Bangladesh to join SAR mission For MH370
Bangladesh will be the latest country to joint the search and rescue (SAR) mission for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
"Bangladesh patrol aircraft will be launched at dawn while ships tomorrow," sources close to the development told Bernama.
"All of Bangladesh's available resources will be deployed to assist Malaysia," said the source, who did not want to be quoted.
Among the first to join the mission would be two patrol aircraft and two friga...
Among the first to join the mission would be two patrol aircraft and two friga...
Dhaka – a growing high-end market
Dhaka is ranked as one of the least liveable cities in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. Similarly, foreign visitors are sometimes left aghast at how, in Malthusian terms, the capital of Bangladesh manages to survive. Yet this host city for the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup has, some would say, not only survived but prospered in recent years.
“If you brought a property in Dhanmondi [one of the most affluent residential areas in Dhaka] for 6.45m taka [$83,000] in 2005, that would have increased five or six times by now,” says Kazi Inam Ahmed, owner of GemconCity, a new estate agency.
Famous ‘walking seer’ Haider dies
A Bangladeshi man who for decades walked daily from dawn to dusk in the capital Dhaka, trailed by believers of his supposed healing powers, died on Thursday, police said.
More than 5,000 followers of Julfikar Haider converged on a field in suburban Dhaka where his body was brought to pay their last respects, local police chief Azizul Haq told AFP.
"He was known as Hata Baba (the walking seer). He would rarely speak to anyone but his followers believed he could miraculously cure disease or overcome troubles if t...
More than 5,000 followers of Julfikar Haider converged on a field in suburban Dhaka where his body was brought to pay their last respects, local police chief Azizul Haq told AFP.
"He was known as Hata Baba (the walking seer). He would rarely speak to anyone but his followers believed he could miraculously cure disease or overcome troubles if t...
Fertilizer production halt for T20 WC
Authorities in cricket-crazy Bangladesh on Thursday asked fertiliser factories to halt production in a bid to divert gas supply to power plants and ensure an uninterrupted electricity supply ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup.
The World T20 will feature 16 teams and starts on March 16 with the final on April 6.
"We have no other options but to shut down fertilizer factories for some time to ensure gas supply to power plants," Mohammad Hussain Monsur, chairman of the state-owned...
The World T20 will feature 16 teams and starts on March 16 with the final on April 6.
"We have no other options but to shut down fertilizer factories for some time to ensure gas supply to power plants," Mohammad Hussain Monsur, chairman of the state-owned...
Bank Asia provides scholarship at Lohagara
As a part of its corporate social responsibility, Bank Asia has provided higher studies scholarship to 17 (seventeen) insolvent meritorious students of Lohagara Upazila of Chittagong recently.
Md Mehmood Husain, President & Managing Director of the Bank handed over the scholarship money to the students at a function held at a local hotel. Deputy Managing Director and Zonal Head of the Bank Mohammed Roshangir, EVP and Head of Agarbad Branch Md. Shahabullah, AVP & Head of Lohagara Branch Mohamamd Aziz...
Md Mehmood Husain, President & Managing Director of the Bank handed over the scholarship money to the students at a function held at a local hotel. Deputy Managing Director and Zonal Head of the Bank Mohammed Roshangir, EVP and Head of Agarbad Branch Md. Shahabullah, AVP & Head of Lohagara Branch Mohamamd Aziz...
