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Bangladesh Catholic Church vows to protect children

The Catholic Church in Bangladesh has launched a campaign to educate clergy, religious and laypeople into making its institutions safe and secure for children. The campaign by the Catholic Bishops’ Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace and Marist Brothers Bangladesh was launched at a national workshop titled “The Church is a safe and secure home” held in Dhaka July 7-11. church childrenParticipants came from seven Catholic dioceses across the country and included priests, nuns, brothers, schoolteachers, hostel directors and Holy ...

SJIBL EC meeting held

The 627th meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) was held recently at head office of the bank. 527 EC JPGThe meeting was presided over by Alhaj Akkas Uddin Mollah, Chairman of the EC of the bank. The members of the committee discussed various issues relating to investment in different sectors. Among others Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. A. K. Azad, Directors Alhaj Engineer Md. Towhidur Rahman, Alhaj Mohiuddin Ahmed, Managing Director Mr. Farman R Chowdhury, Additional Managing Director Mr. Masih...

Robi brings SMS based Quiz Contest

Robi has recently launched an exclusive SMS based quiz contest. Winners of the quiz contest can watch “Poddo Patar Jol” exclusively with actor/actress of the movie. The campaign will continue till July 28 2015. Robi users need to subscribe with Amader Taroka News to start the quiz campaign. Just by sending START Q to 16235, Robi users can get daily update on Bangladeshi Celebrities, Media Print related news etc. The user needs to stay with the service during the campaign period to be considered as a contestant. Once Robi user subscribes to the Amader Tar...

Cocaine smugglers turn to India, BD for new routes, markets

Police who seized Asia’s largest known shipment of liquid cocaine at a Bangladeshi port late last month say it was headed for India, the latest sign that drug cartels are increasingly plying their trade in South Asia. It isn’t clear whether India was the final destination for the cocaine, worth as much as $14 million, or whether it was a transit point for other markets in Asia and Europe. “They wanted to redirect it to India when it got stuck at Chittagong,” Bangladeshi police official CocaineAFPMohammad Kamruzzaman said. Kamruzzaman said they ...

India to get high-speed internet from Bangladesh

North eastern states of India will be soon get high-speed uninterrupted Internet connectivity through an international gateway from Bangladesh connecting north eastern region via Cox Bazar. internetCommunications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will lay the foundation stone on Saturday in Agartala for the installing the cable from Indian side that will connect with the international gateway—a cable connection to transfer voice and data and connect internet services. The telecom connectivity in North East is frequently disturbed due to fragile telecom ...

Little faith in blogger murder investigations

Four secular Bangladeshi writers have been killed since November of 2014: Rajshahi University professor AKM Shafiul Islam, and writers Avijit Roy, Oyasiqur Rahman Babu and Ananta Bijoy Das. At least a dozen more have been killed and scores of others attacked or threatened with death for their progressive and secular views, since massive protests erupted in 2013 calling for [caption id="attachment_18051" align="alignright" width="800"]Activists demonstrate before the National Press Club in Bangladesh, condemning the murder of writer and blogger Avijit Roy. Image by Sourav Lasker, copyright Demo... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=
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