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Cabinet clears draft Accreditation Council Law

The cabinet today gave the final approval to the draft of “The Accreditation Council Law, 2016” aiming to ensure quality of higher education, particularly the university education, in Bangladesh. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. 2016-10-10_bss-13_619922After the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed reporters. He said the approval of the draft law was giv...

AIBL patronizes research for livestock development

Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL) has donated Tk.1 (One) lac to Abu Sayeed Shakhawat Hossain, of Bangladesh Agriculture University, Mymensingh to carry-on his research works for developing food, milk and other improvements of cattle. 20161010_aibl_csr_agriuni_pressIn this connection, Managing Director Md. Habibur Rahman handed over a cheque to PHD student Abu Sayeed Shakhwat on 10 October 2016 under the Banks CSR program. Among others Deputy Managing Directors Kazi Towhid...

Information Olympiad at Sonargaon Sinha School

To mark the International Information Day’ 2016, the Regional Reporting Society (the RRS) has organized an Information Olympiad at Sinha Higher Secondary School of  Sonargaon Upazilla in Nrayanganj recently. Chief Information Commissioner of Bangladesh Prof Dr Md. Golam Rahman was the chief guest at the certificate distribution ceremony held on last Thursday. Principal of the College Md. Abdur Rahman presided over the function while Central Coordinator of Sujan, Dilip Kumar [caption id="attachment_24455" align="alignleft" width="540"]Jpeg The ...

US sanctions on Myanmar lifted

President Barack Obama formally announced the lifting of US sanctions on Myanmar on Friday by terminating an emergency order that deemed the policies of the former military government a threat to US national security. "I have determined that the situation that gave rise to the national emergency ... has been significantly altered by Burma's (Myanmar's) substantial advances to promote democracy, including historic elections in November 2015," Obama said in a letter to the US House and Senate speakers. A US treasury statement said that as a result of the termination of the emergency order the

EU ambassador’s words of caution

The European Union (EU) is one of Bangladesh’s largest trade and development partners. In fact, 50 percent of the country’s exports go to the EU. And so there is all reason to take into cognizance EU ambassador Pierre Mayaudon’s concern about Bangladesh’s lack of preparation to become a GSP Plus member. There are differences among economists as to the definition of a mid-income country. According to the World Bank, there are two types of mid-income countries, that is, lower mid-income and higher mid-income. There is no such thing as a mid-income country. Yet the

Jamuna Bank opens branch at Hajigonj

Jamuna Bank opened its 104th HAJIGONJ BRANCH at Hajigonj, Chandpur on October 04, 2016. Al-Haj Nur Mohammed, Chairman, Executive Committee, Jamuna Bank Limited & Chairman, 104th-hajigonjJamuna Bank Foundation inaugurated the Branch as the Chief Guest. Managing Director & CEO Shafiqul Alam presided over the opening ceremony. A. K. M. Saifuddin Ahamed, Deputy Managing Director of Jamuna Bank Limited was present as Special Guest on the occasion. Besides, Local elites of Hajig...
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