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Ensure transparency in spending public money: President

President M Abdul Hamid urged all custodians of public money to ensure accountability and transparency in financial dealings, reports BSS."Audit is very important to ensure accountability and transparency in spending public money," the President said as a three-member delegation led by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh Masud Ahmed...

StanChart team visits Ispahani Islamia Eye Hospital

A 14- member high-profile team of Standard Chartered PLC from London and Singapore offices visited on Monday Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital (IIEI&H) in the capital. As part of its corporate social responsibility, the Standard Chartered PLC has been cooperating with the hospital authority to improve its services. The...

8.3m students get chance of reading under EQAEP: Nahid

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said on Monday some 8.3 million (83 lakh) students from 12,117 educational institutions got the chance of reading books from 2010 until 2017 under the Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project (SEQAEP), reports UNB.He came up with the information while speaking as the chief...

Two-day UHC event ends with focus on technical efficiency

The two-day national event on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) concluded in the city on Sunday with a call for improving technical and allocative efficiency for advancing in UHC.Participants at the event called for promoting 'a healthy Bangladesh movement' by UHC champions through encouraging them. They laid emphasis on resource generation...

Dr Kerry J Schulze, Associate Scientist at the Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, speaking at a seminar

Dr Kerry J Schulze, Associate Scientist at the Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA, speaking at a seminar on 'Micronutrient deficiencies and interventions during pregnancy: Distribution of nutrients between mother and offspring' held on the Independent University, Bangladesh campus in the city Sunday, organised...

Three 'robbers' die in 'gunfights' with police

Three suspected robbers were killed in 'gunfights' with police in Chapainawabganj and Cumilla districts early Saturday, reports UNB.In Chapainwabganj, two suspected robbers were killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Kuicchagara area of Gomostopur Upazila early Monday.The deceased were identified as Atikul Islam Atik (30),...

Participants posing for photograph at a seminar on awareness about cyber security

Participants posing for photograph at a seminar on awareness about cyber security held at Dhaka Cantonment in the city Monday — ISPR Photo

13 to die for murder

GAZIPUR, Apr 23 (UNB): A court here on Monday sentenced 13 people to death in a case over killing a man in 1995.Among the condemned convicts, six people were tried in absentia.According to the prosecution, the convicts killed Billal Hossain Bilu, a worker of National Jute Mills of Kaliganj and...

WEATHER-24-04-2018

Rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind and flashes of lightning is likely to occur in one or two places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with hails at isolated places in next 24 hours until 6:00 pm today (Tuesday), reports UNB.Weather may remain mainly dry with...