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BB signs MoU with RBI on information exchange

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for exchange of supervisory information. “The Reserve Bank of India, today, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bbSupervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information with the Bangladesh Bank, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh,” RBI said in a release. RBI has entered into Memorandam of Understanding, Letter for Supervisory Co-operation and Statement of Co-operation with supervisors of a few countries to promote greater cooperation and sha...

Inclusive polls required for effective parliament

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Sunday emphasised holding an inclusive and credible election to make parliament effective as the last parliamentary election was a “controversial one”. “Definitely, the January-5 election was a controversial one. When a fresh election will be held without controversy, then no one will say the election is controversial,” TIB executive director Iftekharuzzaman told a press conference at his office. TIBTIB organised the press conference to unveil Parliament Watch report on 10th national parliament (2...

Chronic diseases hitting poorest households hard

The number of people in Bangladesh dying from chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and hypertension—long considered diseases of the wealthy because the poor didn’t tend to live long enough to develop them—increased dramatically among the nation’s poorest households over a 24-year period, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study, published Oct. 13 in the International Journal of Epidemiology, found that the rate of people dying from chronic conditions between 1982 and 2005 fell amon

100 more economic zones to woo foreign investors

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government will set up 100 economic zones gradually to attract more foreign investment that will ultimately help create huge jobs and take the country towards further industrialisation. The prime minister said this at the third governing body meeting of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) held at her office in Dhaka. After the meeting, prime minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters. [caption id="attachment_20358" align="alignleft" width="650"]ecnec_news Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina me...

Rising salinity threatens coastal communities – experts

Suruj Miah walks through his village carrying two large pots of water, one in his hand and the other on his shoulder. His 8-year-old granddaughter, Rozina, lugs a small pot by his side. “It is one of our daily duties,” Miah says. “We have to walk almost three kilometres to collect fresh water for our daily needs.” Miah used to be a farmer in Bangladesh’s coastal southwest district of Satkhira, but rising salt Construction of a dam, financed by The Netherlands, in Boyer Char. A newly planted forest could stabilize the dam, but too many people living in the area fear to lose their basis... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

No entrance exams for children: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that kids should be enrolled in primary schools without any entrance exams. “Why should a kid sit for entrance exam? It is not mandatory to go through exams for getting ???????????????????????????????????? admitted into the primary schools,” the prime minister said at a program at Shilpokola Academy in Dhaka Sunday morning. She also ordered ministries to take proper steps in this regard. “Children should admit into schools in their own area. It is their right,” she added. Ad...
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