Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha has planned to connect the Gulshan Lake project area with Hatirjheel with a service road, officials said. Rajuk’s executive engineer Nurul Islam said that a four-lane, two-way road would be built from Baridhara Circle connecting Hatirjheel at the Police Plaza Concord via Marium Tower, Shahajadpur
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Cyber Tribunal set up
Gazette notification issued The government has set up a special tribunal in Dhaka to deal with cyber crimes such as hacking, blackmailing, defamation and extortion online in a speedy manner. ‘The law ministry has issued a gazette notification on the establishment of the tribunal under the Information and Communications Technology Act 2006 in Dhaka to
NBR to sign deal with Mexico to check tax evasion by traders
The National Board of Revenue will sign a bilateral agreement with Mexico to exchange information on trade and customs related matters in a bid to prevent tax evasion by importers and exporters and smuggling of goods. ‘The revenue board has taken the initiative to check customs related offences and tax evasion in trade between the two countries,’ a ... Read more
Book lovers brave hartal
Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Tuesday witnessed a big crowd despite the dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami. Though the fair premises was almost empty of visitors when it opened at 3:00pm, the scenario just reversed within a couple of hours, when people poured into the fair ground in their hundreds. The fear of violence by the Jamaat-Shibir ... Read more
Export growth to non-traditional markets boost RMG makers
Readymade garment exports to 10 out of 11 non-traditional markets rose significantly in the first half of the current fiscal year, showed Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association data. The rise in export to new markets like Australia, Japan, Russia and Brazil is an encouraging sign for the entrepreneurs, said manufacturers
Four women entrepreneurs win SME awards
The SME Foundation yesterday awarded four women entrepreneurs for their outstanding contribution to their regional economy. Of 90 applications, three women entrepreneurs were awarded for micro, small- and medium enterprises and the fourth for lifetime
Make VAS prices clear to customers
Telecom regulator asks mobile operators The telecom regulator has asked mobile operators to inform customers about the regular tariff of their SMS-based value added services when the promotional period of a particular service ends. The regulator also directed the operators to let the customers choose whether they want to continue receiving the service at the ... Read more
Students panic, fall sick
Fire at School Building Students panic, fall sick A fire broke out at a room on the 9th floor of a 12-storey building of a school in the capital’s Malibagh yesterday, creating panic among students, teachers and guardians. At least 10 students of South Point School and College fell sick while rushing downstairs from the ... Read more
SSC exams begin
7,723 absent on first day A total of 7,723 candidates were absent on the first day of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations while 35 students and two invigilators were expelled for resorting to unfair means. A man was also arrested for impersonating a candidate yesterday. Eight education boards, one madrasa education board ... Read more
Business travel on a roll, good times for airlines
Domestic air travel rose 11.58 percent last year on the back of countrywide expansion of business activities and poor conditions of roads and railways. In 2012, some 589,108 people travelled nationally by air, up from 2011’s 527,950 passengers, according to data from Civil Aviation Authority of
Novels lead tally of new books
Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 Novels lead tally of new books Fans rush for Humayun’s books Novels led the tally of the new titles that appeared on the third day of the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Sunday. Of the 95 new arrivals, 25 are novels and 15 books of poetry, followed by seven collections of ... Read more
Govt out to find sources but WB
Padma Funding Govt out to find sources but WB Economists warn it not to hurry into the bridge project The government has decided to approach Bangladesh’s potential bilateral and multilateral development partners other than the World Bank to finance the Padma Bridge project. The finance ministry has instructed the Economic Relations Division to write to potential ... Read more
Land grab hampers academic activities
Govt Pry Schools Land grab hampers academic activities 29 schools face problems in capital Encroachment on land of many government primary schools in Dhaka, and also in outlying areas, continue to hamper academic activities, leaving students with little or no space for classroom teaching and morning assemblies. Officials overseeing schools and teachers said that in ... Read more
Dhaka, Delhi to ink pact on cotton shipment
Dhaka and New Delhi may shortly seal an agreement on cotton that will ensure the supply of a fixed minimum quantity from New Delhi to Bangladesh every year irrespective of any export ban. ‘Bangladesh wants India to commit to 15 lakh bales (170 kg each) of cotton every year, but the final amount is still ... Read more
Govt blamed for slack monitoring over food adulteration
Agrobangla, a platform of students of different universities, on Saturday alleged that the government was trying to evade its duty to monitor food adulteration pleading lack of manpower. They said the government’s different bodies — city corporations and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution — were shrugging off their responsibility leaving the sector
Ekushey book fair set rolling
The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair began on the Bangla Academy premises on Friday. With 274 stalls, the fair was inaugurated by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in the afternoon. She said that there was option but to study other languages and cultures to develop the Bangla language and asked the academy to have plans ... Read more
‘Balanced’ monetary policy eases money supply slightly
Bangladesh Bank on Thursday announced a ‘balanced’ monetary policy for January-June, easing slightly money supply in the final year of the current government. The central bank governor, Atiur Rahman, while unveiling the six-monthly monetary policy statement said that they tried to strike a balance between GDP
Traders bag spot orders worth Tk 157cr at DITF
The 18th Dhaka International Trade Fair 2013 ended on Thursday with the traders bagging export orders worth Tk 157 crore at the biggest trade exposition in the country. The target to clinch spot orders was Tk 45 crore while last year the traders had bagged spot orders worth Tk 43 crore. The 18th DITF 2013 has ... Read more
Ekushey Book Fair opens today
The curtain lifts on the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 today on the Bangla Academy premises, with the participation of only 274 publishing houses and government organisations and other facilities. Last year, a total of 425 institutions, approximately double that of this year, were accommodated in the fair that spilled onto the road outside ... Read more
BGMEA taskforce makes little headway
Ensuring Fire Safety In Garment Factories BGMEA taskforce makes little headway The taskforce formed by the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association to ensure fire safety in the garment factories has made little headway as it is working in a slow pace. The BGMEA taskforce visited only four factories in the last one month after ... Read more