PM urges expatriates Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it will not be difficult for her government to construct Padma bridge if Bangladeshi expatriates living in various countries remit more spontaneously. “We don’t need to collect toll or go for subscriptions … if you remit more and more, it won’t be a tough job for ... Read more
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Launch owners assure: no fare hike during Eid
Launch owners on Sunday said that they would provide better service to Eid time passengers without increasing fares and requested the government to stop extortions at ferry terminals. They gave the assurance at a meeting with shipping minister Shajahan Khan. Later, the minister told reporters that the deputy commissioners and the
Sunken oil tanker threatens disaster in Meghna
The 900-tonne oil tanker that sank in the River Meghna on Wednesday might cause an environmental disaster in a vast area unless the salvage operation could be expedited, officials said. They expressed concern about a number of constraints such as fishing nets, inclement weather and lack of logistics that were hindering the salvage operation
Bus operators to begin selling tickets Aug 3
Most of the long-distance bus operators will start selling advance tickets from August 3 ahead of Eid while booking of tickets at the airlines have neared end. Some other bus operators said they would soon announce when they would begin to sell advance tickets with Eid-ul-Fitr likely to fall on August 20.
Public varsities in acute accommodation crisis
Want of dorms affects education An acute accommodation crisis persists at all the public universities of the country for want of requisite number of halls of residence, hampering education at these highest seats of studies. Majority students studying at the public universities find it hard to obtain proper education as they are compelled to reside ... Read more
VoIP licences set to fetch Tk 1,200cr
The government is expected to earn at least Tk. 1,200 crore revenue, each year, with the issuance of legal licences for voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) services, an official of Bangladesh Telecommuni-cation Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said. To stop illegal use of VoIP, the telecom regulator has already invited applications for VoIP service provider (VSP)
Govt mulling rice export to help marginal farmers
Finance minister AMA Muhith, on Sunday, said the government is planning to export rice, as the country is now being able to meet the domestic demand. “Although the final decision is yet to be taken, we’ll explore the market for exporting rice,” he told reporters, after presiding over an inter-ministerial meeting on food and poultry ... Read more
Bangladesh’s commitment to TICFA absolute: FS
Bangladesh’s commitment to the Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement with the United States is ‘absolute’, said foreign secretary Mijarul Quayes on Sunday. Quayes made the remark in response to a question about Dhaka’s stance on TIFCA at a regular press briefing in the foreign affairs ministry’s headquarters
Dhaka presses for fast-track implementation
Bangladesh has requested India for fast-track implementation of the commitments made at the highest political level to conclude the Teesta water deal and ratify the protocol on the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement. Returning from the annual Foreign Office Consultation in New Delhi, foreign secretary Mijarul Quayes told reporters here on Sunday that issues of cross-border ... Read more
Worker killed in Ctg ship breaking yard
A worker of a ship-breaking yard was killed yesterday falling from a ship. The deceased, Jamal Uddin, 45, son of Jalil Sarder, hailed from Kalkini in Madaripur. The accident happened when Jamal was working at a yard in Baro Awlia area around 3:30pm. He was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where the on-duty
Tremor jolts Bangladesh
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted some parts of the country, including Dhaka and nearby areas, yesterday morning. No incident of casualties or damage due to the quake that was felt in Dhaka at 08:21:15am has been reported. Mahmudul Kabir, meteorological assistant of Dhaka Seismic Centre told
Students go on rampage over substandard food at RU
Residential students at 16 halls, 11 for males and 5 for females, of Rajshahi University are being served ‘unhygienic and substandard’ foods in the dining halls. Many students have alleged that stale foods are served while dust and insects are often found in the foods. A number of residential students said that despite repeated complaints, the
Hepatitis-B kills 4.18 pc people in villages
A recent survey, conducted in the country’s rural areas, shows that about 4.18 per cent people in the remote villages are infected with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and about 0.5 per cent others are suffering from Hepatitis C virus (HCV). The study was released on the occasion of the “World Hepatitis Day,” organised by Bangladesh ... Read more
Duty-free access for RMG hinges on good ties with US: Mozena
US Ambassador Dan W Mozena yesterday said Bangladesh should create a good climate in relationship with the US to get duty-free access for its readymade garment items to the US market. Mozena also said getting such an access and the benefit of Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) from the US is a political process
Green Delta to sell 10pc stake to IFC
Local insurance giant Green Delta has reached final stages to sell its 10 percent share to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a wing of the World Bank Group, a top official of the insurer said. Green Delta’s board approved the proposed subscription of the IFC on Thursday last. “We’ll issue new shares for the IFC ... Read more
Rising noise pollution falls on deaf ears
Dhaka city remains exposed to serious sound pollution due to lax enforcement of law. The pollution is caused by construction work using brick crushers and mixing machines and uses of heavy equipment in factories and loudspeakers in and around the capital. Needless honking by motorists also contributes to the pollution largely
We cannot take in any more Rohingya
PM tells Al Jazeera about 3 lakh refugees already living in camps Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh could not afford to allow in any more Rohingyas fleeing persecution in the neighbouring Myanmar. She said her country was already overpopulated and it was not its responsibility to help all those coming in from across ... Read more
Deadly 50km
210 road crashes in 5 months occurred on part of Dhaka-Ctg highway; reckless driving blamed The 50-kilometre long Mirsarai-Chittagong stretch of Dhaka-Chittagong highway has become a dreaded route as 82 people have been killed in 210 road crashes here in the first five months of this year. About 200 more sustained injuries in these accidents, ... Read more
1,288 acres in Dhaka, Ctg up for grabs
MOVE TO DIVEST SOE LANDS 1,288 acres in Dhaka, Ctg up for grabs The Privatisation Commission has identified 1,288 acres of ‘unutilised and additional lands’ under 39 state-owned enterprises as part of the government’s plan to lease them out to private investors, officials said. It has identified the lands after a survey of the SoEs ... Read more
Expert body for open-pit mining at Barapukuria
The experts group, formed to provide an opinion on how coal should be extracted from the discovered fields at Barapukuria North and Phulbari, has suggested that the government should follow open-pit mining to maximise gains. In its draft recommendation, the committee has prepared an extensive outline of the methodology of coal extraction from these two ... Read more