Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has sought government’s nod to a tax-free investment of undisclosed money in the capital market in order to make it vibrant. Allowing such investment was among the set of proposals the prime bourse leaders placed before the head of government when they met her at her office yesterday. The DSE also ... Read more
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Latif Real Estate celebrates 23rd Anniversary
Latif Real Estate Ltd has celebrated its 23rd anniversary on April 01. On the occasion of the founding anniversary, the company arranged a ceremony held its corporate office on the day. The chairman of the organisation Morjina Biswas, Managing Director Ahdul Lalif’ Biswas, Assistant Managing Director and organising Secretary of REHAB Md. Akter Biswas and ... Read more
Microsoft ordered to pay Uniloc over $500 million in anti-piracy patent case
0 Small company wins long-running legal battle 0 Microsoft says patent is flawed, will appeal SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has been ordered to pay $US388 million ($547.9 million) for infringing an anti-piracy software patent. After a long-running legal battle, a US grand jury said Microsoft – a company known for its tough stance on piracy – ... Read more
Aftershocks add to Italy quake misery
L’AQUILA, Italy – Jarring aftershocks sowed panic in Italy’s earthquake zone Thursday, terrifying the thousands of homeless victims sheltering in crowded tent camps as the death toll reached 278. Two lifeless bodies were pulled from the ruins of a student dormitory in the centre of the Abruzzo capital L’Aquila early in the morning after a ... Read more
Woman jailed 10 months for sex with 13-year-old boy
A WOMAN’S secret affair with her 13-year-old lover was exposed when her suspicious sister paid her a surprise visit late one evening and found the boy hiding in a wardrobe. The 32-year-old former canteen stall assistant had earlier had sex with the minor after inviting him to her flat. Yesterday, the unemployed woman was jailed ... Read more
‘On the right track’
As the qualification battle for a place in the AFC Challenge Cup finals gets nearer, new Bangladesh head coach Edson ‘Dido’ Silva is putting pressure on the gas pedal to prepare the team for his first assignment. The Brazilian has entered the second week of training with his charges, who will compete with Myanmar, Cambodia ... Read more
Indian cricket stars take guard on tricky election pitch
Soft-spoken, laid back and a reluctant orator, former Test captain Mohammad Azharuddin hardly fits the image of the archetypal boisterous Indian politician. Yet Azharuddin is the latest entrant in a growing list of former cricketers sucked into the election whirlpool by political parties hoping their star status in cricket-mad India will translate into votes. Other ... Read more
Heritage sites left in ruins
Years of irregularities and neglect by the authorities concerned have led to damage, destruction and even occupation of priceless archaeological sites across the country, but such persisting loss of national heritage has failed to yield their attention. Whenever the Department of Archaeology takes an initiative for conservation, preservation or restoration of an archaeological site, the ... Read more
BNP plans protests, legal battle
Cancellation of lease of Khaleda’s house slated The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will go for agitation programmes and legal battle against the government’s decision to cancel the lease of Khaleda Zia’s house in the Dhaka cantonment. The party made the decision at an impromptu meeting of its standing committee and available senior leaders in the office ... Read more
Govt cancels lease of Khaleda’s cantonment residence
Govt action canceling Khaleda’s cantt. residence contrary to justice, says Barrister Mahbub The new government cancelled the lease of the much-talked-about cantonment residence of Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia as the house “allocation was not made legally”. A cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at Bangladesh Secretariat on Wednesday morning took the ... Read more
JCD stages demonstration
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of BNP, yesterday staged demonstration on Dhaka University (DU) campus in protest against the government decision to cancel allotment of Begum Zia’s Cantonment residence. Protesting the government decision, JCD brought out an instant procession that marched on the campus starting from Madhu`s canteen. During the procession, leaders and activists ... Read more
CrPC passage violates constitution: experts
The passage of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act is a violation of the constitution and the Supreme Court verdict in the Masder Hossain case, widely known as the separation of the judiciary case, said judiciary and legal experts on Wednesday. The Bangladesh Judicial Services Association has also expressed its disappointment at the passage ... Read more
Corporate sector might miss good news in next budget: Tax cut unlikely
5 pc cut costs exchequer over Tk 4,000cr The government might go harsh on the country’s corporate sector in the next fiscal budget with the denial of their long-time plea for reducing the corporate taxes, presently ranging up to 45 per cent. Sources in the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said that cuts in corporate ... Read more
Army Probe Report by April 22
Probe report into the brutal and bloody massacre inside Bangladesh Riffles [BDR] headquarters during February 25-26, 2009, done by a team of Bangladesh Army is reported set to be published by April 22. According to several sources, the preview of this much awaited investigation report was already completed last week. A large number of army ... Read more
Newly elected MPs take oath
The newly-elected members of parliament (MPs) in recently held bypolls of Jatiya Sangsad were sworn in yesterday making the House filled with all its 345 seats. The lawmakers of Awami League Sheikh Helaluddin, Nazmul Hasan Papon, Abul Kalam Azad and Zafar Ali, Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmakers Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar and Barrister Moudud Ahmed, and Jatiya ... Read more
Russia to assist Bangladesh in generating hydropower
A delegation to visit next month for feasibility study Russia is ready to assist Bangladesh in generating hydropower by providing financial and technological supports utilizing river currents to meet the growing demand of electricity. After a meeting with Prime Minister’s Adviser Dr Toufiq-e-Elahi at his Secretariat Office yesterday, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Gennady P ... Read more
UZ bill goes against AL poll manifesto
Even a cabinet decision to keep upazilas free of MPs’ influence ignored With the passing of the new upazila parishad bill in the Awami League (AL) majority parliament, the government empowered lawmakers to meddle in the functioning of upazila parishads, burying AL’s electoral pledge of making the parishads self-reliant and autonomous. The government could not ... Read more
The use of compressed natural gas (CNG) in the transport sector has not only reduced carbon emission but also is saving over $800 million worth of petroleum import annually, Petrobangla sources say. However, rapid expansion of CNG delivery network in the last few years has significantly contributed to instability of gas supply pressure in many ... Read more
Amnesty Int’l welcomes UN help in war crime trial
Amnesty International (AI) has welcomed the UN assistance to Bangladesh’s efforts to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity and other serious violations of humanitarian law during the War of Liberation in 1971. Welcoming the news, the AI said four international war crimes experts, Louis Bickford, Priscilla Hayner, Bogdan Ivanisevic and Alexander Mayer-Rieckh, have been named ... Read more
MPs’ advisory role to create chaos
Upazila chairmen express anger over provisions curbing their powers A good number of upazila parishads might have difficulty functioning properly as they will have more than one lawmaker as advisers as per the upazila bill passed on Monday. “Due to the latest delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, more than 100 upazilas are made up of areas ... Read more