The government has imposed an 11-day ban in October each year on catching all kinds of fish in the rivers and estuaries of 14 districts in the country along with four hilsa spawning grounds for ensuring safe breeding of mother hilsa. The fisheries and livestock ministry on November 27 imposed the ban through amending the Protection ... Read more
Month: December 2014
Securities regulators of B’desh, India to sign MoU for co-op
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Indian Securities and Exchange Board for greater cooperation in diverse areas including tackling the market manipulation and insider trading, a senior finance ministry official said. The signing is expected to take place sometime in January 2015
BTRC to restrict partner-based promo of telcos
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission is amending the relevant rules to bar the partner-based promotional campaigns of the mobile phone companies, said BTRC officials. In a draft amendment of the Interim Directive on Marketing and Promotion, a new clause has been added to bar the telecom companies from promoting their offer paring with partners from other
Classical music fest ends at Chhayanaut
A two-day classical music festival ended on Friday at Chhayanaut auditorium with participation from noted local and a few Indian artistes. Both days saw full attendance from music lovers who expressed their satisfaction and thanked Chhayanaut for the festival. On the concluding day, the festival was held in two sessions- from morning till noon and from ... Read more
Nasima Khan depicts nature in char areas
Artist Nasima Khan has depicted the natural diversity of the char areas in different seasons through her watercolor paintings at a solo exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge in the capital. The exhibition titled Shifting Sands features 69 paintings all done in watercolour. All the paintings that have been done in watercolour beautifully reveal the landscape of ... Read more
Abahani snub rattles Jubair’s WC prospects
Dhaka Premier League frontrunners Abahani Limited sidelined prodigious leg-spinner Jubair Hossain in their recent matches, leaving his chance of making it to the World Cup squad bleak. Jubair burst into country’s cricketing scenario during the recent home series against Zimbabwe when he did reasonably well in both Tests and one-day internationals to emerge as a bright
AFC extends Miraj ban
Macth-Fixing In Bangladesh Football AFC extends Miraj ban The Asian Football Confederation on Friday has extended the suspension of Mohidur Rahman Miraj, joint secretary of Wari Club, at confederation level for his part in the match-fixing scandal of second tier Bangladesh Championship League. The disciplinary committee of the AFC took the decision at a meeting held ... Read more
BFF mulls bringing back Kruif
Sacked former national coach Lodewijk de Kruif may return to helm of Bangladesh national team for the Bangabandhu Gold Cup, said a top official of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Friday. BFF president Kazi Salahuddin said they are seriously thinking of re-appointing Dutchman Kruif for a brief period of one month before the Bangabandhu Cup, which ... Read more
6 killed, 7 injured in accidents around country
At least six people including a policeman were killed and seven others injured in separate road accidents in Bogra, Barisal and Narsingdi on Friday. Heavy vehicles hit lighter vehicles in every incident that left three people dead in Bogra while one was killed in Barisal and two in Narsingdi. Our correspondent in Barisal reported that a ... Read more
Banks, NBFIs continue ignoring rural SMEs in loan offer
Scheduled banks and non-bank financial institutions continued to ignore rural entrepreneurs in disbursing small and medium enterprise loans as they distributed to them (rural entrepreneurs) only 24.17 per cent of the total SME loans they sanctioned in the first nine months of this year. According to the latest Bangladesh Bank data, the banks and NBFIs disbursed ... Read more
Stock market tribunal yet to start 10 months into judge’s appointment
The special tribunal to deal with stock market-related cases is yet to start functioning even after ten months of appointment of a judge for the tribunal. The government in February this year appointed Humayun Kabir Manik as judge to the tribunal. The government on December 10, 2012, amended the Securities and Exchange Ordinance 1969, making provisions for ... Read more
Prices of egg, unpacked soya bean oil go up
The prices of egg and unpacked soya bean oil went high in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday due to a supply shortage, traders said. The prices of unpacked soya bean oil increased by Tk 4 a litre and the item was being sold at Tk 92 a litre in the city’s ... Read more
Rony initiates online TV channel
Popular teleplay director and TV commercial maker Redoan Rony has taken an initiative to introduce the first online TV channel of the country named Popcorn Live TV, which is already running online test transmission. People will be able to watch the latest television shows, films, music videos and others via internet on their computers, tablets ... Read more
Bangladesh umpires not good enough
Bangladeshi umpires are not good enough to conduct matches at the highest level, said a senior official of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday, adding that a massive improvement is needed to make them capable. The International Cricket Council have recently selected 20 umpires and five match referees for the World Cup 2015 to be staged ... Read more
Japan U-21s too good for Bangladesh
Japan Under-21 team exposed the gulf of difference between the two countries when they thrashed the Bangladesh national team 3-0 in a friendly match in Dhaka on Thursday. The full-strength Bangladesh held Japanese youths in the first 45 minutes before losing their stamina in the second half to suffer the defeat. Substitute forward
Bangladesh lost to a ‘superior’ side, says Titu
Lack of technique was the main reason behind the defeat against Japan Under-21 team, admitted Bangladesh national team interim coach Saiful Bari Titu on Thursday. ‘Players of the Japan team are superior to us in many contexts,’ Titu admitted after the 3-0 defeat at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. ‘They grew up as a footballer
Govt weighs Tk 3,000cr funding options to acquire land for 4 SEZs
The government is weighing different options to mobilise nearly Tk 3,000 crore soon as Bangladesh economic zones authority sought the fund for land acquisition required to build four special economic zones in the country for local and foreign investment. The BEZA early this month sought the amount from the
Forex reserve hits new record of $22.40 billion
The country’s foreign exchange reserves posted a new record of US$ 22.40 billion for the first time on Thursday due to upward trend in inward remittance and buoyed by the release of funds from development partners, said Bangladesh Bank officials. The foreign exchange reserves stood at US$ 22.40 billion on Thursday from US$ 22.33 billion on ... Read more
Citycell denies it violated conditions
Non-Payment Of Tk 24cr Citycell denies it violated conditions Mobile phone operator Citycell has denied any violation of conditions to pay Tk 246 crore dues on account of breach in licensing conditions. Citycell came up with the denial plea in reply to a notice of the telecom regulator asking the mobile operators to pay Tk 246 ... Read more
NBR nod must for investment of corporate gratuity fund
B’desh Sanchayapatra NBR nod must for investment of corporate gratuity fund Bangladesh Bank has asked scheduled banks not to invest in the five-year Bangladesh Sanchayapatra the gratuity fund of corporate bodies without taking approval from tax commissioners in line with the government directives. The BB issued a circular to managing directors of all banks and executive ... Read more