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New pay scale approved

The cabinet today approved new pay scale for public servants with a minimum basic salary of Tk 8,250 and a maximum of Tk 78,000.
  • Effective from July 2015
  • Allowances from 2016
  • 20pc new year bonus include
  • MPO enlisted teachers to get new pay from July 2015
The new pay scale will be effective July 1 this year. [caption id="attachment_19606" align="alignright" width="650"]hasinanew Bangladesh cabinet approves 8th national pay scale on Monday. Photo:PID[/caption] The endorsed pay scale will include new ...

SAWES holds Public-Private Dialogue in city

The South Asia Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium (SAWES), with support from the U.S. Department of State and The Asia Foundation, organized a Public-Private Dialogue on the “State of access to finance by women entrepreneurs” on Monday, September 7, 2015, at The Daily Star Center. The Public Private Dialogue (PPD) was focus on the status of implementation of the Government’s access to finance commitments for women entrepreneurs through two sessions: 1) Government oversight of its financial access commitments for women entrepreneurs; and 2) Enabling environment for female staff and women entrepreneurs in financial institutions.

Migrant crisis could damage ‘idea of Europe’: Germany

A failure to handle the migrant crisis effectively could adversely affect the “idea of Europe”, Germany’s labour minister said on Thursday, calling for a fairer distribution of refugees within the European Union. Speaking at a briefing ahead of the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in the Turkish capital this week, Andrea Nahles warned that Europe had “come to a crossroads”, and that poor handling of the influx of asylum seekers from countries like Syria was fueling rohingya_migrants_1skepticism towards the EU....

Indian anti-cow slaughter stand upsets Eid in BD

Rajnath Singh’s biggest ‘achievement’ as Home Minister is badly straining ties with Bangladesh — a small neighbour which has unquestioningly pandered to India’s every whim and fancy under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina since 2009. [caption id="attachment_19496" align="alignright" width="650"]Rajnath-AFP-new Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. AFP[/caption] Bangladeshis today are angered by skyrocketing beef prices and an acute shortage of sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Zoha on 25 September. Both problems are the direct outcome of Singh’...

Fanaticism on rise in India, Bangladesh: Taslima

Drawing parallels between the cold blooded killings of bloggers in Bangladesh and the murder of M.M. Kalburgi, a writer and rationalist from Karnataka, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin said the incident showed the growing intolerance of religious fanatics in both India and Bangladesh. “Is there no freedom of expression in India? It is supposed to be the largest democratic country and a secular one. In that case, why are rationalists being killed,” asked Nasrin. tasleema nasreenIn an interview to IANS, the exiled author said it seem...

Asia Foundation donates 5,376 books in Jamalpur

The Asia Foundation Bangladesh organized a book donation event on Sunday, August 30, 2015, at Upazila Hall Room, Upazila Complex, Islampur, Jamalpur, to donate approximately 5,376 Bangla and English language books worth approximately 24.5 lakh taka to 32 local schools. Through the event, The Asia Foundation promoted the role of books for developing reading and literacy among students and school teachers of the Jamalpur district. The administration of Islampur Upazila, Jamalpur, has extended their friendly support to organize this event in Jamalpur. This book donation event was a union of young readers, students, teachers,
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