$50m research institute to accelerate pharma exports A new international clinical research institute will be set up in Bangladesh within a year, paving the way for further research in medical science and increased exports of pharmaceuticals. Bangladesh Clinical Research Organisation (BCRG) will help develop innovative life-saving drugs and give globally-accepted certification to exportable
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ONE Bank to introduce e-banking
ONE Bank on Wednesday said it will introduce the e-Banking in three phases within November this year. Farman R Chowdhury, managing director of the ONE Bank, said three kinds of new products of his bank under the e-Banking would extend the banking services to the clients. As part of the move, the bank will firstly ... Read more
StanChart Bangladesh wins FinanceAsia award
Standard Chartered Bank has recently been named the “Best Foreign Commercial Bank in Bangladesh 2012” by FianaceAsia, a financial publication in the region. The bank received the award as part of FinanceAsia 2012 Country Awards for Achievement, the bank said in a statement yesterday. The award was handed over to Abrar A Anwar, managing director ... Read more
Kaspersky 2013 launched in Bangladesh
Kaspersky Lab has launched its latest 2013 editions of anti-virus and internet security software in Bangladesh on Tuesday. The launch event took place at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre and was hosted by Officextracts – the distributor for Kaspersky Lab in Bangladesh and Bhutan, sai
No quick fix, says Pybus
ICC World Twenty20, Srilanka 2012 No quick fix, says Pybus Urges realism ahead of T20 World Cup The Bangladesh cricket team will enter the last stage of their preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup, when they leave for Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday. The unofficial tour, which begins on September 6, will see the Tigers ... Read more
Pybus lodges complaint against powerful BCB director
Humiliated by director Dewan Shafiul Arefin Tutul, national cricket team head coach Richard Pybus has submitted a written complaint to Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal this week, it was learnt on Wednesday. Pybus made the complaint as Tutul, known as most powerful among the BCB directors,
Low jute price hits farmers again
Farmers in several districts in the country are frustrated by the low price of jute for the past two years as they are not being able to recover even the cost of production by selling the product. The price of one mound of jute is ranging between Tk 600 and Tk 1,500, depending on the ... Read more
5 mobile cos may get more time
Mandatory launching of 10-second pulse 5 mobile cos may get more time Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission is likely to give five mobile companies more time to introduce a minimum 10-second pulse on each call, commission officials said Monday. Out of six mobile companies in the country only state-run Teletalk introduced the 10-second pulse within the ... Read more
‘Could have been better’
ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, Australia 2012 ‘Could have been better’ Bangladesh Under-19s captain Anamul Haque felt that his side could have done a lot better than the seventh-place finish in the U-19 World Cup had his bowlers bowled anything close to their potential. Bangladesh finished seventh defeating Pakistan by five wickets in the play-off match ... Read more
Sylhet-London flight resumption sought
Sylhet people on Sunday demanded immediate resumption of Biman’s direct flight between Sylhet and London. They put forth the demand at a human chain programme organised by welfare organisation Sylhet Kalyan Sangstha at Surma Point in the city between 11:00am and 1:30pm. Speakers during the human chain blamed the government for closing the flight of the
Real estate business yet to see the real boom
The demand for flats in and around Dhaka city will stand at around 1 lakh in the next 10 years as the government is yet to ‘play its proper role’ in meeting the growing housing needs, according to a recent study. The 40-50 age group people are more interested to buy flats within the next ... Read more
No end to BUET stand-off
No classes taken on first working day No classes were held on Saturday at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology although the university opened after a 44-day vacation. The campus was almost empty and only a few students were found gossiping, mostly in the BUET’s cafeteria, and wandering here and there on the campus ... Read more
Mymensingh Museum: Height of neglect
Mymensingh Museum is unable to display its wealth of artefacts to advantage due to the negligence of the concerned authorities over the last 17 years. The museum was established in 1969 by the then Deputy Commissioner of Mymensingh at the “baganbari” of zamindar Madan Babu on Amrita Babu Road in the district town. Run initially ... Read more
Uncertainty lurks as BUET reopens today
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology will reopen today ending a 44-day holiday of summer, Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr. The holiday, from July 11 to August 24, was announced amid a protest by its teachers’ association demanding the resignation of its vice-chancellor SM Nazrul Islam and the pro vice-chancellor
Equipment, staff crises plague labour ward
Ctg Medical College Hospital Equipment, staff crises plague labour ward The Antenatal and Labour Ward of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) is functioning with almost half of the medical equipment and workforce required to deal with the increased number of patients. This situation has caused sufferings to patients and burdens on the staff of the ... Read more
2 killed, 7 injured in road crashes
Two people, including a college student, were killed and seven others injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong, Jhenidah and Narail on Thursday and yesterday. Our staff correspondent from Chittagong reports, a woman died as a microbus ran her over on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Baratakia area of Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong on
Inter-city trains demanded in Netrakona
Green activists and local people of Netrakona on Friday demanded inter-city train service from Mohanganj to Dhaka. The demand came from a human chain formed by the Save the Environment Movement and United Peace Foundation in front of the Mohanganj rail station in Netrakona, a release said. Speakers at the programme said many students from the ... Read more
Mid-day meal plan for schools gets little response
The government directive to introduce free lunch for secondary students, to arrest the high dropout rate, has got almost no response at the grassroots level, reveals an investigation by The Independent. According to the latest report of the Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics (BBEIS), the country has a total of 19,040 secondary schools, ... Read more
70,000 cases pending with Special Branch
Police verification for passport 70,000 cases pending with Special Branch About 70,000 applications for fresh Machine Readable Passports have been awaiting police verification report for a long time. Of the pending passports, 899 applicants have been waiting for more than one year, 2,525 for six months, 5,582 for two months, 15,682 for more than 15 ... Read more
Commission to look into NGO activities
4,000 more NGOs to lose registration soon The government has initiated a move to set up a commission to look into operations of non-governmental organisations in the wake of allegations that many of them are ‘involved in terror financing and other anti-state activities.’ The secretary-level committee for administrative development has already approved the social welfare ministry proposal ... Read more