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IT training for 30,000 youths from Saturday

The government will formally launch a training programme on Saturday, aiming to develop 30,000 IT professionals for the IT and ITES sectors within the next three years. ecommerceMinisters, vice chancellors, academicians, bureaucrats and IT industry leaders will be present at the launching ceremony to be held at Sonargaon hotel. “The government has appointed a reputed international firm (EY) to ensure quality training to meet the demand of skilled manpower for the IT industry and boost the country’s ICT export,” said State Minister for IC...

Birangonas to be listed as freedom fighters

The parliament today passed a proposal to include Birangonas in the list of freedom fighters. bd-parliament1par Monirul Islam, lawmaker from Jessore-2 constituency placed the proposal before the House which passed it through voice votes. The parliament however rejected another lawmaker's proposal to rename Birangona as Birkonya. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq told the House that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave the name 'Birangona' so it would not be wise to rename it. Replyin...

Dozens missing after Bangladesh boat sinks

An overloaded fishing boat carrying migrants to Malaysia sank in strong currents off the coast of Bangladesh on Thursday and 24 passengers are missing, police said. boat capsizeEmergency workers rescued 32 Bangladeshis in the Bay of Bengal after the boat capsized some 2.5km offshore, but others are still unaccounted for, police said. “Around two dozen people are still missing. The coast guard and police are continuing their rescue operation,” local police chief Masud Alam said. “The rescued passengers told us that the boat had u...

Robi, Spice Digital deal signed

Robi Axiata Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spice Digital Bangladesh Limited to introduce various digital services for Robi subscribers in future. Mou signingSupun Weerasinghe, Managing Director & CEO of Robi Axiata Limited and Lokesh Gupta, Chief Operating Officer of Spice Digital India Limited signed the MoU on behalf of their respective companies. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer and Mohammad Manzur Rahman, Head of Digital Services from Robi Axiata Limited & Rezwanul Haque Jami, Count...

New monetary policy for 15.5pc private credit growth

Bangladesh Bank has announced the monetary policy for the first half of 2015 with the “cautiously restrained” monetary policy stance of the latter half of 2014. Bangladesh BankPrivate sector credit will have space for 15.5 percent growth, a substancially higher level than that of the 12.7 percent November 2014 level, BB governor Atiur Rahman said while unveiling the new monetary policy today at a press conference in Dhaka. “There are no new loosening or tightening in the new monetary policy. The cautiously restrained policy wi...

Lack of justice fuels serious rights violations: HRW

Bangladesh government failed to prosecute security forces for serious abuses including killings, disappearances, and arbitrary arrests, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2015 released today. HRW“Government forces committed serious abuses both leading up to and after the January 2014 general election, while opposition parties engaged in violent and indiscriminate attacks to impose economic blockades and to enforce a boycott of the January polls,” it said. In spite of well-documented evidence, the government took no steps to ensure accountability for a...
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