Ruling grand alliance lawmakers on Monday thanked first ever women speaker of parliament, Dr Shirin Shamin Chaudhury who chaired the first sitting of the budget session. Immediately after the inaugural speech by the speaker Jute and Textile Minister Abdul Latif Suddique, Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed, Workers Party leader Rashed Khan Menon,
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No construction in JS area that may affect its design: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked all concerned not to construct anything that might affect the original design of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area, as it is the icon of the country. She gave the directive while speaking at the 24th Meeting of the Secretarial Commission of Parliament held at the parliament building. Designed ... Read more
Govt drastically cuts investment target from savings tools
The government has drastically cut investment target from its savings instruments for the upcoming fiscal year 2013-14 by 32.82 per cent to Tk 4,971 crore from the current fiscal year target of Tk 7,400 crore. The government borrowed only Tk 679.03 crore in
Govt disburses Tk 2,914cr for July-Jan
The finance division has so far disbursed Tk 2,914 crore in subsidy for buying electricity from rental and quick-rental plants in the first seven months, between July, 2012 and January this year, of the outgoing financial year. The cumulative amount stands at Tk 2,914 in the
ICT min, GP sign MoU on telemedicine service
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and Grameenphone on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a view to widening the reach of telemedicine service in the country. Secretary to the ministry Nazrul Islam Khan and
Pangaon ICT starts operation next month: minister
The Pangaon Inland Container Terminal on the outskirts of the capital will go into operation in July, the shipping minister, Shajahan Khan. said on Sunday. ‘Construction work on the terminal at Pangaon under Keraniganj upazila in Dhaka has already been completed’, he said this while visiting
LRB to perform in Korea
Popular music band Little River Band or commonly known as LRB will be performing in Seoul, Korea for the first time tomorrow. The band will leave Dhaka for Seoul today to perform at the concert organised by a local organisssssssation of expatriate Bangladeshis. Regarding the visit, Ayub Bachchu, the chief and vocal of the band, ... Read more
US lauds Bangladesh’s counterterrorism efforts
The United States has lauded Bangladesh for its endeavours to fight terrorism in 2012, saying that Dhaka’s counterterrorism efforts made it harder for transnational terrorists to operate in or establish safe havens in the country. In the ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2012’ released on Thursday by the State Department in Washington, the US also said ... Read more
US officials watching factory conditions
The United States officials are in touch with their counterparts in Bangladesh about the concerns over conditions in the factories in the country, US State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Thursday. “I will tell you that our officials are, of course, in touch with officials in Bangladesh about the conditions in the factories there,” ... Read more
Bangladesh enters elite club of 10cr mobile users
Bangladesh, as the twelfth country, entered the elite club of 10 crore mobile users at the end of April, according to the latest data released by the telecom regulator. The regulator—Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said the total number of active SIM stood at 10.12 crore in April from 9.98 crore in March as the ... Read more
BNP blames govt for reluctance to hold talks
The BNP acting secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, alleged on Thursday that fresh talks between the Opposition and the government over election-time interim government has not yet been held due to the latter’s “reluctant attitude” to take any such step. “Our party chairperson Khaleda Zia has expressed her intention to sit across the table
33 million Internet users in Bangladesh
The number of Internet users in the country touched the 33.43 million mark at the end of April this year, according to a senior official of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). About 95 per cent of them use the Internet through mobile phones, while the rest use broadband Internet from Internet Service Providers (ISP), ... Read more
Elita, Mahadi to launch their next duo album
Elita and Mahadi have started working on the sequel of their first album. The duo’s first album titled Ontohin was released in 2009. The sequel will be called Ontohin-2. The songs for the upcoming album have been penned by Asif Iqbal and composed by Adit. The album will feature romantic numbers. Mahadi and Elita said ... Read more
No compromise with safety: Hasina
Voicing a strong resolve that Bangladesh would never compromise on the safety issues while constructing the nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday urged the local nuclear engineers and related manpower to improve management efficiency and update their knowledge. “We’ll have to develop local competence in all areas including
PM reaffirms Dhaka’s commitment to global peace, security
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is firmly committed to continuing its efforts to establish global peace and security. “Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman set ‘Friendship towards all, malice towards none’ as the country’s foreign policy on the basis of which
Dhaka must meet compliance in RMG sector: US congressman
US congressman George Miller, who came to Dhaka on Saturday on a five-day visit to inspect conditions of garment industry after the deadly Tazreen fire and collapse of Rana Plaza, said on Wednesday that Bangladesh must meet the international standard of compliance with a new sense of urgency; otherwise the apparel industry would face severe ... Read more
Exporters call brands to pay right RMG price
Garment exporters on Wednesday urged the importer brands not to leave Bangladesh and to pay the right prices for garment items for the betterment of the workers. At a meeting with the US congressman George Miller at Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association office in the capital the BGMEA leaders said it
Vested group blamed for unplanned urbanisation
An unholy alliances between a section of the politicians and businessmen is responsible for the unplanned urbanisation in the capital through grabbing land illegally, said speakers at a roundtable on Saturday. ‘The tragic incidents like collapse of ‘Rana Plaza’
Lax monitoring threatens Hatirjheel project beauty
The much-hyped Hatirjheel-Begunbari project in the capital loses its beauty within four months of its splendid inauguration for lack of monitoring and maintenance. Residents of the surrounding the area of the project have alleged that mindless activities of some visitors and local hoodlums are posing threat to both the
30 extrajudicial killings, 10 enforced disappearances in 2012, says AI
Some 30 alleged extrajudicial killings took place in Bangladesh in 2012 alongside at least 10 enforced disappearances, said the Amnesty International in its report on the state of human rights across the world. State security forces were implicated in torture and other ill-treatment and the government failed to protect ‘indigenous communities from attack by