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Over 1,500 Bangladesh civil servants to get training in India

Over 1,500 Bangladesh civil services officers are likely to be trained in the next three years in different Indian institutions, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said here today. Interacting with visiting Bangladeshi Minister Begum Ismat Ara Sadique, who had called upon him here, the Minister expressed satisfaction over growth in bilateral relations between the two nations. bd-indiaReferring to traditional ties between India and Bangladesh, Singh said that it was a matter of great satisfaction that in recent times the bilateral relations had grown further at...

Human trafficking increases over 60pc

In a matter of just one year, human trafficking by sea route along the Bangladesh-Myanmar coast has gone up by 61 per cent. Both Bangladeshis as well as Rohingyas are among the persons being trafficked, mostly to Malaysia. This was revealed in last year's annual report of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). According to the report, from July 2013 to June 2014, a total of 53 thousand people went to Malaysia illegally via the Bay of Bengal. The previous year, it had been 33 thousand. The most trafficking was seen to take place between October and January.

Tagore’s birth anniversary today

Rabindranath is not all about his elegant prose and magical poetry. He is part of our everyday life, mundane and spiritual. This mystic is omnipresent, through his verses, in our joy and sorrow, in merriment and mourning. rabindranath-tagore-whatsapp-dpHe is for every day. Yet there is something special the 25th Baishakh. For 154 years ago on this day he made his first mark upon the earth and never ceased to do so as long as he lived. ...

Conservatives set for surprise UK election win

Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives looked on course Friday for a surprise victory in Britain’s general election that could herald more economic austerity and redefine the country’s future in Europe. UK electionExit polls upended pre-election forecasts of a knife-edge contest between the Conservatives and Labour, and also pointed to a landslide for Scottish nationalists that will reopen the question of Scotland breaking away from the United Kingdom. The pound rallied on currency markets as the poll commissioned by Britain’s national b...

India-Bangladesh boundary bill passed

The Lok Sabha today passed the constitution amendment bill to implement the historic land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, completing the stamp of approval by Indian parliament to settle the more than four-decade-old land boundary and exchange of enclaves issues. bd-indiaThe bill was unanimously passed by Rajya Sabha yesterday. The same bill was okayed by Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, around 6:10pm (Indian time). Moving the 119th Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha earlier in the day, which w...

AIBL EC Meeting held

The 486th meeting of Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited was held at the Board Room of the Bank on 7 May, 2015. 20150507_aibl_EC_pressAlhajj Abdus Samad, Chairman of the Committee presided over the meeting. The Meeting reviewed overall business performance of the Bank. Vice Chairman of the Committee Alhajj Abdul Malek Mollah, Members Alhajj Nazmul Ahsan Khaled, Alhajj Hafez Md. Enayet Ullah, Alhajj Engr. Kh. Mesbah Uddin Ahmed, Md. Liakat Ali Chowdhury, Manag...
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