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India’s permanent UNSC seat unacceptable: Sharif to Obama

India’s permanent membership in the reformed UN Security Council (UNSC) is unacceptable to Pakistan as it has not complied with UN resolutions on Kashmir, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told U.S. President Barack Obama. [caption id="attachment_13024" align="alignleft" width="300"]IN24_OBAMA_US_PAKI_1628997f Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with U.S. President Barack Obama. AP File photo[/caption] Mr. Obama called Mr. Sharif on Thursday night and both leaders discussed issues of mutual interest and those rel...

Insecurity increases in Rohingya camps

Bangladesh’s announcement that it will move two camps housing some 30,000 officially documented Rohingya refugees has heightened anxieties among the Muslim minority, who fled persecution in neighbouring Myanmar. Observers applaud the possibility of improving camp conditions, but are concerned the move could also increase insecurity. rohinga333On 6 November, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a meeting with the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, said the camps would be moved to a “better location”, which was later described by her pres...

PBL Dhaka North Region Branch Managers’ Confce held

The 1st conference- 2015 of Dhaka North Region Branch Managers of Pubali Bank Limited held in the city recently. Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Managing Director (Current Charge) of Pubali Bank Limited was present as Chief Guest. Deputy Managing Director of the Bank Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury was present as Special Guest. GM and RM of Dhaka North Region Dewan Jamil Masud presided over the conference. 1st conf Dhaka North 2015In his speech Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury emphasized on expansion of foreign rem...

$ 256.78m in remittance from Feb 1-6

The country received $256.78 million in remittance during the first six days of the current month of February. Bangladesh Bank statistics show the four state-owned commercial banks—Agrani, Janata, Rupali and Sonali—received $92.65 million from the expatriate Bangladeshis while four state-owned specialized banks received $4.32 million. remmitanceThe maximum remittance came through the private commercial banks who received $164.69 million while the 9 foreign banks received only $4.33 million. Among the private commercial banks, Islami B...

Smartphone health apps quite accurate

You can trust your smartphone app to track your physical activity, says a new study. Although wearable devices have received significant attention for their ability to track an individual’s physical activity, most smartphone applications are just as accurate, according to the study. Smartphone-Expo-140403-13“In this study, we wanted to address one of the challenges with using wearable devices: they must be accurate. After all, if a device is going to be effective at monitoring—and potentially changing—behav...

RMG needs ICT support: BGMEA

The readymade garment industry needs support in information and communications technology (ICT) in order to make its vision of reaching US$ 50 billion-mark in exports by 2021, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA). bgmeaParticipating in a seminar on ‘ICT for better manageability in Private Sector’, held at Bangabandhu International Centre in Dhaka, BGMEA president Md Atiqul Islam said that about 40,000 people are currently employed in information technology (IT) department in the garment sector of Bangl...
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