Dhaka is all set to welcome the titans of world soccer, the Argentinean and Nigerian national football teams, for the FIFA friendly international match to be staged on September 6, at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. Organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), the match was titled ‘Beximco Football Fest’, as the country’s biggest corporate ... Read more
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Six-storey Gulshan building tilts
A six-storey building at Gulshan tilt on Saturday morning following a land collapse during pile-driving work in an adjacent plot, raising the fear that yet another building might collapse in the capital, following several such incidents taking place in the past few weeks. Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha however said the tilt building having 15 apartments was ... Read more
Cheaper laptops hit market this month
Low-price laptops manufactured by government-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha will hit the market this month, telecommunications minister Raziuddin Ahmed Raju said in parliament yesterday. The laptop will cost Tk 10,000 to Tk 12,000. In a scripted answer, the minister said replying to lawmakers’ queries that the present
Wildlife in jeopardy
Hunger, death on offer as forests vanish fast The number of phone calls we receive every day is amazing. People call to say fishing cats have been killed or captured. Jungle cat kittens found. Vultures lying sick. And of course, tigers have been killed. If we put together all these pieces of information, we get ... Read more
Random parking goes unabated
DMP runs only 4 run-down tow trucks, 2 of them busy in VIP duty Random parking on roads has become a habit of city motorists as they very well know that nobody would tow away their wrongly parked vehicles. At worst, they will have to pay a nominal fine. Also, traffic personnel remain busy mostly ... Read more
Public transport goes haywire
Operators ignore new fare rate for city, keep charging extra Transport operators at their whim continue to charge extra fares from passengers on all routes in the capital, apparently due to lack of government control over the sector. Successive governments have failed to formulate a comprehensive policy for mass transport, facing opposition from powerful rackets ... Read more
Promising jute bag market seen in Europe
Bangladesh could a huge amount of money annually from export of jute bags the demand for which has been increasing in the world market. International Jute Study Group estimated that annual world demand for shopping bags is 500 billion pieces. Leading food retailers Tesco, the Co-operative Group, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and
Dhaka low in social networking
Dhaka is among the three South Asian cities that are at the bottom of a ranking of networked society city matrix among 25 mega cities of the world. On the other hand, Singapore, Stockholm and Seoul are at the top of the ranking. A joint study conducted by mobile equipment vendor Ericsson and management consultancy
Caretaker system declared illegal
HIGHLIGHTS o 13th amendment unconstitutional o Caretaker govt may hold next 2 JS polls for ‘safety’ o Judges may be kept out of caretaker govt The Supreme Court has declared illegal a 15-year-old constitutional provision that mandates an elected government to transfer power to an unelected non-partisan caretaker administration to oversee a new parliamentary election on completion of ... Read more
Machine readable visa launched
The government yesterday started issuing machine readable visas (MRV) from the passport office in the capital’s Agargaon and aims to expand it to other divisional offices within a fortnight. Home Minister Sahara Khatun launched the process by handing over the passport to a foreigner with an MRV sticker
Carjackers on the prowl
Make city too risky for drivers, bikers Shamsur Rahman was coming home from a party on a Friday night with his wife. It was around midnight when he made a turn to his Gulshan road but he noticed a car behind him. It was moving slowly and it felt like it was shadowing him. Shamsur ... Read more
They kill drivers, snatch vehicles
On January 2, criminals stopped a rice-laden truck by putting barricade with another truck in Uttara. They then killed the driver and the helper, dumped their bodies in a roadside ditch at Banani and sped away with the truck. A week later, police recovered their decomposed bodies. They also arrested two of the gang
Yearlong clean-up drive at Ramna Park begins
Bangladesh Scouts on Friday started a yearlong clean-up drive at Ramna Park in the city in a bid to remove dirt and waste materials from the park. About 400 Cubs and Scouts from the city’s 25 educational institutions participated in the inaugural programme. The drive initiated by Bangladesh Scouts of Dhaka metropolitan unit began at ... Read more
Social networking sites: Small place, big impact
Views & analysis Social networking sites: Small place, big impact Mohammad Ruhul Kader With the passage of time communication process has changed significantly. Unlike previous post office and “Late Latif manner”, now we can communicate instantly and easily with anyone, from anywhere of the world. Most of these are the sole contribution of Social Networking ... Read more
Student left in critical state
Corporal Punishment Student left in critical state school teacher beat up a girl student here on Wednesday allegedly for not enrolling in a coaching centre that the teacher runs. Rizia Sultana Sathi, 13, a student of class eight of PWD High School at Noornagar of the town, was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital
CNG likely to cost more in a day or two
The government is likely to raise the price of compressed natural gas in a day or two, officials said. The decision would be taken by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on a proposal sent by Petrobangla to raise the CNG price. Petrobangla, the state run oil, gas and mineral resources corporation, sent the proposal to
May Day today
The International Labour Day, widely known as May Day, will be observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere around the world today amid demands from working class people for wage increase to cope with continued inflation and price spiral. The day is observed marking the uprising of the working class people who fought for their
Deal is done to land Argentina
Bangladesh Football Federation finally signed a contract with the Celebrity Management Group (CMG) on Saturday which confirms Bangladesh as the hosts of Argentina’s friendly match against Nigeria scheduled for September 6. CMG, an Indian event management group, is the rights holder of the two matches Argentina
Expats get MRP service
Introduced in 4 missions; 2 others in process Bangladesh has introduced machine-readable passport (MRP) service in Singapore, Malaysia, Abu Dhabi and Dubai missions as part of its effort to provide Bangladeshi expatriates with the service in its 65 missions worldwide. The service will be introduced in Jeddah and Riyadh missions next month, considering
Appoint Yunus as chairman
Grameen Bank employees urge govt Employees of Grameen Bank yesterday urged the government to appoint Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus as chairman of the microfinance bank to ensure its smooth running. “If Prof Yunus cannot be allowed to work as managing director for crossing retirement age, he should be appointed chairman,” said Md Shamsul Alam, ... Read more