Grameenphone (GP), the only listed telecom company in Bangladesh stockmarket, has recommended 60 percent cash dividend for the year 2009. The recommendation was made at GP’s board meeting on Friday, according to price sensitive disclosure by the mobile phone operator published in
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HSBC, Shanta Properties sign memo
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd in Bangladesh signed a memorandum of understanding with Shanta Properties Ltd at the bank’s corporate lounge premises in Dhaka recently. Shanta Properties chief executive officer Kamal Uddin Ahmad and HSBC Bangladesh
Bangladesh district portals hacked
Some 20 out of 64 district web portals of Bangladesh were hacked on Saturday. “Mission is now complete .Who will be next,” says the hacked sites’ messages. The messages read, if you need help contact me: emilindianhacker@hotmail.com. The hackers claimed that they are from India. The text on the hacked sites also reads: “Secure
EC asks 3 parties to explain status of student bodies
The Election Commission has asked three political parties to notify the commission about the affiliation with their respective student organisations. The EC Thursday issued letters to the political parties in this regard mentioning some press reports and speech of the leaders of the Awami League, the BNP and the
BTRC shuts down RanksTel operation
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission on Friday shut down all operations of the Ranks Telecom Ltd, brand-named RanksTel, for its alleged involvement in illegal voice over internet protocol business and arrested three of its top executives. The arrested officials of RanksTel, a public-switched telephone network operator, are general manager
52 students get world highest marks
Thirty-one Bangladeshi students secured the highest marks worldwide in 14 subjects in GCE O-level examinations and another 21 in six subjects in A-level exams in 2008-2009 academic session. Two students obtained A grade in 11 subjects in the 2009 O-level exams and three others in six subjects in the
1.27 lakh students drop out this HSC session
More than 1.27 lakh out of about 7 lakh students enrolled in Class XI in the 2008–2009 academic session to take the HSC and equivalent exams of 2010 have dropped out, reports NewAgebd. Of the total 1,27,844 lakh students who dropped out, 61,796 are female, according to statistics available with the
National vitamin A+ campaign on May 29
National vitamin A plus campaign-2010 will be observed on May 29 with feeding over two crore under 5 children vitamin A capsules and de-worming tablets with a view to preventing childhood blindness, reducing child mortality and strengthening immunity. Children aged 1-5 years will be fed a high powered
Bangladeshi set to start expedition to Everest
MA Muhit, a Bangladeshi and a member of Bangladesh Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC), is set to start an expedition to the Mount Everest next month. If he can make it, Muhit will be the first Bangladeshi to conquer the Everest, the 8850-metre (29,035ft) giant lying across the Nepal-Tibet
Qatar pledges $100m to save Buriganga
Qatar has pledged $100 million assistance to rejuvenate the River Buriganga by diverting water from the River Jamuna. The chief of planning of the Bangladesh Water Development Board, Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan, told BSS that a eight-member delegation from Qatar led by the international relations minister, Mohammad Al Atiyah, made the
BAU Germ Plasm Centre develops 48 fruit varieties
The Germ Plasm Centre of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has been playing a significant role in the country’s fruit sector by developing new varieties of delicious fruits. The centre has so far developed 48 varieties of fruits including local and foreign varieties while many small and marginal farmers have brought their fortunes by cultivating those ... Read more
Independence award 2010 announced
The government has nominated 10 distinguished persons and an organisation for Swadhinata Puroshkar (Independence Award) 2010 in recognition of their glorious contributions to the nation. The nominated persons and organisation are AKM Samsul Haque Khan (posthumously), Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury and Belal Mohammad in the
Toyota Prius to hit Dhaka roads
Toyota Prius is set to join Bangladesh traffic in May. A Toyota Prius-2010 is already on display at a motor show at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka. The hybrid will sell at around Tk 47 lakh, said officials of Navana Ltd, the distributor of Toyota cars in Bangladesh,
BTCL reduces charges for internet services
Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) has decided to reduce further broadband internet service charges with effect from April 1. BTCL Managing Director SM Khabiruzzaman disclosed the decision to reporters at BTCL conference room in the city on Thursday. He said, as per the changed rates, the registration charge for any type of ADCL package would
Yunus for standard interest rate on micro-credit
3-day int’l microfinance conf concludes Grameen Bank founder and Nobel laureate Muhammad Younus on Wednesday urged the government to fix a standard rate of interest for all microfinance organisations, rebutting criticism that micro-credit borrowers were charged ‘higher interests’. ‘Let us know what the interest rate is. Because people often say that it is high but ... Read more
Deal for elevated expressway by June: FM
The finance minister, AMA Muhith, on Wednesday said that the contract for the much talked about Elevated Expressway might be given by this fiscal year (2009-10). ‘One big project is ready under the Public-Private Partnership and there are also some 2-4 projects. The contract for elevated expressway may be
Human chain formed for cold storages
Leaders of Bangladesh Krishak Samity formed a human chain and staged demonstrations demanding construction of sufficient cold storage facilities and potato and tomato purchase at state initiative immediately. The Samity organised the demonstration in the city’s Muktangan with its president Morshed Ali in the chair. The programme was addressed, among others, by general secretary of ... Read more
1st position of Bakar pains his friends in DU
Everything was okay on Tuesday morning at the gate of Registrar Building of Dhaka University. Result of 4th semester examination of the Department of Islamic History was published. All students were gazing on the board to find their much awaited results. But gazing sight on the result sheet, everybody was geting quiet No celebration, no
Two found dead in city bus counter
Two men were found dead, one with the throat slit and another strangled, in the waiting room of a bus company at Arambagh in Dhaka early Tuesday. On of the deceased was Ilias Hossain alias Kanchan, 25, an employee of the bus operator Saudia S Alam, located in the Eden Complex at Arambagh. The other ... Read more
80pc billboards unauthorised
Offenders cash in on HC order that stays dismantling of rooftop hoardings Four out of every five hoardings in the capital are unauthorised, posing threat to public safety in inclement weather, says the Dhaka City Corporation, reports The Daily Star. DCC Estate Officer Khalil Ahmed told The Daily Star Tuesday that almost 80 percent of ... Read more