Amar Ekushey Book Fair Publishers sell pirated Indian books More than a dozen publishing houses are displaying and selling pirated Indian books and those of other publishers in Amar Ekushey Book Fair, breaching the fair guidelines. The fair began this year with a vow to resist the sale and display of pirated books and books ... Read more
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Book fair offers part-time jobs for many youths
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair has been an income source, besides being a means of gathering experience, for many young people. There are a few stalls among a total of 274 participating publishing houses where young people, mainly students of bachelor and masters
Accreditation body for pvt univs nearing launch
Establishment of an autonomous accreditation council to ensure quality and standard of education offered by the county’s private universities is at its final stage, despite serious opposition faced from some university owners. All the 71 private universities of Bangladesh will have to be members of the ‘Accreditation Council for Private Universities of Bangladesh’ proposed
Journalists call strike in media on March 11
Journalists have called a 24-hour strike in all media outlets on March 11 to press for their three-point demands. The demands include holding trials of the killers of all journalists including Sagar-Runi, ensuring safety of the journalists and ensuring freedom of the news media. The strike will start at 6am on March 11 and end at ... Read more
BTRC to bring int’l calls on single platform
Asks IGW operators to form clearing house for better monitoring The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Authority has directed the international gateway operators to form a clearing house in a bid to curb illegal international call termination and unhealthy competition among the service providers. The BTRC in a directive asked the IGW operators to from the central platform ... Read more
Pvt univs hedge research
Eleven private universities spent nothing on research in 2011, a feature that does not go with such institutions as there is no alternative to conducting research for maintaining the standard of tertiary and higher education, said the University Grants Commission. The UGC in its yet-to-be-published report for 2011 also said research in many
Post offices fight back
They are going electronic and now being used for money transfer The government’s postal department, which was losing both its glory and business to the fast growing private courier services, fought back well in the last few years. Now the post offices are going electronic, setting up ATMs (automated teller machines) and issuing thousands of ... Read more
Private univs driven by profiteering
Ignores humanities, social sciences negating UGC directive Almost all the private universities are market-driven, offering only those courses that sell the best and yield the highest returns in terms of tuition fee. Courses in humanities and social sciences are marginalised by business, computer science, and information and communication technology courses in exact negation of the ... Read more
Teachers still appointed without registration
Almost all non-government schools, madrassahs and colleges are still recruiting teachers having no certificates from the Non-Government Teachers Recruitment and Certification Authority in breach of the law. The Non-government Teachers Recruitment and Certification Authority Act was enacted on February 15, 2005 stipulating mandatory provisions for qualifying tests conducted
FF’s kids, poor students denied legal rights by pvt univs
All but a mere handful of the country’s private universities are violating the very law under which they operate by choking off access of freedom fighters’ children to get enrolled, let alone free-of-cost education, and not fulfilling the 3 per cent admission quota set for poor but meritorious students. The Section 9(4) of Private University ... Read more
Children enjoy first Shishu Prahar
Amar Ekushey Book Fair Children enjoy first Shishu Prahar Children on Friday enjoyed the first Shishu Prahar (children’s hour) at the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 on the Bangla Academy premises in the capital. Selling of books for children was also better on the day than that of the previous days since the beginning ... Read more
Law more honoured in the breach in pvt univs
Repeated UGC warnings fall flat None of the private universities, set up since 1992, have received permanent certification, or permission, as they they have not fully adhered to the Private University Act in 21 years, the University Grants Commission said. Most of them have continued flouting the law. They have yet to move to own campuses, ... Read more
Google to launch street view for Dhaka, Ctg
People around the globe will soon see online the streets of Dhaka and Chittagong, and all the establishments — including restaurants, offices and beautiful places — on both sides of the streets. And this is going to happen due to Google Inc as the search engine giant through its “street view” will explore places in ... Read more
New era begins as govt auditing goes digital
A new era begins in the auditing culture of Bangladesh as the supreme audit institution of the country yesterday launched a digital audit management system to prepare quality reports within a short time. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) has installed an integrated software system to connect all its departments and also ... Read more
Mobile Financial Service
BB asks banks to follow bank-led model Bangladesh Bank has asked scheduled banks to follow the bank-led model of mobile financial service to avoid confusion over who is the principal provider of the service, said BB officials. A central bank official told New Age on Thursday that the BB on Monday issued letters to the ... Read more
Number of new books falls
First Week of Book Fair Number of new books falls Quite unusual with the Ekushey Book Fair, the number of new books arriving at the fair in the first week of the month-long even fell because of political unrest. A total of 490 new titles hit the stalls in the fair during the first week ... Read more
Cyber Tribunal set up
Gazette notification issued The government has set up a special tribunal in Dhaka to deal with cyber crimes such as hacking, blackmailing, defamation and extortion online in a speedy manner. ‘The law ministry has issued a gazette notification on the establishment of the tribunal under the Information and Communications Technology Act 2006 in Dhaka to
NBR to sign deal with Mexico to check tax evasion by traders
The National Board of Revenue will sign a bilateral agreement with Mexico to exchange information on trade and customs related matters in a bid to prevent tax evasion by importers and exporters and smuggling of goods. ‘The revenue board has taken the initiative to check customs related offences and tax evasion in trade between the two countries,’ a ... Read more
Export growth to non-traditional markets boost RMG makers
Readymade garment exports to 10 out of 11 non-traditional markets rose significantly in the first half of the current fiscal year, showed Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association data. The rise in export to new markets like Australia, Japan, Russia and Brazil is an encouraging sign for the entrepreneurs, said manufacturers
Four women entrepreneurs win SME awards
The SME Foundation yesterday awarded four women entrepreneurs for their outstanding contribution to their regional economy. Of 90 applications, three women entrepreneurs were awarded for micro, small- and medium enterprises and the fourth for lifetime