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Person of the Year at British Bangladeshi event

Judge Khatun Sapnara, who sits in Canary Wharf’s new family court in Westferry Circus, has been named the “Person of the Year” as the British Bangladeshi Power And Inspiration “100 lists” was unveiled at One Canada Square on Tuesday. JudgeFormer Foreign Secretary William Hague announced the first ever winner of the category - “the first person of British Bangladeshi origin in a senior judicial position”. The British Bangladeshi Power & Inspiration 2015 celebrated the success of 100 British Bangladeshi across 20 categories. Other guests at...

‘Ballot-rigging risk’ in Pak, BD communities

British Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities are vulnerable to ballot-rigging and electoral fraud because of a lack of campaigning activity by mainstream political parties, the official watchdog has warned. ballotResearch published by the Electoral Commission said the political “void” in such communities was being filled by “ethnic kinship networks” which undermined the principle of free choice for voters. It found that social pressure on community members ranged from respect for the decisions of elders at its mildest to the exercise of “undu...

Bangladesh becomes 60th GPE partner

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) says its "developing country partners" are making progress in reaching the millions of children around the world who are not going to school. educationThe GPE released the Results For Learning Report 2014/15 as it announced Bangladesh has become its 60th developing country partner - which makes it eligible for a grant of up to $100million over three years. Bangladesh is aiming to make its pre-primary and primary school system more efficient and inclusive. Mostafizur Rahman, the country’s Ministe...

Tea prices up on thin supplies amid unrest

Tea prices in Bangladesh rose at a weekly auction on Tuesday, ending two weeks of falls, due to a drop in volumes as renewed political unrest disrupted supplies. Bangladesh has been racked by political violence since anti-government protests turned violent on Jan. 5, the first anniversary of a disputed election. teaAt least 38 people have died and scores have been injured, most of them in firebomb attacks, amid a violent nationwide transport blockade by the main opposition party. Tea volumes are down this week as political violence and transport bl...

Phl-Bangladesh Business Council launched

The Philippine-Bangladesh Business Council was launched last Jan. 21 in Manila through the initiative of Bangladesh Ambassador John Gomes (3rd from left front). The event was witnessed by the Philippine Ambassador to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio Bandillo (2nd from left front), Miguel Varela, PCCI chairman (4th from left front), Rashed Maksud Khan, president of Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber phl-banglades-business-council-16of Commerce and Industry (BPCCI) (center f...

Airtel workshop on Young Leader Program

Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing mobile operator of the country, has been conducting workshops on their flagship management trainee program titled ‘Young Leader Program’ in leading educational institutions. Noor Mohammad, Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) and Tahseen Zakaria, Head-Talent Acquisition of Airtel Bangladesh Limited are conducting the airtel11workshops. Students are getting fist hand experience to meet Airtel HRto understand and explore employability in the country’s rewarding telecom industry along with the dynamism th...
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