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PM for civil admin’s proper knowledge about defence, national security

2014-03-12_bss-09_444004Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on having proper knowledge about the defence and the national security by the civil administration. In the present world, she said, the area of the defence meaning the national security has been widened manifold. "Along with the concept of the existing state security, the security of the person, economy, national prosperity and environment has been included in the national security," Sheikh Hasina said. "So, having proper knowledge about the def...

Family of missing Malaysia Airlines passenger successfully ring his phone

The sister of Chinese man among the 239 people feared dead on flight MH370 rang his phone live on TV.
maloyasia_bimanThe family of a passenger on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight successfully rang his mobile phone - but nobody answered. This video shows the moment relatives of a Chinese man among the 239 people feared dead after the passenger jet mysteriously disappeared rang his phone live on state television. The call connected, but then rang out. Chinese media reports that a number of families have bee...

60 new ambulances for fire service

60 modern ambulances are ready to be added at the divisional and district level fire service stations.
ambulances-300The government took the initiative to spread the service of fire service and civil defense department. The project will be placed at Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday for final approval and the total cost of the project was esteemed Tk 34 Crore. Sources said that the project will be implemented within 2015. Fire service and civil defense department sources said that so...

India eyes to boost business in RMG Bangladesh

Indian textile businessmen are focusing on increasing the country’s market share in Bangladesh to offset the impact created by China in last few years, say industry experts. “Bangladesh is a natural trading textile partner for India. But for last two years, China is increasingly consolidating its footsteps in the Bangladeshi markets,” Sanjay Murarka, partner of Kolkata-based FM Textile Private Limited, told PTI yesterday on the sidelines of the ongoing International Ethnic Week (IEW) Goa 2014. bd-india

1,01,758 Bangladeshis to perform Hajj this year

Some 1,01,758 Bangladeshis will perform Hajj this year as the Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘National Hajj and Umrah Policy, 1435 Hijri (2014 AD)’ and ‘The Hajj Package, 2014’, making slight changes in the existing Hajj Policy adding Umrah Policy to it. 30020140310132432The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said that t...

WB for better water, sanitation services in rural areas

Though the national rural water supply coverage in the country is estimated to be 97 per cent, issues with water quality and in particular arsenic contamination have significantly lowered this figure to an estimated 83 percent. It was found through Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2009 by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and the UNICEF. wb The World Bank is providing support to increase the supply of safe water in rural areas, a release of landing agency said. The Bangladesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Proj...
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