PBL holds annual managers’ conference
A 2(two) days long ‘Annual Managers’ Conference-2016’ of Pubali Bank Ltd. participated by all 444 Branch Managers, Regional Managers & Sr. Executives of Head Office was held at Hotel Ocean Paradise, Cox’s Bazar recently to motivate them to increase Bank’s business by rendering better services. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, Chairman, Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Ltd. graced the Conference as Chief Guest while Managing Director Md. Abdul Halim Chowdhury presided over the Conference.
Vice-Chairman Fahim Ahmed Faruk Chowdhury & Directors- Syed Moazzem Hussain, Monzurur Rahman, M. Kabiruzzaman Yaqub and Azizur Rahman were attended as Special ![]()
EPZs may get trade unions; draft law approved
The cabinet today gave the final approval to the draft of the ‘The Bangladesh EPZ Labour Law, 2016’ keeping a provision for constituting labour organisations in the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) as well as forming a permanent wage board for their workers.
The approval came at the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat today with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reports UNB.
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed reporters after the meeting.
He said the law is going to ...
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed reporters after the meeting.
He said the law is going to ...
Boxers fight to raise funds for Bangladesh
The boxers participating in the 2016 Bengal Bouts are fighting — not just in the ring, but also to eradicate poverty in Bangladesh, a country where most people make under two dollars a day, according to the Bengal Bouts website.
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Adam Pasquinelly, right, tries to clinch Ryan Dunn at Sunday night’s preliminary bouts.[/caption]
According to senior captain Mike Grasso, the combined efforts of the boxers participating in the bouts raises over $100,000 every year, which goes ...
Adam Pasquinelly, right, tries to clinch Ryan Dunn at Sunday night’s preliminary bouts.[/caption]
According to senior captain Mike Grasso, the combined efforts of the boxers participating in the bouts raises over $100,000 every year, which goes ...
Nat’l High School Programming Contest kicks off
Organized by the ICT Division, the second National High School Programming Contest is scheduled to start from the 6th of March 2016. Leading mobile phone operator Robi is going to sponsor the national event. Bangladesh Open Source Network will work as the implementation associate of the event and Codemarshal will be the academic associate. Besides, Kishore Alo, ATN News, Bangladesh ICT Journalists Forum (BIJF) will also be partners of the event.
This came at a press conference held at the National Press Club today.
In order to make everyone aware of the event, promotional activation will be carried out in 500 Upazilla and Thana. In addition, mentors training, facilitators’ workshop, workshop at 64
Winner awarded car at Samsung ‘Win a Car’
Samsung Mobile Bangladesh has announced the mega prize winner of the most exciting “Win a Car” campaign. Samsung Mobile's National Distribution Partners, Mr. Salahuddin Alamgir, Managing Director, Excel Telecom (Pvt) Limited, Mr. Ruhul Alam Al Mahbub, Managing Director, Fair Distribution Limited, and from Samsung Mobile, Md. Muyeedur Rahman, Head of Channel Management were present during this event and handed over the sedan car to the winner.
This campaign has started since Dec.’15 and finally the winner has been selected through a digital random lottery of the IMEI numbers of the offered handsets bought by the customers. ![]()
Polluted air causes 5.5m deaths a year
More than 5.5 million people worldwide are dying prematurely every year as a result of air pollution, according to new research.
Most of these deaths are occurring in the rapidly developing economies of China and India.
The main culprit is the emission of small particles from power plants, factories, vehicle exhausts and from the burning of coal and wood.
The data was compiled as part of the Global Burden of Disease Project.
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