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ICC, B team at China-South Asia Business Forum

ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman, Vice President Mrs. Rokia A. Rahman and Former DCCI President & ICC Bangladesh Member Asif Ibrahim left Dhaka for Kungming (today) to attend the 10th China-South Asia Business Forum held during 10-13 June. iccb prsidentICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman has been invited by the Vice Governor of Yunnan Province People's Republic of China to deliver a speech as a VIP Guest on June 12 on “Promote the Construction of Silk Road Economic Belt : accelerate the pace of business cooperation.” ICC B...

World Bank FSSP to improve financial market infrastructure

The World Bank approved a total of $476 million for two projects in Bangladesh to develop a strong financial sector and to improve agricultural productivity for one million poor farmers. The projects approved by the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors are $300 million for the Financial Sector Support Project (FSSP) and $176.06 million for the Second National Agricultural Technology Program. “These two projects will support Bangladesh to reach middle-income status by strengthening the financial sector and ensuring greater food security. These, in turn will create more and wb

Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq made army chief

The government has appointed Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division (AFD) Lieutenant General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq new Army Chief. New Army ChiefContacted, director of the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) Shaheenul Islam on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of the new army chief. Shafiul Huq will replace General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan as he retires on June 25. Iqbal Karim was appointed the Army Chief on June 7, 2012 and he took over the charge on June 25. Earlier on June 4, the government ...

JU teacher receives Bangabandhu Award

Prof Monirul Hasan Khan of Zoology Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has received ‘Bangabandhu Award in conservation of wildlife-2015’ from Ministry of Environment and Forest for his outstanding success. Prof Dr Monirul (2)The Environment and forest ministry will hand over the award soon. Earlier, on June 1, the government declared Dr Prof Monirul Hasan Khan’s name in a gazette notification as an awardee for 2015. Meanwhile, JU vice-chancellor Prof Farzana Islam congratulated Dr Monir for his achievement. Dr M...

Saudi rejects increasing Haj quota

bd-ksaSaudi Arabia has rejected Bangladesh’s proposal to increase the quota of Haj pilgrims, authorities said on Tuesday. Bangladesh's religious affairs ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that it was "continuing" its efforts to increase the quota fixed by the Saudi government last year, bdnews24.com reported. A total of 101,758 pilgrims from Bangladesh will be able to perform Haj this year. But online applications of aspirants exceeded the quota by around 30,000. So, Dhaka had written to Riyadh to accommodate 25,000 more pilgrims. The ministry...

CID officials undergo training in Gujarat

A team of six top officials of Bangladesh CID, a specialised wing of police, are undertaking a 15-day long training programme at the Gujarat Forensic Science University (GFSU) in Gandhinagar near here. “Six top officials of Bangladesh CID have embarked on a 15-day long training programme at GFSU two days back,” M S Dahiya, Director of Institute of Forensic Science at the university, told PTI. Thai policeAll those six officials are from different branches like chemistry, physics, narco-analysis, crime scene analysis, finger-print docum...
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