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Bangladesh visa counter in Assam soon

After the trial run of the Guwahati-Dhaka bus service, the Bangladesh high commission in India will be setting up a visa felicitation counter at Guwahati in Assam. bd-indiaDisclosing that the joint delegation of India and Bangladesh, which travelled from Guwahati to Dhaka, has given its clearance for the formal launching of the bus service, authoritative security sources told this newspaper that the delegation in its report has stressed the need of improvement of road condition on some patches between Shillong and Dawki as well as Dawki and Sylhet in Ban...

Huntkey Group makes inroads into Bangladesh market

Huntkey Enterprise Group makes inroads into market in Bangladesh. Huntkey Enterprise Group, a global professional power supply provider, today announced it has started a cooperation with Global Brand Pvt.Ltd., to explore the mainstream markets in Bangladesh. hunckeyWith more than 8,000 technical employees, and its own center lab covers 2,000 square meters, Huntkey Product Line currently leads innovation of the household power supply industry. Adhering to the business philosophy of "Creating/passing/pursuing/realizing values", Huntkey continues ...

Doubling pay of civil servants recommended

The Eighth Pay and Service Commission recommended doubling the salary for civil servants on the average in its report submitted to the finance minister today. Minimum basic wage Tk 8,200, maximum basic pay Tk 80,000 Government’s total expenditure may increase by up to 63% if implemented Suggestion to lower budget for expense in payment of civil servants Number of grades lowered to 16 from the existing 20 BCS cadres to get the highest of raise Proposal to lower forced retirement ceiling to 20 years of service Commission Chairman Mohammad Farashuddin, a former Bangladesh Bank governor, handed the report to Minister AMA Muhith at his office at 9:00am.

Jute genome decoder Maqsudul Alam passes away

Bangladeshi scientist Maqsudul Alam, a professor of University of Hawaii who decoded jute plant genome, died of liver cirrhosis at a hospital in the United States at the age of 60. He breathed his last at Queens Medical Center in Hawaii around 2:18am (Bangladesh time), Mahbubul Alam Babu, a brother of the scientist, told The Daily Star Online over phone. alamMaqsudul was admitted to the hospital with liver problem on December 2 and since then he was undergoing treatment there, Mahbubul said. The scientist will be buried in Hawaii on Monday, he ...

Democracy deficit in Bangladesh    

Over a span of three decades, Bangladesh’s multi-party democracy has turned into “partyarchy”, a tendency of political parties to exert overwhelming influence on state and non-state institutions. It has resulted in a downslide in the rule of law, democratic accountability and state building—the three tenets of political development, says a study report on governance. The report described these developments as “deficit in democracy” and “slow development of pluralism in the practices of democracy”. [caption id="attachment_11501" align="alignleft" width="300"]

Political situation hurting economy, governance

The prevailing ‘unusual’ political situation is hurting country’s economy and affecting the quality of governance, politicians, economists and experts said Saturday. They called upon the major political parties to engage in an immediate dialogue for, what they said, restoring democracy for the sake of clearing the way for economic growth. Their observations came at the launch of a research report styled ‘The State of Governance in Bangladesh 2013: Democracy and Party Politics’ at the Brac Centre Inn in the capital. politics BDThe BRAC Instit...
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