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Emphasis on greater internal auditing

Speakers at a programme on Saturday highlighted the need for encouraging internal auditing as a profession for a vital part it plays in corporate governance.With the rise of fourth industrial revolution, they said, professionals should gear up to use technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and block chain.The views were made...

Put up resistance against militancy, terrorism

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the people of the country on Saturday to put up resistance against militancy, terrorism and drugs in a coordinated way, reports UNB."I call upon all, put up resistance, mobilise public opinions and make people aware about the menaces of militancy, drug and terrorism unitedly," she...

Police take 11 BD workers from Sri Lanka into custody

Police have taken into custody 11 Bangladeshi workers of a Sri Lankan factory owned by a suicide bomber after Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, reports bdnews24.com.Police were questioning them after they returned on Friday, police's counterterrorism chief Monirul Islam said on Saturday.They will be released if nothing suspicious...

Journalist Mahfuz Ullah passes away

Senior journalist Mahfuz Ullah passed away at a hospital in Thailand on Saturday morning. He was 69, report agencies.The journalist, who was on life support at the Bumrungrad International Hospital, died at 10:05 am (Bangladesh time)."My father is no more. He breathed his last at 10:05 am today. We are...

Lack of data on SDGs a big hurdle

A day-long 'Citizens Conclave: Four years of SDGs in Bangladesh' was held in Dhaka on Saturday. Citizen's Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh organised the conclave ahead of the meeting of a High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development in 2019.Planning Minister MA Mannan inaugurated the event on Saturday morning at the...

RMG brands' bad practices incentivise abuses: HRW

Global apparel buyers' business practices, including low purchase price and shorter lead time, fuel labour abuses in manufacturing countries like Bangladesh, revealed a recent report of Human Rights Watch (HRW).The HRW called for clothing and footwear brands to end the practices that incentivise suppliers to do the opposite."Many global brands...