Friday, March 29, 2024

Catching up with Zahid Hasan

Special plays set to air during the upcoming Eid-ul-Adha are keeping most actors and directors on their toes these days. Popular actor and director Zahid Hasan is no exception. He has already completed directing a tele-film and a play for Eid, also acting in both the productions. The tele-film “Chithhi” will feature Hasan opposite Romana, ... Read more

Promoting PPP projects for ultra poor underscored

Rights activists on Wednesday urged all concerned to promote public-private partnership to improve health, education and livelihood for the ultra poor, particularly to ensure their food security. The call was made at a national workshop on ‘sharing evaluation findings and lessons learnt: health, education and livelihood support programme for ultra poor households project’ at

ADB to give $50 million loan

Improving Primary Healthcare ADB to give $50 million loan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $50 million to finance a project which aims to help improve primary healthcare services for the urban poor. Iqbal Mahmood, senior secretary to the Economic Relations Division (ERD) and M Teresa Kho, country director of ADB’s Bangladesh Resident Mission,

Wetland Destruction : Dhaka faces disaster

Fear urban planners The ongoing reckless destruction of wetlands in and around the capital will lead to environmental disasters and urban flooding, said urban planners at a workshop yesterday. Dhaka will face a large scale disaster if water bodies, canals and ponds are destroyed through earth filling at the present rate, said Prof Sarwar Jahan ... Read more

People’s participation stressed to ensure civic services in Rajshahi

Participation of mass people is vital to ensure civic services for the poor and marginalised communities and children, said development activists and journalists at a workshop in Rajshahi on Wednesday. They viewed that participation of the mass people was essential for transparent and accountable delivery of the services. The district level workshop titled ‘claiming rights of ... Read more

Journalists’ grand demonstration on October 15

Demanding arrest of killers of Sagar, Runi Journalists’ grand demonstration on October 15 Journalists cutting across the opinion lines would hold a grand demonstration in the city on October 15 to press the demand for the arrest and trial of the killers of Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi and other colleagues. Journalist couple Sagar and Runi ... Read more

Sayeed Iskander laid to rest

Sayeed Iskander, younger brother of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, was laid to final rest at Banani army graveyard in the capital on Wednesday. Iskander, who was a member of BNP chairperson’s advisory council and former lawmaker, died at a hospital in New York on September

Cultural function on Meena Day held in Kurigram

Around 350 working children in Kurigram district attended a cultural function on September 24 at Shadhinater Bijoy Stambho premises in Kurigram town to observe Meena Day-2012. The programme included a gathering, colourful rally, discussion and cultural function. Bangladesh Shishu Academy and NGOs Save the Children (EU) and

School dropout rate higher in three hill districts: Study

Due to linguistic barriers and improper academic curriculum, school students of the three hill districts are being deprived of quality education, which causes high dropout rate in the region compared to the national level dropout, a study has revealed. While the average dropout rate is around 30 percent at primary schools at national

BSRM fined Tk 40.5 lakh

The Department Of Environment fined Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills Tk 40.5 lakh on charge of cutting hills at Jorarganj in Mirsharai upazila of the Chittagong district on Wednesday. DoE divisional director Jafar Alam said six acres of hilly area hade been turned into plain land at Mastannagar of Durgapur and they found BSRM responsible for ... Read more

Clients to be charged for inter-bank transaction

Bangladesh Bank is going to impose charge on clients of all banks for inter-bank money transactions through cheques and electronic fund transfer for the first time. Sources in the banking circle and clients said such move of the central bank would create extra burden for the clients. A BB official told New Age on Wednesday that ... Read more

SEC approves draft demutualisation act

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved the draft demutualisation act which will separate the management form the ownership of the bourses to do away with the conflict of interests. The approval came at a meeting on Wednesday presided over by the SEC chairman M Khairul Hossain at the commission’s board room

SEC okays Tk 24cr Global Chemical IPO

Warns Swadesh Investment The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved a proposal of the Global Heavy Chemicals Limited to raise Tk 24 crore through initial public offering. The company will float 1.2 crore ordinary shares with an offer price of Tk 20 including a premium of Tk 10. According to the audited accounts of ... Read more

Stocks tumble over fresh WB loan statement

Dhaka stocks declined on Wednesday as fresh uncertainty surfaced among investors about the World Bank’s $ 1.2 billion loan for the Padma bridge project following a statement by the global lender. DGEN, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, lost 0.89 per cent or 42.56 points, to close at 4,732.08 points