BD Designs Private Ltd, an Indian company, will invest $ 8.919 million to set up a garments industry in Karnaphuli Export Processing Zone, a press release said. This fully foreign owned company has annual production capacity of 3.4 million pcs.…
Year: 2013
Cold, fog halt normal activities
Staff Reporter The coldest winter in decades intensified further on Thursday with low pressure over Siberian region pushing chilly winds towards Bangladesh forcing the mercury to dip bellower level. The bone-chilling weather for the last three consecutive days has almost…
Messi wants World Cup
Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi admits that he would gladly swap his Ballon d’Or awards for a World Cup title with his country.
Sonakshi’s special disco song in Himmatwala
Sonakshi Sinha, who shot to fame as the deglam village belle in Dabangg, has been trying ever since to shed her desi avatar and how.
World’s oldest living olive trees are Lebanese
Tucked away in the sleepy village of Bechealeh, Lebanon, 16 olive trees have witnessed 6000 years of political unrest, plagues, diseases, varying climatic conditions and changing civilizations. In fact these “trees of Noah” are considered by locals to be a…
NovoAir’s jet take-off
Business Report NovoAir, a new private airline, has started its journey to three domestic routes on Wednesday with a vision of ‘Excellence in Aviation Services’ under the motto of ‘Art of Aviation’.
Fake woman judge calls CMM court, two held
Court Correspondent DHAKA – A woman on Wednesday claiming herself as a judge of the Supreme Court asked a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Magistrate of Dhaka to release an accused. The CMM Court managed to know of the conspiracy…
‘Horrible’ 3-feet sea level rise plausible by 2100?
John Roach Melting glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland may push up global sea levels more than 3 feet by the end of this century, according to a scientific poll of experts that brings a degree of clarity to a murky…
Rosell dismisses Villa to Arsenal
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has warned Arsenal to forget about signing striker David Villa during the January transfer window.
Naomi loves to experiment with looks
Actress Naomi Watts loves changing her hair to suit her film character because she gets to be experimental, though she admits she can’t stop dying her hair.
China economy to overtake US by 2019
Jan 9: China will overtake the United States economically within six years, an official research institute predicts, and go on to become the world’s most important country in three decades more, state media said Wednesday. The findings came from the…
Leftists are theorists: Muhith
Jan 9: “It’s usual that the leftist parties will observe hartal as they don’t know how the state is run,” he told reporters at his Secretariat office.
Khagrachhari gunfight kills 1
Jan 9:A man was killed and two others injured in a gunfight of two groups at Jalpara area of Chengi union under Panchhari upazila of the district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Kalo Prio Chakma, 38, an activist…
BSD-CPB shutdown on Jan 16
Jan 9: The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and the Bangladesher Shamajtantrik Dal (BSD) will enforce the general strike from 6am to 12pm across the country on that day. CPB chief Mujahidul Islam Selim made the announcement on Wednesday in…
3 power plant projects okayed: Controversial Chinese company gets work
Jan 9: The government purchase body Wednesday approved the tender proposals for three power plant projects, including one with Barapukuria 250-MW power plant. The other proposals include 300-400-MW power plant in Ghorashal and 300-MW in Shahji Bazar. The approval to…
Lowest temperature in 4 decades
Bangladesh has, like neighbouring India, recorded the lowest temperature in over four decades amidst a raging cold wave.
ACC seizes files in Padma probe
The investigative team of the national antigraft agency seized the documents almost a month after it sued seven persons on charges of the conspiracy for appointing a Canadian company, SNC Lavalin, as the consultant for the country’s largest-ever infrastructure development…
BD newspaper editor at risk: AI
Jan 9: The Bangladeshi authorities must refrain from harassing and prosecuting newspaper editor Mahmudur Rahman, Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday. Mahmudur Rahman has been threatened with prosecution for publishing a Skype conversation between the then chairman of the Bangladeshi court,…
26,193 Pry schools nationalized: PM for improving education
Jan 9: Citing on different programmes taken by her government for development of the country’s education sector, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said they are giving highest priority on education. “Her government gave highest allocation in the sector. Universal Education Policy…
Eurozone unemployment rate hits new record high
Jan 8: January 8 data shows that the youth unemployment rate for November was 23.7% in the European Union, up from 23.4% in October 2012. The youth unemployment rate in the eurozone is now 24.4%, up from 23.9% the previous…
Meghna, Meghna-Gomati Bridges: Open to traffic after day-4
Jan 8: After a four-day suspension, traffic through Meghna and Meghna-Gomati bridges on Dhaka-Chittagong highway resumed Tuesday morning as first phase renovation of the bridges are complete. But all heavy vehicles will remain closed till 12:00am on January 13 on…
14cr-year old living species: Limbless amphibians found in Bangladesh
Jan 8: Two members of ‘Chikila Fulleri’, the 14 crore years living limbless amphibians, have been discovered hiding in the soils of Lawachara under the district Wednesday last. Wild life specialist Reza Khan and wild life researcher Tania Khan found…
Schwarzenegger says film violence not linked to school shooting
Jan 8: Arnold Schwarzenegger may be one of the world’s biggest action stars but the former governor of California says violence in films is entertainment and should not be linked to tragic events like the Connecticut school shooting in which…
Police bar MPO-seeking teachers’ demo
Jan8: Police frustrated an attempt to besiege Shikkha Bhaban on Tuesday by the teachers of educational institutions not included under the government’s Monthly Payment Order (MPO). The law enforcers intercepted a procession of those teachers around noon when they were…
Govt to nationalise primary schools
Jan8: The government has decided to nationalise 26,193 non-government primary schools across Bangladesh. Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Ameen says Sheikh Hasina will make an announcement to this effect on Wednesday from a rally of the non-government primary school…
ACC Chairman says: Decision on 3 foreigners after WB report
Jan 8: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Ghulam Rahman said the commission would take decision on the three foreign accused after getting World Bank (WB) report over the Padma Bridge graft allegation. The three foreign accused are Ramesh Saha, Ismail…
Fuel prices hike: Left parties’ hartal on Jan 16
Jan 8: The left-leaning parties of the country called a countrywide half-day hartal on January 16 in protest against the latest fuel price hike.
PM says: Gas connection in Noakhali soon
Jan 8: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday categorically said the people of the district would be provided with gas connection and others privileges soon. “The gas of Sundalpur and Shahajadpur will not only be added to national grid, but…
Country lacks rule of law: BNP
Jan 8: Opposition BNP Standing Committee Member MK Anwar said rule of law has been halted in the country due to the verdict of former Justice ABM Khairul Haque over the issue of caretaker government. The senior leader of the…
Galaxy phones drive Samsung to record profit
Jan 8: Samsung Electronics, the world leader in mobiles and memory chips, said it likely earned a quarterly profit of $8.3 billion, as it sold close to 500 handsets a minute and as demand picked up for the flat screens…