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Photo: SYLHET: The wholesale kitchen market

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Photo: MUNSHIGANJ: A magnificent growth

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Photo: SAVAR: Jahangirnagar University celebrated the 10th bird fair

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Sheikh Jamal to face Brothers in Fed Cup semifinal today

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will play against Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra in the first semifinal of the Federation Cup Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city today (Sunday), reports UNB. The match is scheduled to begin...

National Cricket League sixth round begins tomorrow

2015-03-01 00:00:00

The sixth round matches of the four-day Walton 16th National Cricket League (NCL) will begin tomorrow (Monday) at four separate venues in Dhaka and its adjoining areas, reports UNB. On the sixth round opening day's matches, defending champion Dhaka Division...

Premier Volleyball begins today

2015-03-01 00:00:00

The National Bank Limited Premier Division Volleyball League begins today (Sunday) at the Volleyball Stadium in the city with the participation of ten metropolis clubs, reports BSS. National Bank Limited managing director Shamsul Huda Khan will formally inaugurate the 14-day...

Shipping

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Denim makers altering Keraniganj landscape

Jubair Hasan | 2015-03-01 00:00:00

Thousands of denim products manufacturers across the Buriganga river have made their mark and are now exploring export potentials after meeting a major portion of domestic demand, owners said. The jeans product producers have created jobs for more than 0.3...

Beshto becoming popular social site

FE Report | 2015-03-01 00:00:00

'Beshto,' the first Bangla social networking site, ranks among top 100 local sites and it has taken the second position after the largest Bangla databank, Wikipedia. Chief Executive Officer of the site Khondaker Fahim Mashroor disclosed this while speaking at...

News Briefs

2015-03-01 00:00:00

AGM of SCB held CHITTAGONG, Feb 28: The 33rd annual general meeting of Shippers' Council of Bangladesh was held today in Dhaka Club Ltd with SCB chairman Md Rezaul Karim in the chair. Members, directors and office bearers of the...

Businesses seek smooth supplies of utilities

FE Report | 2015-03-01 00:00:00

Businesspeople demanded Saturday that the government provide uninterrupted power and gas supply and reduce bank interest rate to help develop the power sector. They were of the views that the uninterrupted supplies of power and gas are needed for the...

HK company to use BD software

2015-03-01 00:00:00

BC Finance Limited, a Hong Kong-based financial institution, will use a software "Southtech Ascend Banking" developed by a Bangladeshi IT firm for their official activities. An agreement was signed to this effect recently between the Bangladeshi IT firm, Southtech Limited,...

Balla land port to be modernised to boost export-import

2015-03-01 00:00:00

HABIGANJ, Feb 28 (BSS): Balla land port would be developed to facilitate the export-import activities with India. To this end, teams of both the countries visited the infrastructure facilities and roads of the land port Saturday. The visit was part...

WMS to build another inland container ship

Our Correspondent | 2015-03-01 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Feb 28: Western Marine Shipyard has signed a contract for building a container vessel for Bancan Shipping Ltd. The new contract of shipbuilding for the 176 TEUs container vessel was signed in Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel by chairman of...

Add’l electricity to be supplied to irrigation sector in March

2015-03-01 00:00:00

The government is going to supply additional electricity to the irrigation sector across the country as 425 megawatt (MW) of power will be added in the national grid in March. "We are putting our best effort to supply adequate power...

SIBL 334th board meeting held

2015-03-01 00:00:00

The 334th meeting of the Board of Directors of Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) was held at its corporate office in the city on Saturday, reports UNB. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank Dr Md Rezaul Haque...

Photo: JCI Dhaka North launched its own website www.jcidhakanorth.com

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Large-scale revenue loss of govt feared

Khairul Islam | 2015-03-01 00:00:00

Spectrum, the exclusive airwave frequency, may remain unsold at the upcoming auction depriving the government of large-scale revenue earnings and the users of getting desired quality services, market players said. They said the proposed base price of the spectrum is...

Green Delta holds Annual Business conference

2015-03-01 00:00:00

The 29th Annual Business Conference of Green Delta Insurance Company Limited  was held in the city recently, said a press release. Chairman of the company and the chief guest, AQM Nurul Absar delivered the inaugural speech of the conference. Managing...

NAV of MTB Unit Fund disclosed

2015-03-01 00:00:00

The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk   296,730,977.15 on the basis of cost price and Tk 244,973,767.16 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on 26 February 2015. The face value per...

NCC Bank training Instt holds anti-money laundering workshop

2015-03-01 00:00:00

NCC Bank Training Institute organised a daylong workshop on 'Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing Terrorism' for its Dhaka based Branch Anti-Money Laundering Complience Officers (BAMLCO) recently, said a press release. M Mahfuzur Rahman, Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank (BB) inaugurated...

Nestle to support healthy kids programme

FE Desk | 2015-03-01 00:00:00

Nestle Bangladesh Limited signed Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding with Dr Md Nazrul Islam Khan, Professor, Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Dhaka (DU) for conducting 'Nestle Healthy Kids Programme' as a part of the company's global programme,...

Hashem Chowdhury made AMD of MTB

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Md Hashem Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of Mutual Trust Bank Ltd (MTB) has been promoted to Additional Managing Director (AMD) with the bank with effect from March 1, 2015, said a press release. Prior to this position, he was...

BNP-Jamaat lawyers sweep Dhaka Bar elections

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Pro-government lawyers have suffered defeat in the election to the most important district legal community, the Dhaka Bar Association, reports bdnews24.com. The Blue panel, backed by the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami coalition, has won most of the posts, including those of the president...

Huge haul of hand bombs in Ctg

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained four people along with a large number of hand bombs and explosives in Halishahar residential area in Chittagong on Friday night, reports BSS. RAB-7 commander Colonel Miftah Uddin Ahmed said a team of RAB, in...

Family meets Kamaruzzaman

2015-03-01 00:00:00

Family members of war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, who is awaiting execution, have visited him in the jail, reports bdnews24.com. Eight members of the family, including the Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general's wife Nurunnahar, entered Dhaka Central Jail at 10:40am and left...

BEA condemns killing of Avijit

FE Report | 2015-03-01 00:00:00

Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) has condemned the killing of writer-blogger Avijit Roy. Avijit (45) was hacked to death and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonna (35) seriously injured in an attack by unidentified assailants near the TSC area on Thursday night.    ...

Smartcards to voters on Mar 26

2015-03-01 00:00:00

The Election Commission (EC) will handover smartcards to all 90 million voters by June next year, reports BSS. "We are working with an objective of giving smartcards to voters on the Independence Day on March 26 (2015). If it we...

BNP denounces Avijit murder

2015-03-01 00:00:00

BNP strongly condemned Saturday the killing of blogger Avijit Roy by unidentified assailants and demanded a fair investigation into the gruesome murder, reports UNB. In a statement, BNP joint secretary general Salah-uddin Ahmed said, "We strongly condemn and protest Avijit's...

PSC reiterates easing of quota system

2015-03-01 00:00:00

In the wake of repeated delays, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has renewed its recommendation to ease the quota system in government jobs, as it is not possible to overcome the problem relating to applying the system, reports UNB. The...