Business leaders on Tuesday demanded that the National Board of Revenue should not charge businesses any extra fees for providing customs facility at customs houses on weekly holidays although they had earlier agreed to pay additional fees. At a discussion meeting on implementation of Business Facilitation Fund, businessmen
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Privatization Commission finalises deal papers
Unused SoE land divestment Privatization Commission finalises deal papers The Privatization Commission on Tuesday finalised a document to allow state-owned enterprises to strike deals to divest their unused land to private investors. The commission finalised the document at a meeting which its chairman Mirza Abdul Jalil presided over in its office on the day. The decision ... Read more
JU deans polls Aug 28
The university authorities rescheduled deans elections for four of the six faculties of Jahangirnagar University (JU) to August 28. Deans polls for the Faculties of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Biological Sciences will be held at Teachers’ Club on the campus from 9:00am to
Proceedings stayed
Arson case against top opposition leaders Proceedings stayed The High Court on Monday stayed for eight weeks the proceedings in the arson case, which is now pending with the Dhaka Speedy Trial Court-5, against 46 top BNP-led opposition alliance leaders. The court also asked the government to explain in two weeks the legality of the ... Read more
Witness says Alim ordered his men to kill Hindus
The first prosecution witness against former Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker and minister Abdul Alim testified that Alim had ordered his followers to kill Hindus and loot their properties in Jaypurhat during the War of Independence in 1971. The witness, Abdul Momen, now 71, also told the International Crimes Tribunal-2
Teachers lack skill, training
Creative Method Teachers lack skill, training Govt report reveals teachers of 30pc schools unable to prepare question papers Teachers of around 30 percent secondary schools of the country are unable to prepare question papers in creative method introduced at secondary level in 2009, revealed a government report. Planning and Development Unit of the Directorate of ... Read more
Train ticket scalpers active ahead of Eid
Hundreds of people have been desperately trying to buy a train ticket standing in long queues for hours when some are comfortably wangling it from black marketeers. Despite different measures taken by the authorities to stop irregularities, black marketeers are still active at Kamalapur railway station. They are offering home-bound people tickets at a rate ... Read more
BSF kills Bangladeshi cattle trader
The Indian Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi national and injured another in Moheshpur border in Jhenaidah on Monday. Cattle trader Jahidul Islam Laltu, 38, died at the Jessore General Hospital at about 7:00am while injured Sahinur Rahman, 29, underwent treatment at the same hospital, the hospital officials
Applications for 1,65,000 MRPs put on hold
At least 165,000 passport seekers, who had applied for passports, in the last three months, to go abroad for jobs or medical treatment, are in serious trouble, due to delay in getting machine-readable passports (MRPs), because of delays in importing passport booklets, and lengthy process of police verification. As a result, a vested quarter is ... Read more
215 out of 244 projects remain incomplete
ADP projects for FY12 215 out of 244 projects remain incomplete About 215 development projects, out of the total of 244 that were scheduled to be completed under the Annual Development Programme in fiscal year 2011-2012, remained incomplete at the end of the year. A report of the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division released on ... Read more
Govt to offer 5 new licences for life insurance business
The government will offer five new licences for life insurance business and to prohibit bank loans in establishing such business entity. The finance ministry has finalised a guideline that said the minimum paid-up capital for life insurance companies would be
Internet price slashed by 20pc
The government yesterday slashed internet bandwidth prices by 20 percent to Tk 8,000 per megabit per second (Mbps), as promised by Telecoms Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju in January. The industry insiders say the new price will allow the internet service providers (ISPs), including the mobile operators and WiMAX providers, to decrease the internet
Dipu Moni seeks Nepal’s cooperation in water resources, hydropower
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday invited Nepal to participate in the sub-regional move initiated by Bangladesh for cooperation in water resources management and hydropower sector for the benefit of the people. There was immense potential for cooperation between Bangladesh and Nepal in areas of water resources and hydro-power to harness the synergies in these sectors on
BGMEA works for a better industrial relationship
The country’s garment makers are now working on how to implement the Better Work Programme of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to establish a better industrial relationship between the workers and the factory managements. Lejo Sibbel, ILO’s senior design adviser of the Better Work Programme, and
Friends of Yunus express concern for Grameen Bank
Members of Yunus Shurid (Friends of Yunus) at a meeting in Chittagong yesterday expressed deep concern over the recent proposed change in the legal structure of Grameen Bank. Professor Muhammad Sekandar Khan, vice chancellor of East Delta University and also the convener of Nobel Laureate Dr Yunus Shurid (Friends) Chattagram, presided
Poor Eid sales worry northern weavers
More than three lakh handlooms in 10 upazilas of Pabna and Sirajganj are abuzz with activities targeting sales during this Eid season. But the weavers in the major handloom clothing zone of the country are worried about low sales even in this peak shopping
MSC unbeaten champs
A hat-trick from Russell Mahmud Jimmy made sure that Mohammedan Sporting Club were crowned as the unbeaten champions of Green Delta Dhaka Premier Hockey League after handing Usha Krira Chakra a 3-1 defeat in their last league match on Monday. Defending champions Mohammedan started the match needing only a draw to secure
Many return empty-handed as most train tickets sell out
Most of the advance train tickets sold out on Sunday at the Kamalapur railway station in the capital within four hours the authorities started selling the tickets for journey before and after the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Many passengers did not get tickets for destinations like Chittagong and Dinajpur and many of them blamed poor management for ... Read more
CD of songs sung by RMG workers launched
The Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Sunday launched a CD titled ‘Amader Gaan’ containing songs sung by garment workers who were winner of BGMEA Gorbo-2011 music contest at Radisson Hotel. The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, launched the CD and also inaugurated
Open new avenues for jobs
Analysts emphasise manufacturing sector as job creator Bangladesh must identify potential high-employment generating industries to lessen the burden on the readymade garment and agriculture sectors, experts said yesterday. The observation came at a discussion, “Creating Jobs for All” as part of the International Conference on People’s Empowerment and Development, organised by the foreign ministry, at