67pc girls get married before 18: Study
About 67 per cent of girls in the country get married before the age of 18, said a research on ‘Child Marriage and its implications’.
The information came out at a discussion at Nawab Nabab Ali Chowdhury Senate House Conference Hall at Dhaka University (DU).
The Department of Population Sciences of DU and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly conducted the study with the support of Department for International Development (DID).
The study said, in households where fathers have higher secondary and above education, the
Contract for Payra 1320-MW coal-fired plant tomorrow
The government will sign an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract tomorrow for installing the 1320-MW Payra coal-fired power plant in Patuakhali.
“The Payra coal-fired power plant would generate 1320 MW electricity from 2019,” Director General of Power Cell Mohammad Hossain told BSS here today.
He said the Bangladesh-China Power Company (Pvt) Limited (BCPCL), a joint venture firm of 
Chinese Power Company (CMC), and the state-owned North-West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL) would sign the EPC co...
Chinese Power Company (CMC), and the state-owned North-West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL) would sign the EPC co...
1st direct container vessel form India to Bangladesh
Krishnapatnam Port, India’s largest all-weather; deep water port on the east-coast earmarked a historical moment for India's bilateral trade and commerce as the first direct container vessel, part of coastal shipping agreement to facilitate trade between India and Bangladesh, set sail from the port on 28th March 2016.
The trade agreements which were signed during the reign of the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974 were revived back after a period of four decades during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka last year.
MV Harbour-1 owned by Neepa Paribahan and built by Western Marine Shipyard is the first 
University degrees for garment workers
When Rubina Yeasmin was 13, her father died of a heart attack. Her mother scraped together the money to keep her in school but finances became increasingly tight. “My uncle said I must leave school and get married.”
She grew up in Topshe village in Dinajpur district, in northern Bangladesh. According to a Unicef report (pdf) published last year, 65% of girls in Bangladesh are married before the age of 18, and 29% before they are 15. For poor families, early marriage can ease financial pressure as it means one less mouth to feed. It can also negate the need for girls to be educated.
Yeasmin refused to marry and fought to be allowed to complete her education. Her family gave ![]()
Robi brings spl offer with Pizza Inn
Robi high value customers under Dhonnobad programme can now enjoy special offers from Pizza Inn while satiating themselves with the delicious cheesy pizza. In this regard, an agreement was signed between Robi and Pizza Inn recently.
Robi’s General Manager, Loyalty & Win-back, Tawfique Imam and Pizza Inn’s Managing 
Director, Engn. Sayed Ahmed signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at the Pizza Inn outlet at Gulshan. This exclusive agreement all...
Director, Engn. Sayed Ahmed signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at the Pizza Inn outlet at Gulshan. This exclusive agreement all...
Governor seeks overseas coop to recover heist money
Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir has sought cooperation from overseas by sending letters to recover the heist money of about $81 million from Bangladesh Bank (BB) account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
BB executive director and spokesperson Subhankar Saha told journalists that the governor has 
recently sent letters to Bangladesh permanent representative of United Nations, President of the Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System and Philippine's central bank governor and chief of anti money...
recently sent letters to Bangladesh permanent representative of United Nations, President of the Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System and Philippine's central bank governor and chief of anti money...
