Artist Shahid Kabir, in his ongoing 12th solo exhibition, has presented paintings featuring the lives of commoners with all their everyday joys in magnificence. Titled ‘I Bow My Head to You in Deep Obeisance’, the exhibition includes 53 paintings, mostly in mixed media on canvas and a few etchings. No heart-wrenching struggle or tattered slums ... Read more
Month: March 2014
3,500 factories on govt list for RMG sector database
The government has finalised a preliminary list of about 3,500 garment factories to include the name of the factories and their workers in a publicly accessible database for RMG sector. As per the requirements of the GSP action plan set by the US as well as the requirement of Sustainable Compact of EU, the government ... Read more
BSEC set to waive MFs’ mandatory investment in stocks
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to amend the Mutual Fund Rules-2001 again waiving a condition which made 60 per cent investment in the stock market mandatory for the mutual funds, a senior official of BSEC said. The capital market regulator took the move in a bid to shape the mutual fund rules as ... Read more
Rice import increases on int’l price fall
The country’s rice import increased significantly in the recent months following the lower prices on the global market, according to a Bangladesh Bank finding report. The BB has recently conducted an investigation to know the cause of the increased trend in rice import. The central bank prepared a finding report in this
Tigers sweep past Irish in warm-up
Bangladesh rode on Sakib al Hasan’s all-round performance and Mushfiqur Rahim’s blistering half-century to earn a confidence-boosting 44-run win over Ireland in their last practice match at Fatullah on Friday. Mushfiq remained undefeated on 59 from 30 balls while Sakib scored an unbeaten 32-ball 58 and later picked up two wickets to help restrict Ireland to ... Read more
Tigers finally roar before WT20
Bangladesh will take some momentum into the forthcoming ICC World Twenty20 after playing according to their plans in two recent practice matches victories ahead of tomorrow’s tournament opener against Afghanistan. The Tigers had been down in the dumps over the last two months, losing nine ODI and T20I matches in a row before finally breaking out ... Read more
Afridi hits back in sexism row
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Friday sought to bat away controversy over comments he made about women’s cricket, saying he had been quoted out of context. The big-hitting 34-year-old came under fire this week after TV interview footage circulated of him commenting on women’s cooking skills in response to
What the female tongue speaks
The patriarchal society has always managed to silence the ‘female-tongue’ by force or by guile. That is why civilisation has forever unambiguously spoken a male dialect. What danger lies there in women’s minds, what could have come out of the female-tongue, is a question of conjecture still. A conjecture of that sort is
Pomp and grandeur as BCB celebrates WT20
Amidst a glitzy ceremony and lots of fanfare, the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s Celebration Concert was held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. Alongside renowned local artists, Oscar-winning Indian composer A R Rahman and Senegalese-American R&B and hip hop artist Akon lit up the concert with
Tigers looking to get it right in final WT20 warm-up
Bangladesh will be keen to take advantage of their last opportunity to find their perfect combination ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 when they take on Ireland in their last warm-up match at Fatullah today. Bangladesh will face Afghanistan on March 16 to open the three-week global Twenty20 tournament. Team management will be provided with an opportunity
BHF gears up for Asian qualifiers
Bangladesh Hockey Federation is ready to host the eight-nation qualifying round of the Asian Games from March 15 at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium and Islami Bank Limited is the title sponsor of the tournament. The BHF signed a deal with the private financial organisation on Thursday. BHF president Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari and
Concert of distress and anguish
The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s Celebration Concert, staged to hype up the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 2014, was held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday. However, the concert was anything but perfect as several people from the gathering crowd complained of countless sufferings before they eventually
Bangladesh women swept by India
The Indian women’s cricket team swept their Twenty20 International series against Bangladesh at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar, beating the hosts by seven wickets in the third match on Thursday. Bangladesh were restricted to 81-8 in their 20 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat. Captain Salma Khatun led the ... Read more
India offers another $1b loan with high interest rate
India has offered another $ 1 billion line of credit to Bangladesh at higher interest rate for implementing Bangladesh’s priority development projects. The country has also offered to provide an additional 500 megawatt electricity to Bangladesh if infrastructures are improved. The offers were made during
BSEC asks bourses to probe unlawful short-sales
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges to investigate short-selling of securities by certain stockbrokers detected by the regulator’s surveillance system. The BSEC on Wednesday directed the Dhaka Stock Exchange and the Chittagong Stock Exchange to look into the unlawful activities. Short-selling is a
More access of women entrepreneurs to bank, NBFI funds stressed
Banks and non-bank financial institutions should come forward to finance the women entrepreneurs as only 30 per cent of them have so far got access to credit facilities. Lack of adequate financing hinders women empowerment although loan recovery from women entrepreneurs is almost hundred per cent, speakers at a daylong
IT firms eye Europe market with tech summit
The Europe-Bangladesh Technology Summit 2014 began in Hanover of Germany on March 10 to explore business opportunities in the European market for the country’s IT firms, said the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services on Thursday. The Hanover summit ends today and the next gathering
Foreign firms need no BB nod for taking short-term loan from parent cos
Foreign industrial enterprises operating in Bangladesh will not require taking prior approval from Bangladesh Bank to bring interest-free short-term loan with up to one year tenure from their parent companies and shareholders abroad, said the BB. To this end, the BB issued a circular to the authorised dealers of all banks on Wednesday saying that the ... Read more
Festival to promote single episode teleplay
The five-day teleplay festival featuring single episode teleplay will end today with a view to promoting single episode plays at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library. Beginning on Sunday, the festival titled ‘Charuneedam Television Kahinichitra Utsab 2012-2013’ has been organsied by cultural organisation Charuneedam with the theme Ek Ghontar Kahinichitra
An evening of folk music
A full-hall audience was entertained by seasoned and young folk singers at a programme on Tuesday at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpkala Academy. Bangladesh Loka Sangeet Parishad organised the programme to celebrate the forthcoming Independence Day. In befitting stentorian voices,