Buddha Purnima today
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, is being observed today across the country with due respect, religious fervour and enthusiasm.
Members of the community are celebrating the festival marking the three most important events in the life of Lord Buddha - his advent, enlightenment and ‘nirvana’ (passing away) 2,558 years back.
On this holy day, Buddha was born as Siddartha Gautam in Kopilabostu of Indian state of Bihar in around 563 B.C., got supreme enlightenment at the age of 35 (528 B.C.) and finally embraced ‘nirvana” at the age of 80 (483 B.C.).
The Purnima will be observed in all monasteries and offices of the Buddhist religious organisations through daylong programmes, reports BSS.
Economic growth would slow to 5.6pc this fiscal: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast 6.2 percent growth for Bangladesh economy for the coming 2014-15 financial year (FY145), though the economic growth would slow to 5.6 percent in the end of the current 2013-14 financial year (FY14) because of decline in remittances and export growth.
The ADB made the prediction in its quarterly economic update for March, 2014, released yesterday, as Finance Minister AMA Muhith is preparing to announce the national budget for the coming fiscal year in less than a month’s time.
The forecast, however, was l...
The forecast, however, was l...
Budget for FY 2014-15 on June 5
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will announce the annul budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 (FY15) at the Jatiya Sangsad on June 5.
The official said the date for announcing the budget for the next financial year is almost final though no official directive has been given yet.
This will be the country’s 43rd budget and the 15th budget of the Awami League government, BSS reports.
The budget for the current 2013-14 financial year (FY14), announced on June 6, 2013, was the last budget of the previous
five-ye...
The budget for the current 2013-14 financial year (FY14), announced on June 6, 2013, was the last budget of the previous
five-ye...
Pakistan court admits petitions of 300,000 stranded in Bangladesh
The apex court in the country has admitted a five-year-old petition seeking repatriation of around 300,000 “stranded Pakistanis” — mostly Biharis based in former East Pakistan when it seceded from Pakistan to become independent Bangladesh but never made it to Pakistan because of financial constraints, hence remaining stranded in a country that refuses to own them and largely forgotten by a country they opted for.
Court sources said yesterday Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Jilani has fixed the petition filed by the Stranded Pakistanis Gen...
Court sources said yesterday Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Jilani has fixed the petition filed by the Stranded Pakistanis Gen...
Children of War to release in Bangladesh and India on May 16
The much talked-about Indian film "Children of War: Nine Months to Freedom", will have its trans-border release in Bangladesh and India on May 16.
Starring Indian actors Raima Sen, Indraneil Sengupta, Victor Banerjee, Pawan Malhotra, Tilottama Shome, and newcomers Rucha and Shatrunjay, besides the late Farooque Sheikh, the film, which has been directed by Mrityunjay Devvrat, reveals the pains and pangs of people, particularly women, revolving around the war between India and Pakistan that eventually led to the creation of the new nation of Bangladesh in 1971-72.
Bangladesh set to export Internet bandwidth to India
India has offered to import an unusual and non-traditional item from Bangladesh: 10 Gbps (Gigabits per second) Internet bandwidth for its northeast state of Tripura, said officials yesterday.
They said a visiting delegation of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSCL) has expressed their interest during a meeting with Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) that deals with the bandwidth.
Talking to newsmen in Dhaka, Abubakar Siddique, secretary of posts and telecommunications division, said the Indian team initially has proposed to lease...
Talking to newsmen in Dhaka, Abubakar Siddique, secretary of posts and telecommunications division, said the Indian team initially has proposed to lease...
