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Robi sponsors e-library at DU

Leading mobile phone operator, Robi has come forward to sponsor the e-library at Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka (DU). Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated the facility at the premise of the University’s Faculty of Business Studies today. A total of 35 overseas Universities and International publishers will be affiliated with the e-library at Faculty of Business Studies at DU. These facilities will directly benefit 6092 students and 208 teachers of the Faculty. Thanks to a tripartite agreement among Dhaka University, University Grants Commission (UGC) and Robi Axiata Limited; the students from other universities of the country will also be able to access this state-

BATB gets quality excellence award

British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) received first prize in ‘National Productivity & Quality Excellence Award- 2013’ for improving product quality and their outstanding contribution on national economic development in Large Industry in A Category. BATBIndustry Minister Mr. Amir Hossain Amu hand over the trophy and certificate to Mr. Golam Mainuddin, Chairman, BATB on 9 August, Sunday, 2015 at Hotel Purbani. National Productivity Organization- NPO under Ministry of Industries gave away the award to BATB for developing appropriate strategies and p...

RFK Human Rights Center condemns police statements

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights condemns the recent statements by the Bangladeshi police against human rights organizations Odhikar and the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BAMAK) for their denunciation of abuses committed by the police, says a press release of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). In a published press statement this week, the Bangladeshi police characterized statements the two organizations made on extrajudicial executions committed by the police force as “subversive campaigns.” Further, the police accused Odhikar and BAMAK of “challenging the rule of law and the judicial system” and committing defamation and other criminal acts for characterizing the police actions as extrajudicial killings, says the release.

Politics keeps parliamentary bodies ineffective: TIB

Parliamentary standing committees are unable to work effectively as watchdogs due to political influence and conflict of interest among committee members, a new study of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed. The study says that the members of parliamentary committees have business interests in their respective parliamentary bodies and often they use the committees as tool to gain their own interest, UNB news agency reported. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe study, titled ‘Effectiveness of Parliamentary Standing Committees of Bang...

IBBL, German bank organise workshop on int’l finance

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) and Commerzbank AG, Germany jointly organized a two-day seminar on “Development of Technical Expertise on International Trade Finance” at the Islami Bank Tower on August 7-8, 2015. [caption id="attachment_18775" align="alignright" width="533"]DSC_2660 Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Managing Director & CEO of Islami Bank distributing certificates among the participants in a two-day seminar on “Development of Technical Expertise on International Trade Finance” jointly organized by Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Commerzbank AG,...

JU student held for derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu, PM

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) handed over a student to the Ashulia Police on Wednesday for making derogatory remarks on the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on facebook. shamsul alomUniversity security officer Zefrul Hassan Chowdhury said, after getting allegation from JU BCL leaderas and activists, we handed over him (Babu) to the Ashulia Police Station’. The accused was identified as Shamsul Alam Babu, a final year student of Government and Politics Department and a residential student ...
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