Expressing his dissatisfaction over the internet speed and quality, Prime Minister's ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said Monday the government will go for providing 1mbps internet connection at union level across the country very soon, reports UNB. "My aim is...
Awami League (AL) Advisory Council member and former Railway Minister Suranjit Sengupta urged Monday BNP to change its political outlook shunning power-centric ill- politics, reports BSS. "Come out of power-centric ill-politics. Switch over to politics of democratic values shunning thoughts...
Opposition leader Raushon Ershad strongly condemned and protested Monday the indiscriminate killings of innocent Palestinian people, including women and children, by continued Israeli air-strikes and rocket fire on Gaza strip, reports UNB. In a statement, she said: "The global community...
Speakers at a discussion said Monday that secularism does not mean anti-religion, while the state is universal but the religion is personal, reports BSS. They said father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman upheld the core principles of nationalism,...
A court in the city Monday rejected the bail petition of accused Mian Nur Uddin Opu, personal secretary (PS) to BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, in a Tk 210 million bribery case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), reports...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
The government is set to lay optical fiber network in all of its offices at district, upazila and union parishad with a view to spreading internet services to the grassroot level across the country, sources said. According to the sources,...
The education ministry asked Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) to provide it with the details of its recent report that allegedly found corruption centring private universities, reports UNB. In a letter sent to TIB Monday the ministry said specific information was...
NARAYANGANJ, July 14 (BSS): Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) announced today a development-oriented budget of Tk 4.2405 billion for the current fiscal year 2014-15 as against Tk 4.0394 billion in the last fiscal. Mayor Dr Selina Hayat Ivy announced the budget...
Today is the 6th death anniversary of Najah Zayaan, daughter of TV talk-show presenter Zillur Rahman. On the occasion, a milad mahfil and Qurankhwani will be held at her grave at Azimpur graveyard in the city. Relatives and well-wishers have...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at different places until 6:00 pm...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is preparing the new monetary policy statement (MPS) with special focus on some measures for increasing credit flow and spurring local and foreign investment. The new MPS for the first half of the current 2014-15 financial year...
Pope Francis has shown interested in Prof Yunus' concept of social business and his view on the role of selflessness in the economy. Pope Francis consulted Dr Yunus at a special meeting of global thinkers on 'The Global Common Good:...
ATHENS, July 13 (AFP): Dimitris Pikrodimitris took out a mortgage four years ago when he was drawing an annual income of 27,000 euros ($36,720). But the economy quickly sank into a debt crisis, forcing Greeks to tighten their belts and...
The 15-member new executive committee of the BCS Trade Cadre Association was formed at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in the city on Friday, said a media release on Sunday, reports UNB. M Shahidul Haque, Controller, Department of Imports...
Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI) hosted a grand Iftar Mahfil on Saturday in the city, reports UNB. Malaysian High Commissioner in Dhaka Norlin Othman attended the Iftar Mahfil as the chief guest. The programme was attended by representatives...
YORK: The Church of England overcame bitter divisions Monday to vote in favour of allowing female bishops for the first time in its nearly 500-year history. The decision reverses a previous shock rejection in 2012 and comes after intensive diplomacy...
YANGON, July 13 (Xinhua) : France will help the urbanization of Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay, official media reported Sunday. Under an agreement signed between Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) and France's Ministry of Economy, France will provide assistance...
YANGON, July 13 (Xinhua): Myanmar attracted US$176 million in foreign investment last month, thus bringing the nation's total contracted foreign investment to $46.71 billion as of June 2014 since 1988 when Myanmar opened its door to the outside world, local...
NEW DELHI, July 13 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed to Brazil Sunday for a meeting of the BRICS group of emerging powers, hoping to seal the long-discussed deal to open a new development bank. Modi will be the...
LONDON/HONG KONG, July 13 (Reuters): Financiers may grumble that the United States is acting like an imperial power in punishing foreign banks for dealings far beyond US territory, but in the end they are more likely to bow to Washington...
HANOI, July 13 (Gulf News): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has surpassed Germany and Hong Kong to become Vietnam's fifth largest export market. The top four export destinations for Vietnam are the US, China, Japan, and South Korea in that...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
We have had two critical but interesting reports about the quality of education at the primary level in South Asia and also an important assessment about alleged controversial practices pursued by some private universities in Bangladesh. The first was a...
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