GSB sees it as feasible mine The Geological Survey of Bangladesh yesterday discovered a limestone deposit in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat. Moonira Akhter Chowdhury, Director General, Geological Survey of Bangladesh, told The Daily Star that the limestone deposit appears
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Niaz to coach BD team
Asian Youth Chess Niaz to coach BD team Grand Master Niaz Murshed is expected to lead Bangladesh team in the upcoming Asian Youth Chess Championship as coach-cum-manager, confirmed a Bangladesh Chess Federation official yesterday. The tournament which will be held in Sri Lanka from June 24 to July will be participated in by two young ... Read more
Samsung rolls out new handset
Samsung has launched its latest entry-level smartphone Samsung Star 3 Duos in the market, says a press release. The Star 3 comes in stylish and sleek design and has almost all the features of a high-end smartphone. Its 3.0” full touch display is big enough for crystal clear display of images, videos and
Citycell brings pocket router
Citycell, the CDMA mobile operator in the country has launched its My-Fi pocket router in the market. My-Fi is basically a mobile Wi-Fi router. The router is available at Tk 8000. However, you can also buy the router with pre or post-paid connections. Citycell offers three packages with it 300kbps, 512 kbps and
Biman flies into a tailspin
Glitches in aircraft lead to chaotic flight schedule Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been failing to maintain its flight schedules since May 1 due to technical glitches in a number of aircraft. In the latest incident yesterday, a Kathmandu-bound A310 airbus returned to Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport because of a fault in its hydraulic
QUBEE Summer Laptop Fair starts June 7
A three-day ‘QUBEE Summer Laptop Fair 2012’ begins on June 7 at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital. Event management organisation Maker Communication is organising the fair with the slogan ‘Enlighten up the Technology’ for the 11th time in Bangladesh, the organisers said at a press briefing at city’s Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Saturday
Realtors protest Sahara’s entry
The government’s decision to allow Sahara India Pariwar to invest in the real estate sector has been met with vehement objections from the local realtors. The government is set to provide Sahara with one lakh acres of land to develop a satellite township around Dhaka. The move comes at a time when the government failed to ... Read more
New rule will add variation to Tigers’ bowling: Jurgensen
The use of two bouncers in an over in the one-day international as recommended by the International Cricket Council’s cricket committee recently will add variation to Bangladesh’s pace bowling attack, said bowling coach Shane Jurgensen. The ICC’s cricket committee made the recommendation at its May 30-31 meeting at Lords
Pybus in town
The Bangladesh cricket team’s new head coach Richard Pybus arrived yesterday to take over the reins of the Tigers for the next two years. Pybus arrived in the capital within three days of being confirmed as the new Bangladesh coach for a two-year term to spend some time with his charges before the Zimbabwe tour, ... Read more
Danger lurks on highways
Without road dividers, narrow highways become death trap; 904 people killed in 4 months Narrow highways, lack of road dividers on accident-prone stretches, faulty road markings and, above all, reckless driving continues to take lives on highways of the country, experts said. The experts also said buses had become the road menace and most accidents ... Read more
No principal at 31 of 45 polytechnic institutions
Thirty-one out of the 49 government polytechnic and equivalent institutions are running without principals and only 14 of them have vice-principals, according to Directorate of Technical Education officials. About 45 per cent of teaching positions at these institutions vacant which, the teachers and students said, is seriously hampering academic and administrative
GPS tracker mandatory for trucks, vans
The government on Wednesday ordered that GPS (global positioning system) tracker must be installed in all trucks and covered vans carrying goods along the highways to help check hijacking of vehicles, now a big concern to businessmen. The directive came at an inter-ministerial meeting that discussed extortion and other problems in transport sector at the ... Read more
MLM plundering money of commoners: ACC chief
Chairman of Anticorruption Commission (ACC) Golam Rahman on Wednesday termed the Multi Level Marketing (MLM) companies as plunderers.“Plundering of money is going on across the country in the name of MLM business. They are involved in money laundering. The activities are being carried out to make commoners pauper
Bad weather forces Nishat, Mohit to wait at Lukla
Nishat Majumder and her fellow mountaineer MA Mohit remained stranded in Lukla for the third consecutive day yesterday due to bad weather while Wasfia Nazreen has been staying at Namche Bazar since Tuesday. “We have been stranded here for the last three days as flight services between Kathmandu to Lukla remain suspended due to
4-day digital fair begins
A four-day Digital Innovation Fair began on Wednesday in Sylhet city to make popular the internet services in the society. Prime minister’s private secretary Nazrul Islam Khan, also project director of Support to Digital Bangladesh, inaugurated the fair
Strategy for Community Radio installation, broadcast and operation launched
A national policy strategy for the implementation of community radio installation, broadcast and operation was launched on Wednesday. The Government of Bangladesh, with technical support from UNICEF, hope that their vision for the growth of community radio will be
Bangladesh-made uniforms for British army
Satexco has been supplying uniforms to the army for the last 10 years A Bangladeshi company supplies uniforms to the British army, which is another testimony to the excellence of the country’s garment sector. Satexco, a garment company inside Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ), has been serving the British army for the last 10 years
Marketers of greed reign supreme
Star finds many multilevel companies not making headlines, silently swindling fortune-seekers before vanishing abruptly Shady multilevel marketing (MLM) companies are cheating people across the country by offering them double return on deposits in less than a year, high monthly returns and huge profits from product sales. These companies rent top-class office rooms and create eye-catching ... Read more
Tough times ahead for private banks
Banking sector in Bangladesh is undergoing a challenging phase due to a liquidity shortage, following a massive capital outflow that resulted in a stock market crash early last year and restricted the banking sector’s ability to finance large projects, according to a report of gulfnews.com, a web portal. Some 77 banks and financial institutions serve ... Read more
4000 teacher posts vacant in 251 govt colleges
Special BCS sought to save the situation Education in the 251 government colleges of the country suffers a setback for severe teacher shortages with some 4000 posts lying vacant, prompting demands for holding a special BCS examination to overcome the crisis. According to sources, the situation is so desperate that many departments of 88 colleges are ... Read more