The inflow of remittance decreased to US$ 10.47 billion in nine months of the current financial year 2013-14 against US$ 11.12 billion in the same period of FY 2012-13 although the remittance posted the highest growth in March in the last 14 months. According to the Bangladesh Bank data released on Monday, remittance inflow dropped by ... Read more
Month: April 2014
BB misrepresents fact about autonomous status to IMF
Alleges Muhith Finance minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday said the Bangladesh Bank misrepresented the fact about its autonomous status to the International Monetary Fund. He told this to reporters after a meeting with a visiting IMF mission at his secretariat office. He said he had no idea why the BB officials lied to
BTRC launches drive against pre-activated SIM card sales
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has launched a drive to check the sales of pre-activated SIM cards of the mobile phone companies operating in the country, said officials. The sales of pre-activated subscriber identification module cards are rampant as retailers in collusion with the mobile operators selling such SIM cards, violating BTRC rule,
BSREA demands equipment import duty cut
Pre-Budget Meeting Fy 2014-15 BSREA demands equipment import duty cut NBR chairman criticises solar panel cos for installing substandard products The National Board of Revenue chairman Ghulam Hussain on Wednesday blasted the solar panel companies for installing substandard solar system and poor services to customers in the country. At the first day of month-long pre-budget discussion ... Read more
Nothing to choose between SL, WI
The finalists of the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 go at it again at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the first semi-final of this year’s competition with little to choose between defending champions West Indies and world number one Sri Lanka in today’s titanic clash. The teams come into the match in similar form,
Sanga, Mahela await T20 swansong
Sri Lankan veterans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene will take to the field today against the West Indies in the first semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 at Mirpur knowing that it might be the last time they are playing a T20 international. Both Sangakkara and Jayawardene recently announced that they will retire from the ... Read more
‘One team, one goal’
When West Indies will begin their World Twenty20 semi-final against Sri Lanka today they ought to be nostalgic at least for a while. Two years ago on a fateful evening in Colombo they met the same opponents in the 2012 WT20 final and it is known to all what happened next. The Caribbeans started the final ... Read more
Thunderstorm expected, literally
The first semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20, 2014 between Sri Lanka and the West Indies, scheduled for today at Mirpur, is likely to be hit by rain and thunderstorm, according to BBC weather forecast. The Bangladesh Meteorological Department also forecasted rain and thunderstorm accompanied by blustery winds is expected to occur over the Dhaka division
Feni shock Russell
Feni Soccer Club knocked defending champions Sheikh Russell out in the quarter-finals of the Independence Cup as the outsiders beat them 4-3 in penalties at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. The match went to the tiebreaker with the scores level at 2-2 after regulation and extra time, and Feni Soccer Club registered the victory after ... Read more
Three-day music fest ends at Shilpakala
The more cultural diversity in a country flourishes, the weaker its extremist forces become. Practice of art and culture is precisely the weapon to fend off the sway of extremist and fundamentalist tendency. With such belief and motto, Bangladesh Sangeet Sangathan Samannay Parishad and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy jointly organised a three-day music festival at the ... Read more
Tigers never recovered from HK
If Bangladesh look back at the ICC World Twenty20 2014, they will curse just one performance: the mindless batting and an over from Farhad Reza that condemned them to a two-wicket defeat against already-eliminated Hong Kong in the first round. This was the kind of shock they could not overcome in the rest of the tournament. The ... Read more
Lady Tigers sign off with win
The Bangladesh women’s cricket team, spurred on by a cheering crowd, ended their ICC World Twenty20 2014 campaign on a bright note after beating Sri Lanka by three runs at Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Tuesday. Defending 115 for a win in their final Group B game, Bangladesh restricted the opposition to 112-9 in 20 overs to ... Read more
Bravo, Sammy smash WI into semis
Defending champions West Indies kept their title bid in the ICC World Twenty20 on track on Tuesday, crushing Pakistan by 84 runs in Dhaka to set up a semi-final against Sri Lanka. Dwayne Bravo and Darren Sammy plundered 71 off 32 balls in their sixth wicket stand to power West Indies to 166-6 before Samuel ... Read more
ADB further cuts growth projection to 5.6pc
The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday further lowered the GDP growth projection for Bangladesh to 5.6 per cent in the current fiscal year because of disruption in economic activities amid political unrest. This was the lowest growth projection among the estimates made by the government, Bangladesh Bank and other international lenders for the 2013-14 financial year.
Consultative body of stakeholders to be formed soon
RMG Sector Consultative body of stakeholders to be formed soon The government will soon form a stakeholders’ consultative committee on readymade garment to deal with the problems and prospects of apparel exports, workers safety and their rights in the garment industry. Representatives from ministries concerned, owners associations and labour organisations will comprise the committee, commerce minister ... Read more
Industriall urges brands to provide compensation before anniversary
One Year Of Rana Plaza Disaster Industriall urges brands to provide compensation before anniversary IndustriALL Bangladesh Council on Tuesday urged the global buyers and brands, who used to source products from the garment factories located in the collapsed Rana Plaza, to contribute significant amount of money to the Rana Plaza compensation trust fund before the ... Read more
Do not give up
Indian singer and folk researcher Subhendu Maity, who is quite famous as a singer of folk and people’s songs, performed in a solo show at Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Sunday. The show was originally scheduled to be held at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum, but was transferred to ... Read more
Anil Kapoor wants to direct daughter Sonam
Actress Sonam Kapoor says her father, noted actor Anil Kapoor, is proud of her achievements but wants her to do better work and has even expressed his desire to direct her, reports India Today. ‘He thinks I need to work harder and do better work. He is proud of me, but he keeps telling me ... Read more
Tigers, Australia seek redemption
Bangladesh will try to salvage something at the end of a disappointing World Twenty20 campaign and a miserable two-plus-month home stand when they take on Australia in their final Super 10 match at Mirpur this afternoon. As the World Twenty20 got underway, the Tigers seemed to have turned the corner somewhat after a painful bilateral home ... Read more
Dutch end campaign with dazzling win
Netherlands ended their ICC World Twenty20 2014 campaign on a high note as they humiliated England by 45 runs in their last Super 10 Group 1 game at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. The Dutch syndrome continued to haunt the Englishmen, who were defeated by the same opponents at Lord’s in the opening ... Read more