-order, taking 4-35 in eight overs to help dismiss the tourists for 109 in 44.1 overs and give Bangladesh a 1-0 ... Read more
Month: March 2014
Amateur Golf Championship begins
The 29th edition of the Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship teed off at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Tuesday. 125 golfers from 10 different countries are participating in the 32-year-old tournament, which is being sponsored by Runner Group. Amateur golfers from Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and host Bangladesh
Govt borrowing target may rise by Tk 2,000cr
Nat’l Savings Tools Govt borrowing target may rise by Tk 2,000cr Borrowing target from national savings certificates for the current financial year may be revised by up to Tk 2,000 crore on the original estimate of Tk 4971 crore, with investors rushing to buy high-yielding savings instruments. Finance ministry officials who monitor government borrowing trend throughout ... Read more
BB asks banks for info on GM soya bean oil import
Bangladesh Bank has asked scheduled banks to submit information about import of ‘controversial’ genetically modified soya bean oil as the importers are now importing the products violating the existing acts and regulations. Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association earlier applied to the commerce ministry under the Right to Information Act 2009 seeking know information
Accord finds ‘serious faults’ in a factory
Structural Integrity Inspection Accord finds ‘serious faults’ in a factory Accord, a platform of EU retailers, has detected a garment factory, Jeans Care Ltd, in the capital with some ‘serious’ faults in its structural integrity and asked the factory authorities to shut down the unit. The review panel under the National Tripartite Committee, however, on Tuesday ... Read more
BSEC forms bodies for clearing house, commodity markets
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday formed three separate committees with the task of preparing framework for establishing a clearing corporation, a derivative market and a commodity market. A BSEC news release said the committees would submit reports considering different issues related to formation of clearing corporation,
Investment of remittance in productive sector stressed
Financial analysts and businesspeople at a conference today stressed the need for investing the hard-earned remittances of Non Resident Bangladeshis in the productive sector to give a big boost to the economy. ‘Remittances are being used for purchasing flats and lands, which are not productive,’ Khadaker Ibrahim Khaled, former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank,
Scarlet Johansson expecting her first child
Scarlett Johansson is going to be a mom. The 29-year-old actress is pregnant with fiance Romain Dauriac’s baby and she is reportedly already five months along in the pregnancy. The news came as a shock because she came to Cesar Film Awards in Paris on February 28 without the signs that she was pregnant. Wearing ... Read more
Women’s day’s special telefilm ‘Akla Akash’
On the occasion Women’s Day ATN Bangla will be telecasting a special telefilm ‘Ekla Akash’. The telefilm written by Eraj Ahmed has been directed by Choinika Chowdhury. The actors of the telefilm are Sayed Ahsan Emama, Laila Hasan, Apurbo, Richi, Shams Sumon, and others. The story of the telefilm revolves around the family of Shireen, ... Read more
12 Years a Slave makes history
Gravity sweeps seven Academy Awards The slavery drama 12 Years a Slave won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first movie from a black director to win the film industry’s highest honour in 86 years of the Oscars. British director Steve McQueen’s unflinching portrayal of pre-Civil War American slavery ... Read more
Rare glimpses of remote past
First World War images on display Photographs are like time capsules that preserve glimpses of history. People are easily forgotten once they die, certain segments of history might lose their significance but photographs that have captured people, place, memories and history can outlive the very elements they have captured. A collection of 35 photographs of ... Read more
Remittance reeling as shrinking manpower export bites
Inflow drops to $9.19b in 8 months The inflow of remittance decreased to $9.19 billion in eight months of the current financial year 2013-2014 against $9.89 billion in the same period of the FY 2012-13 due to a downward trend in manpower export. According to the Bangladesh Bank data released on Monday, remittance inflow dropped by ... Read more
Recruitment by March deadline uncertain
200 Factory Inspectors Recruitment by March deadline uncertain Recruitment of 200 additional factory inspectors by the March deadline looks uncertain as the government is yet to finalise necessary procedure including formulation of recruitment rules. Although the proposed recruitment rules got the approval of the public administration ministry on Thursday, the rules have to go through a ... Read more
BB launches software to fight against money laundering
Bangladesh Bank on Monday launched a software to strengthen its fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. The BB governor Atiur Rahman inaugurated the software, goAML, at the central bank headquarters in the capital while senior officials of the central bank and the chief executive officers of the scheduled banks attended the programme. Speaking on the
5 insurance cos fined Tk 4.5 lakh
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority has fined five insurance companies Tk 4.50 lakh and warned three others due to their violation of different insurance rules, an IDRA release said. Of the companies, Padma Islami Life Insurance, Mercantile Insurance, Global Insurance, Standard Insurance and Eastern Insurance have been fined while
Trade, other bodies asked to send budget proposals by March 15
The National Board of Revenue on Monday requested the country’s trade bodies, chambers, associations, professional and research organisations to send to the NBR through e-mail by March 15 their budget proposals for the next fiscal year of 2014-2015. The revenue board suggested that they should
Tigers not giving up hope yet
As Bangladesh prepare to face Pakistan today at Mirpur, the hosts would like to believe that they are in with a fighting chance of making the Asia Cup final. Despite going down to a six-wicket loss in their opening match against India and a morale-shattering 32-run defeat at the hands of Afghanistan in their
Tamim to team up with Afridi, Ajmal for Lord’s bicentenary
The participation of Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal and Pakistani cricketers Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi has been confirmed for the prestigious clash between Marylebone Cricket Club and Rest of the World, scheduled for July 5 at Lord’s. The match is a part of the celebrations to commemorate the 200th year of the establishment of Lord’s cricket ground. Tamim etched ... Read more
Sri Lanka crush Afghans to storm into final
Sri Lanka brought high-flying Afghanistan back down to earth, crushing them by 129 runs in Dhaka on Monday to become the first side to qualify for the 2014 Asia Cup final. Sri Lanka’s third consecutive win in the tournament also has knocked five-time champions India out of title race, as they cannot overtake the Islanders ... Read more
Tigers await Sakib’s return
All-rounder Sakib al Hasan has missed a few matches through injury over the last couple of years, but never have Bangladesh wanted him back as desperately as they do in this Asia Cup. The Tigers will be looking for the return of their ace-all-rounder to turn their fortunes around as they take on Pakistan in ... Read more