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Vatican official to visit Bangladesh

The Vatican official overseeing the Catholic Church’s evangelizing and missionary activities worldwide, ‎on Wednesday begins a 10-day visit Bangladesh, India and Nepal.   In the first leg of his visit, Cardinal ‎Fernando Filoni, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples will be in ‎Bangladesh Sept. 9-13, where he will visit Dhaka Archdiocese and Rajshahi Diocese. [caption id="attachment_19638" align="alignright" width="540"]REUTERS735165_Articolo Cardinal Fernando Filoni, the prefect of the Vatican's Congregati...

Axiata Chief scheduled in city

Axiata President and Group Chief Executive Officer Dato' Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim is scheduled to make an official visit to Bangladesh on September 7, 2015; Monday along with the Axiata management team members. During his daylong visit, he will be engaging with the management team of Robi Axiata Limited to share his vision for the company. He is also scheduled to meet the key government stakeholders during his stay at Dhaka. ImageAxiata President and Group CEO will be accompanied by Chari TVT, Group Chief Financial Officer; Datin Badrunnisa Mohd Yasin Khan,...

India extends Taslima Nasrin’s visa for another year

Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin’s visa was on Friday extended for a year by the Indian Home Ministry. The decision has been taken following an intervention of Home Minister Rajnath Singh as Taslima has been requesting the Indian government to further extend her visa. The 52-year-old writer’s visa was granted for a year with effect from July 23, a Home Ministry official said. Reacting to the decision, Taslima told PTI that she was very happy even though she was expecting her visa to be extended by more than a year. taslima-nasrin...

BUFT Graduate awarded UoM Scholarship

A fashion designer graduated from BGMEA University Of Fashion And Technology (BUFT), Md. Iftekhar Rahman has recently been selected for the prestigious Equity & Merit Scholarship awarded by The University of Manchester (UoM). 360-360_72 pxIftekhar is going to start his MSc at International Fashion Retailing from September 2015 under the scholarship scheme. After completing his graduation at 2009, he has been working as a Fashion Designer both in local and international industries. He is also involved as a lecturer at BUFT since 2014. ...

Jashim re-elected BPGMEA President

Mr. Md. Jashim Uddin has been re-elected as the President of Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BPGMEA) for the session 2015-2016. Mr. Giasuddin Ahmed & Mr. Md. Golam Kibria had also been re-elected as senior Vice President & Vice President respectively. Mr. Quazi Anwarul Haque had been elected as new Vice President. They were declared elected unopposed because they were the lone candidates for the above mentioned posts. [caption id="attachment_18836" align="alignright" width="432"]image002 Md. Jashim ...

Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Kalam dies

Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam died in Shillong on Monday after he collapsed during a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in the Meghalaya capital. Kalam, who was the 11th President of India, was a very popular head of state between 2002 and 2007. He was also known as India’s missile man for ensuring the success of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP). kalam_apj_reutersKalam (84) took ill and collapsed at around 6:30 PM at the function. He was rushed to Bethany hospital in Nongrim hills ar...
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