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National Mourning Day observed at SUST

Shahjalal University of Science and technology (SUST) has observed National Mourning Day with due solemnity on Saturday marking the 40th anniversary of assassination of the Father of the Nation  Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Teachers, students along with the other officials, SUST Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Aminul Haque Bhuyan paid NMD-1homage to Bangabandhu by hoisting black flag early in the morning in front of administrative building on the campus. They hold black badge and a mourn rally paraded the whole campus. A seminar was held at the auditorium ...

Meghna Bank AGM held

The 2nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Meghna Bank Limited was held on August 13, 2015 at Hotel Amari Dhaka, Gulshan-2, Dhaka. PR2Chairman of the Bank Mr. H. N. Ashequr Rahman MP presided over the meeting. Among others, Vice Chairman, Mr. Abdul Alim Khan Selim, Managing Director & CEO, Mr. Mohammed Nurul Amin, Directors and Sponsors attended the meeting.  

Caritas urges to ensure more labor rights

Bangladesh needs to do more to ensure labor rights in the country, says a Caritas official reacting to the U.S. keeping the country off its list of developing nations who enjoy special trade privileges. “If Bangladesh can ensure labor rights, and regain the generalized system of preferences, the industry can make even more progress and the workers will benefit greatly,” says Caritas Dhaka regional director Ronjon F. Rozario. The United States announced on Aug. 11 it was not reinstating Bangladesh to a list giving trade privileges to 122 developing countries. The generalized system of preferences scheme allows duty-free access for up to 5,000

Market ends week lower on dull trade

Share trading was predominantly lackluster during the week ending on Thursday as investors were cautious in repositioning and placing orders for secondary shares. The benchmark index DSEX eroded 55 points this week when Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw low level of activities and experienced a technical glitch that halted trading for nearly two hours on Wednesday, reports BSS. The broader index fluctuated around 4800-point level and finally closed the week at 4808.87, with the two selective DS30 and DSES sliding marginally to 1859.39 and 1191.00 respectively. stock market... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

$180m USAID program for food security

US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat today announced that the USAID will launch a new $180 million five-year phase of its Food for Peace (FFP) program this year to face food insecurity of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Bangladesh. She made the announcement at a function - USAID Food for Peace Program in Bangladesh, 2010-2015: Exploring Successes and Challenges - at a city hotel, reports BSS. us AmbassadorLGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandkar Mosharraf Hossain attended the function as the chief guest while USAID Bangladesh Mission Di...

TEEAL e-resource programme for agri improvement

Sets pertaining to TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library), a programme that helps improve agriculture sector through easy access to research literature, are being placed in universities and research universities in Bangladesh and training is being provided for their use, according to Sathguru Management Consultants, which is supporting the running of the programme along with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Established in 1999, TEEAL is a programme of Cornell University Library’s Albert R Mann Library, in partnership with leading publishers, to provide access to agricultural research literature. It contains almost 500,000 articles from more than 350 highly ranked research journals in agriculture and related biological sciences.
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