Anisul Islam Noor The prices of vegetables, ginger, garlic fish, egg and rice increased further in the city’s kitchen markets last week to the dismay of the consumers. The retailers have blamed the wholesalers for increase of price while the…
Day: January 18, 2013
Bangladeshi bats ‘found to have Ebola antibodies’
Newly published research shows that a percentage of fruit bats in Bangladesh were found to have Ebola virus antibodies, suggesting that they are a reservoir for Ebola or an Ebola-like virus. The study by EcoHealth Alliance, a global, nonprofit organisation…
48 hours in Kathmandu
Ringed by rolling hills, the city has many satellite towns, of which Patan and Bhaktapur are popular with tourists. The area has seven old monuments that are listed by the UNESCO as World Heritage sites, all within less than two…
Pakistan must show mettle: Misbah
Pakistan need to ‘stand up and be counted’ against South Africa’s pace attack in their series with the world’s top-ranked Test nation starting next month, captain Misbah-ul-Haq said on Friday.
Petrol pump owners call strike from Sunday
Petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers on Friday have reiterated their plan for an indefinite strike from Jan 20 as the government is yet to concede their eight-point charter of demands, including a hike in commission on sales of…
Sessions on fight against doping conducted during FIFA meet
Sessions on ‘fight against doping‘ and ‘supplements in doping‘ were conducted on the concluding day of the Football Medicine Regional Course, jointly organised in the capital by FIFA, AFC and the AIFF.
Salman Khan to open restaurants and hospitals
Joining the bandwagon of actors into the business of food joint chains, actor Salman Khan is planning to open restaurants and hospitals and insists it is not for business but for a noble cause.
BNP blames govt for inflation
Senior BNP leader Tariqul Islam on Friday blamed the government’s recent decision to hike fuel oil prices as being responsible for the rising inflation in the country and called for a rollback. “The inflation is going up. The World Bank’s…
Movement for MPO postponed
Agitating teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions postponed their agitation for three month following assurance from Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Friday. A 10-member delegation of the agitators sat with Nahid at 3:00 pm at his residence at Mintu…
Padma project in due time: Quader
Communication Minister Obaidul Quader says his answer to opposition criticism on the Padma bridge project was to get it started on time.
Bangladesh second to Sri Lanka
Bangladesh is second in South Asia, just behind Sri Lanka which tops the region in economic growth during 2012, an UN report says. The report “World Economic Situation and Prospects 2013” says that growth in South Asia in 2012 was…
‘Russia deals for commission’
The BNP on Friday claimed that the government signed Tk 120 billion credit deals with Russia in a bid to misappropriate public money. The main opposition party also commented that the deals ran contrary to national interest. “The government has…
Partnerships for development
Leena Wokeck lwokeck@csr-asia.com Many players in the development community now focus on the role for business in tackling development and sustainability issues in Asia. Businesses that recognize the strategic relevance of being part of the solution rather than part of…
Local bats harbour deadly Ebola variant
Washington – Fruit bats in Bangladesh are harbouring a new version of Ebola virus, which causes severe hemorrhagic fever, a fatal condition afflicting humans and primates, says a new finding.
BB cancels death penalty plan for note forgery
The Bangladesh Bank has withdrawn a proposal to make counterfeiting currency notes a capital offence after Germany’s central bank said it would suspend a plan to help the Bangladeshi bank because of the death penalty threat.