Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has sought compensation of about Tk 12 crore from the Power Development Board (PDB) for not receiving fuel as per its requisition.
Month: April 2013
Bangladesh pavilion a hit at trade fair in India
The 10-day long India International Mega Trade and Industry Fair opened on Tuesday and the Bangladesh pavilion is already popular with all.
1st school banking conf in city today
A school banking conference, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, will be held in the city on Saturday.
Opposition for immediate restoration of CG
BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday urged the government to immediately reinstate the non-party caretaker government system with an amendment to the constitution to avert confrontations.
CG system gone for ever, says Tuku
State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Hoque Tuku on Thursday said the option for holding the national election under a caretaker government system has ended for good.
30 Bangladeshis injured in Greece farm shooting
About 30 Bangladeshi migrant workers have been injured in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece for requesting salaries that had not been paid.
70 killed in US fertilizer plant blast
Nearly 70 people have died and hundreds of others injured in a large explosion at a fertilizer plant in the US state of Texas, local emergency authorities say.
Build your immunity system
Sometimes we may wonder why we fall sick more or less often than your relatives, friends, colleagues or neighbours.
WB bans SNC-Lavalin for Padma bribery
The World Bank banned Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin with a record-setting sanction, barring the firm and 100 of its subsidiaries from bidding on any of the bank’s development projects for the next decade, after SNC admitted that it conspired to…
‘Wasim is a friend & will always be one’
Actress Sushmita Sen and Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram rubbished reports suggesting that they are planning to tie the knot and asked the media to respect their privacy.
ACC chief applauds World Bank move
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) chairman Ghulam Rahman praised World Bank for banning Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin and 100 of its subsidiaries from bidding on any of the bank’s development projects for the next decade.
Political instability to lower GDP growth: Mirza Aziz
Former caretaker government adviser Mirza Azizul Islam on Thursday said the recent political instability and its impact on export-oriented industries, small businesses and transports could cost the country about 0.6 percentage points of GDP in the current fiscal.
Women to be confined if Hefajat-Jamaat rule: Tofail
Senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed on Thursday said women will be kept confined to their houses if Hefajat-e-Islam and Jamaat-e-Islami assume state power.
Appeal hearing on Sayedee’s sentence May 2
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday set May 2 for hearing the appeals filed by both the prosecution and condemned Delwar Hossain Sayedee, nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, against the ICT-1 verdict on his 1971 Liberation War crimes.
Zimbabwe, Bangladesh in test cricket battle
Zimbabwe and Bangladesh begin Test cricket’s basement battle on Wednesday as the two teams look to measure their personal progress in a two-match series.
BSF picks up Bangladeshi along Lalmonirhat border
Border Security Force (BSF) of India picked up a Bangladeshi cattle trader along Srirampur border in Patgram upazila on Wednesday night.
Envoy briefs US Congressman on ICT
Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Akramul Qader on Wednesday met Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN5) and briefed him on the constitution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), its legal premises as well as the country’s current situation.
Greening city infrastructure can sustain economic growth
Nairobi – Investing in sustainable infrastructures and resource efficient technologies in cities offers a golden opportunity to deliver economic growth with lower rates of environmental degradation, reductions in poverty, cuts in greenhouse gases, and improved well-being, according to a new…
MD to decide on Biman’s GSA
Kevin Steele, Managing Director and CEO, said he would now be the final decision maker on all General Sales Agent (GSA) matters because of the many rumors, allegations and attempts to exert influence.
Pakistani police reach Musharraf’s house
Greenwatch Intl’ Desk Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s pre-arrest bail plea was rejected by Pakistan’s supreme court on Thursday after Islamabad high court ordered his immediate arrest in the same day, according to Pakistan’s Dawn website.
Arab envoys meet Khaleda
Dhaka-based ambassadors of Arab and Muslim countries on Wednesday night met BNP chief Khaleda Zia and discussed possible ways out of the current political crisis in Bangladesh.
Amardesh editor Mahmudur on ‘hunger strike’
Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman went on a hunger strike three days ago over three demands, his lawyers and close associates said on Wednesday.
Boston blasts: Horrendous, heart rending
Mostafa Kamal Majumder
Sanjay Dutt gets four more weeks to surrender
Amid a deluge of ‘Pardon Sanjay Dutt’ pleas, the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Bollywood ‘Munna Bhai’ one more month time to surrender to undergo three-and-a-half- year jail term for illegally possessing firearms in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial…
CAS dismisses Butt and Asif`s appeals against ICC bans
Disgraced Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif lost their cases at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne with the world`s top sports tribunal dismissing their appeals against the bans imposed on them in 2011 by the ICC…
Ghulam Azam verdict any day
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday kept pending its verdict to be delivered any day after formally closing law-point arguments from both sides in the trial of the war crimes allegedly perpetrated by detained Jamaat-e-Islami ameer (retired) Ghulam Azam.
Dialogue impossible with leaders in jail: BNP
BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday urged the government to create an enabling environment for talks, saying dialogue cannot be held keeping the top opposition leaders behind bars.
Govt for fair polls, Muhith tells Ban Ki-moon
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said that the government is committed to holding a free, fair and neutral election in Bangladesh like the other parliamentary democratic countries of the world.
Order on writ against President election Sunday
The High Court will deliver its order on Sunday (April 21) on a writ petition filed seeking a stay order on the process to hold election to presidency on April 29.
Ilias Ali in govt custody, says BNP
The main opposition BNP on Wednesday claimed that its organising secretary M Ilias Ali, who mysteriously went missing one year ago, is in government custody.