The 100th International Women’s Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere in the world today with the theme of equal rights and opportunity for women and men as a commitment for development and changing the days. On this day in 1857, female workers of a sewing factory in New York clashed with local ... Read more
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DST will start from Mar 31
Country would observe daylight saving time again from midnight 31 as per the decision of the cabinet by moving the clocks one hour forward. ‘The clock will again be put forward by one hour from March 31, and it will remain so until October 31, 2010. The decision was made in light of factors such ... Read more
RAK Ceramics launches book-building method
The RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) Ltd has successfully completed the price discovery of its shares through bidding by Eligible Institutional Investors (EII) under the book- building method, the first of its kind in Bangladesh. IDLC Finance Ltd is the lead issue manager while BRAC EPL Investments Ltd is the joint
Connectivity on target
The government has set up 100 information and services centres at union parishads (UPs) in an effort to bring the country’s lowest tier of administration under an online networking system and link up to the information super highway by 2012. The number of such centres is likely to hit 1,000 by June and 2,000 by ... Read more
BTCL adds 1.12 lakh subscribers in one year: Razu
Post and Telecommunications Minister Raziuddin Ahmed Razu told the House yesterday that after the present government coming to power, the state-run Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd (BTCL) was able to add 1.12 lakh more subscribers in the last one year till January 2010. Responding to a question raised by treasury bench member Mollah Jalal Uddin, the
Call to recognise women’s contribution
International Women’s Day on March 8 Call to recognise women’s contribution Different organisations chalked out a number of programmes yesterday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the International Women’s Day on March 8 this year. Karmojibi Nari (KN) organised a rally with the slogan ‘Recognition and equal rights of women in a world free from ... Read more
GP launches BR e-ticketing service
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has initiated an innovative service to allow its commuters to reserve train tickets 10 days in advance over their mobile phone through Grameenphone’s ‘Mobitaka’ service. ‘Mobitaka’ ticketing service was formally announced Thursday by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the ‘Digital Innovation Fair 2010’ when
UK education fair begins
The three-day 12th annual education UK Exhibition began Thursday in the city to help the students with the admission information to different colleges and universities in the UK and find out how a UK education will prepare the students for an exciting career of their choice. Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Alauddin Ahmed inaugurated
Revised HSC exam schedule on website
The Dhaka Education Board authorities yesterday posted the revised schedule of the upcoming Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations on its website (http://www.dhakaedu-cationboard.gov.bd/). According to the revised routine, the examination of logic 1st paper will be held on May 16 instead of March 19 and the examination of logic 2nd
Lake recovery loses HC trail
Court directives not yet followed Instead of going by the High Court directions to protect Gulshan-Banani and Gulshan-Baridhara lakes from encroachers and restore them to their original state, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha is pursuing a scheme to conserve only whatever of the lakes are left, reports The Daily Star. Rajuk however intends to acquire any genuine ... Read more
TIB, BDF to organise debate contest
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Bangladesh Debate Federation (BDF) for the first time is going to organise a shadow parliamentary anti-corruption debate competition and training for high school students. Students of class eight to class ten (new) will be able to participate in the debate competition
Primary edn in ‘leave’ problem
Govt to create pool of 20,000 primary teachers for filling in leave vacancies The government plans to create a pool of 20,000 primary school teachers to tackle teacher shortages due to leaves of absence. A vast number of teaching posts fall vacant for a temporary but significant amount of time due to maternity leave, professional ... Read more
Land price doubled
To be effective from May 1 The government, in its bid to increase non-tax revenue, has decided to double the official price of land, sources in the law ministry told New Age on Monday. The decision, to be in effect from May, will reduce undisclosed money, sources added. The flat registration fees will also be ... Read more
Mobile banking hits spotlight
With the mobile phone becoming effective in transferring money around the world, the stakeholders of the mobile banking eco-system need security and mutual trust to introduce the service in Bangladesh. A recent study predicts the number of money transactions through the mobile banking (m-banking) system will increase to 37 billion by
Curtain falls on Ekushey Book Fair
Curtain fell on the month-long Ekushey Book Fair, the largest book fair in the country, on Sunday with gathering of thousands of book lover on the fair premises. The book lovers who crowded the Bangla Academy premises throughout the day were seen busy browsing books for the last moment or having a look on the ... Read more
Mismanagement, people’s influx behind city owes
Overpopulation and mismanagement are the major reasons of the capital’s acute problems such as unplanned growth, traffic congestion, and water and gas shortage which are making Dhaka unliveable, experts and planners said, reports NewAgebd. They called for immediate action to save Dhaka, which ranks the second among the worst liveable cities of the world, according ... Read more
Health services in bad shape
33,000 posts of public health professionals vacant Public health services across the country are being severely hampered by a staggering shortage of health professionals. According to officials from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), there are currently 33,000 vacant posts, which is more than a fifth of the total workforce, reports The Daily Star. The ... Read more
DCC polls by May-end, says CEC
Polls in the Dhaka City Corporation will be held in the last week of May, chief election commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said on Friday, reports bdnews24.com. His statement came after five writ petitions filed over demarcation of DCC wards were rejected by the High Court. The CEC said the commission plans to conduct bye-election ... Read more
Sound pollution hits reproductive cycle of Sundarbans wildlife
Presence of the increasing number of tourists with traditional and modern electronic devices are creating various problems for wildlife living and reproductive cycle in the Sundarbans, reports BSS. Preservation of the forest is possible checking unnatural sound. A number of steps, including freeing the Sundarbans from the sound pollution, have been
Safe food to ensure productive human resources stressed
Access to adequate, safe and nutritious food is essential to achieve economic and social development in the country, said an expert, reports UNB. “Safe and balanced food is essential to ensure productive human resources – a precondition of economic growth and development of a nation,” said Dr. AFM Saiful Islam, the executive director of