News Watch (13-05-2019)

Bangladesh gets WorldSkills Asia membership

Bangladesh has secured the membership of WorldSkills Asia, a platform that is aimed at promoting excellence in skills in the Asian region. With this, the National Skill Development Authority (NSDA) under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is representing Bangladesh as the 14th member country in the WorldSkills Asia. — BSS

Obaidul Quader returns home Wednesday

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, who was undergoing treatment in Singapore, will return home on Wednesday. He will return home by a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines around 6.00am. The minister talked to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over the phone at 10:20am (Singapore time) on Sunday. — UNB

BDRCS hotlines for Tunisia boat capsize victims

Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) has opened hotline numbers to establish contact with family members of the victims and survivors of Friday's boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea. The hotline numbers are 88-02-49354246 and 01811458521. — UNB