The government will distribute corrugated iron sheets for housing 48,000 ‘Aila’-hit homeless families in the 11 southern coastal districts. A tender has been floated for the purpose and an amount of Tk. 96 crore will be provided from the current budget, food and disaster management ministry
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Emergency passports till MRPs in place
The government has decided to issue ”emergency passports” as an interim measure till machine readable passports and visas -MRP and MRV respectively-are introduced fully, reports bdnews24.com. “Since it is taking a long time provisional, we will issue passports for urgent cases in the meantime,” said Md Abdul Mabud, director general of the
Supply of gas to Rajshahi through pipeline uncertain
Mar 12: Work for the installation of 333-km pipeline in Rajshahi for the supply of gas is expected to be completed by 2011. But there has been an uncertainty about the availability of gas through the pipeline in view of shortage of production of gas in the country. The four-party alliance government with the financial ... Read more
WiMAX launched in Ctg
Banglalion Communications Ltd yesterday formally launched its WiMAX internet service in the port city with a commitment to help improve daily life and speed up industrial activities. Banglalion Chairman Abdul Mannan made the announcement at a press conference at Chittagong
National career fair at NSU on Mar 19
Department of Career and Professional Development Services (CPDS) of North South University is going to organise the national career fair- 2010 on March 19- 20 at North South University (NSU) own campus. This is the first time CPDS is organising this event on the NSU own campus at Bashundhara. It is also the country’s
Theatre in Inani beach air
Hundreds of kites in the forms and colours of marine creatures, including red tortoises, dolphins, lobsters, jellyfish, mermaids and purple sharks along with rainbow coloured butterflies, cobras, birds and insects flew over the skyline of Inani sea beach in Cox’s Bazaar yesterday. The beach, located 35 kilometres off the tourism town of Cox’s Bazar, had ... Read more
Aila-hit people suffering from lack of safe water
The severely affected people of the areas which bore the brunt of cyclone Aila’s fury in the south-western districts of the country have been suffering from acute shortage of safe drinking water and, as a result, from water-borne diseases in the ongoing dry season. Their water sources were ravaged by Aila, none of which have ... Read more
TeleTalk plans 3G phones
TeleTalk has taken an ambitious plan for introducing 3G (third generation) mobile phone technology in Bangladesh. The state-run cell phone service provider is lagging behind the private operators because of funding shortages, but expecting strong foothold on the market with the
International tourism fair begins in Dhaka
A three day International Tourism Fair – Dhaka Travel Mart 2010 began at the Winter Garden of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on Thursday. GM Quader, Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism addressed the inaugural session at the Marble Room and formally inaugurated the exhibition at the Winter Garden of
Govt to observe 2011 as tourism year
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader yesterday said the government will observe 2001 as the tourism year to project the country’s tourism industry in the international arena and attract foreign tourists. He was speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of tourism fair ‘Dhaka Travel Mart-2010’ at
Emirates unveils atractive fares at DTM 2010
Emirates, the airline of choice of the people of Bangladesh, has unveiled atractive business class fares to 12 destinations and economy class fares to 26 destinations. The airline announced the special fares for its customers in connection with the three-day Dhaka Travel Mart-2010, began at the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on
Bank Asia starts operation at Kamal Bazar
The 44th branch of Bank Asia started operation at Kamal Bazar, Chittagong from yesterday. A. Rouf Chowdhury, Director of the Bank formally inaugurated the new branch. Jahir Uddin, Managing Director of Mostafa Group, Erfanuddin Ahmed, president and managing director, SM Khorshed Alam, Deputy
Govt targets beggars
Goes for survey, plans rehabilitation in 5 years The government has initiated a programme to make the country beggar free within five years, by rehabilitating beggars through employment and other incentives, reports The daily Star. A core committee for the Beggar Rehabilitation Programme under the social welfare ministry was formed early this month with Gazi ... Read more
More jobs in Qatar assured
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday said Qatar would soon recruit more skilled and semi-skilled manpower from Bangladesh. “We have discussed recruitment of human resources from Bangladesh. Qatar assured us of employing more semi-skilled and skilled manpower,” Dipu Moni told reporters after her meeting with visiting Qatar
Tk 267 cr allocated for 20 climate change projects
The government allocated Tk 267 crore for implementing 20 approved projects meant for tackling impacts the global climate change on life and livelihood and the ecology of the country. A meeting of the high-profile Trusty Board on Climate Change Thursday made the allocation for the government-approved climate
More Aila-hit villages go under waters
Delay in repair of embankments blamed More areas in the Aila-hit southern districts of Khulna and Satkhira are going under water as the authorities have failed to complete repair of the embankments, badly damaged by the cyclone last year, in time forcing hundreds of villagers to leave their homesteads, reports NewAgebd. Many people living on ... Read more
DSE turnover hits lowest in 5 months
Daily turnover at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday hit its lowest in more than five months, as the investors remained cautious due to continuous price-sliding, caused by the regulators’ intervention. Turnover dropped 15.6 per cent to Tk 6.30 billion, the lowest since September 9, and the benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) plunged
Padma Bridge tender likely by early Apr
Tender for the $2.4 billion Padma Multi-purpose Bridge are likely to be invited late this month or in early April, sources in the Economic Relations Division said. The communications ministry in cooperation with a donor group led by the World Bank almost completed chalking out bidders’ pre-qualification criteria for building the
Fresh drive to free Shitalakhya
11 illegal structures demolished Narayanganj district administration along with Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority yesterday demolished illegal structures on river Shitalakhya under Sonargaon upazila. They knocked down a total of 11 structures including two one-storey buildings, one semi-concrete structure, a jetty, two pier stairs and four
80,000 unfit cars causing traffic snarl, environ hazards
Around 80,000 unfit cars are plying the streets of Dhaka city in violation of the set laws and have been causing severe traffic congestion and environmental hazards, reports BSS. The BRTA [Bangladesh Road Transport Authority] are running only two mobile courts led by two executive magistrates to take actions against the huge unfit transports,