Says BASIS official on eve of software expo The ICT market size is expected to be $500 million from existing $300 million if young information technology professionals get banking support for their working orders, experts said. “Our young IT professionals have vast technical know-how but they have no access to finance that
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Int’l tourism fair in Dhaka from Mar 11
The three-day international tourism fair Dhaka Travel Mart 2010 will begin at Winter Garden of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel on March 11. The Bangladesh Monitor, premier travel & tourism publication of the country, will be hosting the seventh edition of the international tourism fair. Triune Exhibition and Event Management Services has been entrusted with
Bestway Bazar gets best pavilion prize of trade fair
Bestway Bazar was selected as the best pavilion in the Dhaka International Trade Fair- 2010.Commerce minister Lt. colonel (Rtd) Md Faruk Khan handovered the crest of the best pavilion prize to Md Mizanur rahman, chairman of Bestway group on the closing ceremony of the
SSC exam begins tomorrow
The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination 2010 begins tomorrow across the country under strict measures against any trouble or copying at the important public exam. Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) imposed a ban on movement of people, except examinees, within 200 yards of examination centres in
Show-cause notice on govt, DU
Sanctity of Shaheed Minar The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule upon the government and the Dhaka University authorities to show cause within 10 days as to why they should not be directed to take appropriate steps to protect the sanctity and honour of the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka. The court also asked ... Read more
Hopes dashed
The death of Faruk Hossain at Rajshahi University shattered the hopes of a poor family who was dreaming to come out from the vicious poverty cycle with the achievement of their only son. Faruk, born in 1984 in Khord-Shaguna village under Joypurhat Sadar upazila, was a final year student of RU’s
Arsenic a big threat to Kalia people
Arsenic remains a serious threat to Kalia Upazila people in Narail District, posing a big challenge to the government in achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for ensuring “safe water for all” by 2013. More than one lakh people of the Kalia Upazila, home to 41610 families, have been drinking arsenic contaminated water for a
Low water flow Padma drying up
The scanty water flow has been triggering the drying up process of the mighty Padma and its tributaries causing an adverse impact on environment in the drought-prone Barind tract. Experts said the entire northern and southern regions of the country, particularly the vast Barind tract, are facing ecological disorder due to adverse impact of the ... Read more
Licensed to break law
Vehicle owners display licence plates as they wish, get away with the offence right under traffic men’s nose Car licence plates have become a symbol of utter disregard for law as the vehicle owners tamper with the plates by using varying typefaces and designs in violation of the rules that strictly prohibit such practices, reports ... Read more
25 lakh urban poor to get rice at ‘fair price’
The government on Monday decided to expand its social safety net programme to urban areas in the form of rice sales to the ultra poor in Dhaka and other cities at a ‘fair price’. The decision came at a meeting of the food planning and monitoring committee at the secretariat with food and disaster management ... Read more
Junior terminal exams from this year
Countrywide junior terminal examination for class-VIII students will be held simultaneously across the country with same question paper from this year. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid came up with the discloser at a press briefing at his office yesterday. The decision came after holding the maiden primary terminal examination at the end of last academic
MPO listing on the basis of index system, says Nahid
The government will prepare a list of non-government educational institutions on the basis of index system for MPO (monthly payment order) allocation. Education minister Nurul Islam Nahid said this at a press briefing held in the ministry yesterday. New MPO allocation would be under index system, he said adding, “A total of 100 points will ... Read more
Siamese twin separated successfully
A team of surgeons has successfully separated Siamese twin girls in a two and a half hour operation yesterday at the Dhaka Shishu Hospital. After separation, Moni and Mukta, aged six months, have been taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with the next two-days considered crucial for their survival. Doctors,however, said signs were good ... Read more
CityCell served show cause notice
The Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd, better known as CityCell, has been served a show cause notice by the telecom regulatory authorities on Monday, asking the cell phone operator to explain why it was selling unauthorised connections. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission sent the notice after lawmaker
Summerfield celebrates 36th anniversary
The Summerfield International School has celebrated its 36th anniversary recently with two-day programmes, including science fair, art competition, cultural activities and Summerfield Debating Championship, says a press release. Maple Leaf International School won the debating championship and Scholastica became the
Air pollution in city takes alarming turn
Air pollution in the capital has taken an alarming turn, posing serious health problems for city dwellers. Things get worse in dry season as air, thick with particulates, becomes a prevalent cause of chest and respiratory diseases, say health experts, reports The Daily Star. According to some sources of Department of Environment (DoE), the density ... Read more
India deal on Tipai likely next month: Stakeholders sit in Manipur today
A joint venture agreement between Indian hydro power producers NHPC Ltd and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVN) and the government of Manipur to develop the Rs 8,138-crore Tipaimukh power project in the north-eastern state is likely to be signed by the end of the current financial year ending in March, The Business Standard reported
Cell phone crime goes unabated
Extortion and threat to high profile people using cell phones is going unabated as law enforcers could hardly trace the criminals who manage their SIM cards without following proper registration procedure. Sources observe that the menace has reached an intolerable level as even Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her nephew lawmaker Fazle Noor Taposh could
18,000 pilgrims can go by ship to perform Hajj this year
The government has taken initiative to send 18,000 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year by ship so people can perform the holy Hajj at lower expenses than airfares. Meanwhile, a private shipping corporation has made some proposals to the government for carrying the pilgrim passengers at 40 percent less than the cost of travel by ... Read more
95 titles hit Ekushey Book Fair
Ninety-five new titles hit the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on the Bangla Academy premises in the city yesterday. With yesterday’s new titles, 791 new books hit the month-long annual fair in the first seven days as against 606 in the first one week of the fair last year, academy sources said. Twenty-nine collections of poems, ... Read more