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Workshop on A2i at JU

As the part of the Prime Minister Office’s programme, a workshop on the ‘Access to Information’ (A2i) was held at Senate hall on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus here on Monday. ???????????????????????????????????? Presided over by the JU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Farzana Islam, Assistant Professor of JU Institute of Information and Technology (IIT) Department Shamim Al Mamun delivered welcome speech. Farhad Zahid and Khandaker Shahnur Rahman addressed the function as the A2i specialists. The speakers urged the university teache...

Mega livestock project to change rural lifestyle

The government is going to undertake a project to rear some 5 lakh cows and buffaloes by rural people on cooperatives basis in seven divisions, aiming to meet the country’s growing demand for milk and meat. “A project is being prepared in this regard where the beneficiaries will be provided with cows and buffaloes after training on improved animal husbandry,” said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal told UNB. The Planning Minister said the country’s hilly, river-erosion-prone and char areas will be given preference for implementing this big project by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.

Politics keeps parliamentary bodies ineffective: TIB

Parliamentary standing committees are unable to work effectively as watchdogs due to political influence and conflict of interest among committee members, a new study of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed. The study says that the members of parliamentary committees have business interests in their respective parliamentary bodies and often they use the committees as tool to gain their own interest, UNB news agency reported. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe study, titled ‘Effectiveness of Parliamentary Standing Committees of Bang...

United Airways makes emergency landing in India

A United Airways Bangladesh plane with 173 people on board made an emergency landing at the Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, capital of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh on Friday evening. The plane, which was on its way to Muscat from Dhaka in Bangladesh, developed an engine problem, forcing it United-Airwaysto divert and land at the Raipur airport, an airport official said. “The plane landed at 7pm.” All the necessary arrangements were made before landing. Fire engines and ambulances were stationed near the runway, he added. A tea...

JU Carreer Club gets new body

Jahangirnagar University (JU) Carreer Club (JUCC) has got a 13-member new executive committee with Md. Masud Reza as president and Abu Bakar Siddik Nayeem as general secretary (GS) for the next year. A press release, issued by the JUCC Media Division, has confirmed the news. Another members of the committee are— Vice President Jayanta Krishna Joy (41-Batch), Organizational Secretary Sajib Kumar JUSenapati (41-Batch), Financial Secretary Md. Mehedi Hasan (41-Batch), External Affairs Secretary Rabby Rahman (41-Batch), Executive Member-Event Execution Md. Tofayel Ahm...

Shakib nominated Lenovo brand ambassador

Lenovo , the world’s largest PC maker and an emerging player in Tablets and Smartphones; and Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh’s ace cricketer, formally spoke about strengthening their association at the launch of the cricketer’s first restaurant, Shakib’s, in the city today. At the launch, Shakib shared how Lenovo’s multi-mode YOGA Tablet 2 will be used as a digital menu to enhance the dining experience at his restaurant. Shakib, Lenovo’s brand ambassador in Bangladesh who is statistically the most successful player in the country’s history has emerged as a huge youth- icon. Globally, the Lenovo brand is speaking the language of today’s ‘net-gen’ consumer audience (18-34 year olds) and owing to its large youth population; Bangladesh is a
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