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Generous donation to 26 Christian churches

The Christian Religious Welfare Trust gives US$ 27,500 to finance pastoral works and church renovation. The fund’s goal is to contribute to national development by encouraging solidarity and brotherhood among people of different religions. church donateThe donation is “big deal for us,” says a Catholic priest in a country where Christians are only 0.4 per cent of the population. The Christian Religious Welfare Trust donated 2.1 million taka (US$ 27,500) for pastoral work and renovation to 26 Christian churches in Bangladesh. M...

Dhaka Bank mourns death of its DMD

Dhaka Bank family deeply mourns the sad demise of Mr. Neaz Mohammad Khan, Deputy Managing Director of Dhaka Bank Limited. Neaz Mohammad KhanHe breathed his last at Square Hospital, Dhaka on December 7, 2014 at the age of 57 (Inna Lillah he wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun) (Truly, to Allah we belong, Truly, To him we shall return). He is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of well wishers. Mr. Neaz was born in May 21, 1957 at Munshiganj. He was the fifth child of Late Atiqur Rahman Khan and Late Noorjahan Begum. ...

Bangladeshi student raped in India

A Bangladeshi girl studying here was allegedly raped by her local guardian, who has been arrested by the police.  Birbhum Police Superintendent Alok Rajoria said today that the man, who had allegedly raped the girl, was himself from Bangladesh. rapeThe girl in her complaint to the police said that she was being blackmailed by the man, who had taken her photographs. The man was arrested from here last night on the basis of the complaint lodged at Bolpur Police Station by the student yesterday, he said. The girl was a residential student, while th...

India proposes another bus service to Bangladesh  

Aiming to strengthen people-to-people contact between India and Bangladesh, the central government on Saturday said it plans to introduce regular passenger bus service to Dhaka from Assam’s Guwahati via Meghalaya’s Shillong. This will be in addition to two passenger bus services to Dhaka, already operating from Kolkata in West Bengal and Agartala in Tripura. “Government plans to introduce regular passenger bus services to Dhaka from Guwahati in Assam via Shillong in Meghalaya,” an official statement said here. bd-indiaTo study and finalise the rout...

Police under political control now: Akbar Ali

Stating that the police have completely gone under political control, former caretaker government adviser Akbar Ali Khan today said the situation will worsen if a commission is not formed and the concerned law is not amended in this regard. akbar ali KhanHe was speaking at a programme marking seven years of the judiciary’s separation held at Jatiya Press Club. Earlier last month, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman said the chain of command of police administration has broken down, resulting in slide i...

Cotton Assoc visits Bangladesh

As part of its strategy to represent all sectors of the global supply chain, ICA Cotton Association made a return trip to Bangladesh last month to meet with key stake holders from the Bangladesh spinning and textile community, BTMA and BCA. cotton-bollICA President, Jordan Lea led the delegation - accompanied by Jean-Marc Derossis, ICA First Vice President; Kai Hughes, ICA Managing Director and John Gibson, ICA Head of Arbitration - to deliver two presentations in Dhaka's Radisson Blu and to attend a networking reception in the city to m...
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