Pizza Hut cooks a dish with a twist
November 12, 2010
International restaurant chain Pizza Hut has added a creative dish to its assembly — the Cheesy Bite, a pizza with bite-sized cheesy pop ends that have to be twisted off to be eaten.
The new dish is part of its new menu that includes nine new pizzas and four new tantalising appetisers, salad and pastas.
Akku Chowdhury, executive director of Transcom Foods, the franchisee of Pizza Hut, unveiled the new menu at the restaurant’s Gulshan outlet yesterday.
The long-time pasta choice favourites, such as the Penne, Fusilli, Read more
BRTC launches school bus service Jan 15
October 29, 2010
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation will run 14 buses on the Mirpur-Azimpur route on a trial basis to ferry schoolchildren and accompanying guardians from January 15.
The communications minister, Syed Abul Hossain, at a briefing after a meeting at the secretariat on Thursday morning, said the buses would run between 6:00am and 9:00am to ferry students to schools while between 11:00am and 3:00pm to ferry them back.
Officials from all the Read more
Superstores eye boom time ahead
March 6, 2010
Over 600 chain retail outlets expected in few years
Superstores are set to boom in the country as the current market players are planning to open several hundred more outlets in the next few years to cope with the rising demand from the consumers.
With a strong 15-20 per cent annual sales growth, about 30 companies with more than 200 outlets have already made foray into the industry since Rahimafrooz, one of the largest business groups in Bangladesh, introduced Agora, a chain superstore, in the capital a decade ago.
The annual turnover of the superstores now stands Read more
City dances to Falgun beat
February 14, 2010
The city put on a colourfully festive look yesterday celebrating Pahela Falgun, the first day of spring.
Socio-cultural organisations and educational institutions held a wide range of programmes to mark the day.
Jatiya Bashanto Utshav Udjapan Parishad organised programmes in two phases. The first phase began with recitation of Bangla poems and instrumental music at 7:15am at Bakultala of the Institute of Read more
Ekushey Book Fair: Off-track titles on high demand
February 12, 2010
Off-track titles are on high demand at the month-long Ekushey Book Fair on the Bangla Academy premises, according to publishers.
Robin Ahsan, owner of Shraban Prakashan, found that there has been a revolutionary change in readers mindset and they have become more critical and analytical on any issue and that has been reflected in their buying habit.
He said the demand for his ‘off-track’ books was much more than the novels and collection of poems. He cited the autobiography of Read more
Jam worsens for 3 reasons
January 5, 2010
Movement of a large number of VIPs, Chhatra League processions and absence of adequate police officials across the city yesterday caused the worst traffic condition of the last few days.
Hundreds of vehicles had to remain stranded in the jam-packed condition for hours as Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) brought out massive processions to celebrate its 62nd founding anniversary obstructing the traffic Read more
Call to ensure bicycle-friendly environment
December 26, 2009
Speakers at a rally yesterday called for ensuring bicycle-friendly environment in the city in order to make the city lively and liveable.
Such an initiative would also help protect the environment, improve public health and also boost economy, they added.
The speakers said the mortality rate is increasing day by day due to various diseases, such as diabetes, cardiac ailments and blood pressure. But only 30 minutes of Read more
unhygienic condition of public toilets in city
December 17, 2009
Women have little access to public toilets in the capital city, as there are no separate arrangements for them and most such facilities are unhygienic and not maintained properly.
Dhaka City Corporation has around 100 public toilets in the city, but most of them do not have separate cubicles or space for women.
Such situation poses serious health risks to women, experts said.
In 2005, some 36 toilets with separate arrangements for women were constructed under Urban Read more