It all began on the 50th anniversary of man’s Everest summit in 2003 when Nishat Majumder, first Bangladeshi woman Everest conqueror, went to the country’s highest peak Keokradong to attend a programme. The now 31-year-old accountant came back from Keokradong, all inspired to climb
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Teachers’ part-time job hampers public univ education: UGC
Public university teachers taking up part-time teaching in private universities and consultancy job in organisations in an uncontrolled manner largely hampers academic activities in the universities, the University Grants Commission has said. It is a matter of concern that some public university teachers are working part-time
Petrobangla to extract oil from 2 old fields
Petrobangla—the Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources Corporation—has finally decided to extract oil from the country’s first two oil fields at Haripur and Kailashtila in Sylhet discovered more than two decades ago. Petrobangla chairman Hossain Monsur at a press briefing on Sunday said production
3G, VAS guidelines not friendly for business: Orascom CEO
The visiting Orascom Telecom chief executive officer Ahmed Abou Doma on Saturday said that the draft 3G licensing and value added-service guidelines ‘will put many foreign investments off the country.’ Abou Doma, addressing a press conference at the Westin hotel in the capital, also asked the regulator and the government to reach a consensus with ... Read more
Herbal medicine market to exceed Tk 2,500cr by 2020: herbalists
The country’s herbal medicine market, which has been expanding gradually since 1980 as a safe treatment system, will exceed Tk 2,500 crore by 2020, herbalists told a workshop in the city on Saturday. The sales volume of herbal medicines jumped to Tk 1,000 crore in 2010 against an insignificant Tk 1 crore in 1980. Bangladesh ... Read more
First Bangladeshi woman conquers Mount Everest
With the tick of 9:30am local time, first Bangladeshi woman mountaineer Nishat Majumder on Saturday climbed Mount Everest, world’s highest peak and hoisted the Bangladesh’s national flag at the top of the mountain. Nishat is the third Bangladeshi to conquer the
Banglalink’s revenue up 19pc
Banglalink’s revenue rose 19 percent to Tk 1,070 crore in the first quarter, compared to the same period a year ago. An aggressive subscriber acquisition strategy for the quarter, in addition to a higher level of value-added service and data adoption led to the revenue increase for Q1, the country’s second largest mobile phone operator said ... Read more
Introducing the pioneers
Rose Than Par had very little idea what hockey is all about. All she knew was that it is a game in which one must play with a stick and a ball and the team scoring more goals come out as winners. She was initially hesitant to put her name on the list when a ... Read more
Goodbye, middlemen
Dhaka, KL agree on state handling of workers’ job in Malaysia Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur have agreed on state arrangements for recruitment of Bangladeshi workers by Malaysia eliminating middlemen from the process to reduce the cost of sending workers and end their perennial abuses. “Malaysia is very concerned about human trafficking. It wants to improve ... Read more
Commission formed to review activities
Grameen Bank, Associated Organisations Commission formed to review activities The government yesterday formed a four-member commission to review the activities of Grameen Bank and its associated organisations, and make recommendations on how to run the organisations. The move comes a week after the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s two-day visit to Bangladesh when she ... Read more
Endless wait for Sraboni
It looks like an endless wait for Sraboni Biswas, Bangladesh’s taekwondo queen, who is training day in and day out to realise her Olympics dream, but still facing some kind of uncertainty. Sraboni is one of the five athletes Bangladesh is looking to send to London to participate in the Olympic Games but while four ... Read more
Recruit only thru’ govt
Dhaka proposes to KL to save workers from middlemen Dhaka has proposed to Kuala Lumpur to recruit Bangladeshi workers under government arrangements to cut involvement of middlemen to reduce the cost of their going abroad for jobs and to put an end to their exploitation. Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam has ... Read more
Heat wave to continue for a week
A heat wave that has been sweeping the country will continue for a week, the met office said yesterday. The northern region is the worst hit by heat wave, as the mercury rose up to 41 degree Celsius in Rajshahi and its adjoining areas yesterday. The met office said the maximum temperature in Dhaka yesterday ... Read more
Bangladeshi peacekeepers get UN medal in Haiti
Three hundred and twenty members of Formed Police Unit from Bangladesh got the United Nations medal at a colourful ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on May 10, an UN release said. The ceremony was attended by the deputy special representative of the UN secretary general in Haiti, Nigel Fisher, commissioner of the UN police Marc Tardif, ... Read more
Digital signature soon for e-governance
Electronic signature, which is a key feature for e-procurement, e-governance, e-commerce and other digital activities, will be introduced soon, as all the necessary works for the job have been completed, said officials, reports BSS. “Electronic signature is ready for introducing to the people and it will ensure the total
Irrigation over, power cut not yet
Financial constraints keep many plants shut; PDB seeks to buy offshore gas from Santos Although the extra need for power for Boro season irrigation is over, the level of load shedding remains unchanged due to the authorities’ financial inability to operate many idle rental power plants. A top official of the Power Development Board (PDB) ... Read more
No banking by cooperatives
Cabinet endorses 7-yr jail for unauthorized banking The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the “Cooperative Society (Amendment) Act 2012” prohibiting banking without prior permission of Bangladesh Bank with a provision of seven years of jail and a fine of Tk 10 lakh for violating the rule. The cabinet meeting was held at the ... Read more
Gone with greed
It was the lure of high profits that drove Mohiuddin Robin to deposit money with a cooperative society. But it wasn’t long before the 31-year-old was overcome with a sense of despair. Robin found out that the cooperative society was a fraud and all his money was gone. Robin, his family members, relatives and friends ... Read more
Police demand risk allowance
The home ministry in its budgetary proposal last week placed the demand for paying the police 70 per cent of basic salary as risk allowance from the next fiscal year which according to finance ministry calculations would require an additional expenditure of Tk 8.24 billion a year from the public exchequer, officials said. The home ... Read more
Repair job goes to army
Meghna Bridge Repair job goes to army Failing to select a company over the last five months, the communications ministry has assigned the task of repairing the Meghna and Gumti bridges to Bangladesh Army. The bridges have been posing risk to commuters for over a year due to river-bed scouring and damage to the expansion ... Read more