Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed urged international brands and retailers to pay more for Bangladeshi apparel items as the costs of exporting garment products have gone up due to spike in wages for garment workers. He said the global buyers of Bangladeshi clothing though promised a lot to meet the needs of affected workers caused by the ... Read more
Month: April 2014
Dhaka finish it in style
Dhaka Division celebrated their title with a five-wicket win over Khulna while Rajshahi bagged a dramatic four-wicket win over Dhaka Metro as the country’s premium first-class cricket tournament, National Cricket League ended on Tuesday. Rangpur and Chittagong also posted wins in their respective final round matches as expected.
DPL begins Oct 10 as BCB announces domestic calendar
The Dhaka Premier League for the next season will begin on October 10 as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced the domestic calendar for 2014–15. The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis sat with standing committees at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium before making the official announcement at
Tigers set for camp Down Under before World Cup
The national cricket team is all set to make a short trip to Australia before the ICC World Cup to attend a 15-day camp in order to get them accustomed to the condition, said an official of BCB on Tuesday. If everything goes according to plan, the cricketers will leave the country after the Bangladesh Premier ... Read more
BFF demands Tk 35 crore each year
The Bangladesh Football Federation has demanded Tk 35 crore from the government for each year to to run football smoothly, officials said after a meeting with the state minister for youth and sports, Biren Shikder, on Tuesday. The deputy minister for youth and sports, Arif Khan Joy, also attended the meeting at the office of Biren ... Read more
Lack of govt effort holds back exports to India: economists
Bangladesh’s export to India has stagnated as the country is failing to reap the benefit of duty-free market access due to lack of government effort and coordination, said economists in a dialogue on Tuesday. They said non-tariff barriers like certification and accreditation and cumbersome procedure and documentation put by India and local infrastructure crisis,
RMG WORKERS’ RIGHTS : A lot remains to be done: ILO
International Labour Organisation deputy director general Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo on Tuesday hoped that the garment sector of Bangladesh will go ahead taking lessons from the tragic Rana Plaza incident. In a day-long orientation programme on Freedom of Association for the officials of newly registered trade unions in the readymade garment sector held at a city hotel,
Rana Plaza donors’ fund starts giving damages to all workers
The Rana Plaza Coordination Committee, a body of representatives of global trade unions, retailers, government and factory owners, on Tuesday formally started distributing compensation from a fund of donors’ among families of deceased, injured workers and survivors of the building collapse. The number of total beneficiaries from the fund, which was created to
Safety lacking after Bangladesh factory disaster: US
A year after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building left more than 1,100 dead, Washington says it remains concerned about worker safety and rights in Bangladesh. In a briefing for journalists, a group of senior US officials said progress had been made getting the government in Dhaka to crack down on dangerous practices and ... Read more
NBR blasts realtors for land, flat price undervaluation during registration
The National Board of Revenue chairman Ghulam Hussain on Tuesday blasted the real estate and housing developers for committing undervaluation of prices of land and apartments during registration to evade taxes. The NBR chief also raised questions for not reducing the prices of land and apartments though realtors were getting huge tax break.
Queenies Art Gallery opens
If the emergence of artists like Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan and S.M. Sultan is identified as roots of the modern art movement in Bangladesh; it can then be said that the tree has grown much taller. The outward progression of Bangladeshi art scene, which was created with a big bang by works like Zainul Abedin’s ... Read more
Mominul, Anamul star in NCL
National batsmen Mominul Haque and Anamul Haque starred on the third day of the National Cricket League last round as Dhaka Division are on course for a victory over Khulna at Cox’s Bazar on Monday. Anamul carried the bat through the innings to stroke 119 not out, guiding Khulna to 232 in their second innings to ... Read more
Tigers to face WC qualifiers if no jump in ranking
Bangladesh national cricket team must improve their one-day ranking by December 2017 or face a qualifying round in the ICC World Cup 2019, said a Bangladesh Cricket Board official, removing all recent confusion regarding the issue. The confusion was created as the BCB president, Nazmul Hasan, said no such decision was taken in the recent International ... Read more
BCB mulls rescheduling Pak series
Bangladesh’s planned home series against Pakistan in next January could be deferred by a few months, said an official of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, adding that negotiations are ongoing to hold it after the World Cup in Australia-New Zealand. According to the Future Tour Programme of the International Cricket Council, Pakistan are scheduled to play two ... Read more
BFF plans to hold concert to raise fund
Bangladesh Football Federation has planned to hold a musical concert at their premier venue Bangabandhu National Stadium to raise some funds in less than a month after it had vehemently opposed a similar progarmme before the ICC World Twenty20. The BFF was very disappointed as the National Sports Council allowed the Bangladesh Cricket Board to hold a
Australian coach joins emerging Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s new cricket academy coach, Peter Anderson from Australia, has started work in Kabul, officials said Monday, as the fast-developing team prepare for their debut at next year’s World Cup. Anderson coached Papua New Guinea for two years before joining Afghanistan, where cricket is a rare symbol of optimism in a country beset by war, corruption and ... Read more
New coach, same old Russell
The newly appointed coach of Sheikh Russell KC, Dragan Gjukanovic, failed to make a winning start as they were held by Chittagong Abahani 1-1 in his first match in charge in the Bangladesh Premier League on Monday. Russell, who won the corresponding fixture in the first phase by 2-1 goals, needed a penalty, converted by Haitian ... Read more
UNPAID SIM REPLACEMENT TAX: NBR sticks to Tk 3,010cr claim from 4 mobile operators
A National Board of Revenue committee on SIM replacement tax in its fresh final report last week maintained its claim for Tk 3,010.99 crore in tax from four mobile operators — Grameenphone, Robi, Banglalink and Airtel, said officials. The NBR has been demanding the amount in tax since early 2012 claiming that the operators had dodged ... Read more
Nitol-Hero JV to set up motorcycle plant
Nitol Niloy Group and India’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp on Monday signed a joint venture agreement to set up a motor cycle plant in Bangladesh. The plant will go for full commercial production by the second quarter of the fiscal year of 2015-2016 with an annual production capacity of 1.5 lakh units.
China automakers eager to sell, resell
China’s car market is just gearing up as the world’s largest, yet automakers are already eyeing the next big thing — the market for reselling them. Their eagerness to attract buyers in the world’s largest car market is on full display at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, which opened