Padma Bridge Loan Revival Mashiur must go WB may tell govt today if it can give time until primary probe into graft allegation completes; US envoy upbeat; Muhith tight-lipped Mashiur Rahman, adviser to the prime minister, has to resign to meet the conditions the World Bank has laid down to revive its credit for Padma ... Read more
Month: August 2012
DU students continue protests
Several hundred Dhaka University students, in the wake of the death of a fellow in a traffic accident on Tuesday, continued holding protests on Wednesday. A bus of Rajdhani Express hit Tawhiduzzaman, a second-year student of international relations and resident of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall, on Tuesday afternoon and he died in
16 Rohingyas held at airport
Fake Passports 16 Rohingyas held at airport 12 Bangladeshis also held Law enforcers yesterday arrested 16 Rohingya refugees from Shahjalal International Airport. They were trying to go abroad with fake Bangladeshi passports. With this, the law enforcers have arrested 38 Rohingyas this month alone. They were all trying to go abroad with machine readable as ... Read more
Grameen Bank owners demand cancellation of ordinance amendment
Members of the Grameen Bank’s board and shareholders on Wednesday demanded cancellation of the amendment to the Ordinance which has stripped the board of its power to appoint the managing director. They said that since the inception of Grameen Bank, all changes in laws and regulations concerning it were aimed at empowering the women, but the ... Read more
Witness says his brother was killed by Kamaruzzaman
War crimes trial Witness says his brother was killed by Kamaruzzaman A prosecution witness on Wednesday testified that the detained assistant secretary general of Jamaat, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, and his Al-Badr thugs caught his freedom-fighter brother and killed him on 23 August, 1971. Mosharraf Hossain Talukdar, who is the fifth prosecution witness against Kamaruzzaman, told the International ... Read more
1.3m children engaged in most hazardous jobs
NHRC workshop told Around 7.4 million children in the country are labourers, of which 1.3 million are engaged in the most hazardous work, said country director of Save the Children at a human rights review workshop yesterday in the capital. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organised the workshop on child labour and trafficking as part ... Read more
Enforcement deadline now Sept 15
10-Sec Pulse Enforcement deadline now Sept 15 The telecom regulator yesterday said it extended the deadline to enforce its 10-second pulse directive for all carriers to September 15. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said it extended the deadline by one month following appeals from the
Bangladeshi woman tortured by BSF at Benapole
A Bangladeshi woman was badly injured from beating allegedly by Indian Border Security Force in the no-man’s-land at Petrapole border in Jessore on Tuesday evening. The victim was identified as Achhia Khatun, 42, wife of Swapan of Jhikargachha upazila. Achhia said she entered the area to buy fruits when the BSF jawans of Petrapole camp ... Read more
Eminent citizens stand by Limon
A group of 19 eminent citizens started for Jhalakathi last night to show sympathy and solidarity for Limon Hossain, who was shot and maimed by Rab last year. A brick kiln worker and college student, Limon had to have his left leg amputated from thigh after Rab shot him without caring to verify his identity ... Read more
New horizon opens for drug makers
$50m research institute to accelerate pharma exports A new international clinical research institute will be set up in Bangladesh within a year, paving the way for further research in medical science and increased exports of pharmaceuticals. Bangladesh Clinical Research Organisation (BCRG) will help develop innovative life-saving drugs and give globally-accepted certification to exportable
Dhaka stocks surge on WB loan hope
Dhaka stocks surged on Wednesday after a two-day fall amid optimism that complexities over the World Bank’s $1.2 billion loan for the Padma bridge project would end soon. DGEN, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 3.76 per cent, or 161.56 points, to close the day at 4,453.43 points
ONE Bank to introduce e-banking
ONE Bank on Wednesday said it will introduce the e-Banking in three phases within November this year. Farman R Chowdhury, managing director of the ONE Bank, said three kinds of new products of his bank under the e-Banking would extend the banking services to the clients. As part of the move, the bank will firstly ... Read more
StanChart Bangladesh wins FinanceAsia award
Standard Chartered Bank has recently been named the “Best Foreign Commercial Bank in Bangladesh 2012” by FianaceAsia, a financial publication in the region. The bank received the award as part of FinanceAsia 2012 Country Awards for Achievement, the bank said in a statement yesterday. The award was handed over to Abrar A Anwar, managing director ... Read more
Kaspersky 2013 launched in Bangladesh
Kaspersky Lab has launched its latest 2013 editions of anti-virus and internet security software in Bangladesh on Tuesday. The launch event took place at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre and was hosted by Officextracts – the distributor for Kaspersky Lab in Bangladesh and Bhutan, sai
No quick fix, says Pybus
ICC World Twenty20, Srilanka 2012 No quick fix, says Pybus Urges realism ahead of T20 World Cup The Bangladesh cricket team will enter the last stage of their preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup, when they leave for Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday. The unofficial tour, which begins on September 6, will see the Tigers ... Read more
Pybus lodges complaint against powerful BCB director
Humiliated by director Dewan Shafiul Arefin Tutul, national cricket team head coach Richard Pybus has submitted a written complaint to Bangladesh Cricket Board president AHM Mustafa Kamal this week, it was learnt on Wednesday. Pybus made the complaint as Tutul, known as most powerful among the BCB directors,
A landmark deal
BCB issues first-class contracts In a move to bring more professionalism and improve the standard of the country’s first-class cricket, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have brought one hundred and twenty first class cricketers under central contract. Earlier in April, fifteen national cricketers received contracts in five categories and now 105 more active first class ... Read more
Oil production in Kailashtila gas-field from next August
Petrobangla, the state-run oil, gas and mineral resources corporation, has decided to start commercial oil production in Kailashtila gas-field from August next year, said Mohammad Enamul Haque, state minister for power and energy, on Tuesday. ‘We hope we’ll be able to start drilling a well in the gas-field in January next year and
Electronics sales go sluggish
Sales of electronic appliances could not meet expectations of the companies this Ramadan, one of the peak seasons. Leading brands have failed to achieve their sales targets due to a drop in people’s disposable incomes amid higher inflationary pressures. The companies also blamed a sluggish stockmarket and a long Eid vacation for the poor
DU marks ‘Black Day’
The Dhaka University authorities on Tuesday observed ‘Black Day’ commemorating repression on its teachers and students during the army-backed caretaker government in 2007. Teachers, students, officials and employees of the university wore black badges marking the day. Classes at the university remained suspended from 11:00am to 1:00pm as part of observance of the