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Bangladesh labor leader arrested in USA

Kalpona Akter, one of the best-known labor leaders in Bangladesh, has visited 16 American college campuses over the past three weeks, urging students to press two major retailers – The Children’s Place and Benetton – to contribute millions of dollars to help the families of those who died in the Rana Plaza factory building collapse. [caption id="attachment_13905" align="alignleft" width="300"]Kalpona Akter Kalpona Akter was arrested in New Jersey. Photograph: Guardian[/caption] Akter, joined by Mahinur Begum, an 18-year-old survivo...

DFID Secretary Lowcock in city

The UK permanent secretary for the Department for International Development (DFID), Mark Lowcock, has arrived in Dhaka on Sunday, to check the progress of UK aid’s contribution to growth and poverty reduction in order to help the people of Bangladesh. DFID-Perm-SecThis is Mark Lowcock’s second visit to Bangladesh with the last time being in 2011. During his stay Mark will meet a variety of people which includes senior government officials, partners, beneficiaries, youth leaders and members of the international and business commun...

Money supply in January rises

Broad money supply in January rose nearly 13 percent to 7,385.26 billion taka ($94.93 billion) from a year earlier, but was down 27.22 billion Taka from the previous call moneymonth, the central bank said on Sunday.         Below is the table of broad money supply: Jan. 2015     Dec. 2014   Jan. 2014 (bl taka)        (bl taka)      (bl taka)                        Broad supply   7,385.26    7,412.48     6,537.65                                                 ($1 = 77.80 taka)  

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Govt seeking police ‘black sheep’ on duty when Avijit was killed

A government adviser on Saturday asked the chief of Bangladesh police to identify the officers who failed to act when Avijit Roy, an atheist American blogger, was attacked and killed last month in Dhaka. avijit roy shrine“Identify the black sheep among the force and bring them under law and justice to uphold your image,” said HT Imam, political adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Imam directed the remarks to Shahidul Hoque, the inspector general of Bangladesh police, while addressing a meeting at Dhaka University on ...

AIBL Audit Committee Meet held

The 145th meeting of Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited was held at the Board Room of the Bank recently. 20150315_aibl_AUDIT_pressAlhajj Abdus Salam, Vice Chairman of the Committee presided over the meeting. The meeting reviewed overall business performance of the Bank. Members of the Committee Alhajj Md. Harun-Ar-Rashid Khan, Alhajj Niaz Ahmed, Managing Director Md. Habibur Rahman, Company Secretary Md. Mofazzal Hossain and Deputy Managing Director Muham...

Primary scholarships announced

Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman announced the list of scholarship recipients at a press conference at his ministry’s conference room in the secretariat this afternoon.A total of 54,481 students got scholarships in the primary terminal examinations 2014. primary examsThe scholarships were given in two categories—talent pool and general—on the basis of highest marks in the examinations held in November last year. Of the total scholarships, 21,983 students were selected for talent pool scholarships while 32,498...
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