Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has urged Finance Minister AMA Muhith to reduce the 1 percent tax at source for the apparel sector proposed in the budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.Ahmed has sought a ‘tolerable’ rate of the tax at…
Month: June 2015
SC turns down petition against HC bail for Fakhrul
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday turned down the government’s petition against a High Court order granting bail to BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases. A four-member bench of the…
Gas reserve now 14.16 TCF – says energy state minister
The country’s current gas reserve as of June 2015 is 14.16 TCF, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid informed Parliament on Sunday. Hamid said this replying to a starred tabled question from treasury bench member AFM…
US human rights report is disrespectful – Bnp
The BNP has said that the US State Department’s annual report on Human Rights Situation in Bangladesh is disrespectful. “We do not welcome the report because negative statements such as there is no democracy and media freedom are not respectful…
Traffic jam becomes endemic in capital
Life in Dhaka city remained seriously affected by huge tailback of traffic on almost all roads, lanes and bylanes for the last three days. The traffic congestion has been exaerbated by monsoon rinfall that has caused water logging in many…
Khaleda would be in prison, Inu – Irrational talk to save job: Ripon
BNP leader Asaduzzaman Ripon has claimed that Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has been making ‘irrational’ remarks against Khaleda Zia to safeguard his ministerial berth. BNP’s International Affairs Secretary Ripon addressed a press briefing at the party headquarters at Dhaka’s…
IBBL Board of Directors meet held
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on Saturday at Islami Bank Tower. Engr. Mustafa Anwar, Chairman of the Bank, presided over the meeting. Local and foreign Directors along with Mohammad Abdul Mannan,…
Landslide, flood death toll rises to 17 in hill districts
Landslides and flashfloods, triggered by incessant monsoon rains, left six people dead in the district on Saturday. With the six people, the death toll from landslides and flashflood-related incidents in the district rose to 17. A woman and her daughter…
Khaleda urges political leaders to unite, rid people of suferings
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged political parties to get united to save the country and its people from misrule as the current “unelected” government she said has no responsibility towards them. “Many top leaders of different political…
BCL leader among 3 held for possessing Phensidyl
Police in a drive arrested three people, including a leader of the local unit Chhatra League, for possessing Phensidyl syrup at Komorpur in Debhata upazila on Friday.
Minor boy drowns in Jhenidah ditch
A three and a half years old boy drowned in a ditch at Khalfalia village in Shailkupa upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Tasim, son of Milton Zoarder of the village.
Three of a family stabbed in Manikganj
Three members of a family were stabbed allegedly by some drug addicts at Baimael Pashchimpara village in Singair upazila early Saturday.The victims were identified as Rokeya Begum,35, wife of Kahinur Islam, a resident of the village, her daughter Farida Akter,15,…
BCL activist stabbed in Sylhet
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) sustained stab injuries in an attack by miscreants in Shahi Eidgah area of the city on Friday night.The injured was identified as Arafat Hossain Chowdhury Akash,21, a resident of the area and BBA…
Schoolgirl killed in roof collapse
A schoolgirl was killed when a roof of a two-storey building collapsed on her at Ahsan Ahmed Road under Kotwali thana in the city on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Abida Arabi Sarafi, 15, a class VIII student of Iqbalnagar…
Social afforestation elevates poor people’s socio-economic condition
By virtue of its diversified benefits, significant number of small and marginal farmers attained economic emancipation through the participatory social afforestation programme.The Department of Social Forestry (DSF) has been executing various lucrative programmes in all 31 upazilas of Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj,…
Edible oil, meat costlier but vegetables cheaper in Dhaka as rains play havoc
The prices of essential commodities on high demand during Ramadan are rising, while the vegetables prices dropped.The prices of lentils, palm oil, soybean oil, ginger, chicken and beef increased from those of the last week. But in the capital’s kitchen…
Actors, celebrities whoop with joy at US gay marriage ruling
Actors, singers and Hollywood celebrities, many of whom have played a major role in driving acceptance of gay rights in mainstream culture, whooped with joy at the US Supreme Court’s ruling that made gay marriage legal nationwide on Friday.Twitter lit…
Argentina beat Colombia on penalties after tense stalemate to reach Copa America semifinals
Four years after his miss in a penalty shootout sent Argentina spinning out of the Copa America, Carlos Tevez slammed home the winning spot kick against Colombia on Friday to book his country’s place in this year’s semi-finals.After a goalless…
Sri Lanka leader dissolves parliament, seeking fresh mandate for reforms
Sri Lanka’s president dissolved parliament on Friday, a government spokesman said, in an effort to consolidate power and push through political reforms.Two government officials told Reuters elections will be held to elect a new parliament on Aug. 17.
Globalisation and educational management in B’desh
K M Atikur Rahman Education is such type of service and process by which human being can explore its mental, moral and spiritual world. It can bring out a man from darks into an enlightened life. It is a prime…
US Supreme Court orders states to recognise same-sex marriage
Ryan Teague Beckwith Supreme Court rulings are typically dry legalistic documents, but Friday’sdecision recognizing gay marriage nationwide was more lyrical than most. Here are some of the most memorable passages from the majority opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy. He…
Manager of ice cream faqctory gunned down in capital
A manager of a Ice Cream company was gunned down in the city’s Central Road of Kalabagan on early Saturday. The victim was identified as Obaidul Haque, 35, a manager of Kuality Ice cram company, a sister concern of Sanwar…
BCL Bangla College leader arrested
Police has arrested president of Chhatra League Bangla College unit from near Kafrul Thana on early Saturday on charge of instigating a girl student of the same college to commit suicide. Sub-inspector Moniruzzaman of Kafrul thana said Fatematuz zohora alias…
ASAAL meet at Smart Academia Sunday
At the request of the Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL) for a screening committee interview all main candidates agreed to join from 3:00 to 6:30 pm on Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Smart Academia 165-23 Hillside Avenue –…
How Colombia’s army executed civilians, called them guerrillas
By Joe Parkin Daniels On March 16, 2007, a Colombian military general named Henry William Torres Escalante gave the “direct order” to kill an unarmed farmer and his teenage son, dress them with weapons, and declare their bodies enemy combatants…
Legalisation is driving down the price of marijuana
By John Dyer Marijuana legalization and decriminalization has vaulted weed into the realm of commodities like corn, pork bellies, tin, gold, and rubber. In other words, now that people can buy pot almost everywhere, the market is expansive and uniform…
Thailand-Burma: Sea nomads vulnerable to abuse
Bangkok – The governments of Thailand andBurma should immediately end discrimination and other rights abuses against the Moken, sea nomads who are among the few remaining hunter-gatherer populations in Southeast Asia, Human Rights Watch said in a new report today.…
B’desh might exile Rohingya refugees to a remote island
Annie Gowen Mohammed Islam is a Rohingya Muslim who has lived in a refugee camp in Bangladesh since age 9, after his family fled religious tension in his home country of Burma, also known as Myanmar. His life is one…
Qatar Foundation making strides in giving dignity to migrant workers
As Qatar’s construction sector continues to expand ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the country’s demand for international labour is expected to remain high. Figures published in September 2014 show that the total number of migrant workers living in…
Innovative strategies for dissemination of biogas technology
M A Gofran Biogas is an old technology. Volta invented biogas in 1776. In Bangladesh it was introduced by Dr. Karim in 1972. At present, there are about 100,000 biogas plants in the country. Biogas technology is now known in…