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ICCB team off to Delhi to join ICC meetings

ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman, Vice President Latifur Rahman and Secretary General Ataur Rahman left Dhaka for Delhi (today) to attend 8th ICC Asia Pacific Regional Consultative Group Meeting to be held in New Delhi on 16 September. ICC Bangladesh Vice President Latifur Rahman will also attend ICC Executive Board Meeting as its Member. They will also attend India Economic Convention jointly organized by ICC and ICCB-300India Foundation in New Delhi on 17 September. ICC Bangladesh Executive Board Member Kutubuddin Ahmed, BGMEA President Atiqu...

Highest UN accolade to PM for climate initiatives

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was announced as one of the winners of the Champions of the Earth award in the Policy Leadership category, in recognition of Bangladesh’s far-reaching initiatives to address climate change. Hasina will accept the award at a ceremony in New York on 27 September 2015. With a population of more than 159 million, Bangladesh is one of the world’s most populated countries. It is also one of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Cyclones, Hasina1floods and droughts have long been part of the country’s history, but t...

JU student beaten up for derogatory remarks to PM

Leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit beat up a Jatiyatabati Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader in front of Social Science Building in the reason of derogatory remarks on facebook to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. The injured was identified as Md. Israfil Chowdhury Shohel, a student of Economics Department and also joint secretary of JU Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hall JCD unit. ju photo1The injured was rushed to the university medical centre for primary treatment and following sent to the Enam Medical ...

US-BD Security Dialogue ends

The fourth annual US-Bangladesh Dialogue on Security Issues was held at Washington, DC recently with US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Todd Chapman and Ambassador Mizanur Rahman, Secretary (Bilateral & Consular) on the chair. bd-us-flag1The dialogue reflects the growing defense relationship with Bangladesh, and our shared commitment to peace and prosperity in the region, says a press release. The discussions touched on a broad range of topics, including strategic priorities and regional issues,...

RMG safety improving

National Retail Federation executives returning today from a visit to Bangladesh said a report issued by the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety reflects improvements in garment worker safety they saw during tours of factories and other facilities. “The Alliance is doing important work to ensure the safety of Bangladeshi workers who make clothing worn by millions of Americans and other consumers around the world,” NRF Senior ranaplazaVice President for Government Relations David French said. “We saw first-hand in the past few days that significant...

Bangladesh to sign security deal with Burma

Burma has agreed to sign two bilateral agreements with Bangladesh to enhance security cooperation with particular emphasis on border security, officials of the Bangladesh foreign ministry said on 2 September. bd-myanmarA Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry spokesman said: “Two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on Security Dialogue and Cooperation; and Land Border Cooperation are ready to be signed by the two neighbors.” According to Bangladeshi officials the Bangladesh side also put a proposal forward to Burma that the two countries sign a ‘Framewor...
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