Staff Reporter Continuing a tradition of outreach across Bangladesh, the US Embassy is sponsoring “America Week” in Barisal from January 26-28. America Week highlights the important ties between the people of the United States and Bangladesh by taking US Embassy activities to the people outside the capital. Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet have hosted past ... Read more
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Expert committee for anti -recession task force
Finds current account balance, customs revenue poor Asif Showkat A finance ministry technical committee dealing with the shocks from the global economic meltdown in its second meeting on Thursday expressed satisfaction with the country’s economic indicators except the current account balance and customs revenue. The technical committee of the coordination council on monetary and exchange ... Read more
Singapore Airlines cuts Dhaka flights in turmoil
Sohel Parvez Singapore Airlines (SIA) has cut two of its flights from Dhaka as it is receiving less than expected passengers due to the global economic downturn that forced the leading carrier to suspend more than 200 flights worldwide. The carrier said it would operate five weekly flights from Dhaka from February 16, instead of ... Read more
Bangladesh missions need more resources, training: experts
EXPANDING MANPOWER EXPORT Bangladesh missions need more resources, training: experts Raheed Ejaz The government needs to enhance the capacity of the labour wings abroad by taking steps including allotting more resources and holding proper training for the officials there for boosting manpower export. Officials, recruiting agents and experts also feel that the government should take ... Read more
Business opportunity opens in Bangladesh Trade Fair in UAE
Bangladesh Single Country Trade Fair in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opened ample of business opportunities for Bangladeshi products and services, says a press release. The 3-day fair was held on 8-10 January at Rolla, Sharjah of the Emirates, which was sponsored by Pubali Bank Limited. The exhibition was attended a total of 20 ... Read more
Govt assures RMG sector of all-out support
Bss, Chittagong Commerce Minister Lt Col (retd) Muhammad Faruk Khan yesterday assured the entrepreneurs in Readymade Garment (RMG) sector of all necessary policy support so that Bangladesh could secure the top position among the
TSC rooms being taken over by pro-govt cultural bodies
Dilshad Hossain Various cultural organisations occupied the rooms at the Teachers-Students Centre of Dhaka University soon after the landslide victory of the Awami League in the December 29 national polls. The cultural platforms that are affiliated to the victorious parties took control of the TSC rooms after the political change-over, saying these rooms had earlier ... Read more
Uttara third phase plots to be allotted in June
Rajuk Misses Deadline Uttara third phase plots to be allotted in June Helemul Alam The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) will start distributing the plots under Uttara Model Town third phase from June this year, instead of this month, as 20 percent work of land filling is still incomplete. Missing its previous deadline, the Rajuk tried ... Read more
Over 1500 display math skills
Dhaka Math Festival Over 1500 display math skills Staff Correspondent Dhaka Divisional Mathematics Festival was held at Govt Laboratory High School in the city yesterday in a festive mood with the participation of students from 100 schools of Dhaka, Gazipur, Narsingdi, Narayanganj, Munshiganj and
America week in Barisal from Jan 26
Staff Reporter Continuing a tradition of outreach across Bangladesh, the US Embassy is sponsoring “America Week” in Barisal from January 26-28. America Week highlights the important ties between the people of the United States and Bangladesh by taking US Embassy activities to the people outside the capital. Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet have hosted past ... Read more
Post-polls violence leaves 3 killed
Staff Correspondent At least three people were killed and dozens injured in a spate of violence in different parts of the country during and after Thursday’s upazila elections, police said. An activist of the ruling Awami League was stabbed to death by rivals in Faridpur district while a supporter of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party ... Read more
BTTB burdened with low quality equipment
Taskforce recommends blacklisting Huawei; punish BTTB officials Sharier Khan and Md Hasan A national taskforce blames Chinese telecom vendor Huawei for supplying substandard equipment and its failure to complete within deadline any of the government’s three telecom projects involving around $40 million. But Huawei got away with the substandard equipment supply and delay in project ... Read more
AL-backed candidates win most upazillas
Third UZ polls AL-backed candidates win most upazillas Like December 29 national parliament elections, Awami League-backed candidates secured 304 seats of Chairman in Thursday’s upazila parishads election outplaying the BNP that got only 82 seats of Chairman, according to unofficial results. According to unofficial results, the AL bagged 304 seats while BNP got 82 and ... Read more
Unofficial polls results
Staff Correspondent Rajshahi division Panchagarh: at sadar, Md Abdul Khaleq of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was unofficially elected chairman, Belayet Hossain vice-chairman and Kajol Rekha vice-president (reserved for women). At Atwari, Tawhidul Islam of the Awami League was unofficially elected chairman, Kamruzzaman Golap vice-chairman and Lutfa Begum vice-chairman (reserved). At Boda, Md Abdul Aziz of the ... Read more
AL wants to establish democracy at gun point: Delwar
BNP will go to power in the next election: Nazrul Staff Correspondent BNP Secretary General Khanadker Delwar Hossain on Friday said Awami League wants to establish democracy at gun point. “Awami League is not a well mannered political party as it always wants to establish democracy at gun point. Polling agents can be ousted from ... Read more
Meddling in upazila polls: Minister, MP may face prison term: Legal action underway, confirms EC
Staff Reporter Step is under process to take legal action by the Election Commission (EC) against the election rules violators, including ministers and ruling party MPs, according to a highly placed source. The measures are being taken as allegations were made from different upazilas of influencing the polls and violation of election code of conduct ... Read more
Tigers clinch series
Bishwajit Roy Shakib Al Hasan celebrated his ascent in the rankings with another all-round performance as Bangladesh won the fog-curtailed third and final one-day match against Zimbabwe by six wickets to clinch the series 2-1 at
Academics, lawyers, HR activists slam ministers, MPs for influencing UZ polls
Staff Correspondent Lawyers, academicians and human rights activists on Friday came down heavily upon the ruling party ministers and MPs for creating influence over the Thursday upazilla polls and demanded of the government to sack those ministers who were involved in acts of influencing election officials to work in favour of their party backed candidates. ... Read more
AL, BNP hold parliamentary party meet tomorrow
Staff Correspondent Awami League and BNP will hold their parliamentary party meetings tomorrow before inauguration of the ninth parliament. The newly elected legislature will convene at 3:00pm at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Its first task will be electing a speaker and deputy speaker. In the opening session, it might also elect a successor to President Iajuddin ... Read more
Manpower export and remittance likely to fall this year
Staff Correspondent Manpower export is likely to fall significantly affecting country’s remittance earning this year due to global economic recession. Talking to The Bangladesh Today, BAIRA President Ghulam Mustafa said “The manpower exporting sector sends abroad around eight lac people every year while the country earns $9 billion per annum. But the ratio of manpower ... Read more