Smart card of expat workers within a month
January 6, 2010
A parliamentary watchdog Tuesday said that the ’smart card’ containing computer chip with upgraded database network of all expatriate Bangladeshi workers would be provided within next one month, reports UNB.
The parliamentary standing committee on Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry at a meeting at Sangsad Bhaban said that card would be given for reducing immigration cost relating to appointment for Read more
Bangladesh ready to face climate change
January 6, 2010
Speakers tell discussion
Speakers at a discussion yesterday said Bangladesh is one of the few countries in the world to have devised a climate change adaptation and mitigation plan.
The cabinet-approved Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2009 is a proof that the country is prepared to face the challenges of climate change, they added.
They said this at the discussion of National Model Youth Parliamentary Session Read more
Govt plans policy to cut sulphur in diesel
December 26, 2009
The government is going to formulate a policy to cut down the amount of sulphur in diesel fuel to 50 parts per million to ensure sustainable environment by reducing vehicular air pollution and encouraging adoption of cleaner vehicle technologies.
A project called ‘air quality improvement through clean fuels and vehicles’ has already been taken to this end, said a senior Department of Environment official.
The environment and forest ministry with the United Nations Environment Programme has undertaken the project Read more
Hybrid fishes a threat to local species in Tangail
December 26, 2009
The indigenous fish species in Tangail are under a big threat due to their indiscriminate catching and rapid increase in farming and marketing of the hybrid ones.
Besides, all varieties of local fish are also on the decline in all the twelve upazilas of the district because of drastic fall in waters of the rivers, ponds and other water bodies.
The sharp fall in production of local fish resources is also widely blamed on the indiscriminate catching of the mother Read more
Country gets back to standard time Dec 31
December 25, 2009
Clocks will be adjusted backward by an hour at 11:59pm on December 31, the cabinet decided on Thursday.
The prime minister’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters after the cabinet meeting that the government had also decided to introduce daylight saving time on an annual basis.
The cabinet decided that clocks would be adjusted backward at 11:59pm on December 31 by an hour to 10:59pm. Clocks will advanced by an hour in daylight saving time again on Read more
Govt Schools Admission tests start in city
December 25, 2009
Admission tests in the city’s government schools began yesterday.
The tests in schools under Group-A were held in two shifts, from 11:00am to 1:00pm and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Exams for class I to class IV were taken in the first shift and class V to class IX in the second shift.
The schools under Group-A are Government Laboratory School, Mirpur Government High School, Motijheel Government Girls’ High School, Khilgaon Government High School, Islamia Government High School, Nawabpur Government High School, Mohammadpur Government High School and Read more
Christmas today
December 25, 2009
Christmas Day, the greatest religious festival of the Christian community, will be celebrated in the country today as elsewhere in the world with due solemnity and traditional enthusiasm in commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
To mark the day, the Christian community will offer special prayers in different churches throughout the country. The day is a public holiday.
The churches will be decorated with colourful lights and illuminated X’mas trees will be placed with a Read more
Bangladeshi twins inspiration,says Australian cleric
December 25, 2009
One of Australia’s top Catholic clerics on Thursday said people all over the world should take inspiration from the separation of conjoined Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna.
Adelaide city Archbishop Philip Wilson said the twins’ astonishing recovery from marathon surgery five weeks ago to separate their fused heads had touched people across the world, bringing joy and hope to many corners of the Read more
Pilot the ultimate hero
December 22, 2009
Mohammedan skipper Khaled Mashud Pilot thanked his luck after he sealed a last-ball thriller to help his side regain the Dhaka Primer League title with a Three-wicket win against Abahani.
Mashud came to the crease only to face the last ball in which Mohammedan needed a boundary to win the match and the trophy. Mashud got a top-edge that bewildered the Abahani fielders to race for a Read more
Over 8,000 Grabbers identified in river survey
December 16, 2009
The first-ever survey on the Buriganga, Sitalakhya, Turag and Balu rivers flowing through Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Munshiganj were submitted to the Supreme Court registrar on Tuesday.
Over 8,000 land grabbers have occupied areas of the Buriganga, Shitalakkhya, Turag and Balu rivers around the capital, building various structures, say survey reports of four district administrations concerned.
Districts administrations of Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Munshiganj calculated the figures of land Read more