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Cabinet endorses partisan local govt polls

The Cabinet on Monday approved drafts seeking amendments to four laws and framing of an ordinance, aiming at holding local government elections on partisan basis, through party nomination and symbol. The decision, subject to the vetting of the law ministry, was taken at the regular weekly meeting gov1of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. With such proposed amendments to the laws, the nominated candidates of different political parties registered with the Election Commission or independent candidates wi...

HTC releases six smartphones in BD market debut

Taiwan’s HTC has entered the Bangladesh market for the first time, launching a flagship smartphone and five mid-tier Desire models in a country where local brands hold the biggest market share. The six HTC phones, namely the One M8 Eye, Desire 820s, Desire 626G+, Desire 620G, Desire 526G+ and Desire 326G, will become available in the South Asian nation this week via HTC’s HTCnew distributor Next Nine Corp (NXT9). The prices of the phones range from 11,490-38,990 Bangladesh taka (US$148-$503). “We are pleased to launch our smartphones in the Bangladesh mark...

Scottish-US Deaton wins Nobel Economics Prize

British-born US professor Angus Deaton won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for his work on consumption, poverty and welfare, the jury said. “By emphasising the links between individual consumption decisions and outcomes for the whole economy, his work has helped transform modern microeconomics, macroeconomics and development economics,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. “To design economic policy that promotes welfare and reduces poverty, we must first Dettonunderstand individual consumption choices. More than anyone else, Angus Deaton has...

Robi offers multiplies what subscribers pay

Telecom operator Robi has initiated a new offer for its customer dubbed as 'Booster Offer'. Under this offer, Robi customers will get up to 4 times the value of what they pay. To get this offer, customers have to first migrate to a special package by dialing *8999*4#. Following migration to this package, they would need to either recharge Tk 24 or Tk 44 to enjoy the booster offer. Robi Booster CampaignThe recharged amount does not go into main account. Rather it goes into a separate account as booster value. Booster value a...

PBL 2nd Regional Managers’ Confce held in Sylhet

The 2nd Managers’ Conference- 2015 of Sylhet East and West Regions of Pubali Bank Limited held recently. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, Chairman, Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited was present as Chief Guest. [caption id="attachment_20268" align="alignleft" width="546"]2nd conf Sylhet East-West 2015 The 2nd Managers’ Conference- 2015 of Sylhet East and West Regions of Pubali Bank Limited held recently. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, Chairman, Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited was present as Chief Guest.[/captio...

6-day Book Fair by Prothoma at JU

A 6-day long Book Fair by Prothoma Publication, in association with Anandan, a cultural organization, launched at the Jaheer Raihan Auditorium of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Saturday. At the opening session, around at 3.00 pm, Prof AKM Shahnewaj and Sufi Mustefijur Rahman of DSC01513Archaeology Department, Associate Professor Raihan Rayne of Philosophy Department and Associate Professor of Mohammad Golam Rabbani were present as the special guests at the fair. Speakers said in the inaugural ceremony, "The book is the source of our comfort and in...
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