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UNR students head for med study in Bangladesh

Reno-based medical students are studying disease in Bangladesh and bringing the knowledge home, thanks to a Reno nonprofit. DuWell Medical will announce more programs at its Monday fundraiser, Curry for Kids. The nonprofit, started by Reno's Kowsar Khan, sends students from University of Nevada, Reno to DuWell's Bangladesh clinic. DuWell also hopes to create five local jobs next year, including paid interns. Its first intern, Kyle Hills, is working now. medThe UNR students will leave just after Christmas this year, spending their winter break dis...

First-ever grassroots-level graft hearing at Muktagacha Dec 28-29

As part of its graft prevention activities, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for the first time is going to hold public hearings on graft allegations at Muktagacha upazila in Mymensingh, aiming to making public servants accountable to people and thus check the growing graft at the grassroots level. “We (Commission) have already decided to hold public hearings for two days at Muktagacha upazila. All are set to hold the hearings on December 28-29 next,” ACC commissioner Dr Nasiruddin Ahmed told UNB. accAs per complaints from local people, hearings...

Japan’s Kobe restaurant forays into Bangladesh    

Japanese company Shishikura Ltd is set to open a restaurant in Dhaka with its speciality, Kobe beef, on December 15, a top official said. Called Kobe Steak and Seafood, the restaurant will be located in Banani, said Koki Mizutani, managing director of Leo Global Ltd, a locally formed company that will run the business here. Bangladesh is the first country where Shishikura is opening a branch outside Japan, Mizutani told The Daily Star on Tuesday. kobe Shishikura is a 230-year-old family business operating in restaurants, convenient retail stores and supe...

November remittances up 10pc year-on-year    

Money sent home by Bangladeshis working overseas in November rose 10 percent from a year earlier to $1.17 billion, the central bank said on Tuesday. In July-November, the first five months of the 2014-15 financial year, Bangladesh received $6.19 billion in remittances, up 11 percent from the same period of previous year. Remittances from its millions of citizens abroad are critical for the South Asian nation of 160 million people. remittanceThe inflows are a key source of foreign exchange, alongside garment exports, which account for...

Bangladesh 14th most corrupt country in world

Corruption rose in Bangladesh with the country sliding two notches to rank the 14th most corrupt country in the world, according to this year’s Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International. The country scored 25 points out of 100, two points less than last year’s, shows the index released globally by the Berlin-based graft watchdog yesterday. TI Bangladesh shared the findings of the global survey at a crowded press conference at Jatiya Press Club in the capital. tibIn South Asia, Bangladesh remains the second most corrupt country a...

Mamata agrees with Delhi on Indo-Bangla enclave swap

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) government of West Bengal has decided to withdraw its objection to the long-pending land-swap deal between India and Bangladesh. Chief Secretary Sanjay Mitra informed the Indian Union Home Ministry last week that the state government wants to settle the enclave issue which is being dragged for over six decades now, reports Kolkata-based daily Anandabazaar Patrika on Wednesday. MamataHowever, the state government wants the Indian central government to take up the issue of developing the land area that will be added t...
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