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Tk 300 cr IDCOL loan for rental power plants Staff Reporter
Non-banking financial institution Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has pledged to provide Tk 300 crore to the bidder to install rental power projects to add 530 MW electricity to the National Grid.
"We are committed to provide the money to build the backbone of infrastructure, electricity but the proposal should be very specific and time-bound," Islam Sharif, CEO of IDCOL told newsmen on Tuesday.
The NBFI would provide another Tk 700 crore in foreign currency if needed, he said.  |
Bangladesh win ODI series
BSS, Chittagong
Bowlers reign supreme as wickets fell like nine pin but could stop Bangladesh from recording an emphatic six-wicket win over hapless Zimbabwe in the 4th ODI series match held at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Tuesday.
Tigers have taken unassailable 3-1 lead in five-match after the win with 5th One-dayer slated for to be held at the same venue on November 5.
Zimbabwe, not only allowed the host Bangladesh to clinch the ODI series with a match in a hand, but also crashed to the fifth ever lowest total in one-day history. |
Bangabandhu murder case: Post-’75 govts barred lodging of FIR: State counsel
BSS, Dhaka
Chief Counsel for the State Anisul Haque in the Bangabandhu Murder Case in his second day's submission yesterday stated that successive governments after 1975 expressly or impliedly prevented the lodging of FIR and bringing charges against the accused.
Referring to the contention of the appellants' counsels that the prosecution did not establish the causes of delay in lodging FIR, Anisul Haque said the answer was clearly stated in the complaint as well as in the deposition of the complainant in the Trial Court. |
Govt vows for retrial of Jail Killing case: Tribute paid to four national leaders
Staff Reporter
The Jail Killing Day was observed yesterday with a renewed vow to bring the killers and perpetrators of the killing of four National leaders of Independence movement to justice.
Rich tributes were paid to the four national leaders, who led the exiled government of Bangladesh during the Liberation War and won victory in the war.
The leaders Syed Nazrul Islam, acting president of Bangladesh government in exile in 1971, Tajuddin Ahmed, prime minister of the same government, M Mansur Ali, finance minister, and AHM Kamaruzzaman, home, relief and rehabilitation minister were killed inside Dhaka Central Jail on this day in 1975 in less than three months after the August 15 massacre. |
50 Japanese investors in city to explore business BSS, Dhaka
Some 50 Japanese investors are now in the city, some of them on invitation of BKMEA or BGMEA which are holding annual international trade fair currently in the city, to explore new business and investment opportunities here.
This is the largest presence of the Japanese investors here at a time over at least two decades, a BOI official told BSS pointing to a growing prospect of Japanese investment in some major manufacturing sectors in Bangladesh. |
Hasina urges OIC countries to help fight climate threats
UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the member-countries of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to assist Bangladesh in its grim fight against the perils of global climate change as the country needs international cooperation in protecting the people.
She made the call when the visiting OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu paid a courtesy call on her at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday and discussed with her various issues, including terrorism, trade, tariff, education, and science and technology. |
Poverty alleviation, scourge of climate change: UK to give £126m to Bangladesh in 2009-10
UNB, Dhaka
The visiting British cross-party group of MPs came up with the assurance that their government would support Bangladesh to help the country reduce poverty and live with the impacts of climate change through internationally assisted adaptation measures.
The United Kingdom plans to provide 126 million pounds in bilateral assistance to Bangladesh in 2009-10.
Over the next five years, the British aid aims to help Bangladesh reduce poverty and live with the impacts of climate change.
"We see a lot of good activities in Bangladesh. |
Commentary: Trade Union should be participatory and not fearful for investors The government deserves kudos for constituting a committee to suggest modalities of introducing trade unions (TUs) in the country's vibrant garment sector, which has been facing repeated violence for not so mysterious reasons in recent years. But the question remains a difficult one to find a way of organising trade union keeping in view the real problem, the politics of the country.
It needs to be recalled that a tripartite agreement was concluded with similar objective in 2006 following series of incidents of violence in garment industries in the industrial zones of Savar, Joydevpur, Tongi and Gazipur when BNP was in power. |
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Internet Edition. November 4, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
