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Teachers’ honour above everything: PM

Prime minister Sheikh HasinaPrime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday showered praises on teachers saying their dignity is above everything as there is no way to compare teachers with others. "Respected teachers are the conscience of society, the honour of teachers are always above everything...there's no way to compare them with others...teachers are always teachers," she said, reports UNB. Hasina1The premier said this while addressing the prime minister gold medal award distribution ceremony at her office. University grants commission (UGC) organ...

72,000 Dhaka buildings at earthquake risk

Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Md Shah Kamal came up with the figure on Monday at a press briefing at the Secretariat following a strong earthquake that jolted the capital and other parts of the country at dawn. Addressing the press briefing, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said the government has opened a control room to face possible earthquake risks which will remain open until further notice. dhakaBesides, another control room was opened earlier at the Department of Disaster Management and all the cont...

KSA urges more maids from Bangladesh

On a request made by the Saudi government, Bangladesh will increase the number of housemaids coming to the Kingdom from Dhaka. The announcement of the new development was made on Thursday following the bilateral talks held here between Minister of Labor Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani and visiting Bangladesh Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Nurul Islam at the Labor Ministry headquarters. BD_KSADuring the meeting, Bangladesh Ambassador Golam Moshi was also present. Speaking to Arab News, Ambassador Moshi said it was a successful ...

Fire sweeps slums in city

A raging fire in Bangladesh capital Dhaka destroyed a slum on Wednesday. However, there was no loss of life, fire official said. fire-logo-plain-jpgA fire fighting squad managed to put off the blaze after two-hour-long hectic efforts. The fire was first noticed around 1.30 a.m. (local time) in one of the shanties. It destroyed around 35 shanties in the Dhaka slum, Xinhua quoted a fire official as saying. Every year fires leave thousands of people homeless in Dhaka. In 2008, a big fire engulfed around 2,000 houses in a slum ar...

More higher-skilled jobs top priority for Bangladesh

World Bank (WB) Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Kaushik Basu said here Sunday creating more higher-skilled jobs was a top priority for Bangladesh. The chief economist also commended the country's remarkable development progress. Basu made his observations while meeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He praised Bangladesh's efforts to create more and better jobs, a prerequisite for reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Since 2003, the country has been able to create 14 million higher-value jobs and bring more women into the workforce, which has lifted millions of people out of

80pc garment factories safe

More than 80 percent of Bangladesh’s garment factories supplying global retailers have been found to be safe, the government said on Monday, citing improvements made after a deadly 2013 accident. Syed Ahmed, the inspector general of factories, said 1,475 garment factories had been assessed as part of a government initiative supported by the International Labour Organization, Canada, the Netherlands and United Kingdom. rmgbdSome 81 percent were found to adhere to building codes, as well as fire and electrical safety standards, he said. Among the other f...
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