Bangladesh is going to host a regional conference on climate change in May or June in Dhaka as part of the road to the next Conference of Parties (COP16). The European Union has proposed to sponsor the conference, State Minister for Environment and Forests Hasan Mahmud said this yesterday while talking to the
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Deal signed on three five-star hotels
Unique Group, the owning company of Westin Dhaka, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday to build three five-star hotels in the country. Mohammad Noor Ali, managing director of Unique Group, and Don Elliot, regional vice president of
Samsung’s new mobile set hits market
Samsung Electronics yesterday launched GenoA, the newest member of the touch series mobile phones, at a function at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka. “The set is specially designed to tempt the youngsters aged between 15 to 35,” said KH Lee, managing director for Dhaka branch office of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd A presentation at the launch ... Read more
Citycell celebrates Intl Women’s Day 2010
Citycell on Monday celebrated the International Women’s Day 2010 with its valued female customers Citycell honored its valued female customers who have spent significantly long tenure with the company through according reception to them at a city hotel on Monday.. Mehboob Chowdhury, CEO of Citycell atended the program while Citycell female
UK charity raises cash for B’desh garment workers
A UK charity that has been warning of unsafe conditions in Bangladeshi factories for years is appealing to British Bangladeshi business leaders for cash donation following a recent fire that killed over 21 garment workers, to help prevent further tragedies. The call from War on Want follows the deaths of 21 workers and injuries to ... Read more
DW-RADIO to broadcast live twice daily from Bengali New Year
Bangladeshi Radio listeners have access to Bengali Radio Programmes from German radio Deutsche Welle (DW) via FM brand like BBC and VOA Bengali services, under an agreement signed Tuesday. Director General of Bangladesh Betar (BB) Md Mahbubul Alam, and Managing Director of DW-AKADEMIE, Ms Gerda Meuer yesterday signed the deal at the
Excessive intervention of SEC leads to continuous fall in DSE
Excessive intervention by the regulator is resulting in continuous fall of index in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) resulting panic sale by the small investors, experts observed. The general index or DGEN yesterday saw 116 points or 2.07 per cent fall to end on 5486.43 points while the DSI index fell by 90 points or ... Read more
Tourism fair begins Thursday
A three-day international tourism fair, Dhaka Travel Mart 2010, is set to begin in Dhaka on Thursday, said a press statement. GM Quader, civil aviation and tourism minister, is scheduled to inaugurate the fair to be held at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel. The Bangladesh Monitor, a travel and tourism publication, is organising the fair for a ... Read more
Grabbers feast on Cox’s Bazar hills
Different groups under real and fictitious banners are seen in a race for grabbing hill land in Cox’s Bazar district town. They are flattening the hills and fencing off the hill land. Indiscriminate cutting of hills is posing a threat to the ecological balance as the soil from the hill cutting is filling up the ... Read more
Bangladesh ranks 67 for women in politics
Bangladesh, one of the few countries on the planet where both the ruling and main opposition parties are headed by women, surpasses its neighbour India when it comes to participation of the fair sex in politics. Bangladesh is ranked 67th with 18.3 per cent female participation in national politics, according to the data revealed by ... Read more
Schedule to be announced April 20
UP polls The number of voters at present in the country is 8 crore 47 lakh 47 thousand 698, which is 36 lakh 89 thousand more than the last year’s total number of voters. The number of voters in the country was 8 crore 10 lakh 58 thousand 698 during the 9th parliamentary election held ... Read more
Electronic passports set for launch this month
Machine readable passports (MRPs) are set for launch on March 31 in a move to speed border clearance and improve security for travellers. “We will issue the three categories of MRPs – red for diplomats, navy blue for government officials and green for the general people starting the last day of March from the Dhaka ... Read more
Plan to check birth boom
The government has taken up a nine-point plan to check population boom in the country. Health and family welfare minister AFM Ruhal Haque informed the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday. The minister was replying to a scripted question of Awami League legislator Sukumar Ranjan Ghosh from the Munshiganj-2 constituency during the
Top 10 women honoured
Top ten women of the country, who were the first to occupy centre stage at the top of their professions, received lifetime achievement awards of Channel i yesterday. First female editor of the country Nurjahan Begum, editor of Begum, first female deputy leader of parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, first home minister Advocate Sahara Khatun, also ... Read more
Int’l Women’s Day programmes
Different government, socio-cultural and development organisations across the country have chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the International Women’s Day today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the celebrations at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city at 10:00am. She will also unveil a stamp to mark the day. State Minister for Women ... Read more
Call to implement CEDAW for ensuring women dev
The government should implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women for ensuring development of the country’s women. The call was made at a news briefing organised by Barendra Unnayan Prachesta, a non-governmental organisation in Rajshahi, on Sunday to mark 100 years of
Women making progress in entrepreneurship
Bangladeshi businesswomen have come a long way overcoming social barriers to joining business in the past three decades or so, say many of them. Some of them have transformed themselves from housewives to entrepreneurs and even to business leaders, showing the way for a generation of female businesspeople to take
Citycell’s Zoom™ Ultra is now available in Ctg
Citycell has launched Zoom™ Ultra, in Chittagong the fastest mobile internet in Bangladesh. On the eve of this occasion, Zoom™ Ultra Night was held at Chittagong Club on Thursday. The event was attended by top corporate executives, government officials, loyal Citycell customers and members of print and electronic media of
Forest Dept starts first-ever ‘bird ringing’
For the first time, the forest department has started bird ringing and strapping satellite transmitter to migratory birds to carry out a study on them. The study will be conducted to determine if migratory birds spread avian influenza virus from one country to another. It will also be able to locate their migration
Animals in Sundarbans face scarcity of sweet water
There is no natural food crisis for animals living in the Sundarbans but there are symptoms of dying up sweet water sources gradually. Besides, the trees are suffering from diseases called top dying which has been recorded officially two decades back, according to officials. The UNESCO declared the Sundarbans — 6,017 square kilometers including three ... Read more