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Promoting Vietnam- Bangladesh friendship

President Md. Abdul Hamid arrived in Hanoi on Monday, beginning his State visit to Vietnam from August 9-13 at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang. The visit, being made at a time when the bilateral relations are on fine development, aims at consolidating and promoting the traditional friendship and multifaceted co-operation between Vietnam and Bangladesh. [caption id="attachment_18821" align="alignright" width="648"]President Vietnam Bangladeshi President Md. Abdul Hamid and his spouse are warmly welcomed in Hanoi.[/caption] Viet...

Politics keeps parliamentary bodies ineffective: TIB

Parliamentary standing committees are unable to work effectively as watchdogs due to political influence and conflict of interest among committee members, a new study of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed. The study says that the members of parliamentary committees have business interests in their respective parliamentary bodies and often they use the committees as tool to gain their own interest, UNB news agency reported. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe study, titled ‘Effectiveness of Parliamentary Standing Committees of Bang...

JU student held for derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu, PM

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) handed over a student to the Ashulia Police on Wednesday for making derogatory remarks on the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on facebook. shamsul alomUniversity security officer Zefrul Hassan Chowdhury said, after getting allegation from JU BCL leaderas and activists, we handed over him (Babu) to the Ashulia Police Station’. The accused was identified as Shamsul Alam Babu, a final year student of Government and Politics Department and a residential student ...

Bangladeshi enclaves in India get ready to celebrate

Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India. [caption id="attachment_18594" align="alignright" width="450"]enclave1-450x337 Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India.[/caption] More than 14,000 residents of 51 enclaves are eagerly waiting for August 1 when they can hoist a flag of a country they can c...

Kolkata company to build Bhairab bridge

In August, a barge will start from Kolkata with a special consignment for Bangladesh. It will be a 102.4-metre span of the second Bhairab railway bridge across River Meghna. Eight more spans will follow and the bridge will be completed within the first half of 2016. This double-line bridge, being constructed by India as part of the $1 billion line of credit to Bangladesh, will be an important link in the Dhaka-Chittagong rail route. “The company has also been selected for a project in Sri Lanka. The Bhairab rail bridge will connect Ashuganj in Brahmanbaria, close to Bangladesh’s border with Tripura, and Bhairab

PSC chief calls on Indian minister

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Ekram Ahmed today met Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh here and discussed the working of UPSC which conducts prestigious civil services examination to select IAS and IPS officers. Ahmed, who is currently on a visit to India, discussed a wide range of issues related to the bd-indiafunctioning of the UPSC and that of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) with the Singh, a press release issued by the government said. Giving an overall resume about the functioning of DoPT and t...
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