The pool parties, glamorous girls and fast cars of “Entourage” are back in a movie spinoff of the hit HBO show. “Entourage”, due in US theatres on Wednesday, revisits the bromance between a group of friends from Queens, New York,…
Month: June 2015
Corporate tax cut for listed firms, tax-free dividend income ceiling raised for stock market expansion
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has proposed a cut in corporate tax for companies listed on the stock market and a rise in the ceiling of tax-free dividend income.
Ex-Fifa executive detailed bribes in 2013 secret guilty plea
A former executive committee member of football’s global governing body Fifa told a US judge in November 2013 that he and other officials took bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, among other major tournaments.Chuck Blazer, a…
Tk 2.95 lakh crore burdget with 86,657 crore deficit announced
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday proposed a national budget of Tk 295,100 crore for FY 2015-16 to what he said take the country on a higher growth trajectory, projecting a 7.0 per cent rate of growth. “I am sure,…
Pacific civil society swings out against free trade agreement
By Catherine Wilson Canberra, (IPS) – Fourteen Pacific Island Forum countries are currently locked in negotiations with their two largest economic neighbours, Australia and New Zealand, to forge a new regional free trade agreement called ‘PACER Plus’, which supporters believe…
Latin America’s relative success in fighting hunger
By Marianela Jarroud Santiago, (IPS) – The Latin American and Caribbean region is the first in the world to reach the two global targets for reducing hunger. Nevertheless, more than 34 million people still go hungry. “This is the region…
Government loves the power not the people!
A report “95 killings without verdict were took place during the last five months” published in a daily has drawn my attention and it must shock most readers like me. Killings happened through gunfight, cross-fire, firing in leg and torture,…
European Union releases EUR 10.5 million for Primary Education
The European Union announces the release of EUR 10.5 million to the primary education sector of Bangladesh through its Sector Budget Support operation. This is the Third Tranche payment of the EUR 51 million EU’s contribution to the Primary Education…
Discard coal-fired power plant project at Rampal: Citizens’ body
A citizens’ platform to protect oil, gas and mineral resources has demanded that a joint project to set up a coal-run power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans be dropped during India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. Anu Muhammad, member…
Fifa crisis: Ex-official Chuck Blazer details bribe-taking
Former top Fifa official Chuck Blazer admits that he and others on the executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the choice of South Africa as 2010 World Cup host. The American says he also helped to arrange…
Taka 3 lakh crore budget in JS expected Thursday
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is set to unveil nearly a Tk 3 lakh crore budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 on Thursday likely eying a 7.1 percent GDP growth, down from 7.3 percent in the outgoing fiscal year. Like the…
Bus hit by another overturns at Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar, 1 killed
A passenger bus has overturned while racing another on a traffic-free street in the heart of capital Dhaka, killing a man and injuring several others. The accident occured at Karwan Bazar at around 6:30pm on Wednesday, a public holiday after…
Economy collapses, people float at sea: Dr. Moyeen
BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday said the collapse of country’s economy could not be hidden through the speeches of government ministers. “Where is the country’s economy? Thousands of people are now floating on the sea.…
2 kids killed by lightning strike
Two children were killed and two others were injured by a lightning strike in Ishwardi upazila on Tuesday evening.
2 killed in road accident
Two elderly men were killed as a truck crashed into them in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman, 50, son of late Motaleb Hossain and Mohidul Mustafa, 52, son of Dr Hossain Ali, both hailing…
2 killed in B’baria road crash
Two people, including a child, were killed as a truck knocked down them in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
Youth stabbed dead on night of Shab-e-Barat
A young man was stabbed to death and two others were injured in an attack by some miscreants over a trifling matter at Khalder Road in the district town on the night of holy Shab-e-Barat (early Wednesday).
Child shot dead in Chittagong
A child was shot to death by some extortionists at Mohammadpur under Panchlaish Police Station in the city on Tuesday night.
Listed human trafficker held in Cox’s Bazar
Police in a drive arrested a listed human trafficker from his house at West Choufaldandi in sadar upazila early Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Ekram Mia, a union parishad member of Choufaldandi union.
Elderly man commits suicide in Gaibandha
An elderly man allegedly committed suicide by jumping under the wheels of a speeding train on the Gaibandha-Lalmonirhat rail route at Panchjumma village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.
Father, daughter killed in road crash
Father and daughter were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Narail-Jessore road in Rupganj Bazar area of the district today.
Eviction of illegal hill dwellers begins June 11
Divisional Hill Management Committee (DHMC) yesterday issued warnings to the residents of 11 risky hills including Moti Jhorna and Lalkhan Bazar hill areas about possible landslides in Chittagong hill areas.
Manik Mia Foundation office launched
A foundation named after renowned journalist Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia was launched at a simple ceremony at the Ittefaq Bhaban in the presence of eminent politicians, writers, university teachers, editors of newspapers and journalists. Organisers said its objective should be…
World Environment Day 2015 and ourselves
Danielle Nierenberg This Friday, June 5, is World Environment Day (WED) which celebrates positive environmental action and calls on each of us to create change. The theme of WED—“Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care”—reminds us that we only…
Understanding Indian seven sisters from Bangladesh
Dr. Sinha M. A. Sayeed Anybody interested in knowing and understanding India and its overall policies towards Bangladesh, first of all, instantly appears before him/her is to look at the seven sisters in the north eastern zone and then ask…
Seven get burn injuries in petrol bomb attack on bus
Seven people sustained burn injuries as miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina upazila early Wednesday. The victims were identified as Ranjit, Suman Chandra Saha, Anjan Dev, Lovely Akhter, Johirul Islam, Khokan Chakma…
EC to consider electronic voting machines after proofing
Law Minister Anisul Huq told Parliament on Monday that the Election Commission will consider the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) after making those fully flawless. Replying to a scripted question from M Abdul Latif MP (Chittagong-11), the minister, who…
What next for football after Fifa chief’s resignation?
Sepp Blatter’s resignation as Fifa president just days after his re-election to the most powerful job in world football is a seismic moment. The 79-year-old has wielded power for 17 years but will leave with Fifa mired in a corruption…
FIFA president Blatter announces resignation
It was the moment the world thought would never come — Sepp Blatter has announced he is resigning as FIFA president. The most powerful man in soccer said on Tuesday afternoon he would step down from the post he has…
4 arrested with 6 stolen private cars one motorbike
Detectives arrested four suspected members of a carjacking gang and recovered six stolen private cars and one motorcycle from their possessions.