Qubee Junction to celebrate “The history of Rock n Roll” QUBEE Junction is an entertainment platform through which QUBEE users will delight. After the successful first Junction on December 25th, 2010, its time to move forward and delight the QUBEE users in a bigger and better fashion. QUBEE junction this time presents “The history of ... Read more
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ICAB training course on IFRS begins
A training course on IFRS organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has begun at ICAB auditorium in the city on Friday. Dr. Atiur Rahman, governor of Bangladesh Bank, inaugurated the training course as the chief guest, says a press release. Jamal Uddin Ahmad, past president of ICAB and conducted the course ... Read more
Five PSTN operators may get back licences
The telecom ministry and the industry regulator have amended rules to return licences to five fixed-phone operators, who have been out of service for over a year due to a government ban. Under the changes, the five public switched telephone network (PSTN) operators will now have to solve their payment disputes on interconnectivity charges with ... Read more
Research activities of BRRI at stake
Toxic industrial seepage, water-logging threaten field trials Research activities at Bangladesh Rice Research Institute have been threatened by intrusion of industrial waste water and possible spill-over of toxicity in the soil of the institute’s immediate vicinity. If the seepage of toxic industrial wastes continues, the institute may need to be relocated soon from the industrial ... Read more
English medium schools pocketing money
In the name of teaching English medium schools pocketing money English medium schools across the country are allegedly collecting excessive money from the students of all classes. Although higher class families can bear the high cost easily, the middle and lower class families can ill afford such high expenses for the study of their wards ... Read more
Kaspersky launches 2012 consumer AV solution versions
Kaspersky Lab has introduced its latest 2012 editions of Anti-Virus and Internet Security software in the Bangladesh market. The launch is highly notable as this was the first official launch of the 2012 editions in the Asia-Pacific region for Kaspersky Lab. It is also the first time that a globally reputed software company makes its ... Read more
Army to get 44 tanks
2 helicopters also on purchase list For the first time in the country’s history, the government will purchase 44 new tanks and three armoured recovery vehicles (ARV) for the army as part of its plan to modernise the armed forces. The government will also buy two brand new helicopters for the army to ensure necessary ... Read more
Businessman’s house robbed in city
Armed robbers looted gold ornaments and cash from the house of a businessman at 135, West Malibagh in the capital in the early hours on Sunday. They robbed businessman Jaman Ahmed’s home of at least 40 tolas of gold ornaments and Tk 80,000 in cash at around 2:30am holding the residents at
Govt allows phased new power connection until December
Power utilities would provide new connections in phases until December to the applicants who pay all the dues by June, a senior power division official said on Sunday. But he said that those who applied for connections of two kilowatts or more would have to install solar panels. Officials said that 8,30,000 applicants have been ... Read more
World tour on wheelchair begins June 28
Physically challenged Mohoram Ali is set to start his world tour on a wheelchair on June 28 to raise awareness about the rights of physically challenged people. Mohoram, 24, whose left leg was paralysed at the age of one and a half years due to polio, plans to begin the tour with India and seek ... Read more
Still students after 7 yrs, BCS a pipe dream for JnU’s 1st batch
Session jams have meant studentsof Jagannath University’s 2005-2006 session are still in 8thsemester While students of 2005-06 academic year in most other public universities have already taken the 31st Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination and entered the life of regular service, students of the same session in Jagannath University (JnU) are still waiting and fretting. ... Read more
Access to $661b global halal food market opens
DID of Malaysia approves halal food certification body Bangladesh is set to enter the 661 billion dollar market of halal foods as the Malaysia’s Department of Islamic Development has approved Islamic Foundation Bangladesh as a halal certification body. The IFB will act as the board of certification with technical support from the Bangladesh Standards and ... Read more
Human resources come to limelight
Top management of the country should see human resources department as a strategic business partner to attain sustainable growth, experts said at a seminar in Dhaka yesterday. Human resources experts at the international seminar also put forward a set of recommendations for organisations to help them attain excellence in
150000 people go abroad for treatment a year
Some 150,000 patients, particularly from the affluent section, go abroad for treatment every year due to lack of sophisticated healthcare facilities in the country, causing huge financial losses. A recent study shows the patients mostly travel to India, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia for better treatment. State Minister for Health Mozibur Rahman Fakir said the government ... Read more
Grabbers defy all
Filling up Shitalakkhya despite HC orders, cases filed against them Filling of the river Shitalakkhya at Kanchpur in Narayanganj continues under the very nose of district and police administrations despite a High Court order to stop the encroachment. The foreshores and a major portion of riverbed have been filled with earth, narrowing down the river ... Read more
Power cuts continue despite 1,900MW of new electricity
Load shedding continues unabated as the country’s power generation still remained far behind the demand amidst sweltering summer heat although the government claimed that nearly 1900 megawatt of new power was added to the national grid. People are reeling under frequent power outages even at mid-night while the industrial
Arsenic detector costing Tk 700 developed
Even an illiterate person can use the gadget In a first for the country, the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) has developed an arsenic-detecting kit which will be available for Tk 700 as against the Tk 1.5 lakh price of an imported one. “Even an illiterate person can use the gadget and ... Read more
Spinners thrown in a spin
Cheap yarns coming from China, India to cause heavy loss Islam, who would not disclose his full identity fearing it would affect his loan eligibility, is the owner of one of the giants in textiles, and was expecting a good profitable year until things started tumbling a few months back. He now stares at a ... Read more
First all-female armed cop unit launched
The first all-female Armed Police Battalion (APBn) unit was launched yesterday in the capital. Addressing the inauguration programme at APBn headquarters in the city’s Uttara, Home Minister Sahara Khatun said this is one of the steps the government has taken to empower women. Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar said the government has relaxed physical fitness
Rain, tidal surge spell huge sufferings
Depression starts to weaken Relentless rain and unusually high tidal surge kept on battering people of the coastal areas yesterday and destroyed several thousand homes, damaged crops on half a lakh acres of land, fish enclosures and dams and disrupted communication. Over 10 lakh people have been rendered homeless in Barisal, Khulna, Chittagong and Cox’s ... Read more