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Ministry proposes prepaid payment system for IGWs

The government plans to introduce a prepaid payment system for international gateways (IGW) as a number of such operators have failed to clear their bills in the last six months. The IGWs will have to deposit an estimated payable amount to the regulator in advance before bringing in international calls, according to a proposal of the telecom ministry, reports the Daily Star. btrcThe proposal was placed at a coordination meeting of the ministry last month, and was also discussed at a meeting of Banglad...

Ghasful celebrates Centurian Birth Anniv of Shilpacharya

Ghasful, a mass-media house organized a seminar on the occasion of Centurian  Birthday Anniversary of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin on ‘ Arts of Bangladesh: Impact of the Tradition of the East and European Modernism 'on Friday evening at Conference Lounge of National Press Club. jaynul abedin--28-03-14Presided  over by Prof. Nazrul Islam,  Artist Prof. Matlub Ali Presented the keynote paper on the subject. The seminar was addressed among others by Prof. Mohbub Talukder, Artist Syed Lutful Haque and Prof. Syed Azizul...

ACCA Bangladesh celebrates student, member success

“ACCA Night” commemorated Jim McCabe, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bank as special guest of honour at ACCA’s (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) celebratory evening, called ACCA Night. DSC_0066The evening was also privileged to hear from ACCA’s Vice President, Alexandra Chin, who was visiting Bangladesh along with her fellow Council member Pauline Hobson FCCA from the UK and Alan Hatfield, Director-Learning. During the evening’s proceedings, ACCA Bangladesh accepted 55 ...

British newspaper bosses optimistic on print future

The future of news is not just about print versus digital as delivery mechanism, but what is the best user experience, said Jay Lauf, publisher at Quartz. Thereby, it would not be wondering sometimes print is better than digital. Quartz is the business news publication of the Atlantic Media Company and was launched in 2012. Though digital media weighs heavily on the market of print version of news, British media bosses said they are still optimistic on the future of the traditional dissemination vehicle, reports Xinhua. print media

GDP may decline due to falling growth rate in agri, industry sectors

Continued falling rate of growth in agriculture and industry sectors could cause continuation of decline in GDP in the current fiscal year,  Unnayan Onneshan, an independent think-tank, says in its current issue of the Bangladesh Economic Update. Pointing out that the rate of growth in agriculture came down from 5.24 percent in fiscal 2009-10 to 5.13 percent, 3.11 percent and 2.17 percent in 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 respectively, the multidisciplinary research organisation anticipated that the rate might reach as low as 2.09 percent in fiscal 2013-14, if such trend persists, reports UNB. Unnayan-Onneshan

Bangladesh faces worst consequences of climate change

When a powerful storm destroyed her riverside home in 2009, Jahanara Khatun lost more than the modest roof over her head. In the aftermath, her husband died and she became so destitute that she sold her son and daughter into bonded servitude. And she may lose yet more. Ms. Khatun now lives in a bamboo shack that sits below sea level about 50 yards from a sagging berm. She spends her days collecting cow dung for fuel and struggling to grow vegetables in soil poisoned by salt water. Climate scientists predict that this area will be inundated as sea levels rise and storm surges increase, and a cyclone or another disaster could easily wipe away her rebuilt life. But Ms. Khatun is trying to hold out at least for a while — one of millions living on ...
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