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BB awards top remitters

Bangladesh Bank today honoured 31 non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) for sending the highest amount of remittances last year to encourage the expatriates to send money home through legal channels. bbTwo exchange houses that transfer money have also been awarded by the BB for the first time. Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman handed over crests and certificates to the awardees in a programme titled “Bangladesh Bank Remittance Award-2014” at the BB Training Academy in Dhaka.

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Workshop on self-assessment program at JU

The History Department of Janhangirnagar University (JU) organised a workshop on ‘Self-assessment Program’ at its Seminar Room here on the campus on Saturday. unnamedAround 11.00 am, Prof Farzana Islam, Vice-Chancellor of JU, inaugurated the program as the chief guest. JU Pro-VC Prof Dr Abul Hossain and Treasurer Prof Dr Abul Khair, Prof Sayod Kamrul Ahsan, Dean of Arts and Humanities Faculty, addressed the function as the special guests. Director of JU Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) Prof Ajit Kumar Mazumder, JU Proctor Prof Dr Tapan Kum...

Empowering South Asian youths thru’ ICT, media

Region’s influential policy-based youth organization, South Asian Youth Society (SAYS) for the first time ever hosted a shadow SAARC conference titled, ‘Model SAARC Summit 2015 in Dhaka. U.S. Embassy Dhaka sponsored the summit with collaboration from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People’s Republic of Bangladesh. SAARCThe summit was segmented in couple of sessions in a period of three days, happening in capital’s Edward M Kennedy Center (EMK) and Brac Inn Center successively. Particularly the second day commenced with an informal session where the ...

Bangladeshi enclaves in India get ready to celebrate

Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India. [caption id="attachment_18594" align="alignright" width="450"]enclave1-450x337 Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India.[/caption] More than 14,000 residents of 51 enclaves are eagerly waiting for August 1 when they can hoist a flag of a country they can c...

Safety, sanitation crisis swell up girls’ dropout

Lack of social safety, sanitation, prevalence of child marriage and labour hinder children from continuing their education in Bangladesh. The observation came at the launching ceremony of policy briefs on child marriage, child marriage and out-of-school children in Dhaka on Wednesday. education2222The policy brief revealed that out-of-school children were found in almost all districts, with the highest concentration in Bandarban, Sunamganj, Bhola, Netrokona and Cox’s Bazar and the lowest in Jhalokati, Barguna, Pirojpur, Feni and Jessore. ...

BB to keep conventional, Islamic banks separate

Bangladesh will keep conventional and Islamic banks operating separately from each other because of concern about possible violations of sharia principles, although the decision is not permanent, the central bank’s deputy governor told Reuters. The central bank will not approve applications by conventional banks to convert themselves bb-logointo Islamic ones and is barring the use of Islamic windows, which let conventional banks offer Islamic financial services provided client money is segregated. “It is our observation that it created complications ...
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