Substandard TCB Goods Dealers unwilling to take delivery Most of the dealers of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh across the country are unwilling to take commodities from the corporation because of their low quality and high price. The corporation is supplying five products – soya bean oil, gram, date, sugar and red lentil during the ... Read more
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Telecom sector poised for largest ever investment
The telecom sector is likely to experience the largest ever investment, made by the country’s cellphone operators, by the end of this year, say industry insiders. In 2007 and 2008, the operators had invested Tk 7,484 crore and Tk 10,009 crore, respectively, in the sector. Experts predict that, this year, the amount would be no ... Read more
Unelected people not to be in govt
Interim Govt for Polls Unelected people not to be in govt AL, allies respond to BNP’s reported formulas The Awami League-led ruling grand alliance will not accept any proposal or formula of an unelected interim government to conduct the next parliamentary elections. Leaders of the alliance have vehemently rejected main opposition BNP’s idea of forming a ... Read more
Army given charge of passport printing
The Bangladesh Army-led ongoing machine readable passport project has been given the responsibility of passport printing, storing and quality control after over two thousand passport booklets went missing from Agargoan passport office recently, said sources in the Department of Immigration and Passports. ‘Under the office order, one army officer was entrusted with the whole procedure ... Read more
Bangladeshis pay more to cops than to govt: AHRC
The ordinary people of Bangladesh, for whom the police are the most visible and powerful presence of the state in the rural and urban settings, pay bribes to the police on a daily basis. Corruption has replaced the chain of command with in the police. The constant failure of the police to credibly investigate crimes ... Read more
LRB to rock in Milan
Popular rock band LRB [love runs blind] is going to rock Milan, one of the vivid cities in Europe on 25th August. They will perform their new tracks along with evergreen numbers in the concert in the Italian city being invited by the Non Residential Bangladeshi. The concert will be held at the Pala I ... Read more
Dalchhut to perform in Kolkata
As part of its continuous endeavor to promote bilateral cultural exchanges between India and Bangladesh, the Indira Gandhi Culture Centre, High Commission of India, Dhaka is organising the visit of popular Bangladeshi rock band Dalchhut to Kolkata, India from August 12-15, 2012, for a performance under ICCR sponsorship, says a press release. Dalchhut would perform
Tough contest for admission seekers
About 26,400 students, who had scored the highest grade point average of 5 in this year’s higher secondary certificate and equivalent examinations, will not get seats in the reputed public universities and medical and dental colleges. In 2012 HSC results, some 61,162 students scored GPA 5 while, according to the
Move to amend GB ordinance undemocratic
Ex-adviser tells seminar The government’s move to amend the Grameen Bank ordinance is “undemocratic” as it does not represent the opinions of the bank’s majority shareholders, former adviser to a caretaker government Dr Akbar Ali Khan said yesterday. “Ninety-seven percent stake in the Grameen Bank is owned by poor women. So the
Go tough on rights
Santu Larma urges indigenous people Jyotirindra Bodhipriyo Larma, chief of Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, yesterday called upon Adivasis to wage a movement to realise their demand for the government to recognise them as indigenous people and so ensure their rights. In the 15th amendment to the constitution last year, the government identified them as
Saqlain to join Tigers as spin coach on August 14
Former Pakistani off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq is expected to join the Bangladesh national cricket team as spin bowling coach on August 14, Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Thursday. The spinner will have a four-month contracts with the cricket board and is all set to join the national cricket camp beginning on August
Tahsin country’s first Ironman
On July 22 Tahsin Alam crossed the finish line of the 2012 Ironman Lake Placid Triathlon Championships in an official time of 16 hours and 27 minutes, making him the first Bangladeshi to conquer the world’s most difficult one-day endurance sport. As previously reported, this is the culmination of Tahsin’s 2-year preparation to cover a ... Read more
Priority high, approach low
2 top highway projects go awry for lack of fund Two high-priority highway development projects have totally lost momentum as the government released funds thinly and that too not on time. Both projects also suffered from bidding delays, exposing the inefficiency of the bureaucracy in implementing the projects. The projects are the Dhaka-Chittagong highway widening ... Read more
Leave Grameen Bank as it is
58 top women leaders ask govt not to change ordinance, deprive real owners A large group of 58 women leaders and professionals yesterday condemned the government move to amend the Grameen Bank Ordinance, saying it would deprive its real owners of their role in managing their bank. “We are deeply shocked and saddened by the ... Read more
GB paid Tk 10cr in taxes
Tax Exemption Riddle GB paid Tk 10cr in taxes Refund unlikely Grameen Bank, for the first time, had paid Tk 10 crore in taxes to ensure compliance for a period of six months, when there was no tax exemption for the microfinance pioneer, said NBR officials yesterday. The Nobel Peace Prize winning entity deposited the ... Read more
Outcry over Grameen unnecessary
Hanif slates civil society Though the government has not taken any action against the authorities of Grameen Bank (GB), some members of the civil society have raised a hue and cry in the name of saving the bank, complained acting general secretary of Awami League Mahbubul Alam Hanif yesterday. The government has just formed a ... Read more
Chief adviser from ex-chief justices
Interim Govt For Polls Chief adviser from ex-chief justices BNP to propose formula after Eid The BNP plans to make a formal proposal to restore the non-partisan caretaker government system with a change in the provision of appointment of the chief adviser. Keeping in mind the political chaos over the appointment of the chief adviser ... Read more
Eid sales frustrate shop owners
Afternoons are usually a busy time for any shop-owners in the run up to the Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival for Muslims, but things are pretty much the other way around this year. Mostafa Sarkar, owner of Taiyeba Fabrics at Bashundhara Shopping Mall in the capital, and his four employees were yesterday afternoon seen larking for ... Read more
Indigenous people’face extinction’
Says Santu Larma; slates curbs on rights Indigenous people in Bangladesh could become extinct within the next few decades if their deprivation of rights continues as it had in the past, said CHT Regional Council Chairman Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma yesterday. “There is regular bloodshed in the hills; its extent might go up. Either the peace ... Read more
BTRC making ready 700 MHz spectrum for mobile operators
The telecom regulator is reviewing the options for allocating 700 Megahertz (MHz) spectrum — considered the most valuable at present — for mobile operators. “We want to make the most out of the in-demand 700 MHz spectrum,” said Zia Ahmed, chairman of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission