Dhaka, Sep 3 – Croatian Robert Rubcic has been named as the chief coach of Bangladesh’s national football team for the Asian Games to be held in November. The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) confirmed his appointment Thursday saying that he would also be involved in setting up a national football academy. Rubcic would coach the [...]
Dhaka, Sep 3 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who heads the National Population Council that resumed work after 14 years, has called for ‘a balanced approach’ to curb Bangladesh’s population growth that is projected to reach 170 million by 2020. Registration of couples in the reproductive age, a bunch of incentives for those who keep [...]
Dhaka, Sep 2 – Fabric from India, made in Bangladesh. That is the deal several Indian apparel makers are hoping to stitch up. Indian shirt-maker NSL Textile, for instance, is trying to import readymade shirts from Bangladesh that would be marketed under the brand name Constello. The Rs.15 billion enterprise is among the many Indian [...]
Dhaka, Sep 1 – Shehnai, a wind instrument, is on the verge of extinction in Bangladesh, laments a music exponent. Shamsur Rahman, who partly learnt to play the shehnai by listening to records of India’s celebrated Ustad Bismillah Khan, has said it is ‘almost impossible’ to survive in Bangladesh as a shehnai player. The tradition [...]
Dhaka, Sep 1 – Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, is being celebrated Wednesday across Muslim-majority Bangladesh. The day’s programmes include worship of Lord Krishna, puja, Gita Jagna, kirtan, discussions and peace processions, Star Online, the website of The Daily Star reported Wednesday. The day is a public holiday in the country. Bangladesh has the [...]
Dhaka, Aug 31 – Bangladesh registered a ten percent rise in its exports to India, a latest report shows. Exports to the largest neighbour India were $302 million in 2009-10 when better trade ties were discussed at the level of the prime ministers in January. Exports to other neighbours barely account for 2.7 percent of [...]
Dhaka, Aug 31 – A call by Bangladesh Home Minister Sahara Khatun to the minority Hindu community to observe Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, ‘peacefully’ and end it by 5 p.m. Wednesday in time for the end of ‘roza’ has been criticised by the nation’s media. The minister’s call has been termed ‘overtly discriminatory’ [...]
Dhaka, Aug 30 – China is ready to sign a pact with Bangladesh on a road link via Myanmar, a visiting Chinese official has said. China had expressed its support to build a 111-km road covering the three nations in March this year. It will link the southern Yunnan province with Bangladesh via Myanmar. Qin [...]
Dhaka, Aug 30 – Bangladesh’s former military ruler Hussain Mohammed Ershad may escape punishment for violating the country’s constitution following his meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after which he ‘looked quite happy’, his aides said. The meeting Sunday took place at Ershad’s instance, three days after the high court invalidated the seventh amendment to [...]
Dhaka, Aug 29 – The popularity of the Bangladesh government led by Sheikh Hasina has taken a beating over price rise, power shortage and perceptions of graft, a survey conducted on completion of her 18 months in office said. The prime minister’s popularity has dipped, although nearly a half (49 percent) of the 3,000 people [...]
Dhaka, Aug 27 – Hoping to catch children young and curb the drop-out rate, the Bangladesh government will for the first time introduce pre-primary education in its schools from January. Measures have been taken to recruit 37,000 teachers in all its primary schools to harness children above five years. ‘It will help reduce school-phobia among [...]
Dhaka, Aug 27 – The Dhaka High Court has extended the parole of Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s son, who is wanted in a number of corruption cases and is in Bangkok for medical treatment. The high court Thursday extended till Oct 4 the parole for Arafat Rahman Koko, wanted in a number of graft [...]
Dhaka, Aug 27 – Bangladesh, one of the world’s most densely populated nations, will conduct its census next March and the process will be implemented using digital methods for more accuracy. Planning Minister A.K. Khandker Thursday said the population and housing census, an exercise undertaken every 10 years, will be held across the country in [...]
Dhaka, Aug 27 – Former Bangladesh president H.M. Ershad, held responsible by a court for usurping power through a military takeover, may seek Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ‘blessings’ to escape punishment. A lawmaker whose Jatiya Party (JP) is a constituent of the ruling alliance, Ershad has told his brother G.M. Qader to speak to Hasina [...]
Dhaka, Aug 26 – The Dhaka High Court Thursday declared illegal the seventh amendment to Bangladesh’s constitution that legitimises the 1982 military coup led by the then army chief Gen. Hossain Muhammad Ershad. The High Court also invalidated all constitutional acts under the rule of Ershad who had declared martial law after taking over the [...]
Dhaka, Aug 26 – Known in the global market for its cheap labour, Bangladesh does not have minimum wages for 34 industries and has not revised wages in a dozen others for the past many years, a media report said Thursday. The government is sitting on a proposal of the Minimum Wage Board (MWB) for [...]
Dhaka, Aug 25 – Bangladesh government Wednesday asked the educational institutes in the country not to force Muslim girl students to wear veils or religious attire. Education Secretary Sayed Ataur Rahman also directed the institute authorities not to restrain women students from participating in sports and cultural activities. The direction comes after a high court [...]
Dhaka, Aug 25 – Bangladesh’s longest serving president Hussain Mohammad Ershad had captured state power by illegal means and he should be prosecuted and punished, a senior government law officer told a court Wednesday. Additional Attorney General M.K. Rahman told the high court here that there is no provision in the country’s constitution and in [...]
Dhaka, Aug 25 – A majority of garment factory owners in Bangladesh have opposed the fixing of minimum wages by a government board four weeks ago even as sporadic street protests by workers against the ‘inadequate hike’ continue to lead to violent clashes. Of a total 343 factory owners, who have submitted their observations on [...]
Dhaka, Aug 24 – The high court in Bangladesh has reopened the case of a 1971 war hero who was tried and hanged after he fell out with the then military strongman Ziaur Rahman, husband of opposition leader Khaleda Zia. The court directed the government to produce records of the trial under martial law regulations [...]
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