UAE to recruit up to 2000 female workers each month
MoU inked; UAE to appoint Labour Attaché at its Dhaka embassy
In an important breakthrough, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today (26-10-2014) inked a deal to recruit 1000 to 2000 female domestic workers from Bangladesh every month.Dhaka is considering the move as resumption of manpower market in the oil-rich Gulf nation, which is the second largest manpower destination for Bangladesh.
The country has almost stopped issuing all kinds of entry permits for Bangladeshi passport holders in August, 2012, a...
Clean chit to all Padma Bridge graft case accused
A court acquitted all the accused of graft charges in the much-talked-about Padma Bridge case as no evidence of ‘corruption conspiracy’ in hiring consultant for the bridge project was found by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
Judge M Zahirul Haque of the Senior Special Judge’s Court passed the order on Sunday after taking cognisance of the final report submitted by the national anti-graft body.
On September 14, ACC deputy director Mirza Zahidul Alam, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the final re...
Judge M Zahirul Haque of the Senior Special Judge’s Court passed the order on Sunday after taking cognisance of the final report submitted by the national anti-graft body.
On September 14, ACC deputy director Mirza Zahidul Alam, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the final re...
Homegrown aid web portal set to be launched Sunday
The government will formally launch its homegrown aid web portal, ‘Aid Information Management System or AIMS’, on Sunday, aiming to enhance its capacity to coordinate and manage the foreign development assistance coming into the country.
The AIMS is an internationally renowned software application that records and processes information on development activities and related aid flows in a given country. It captures project-level information on commitments, disbursements and expenditures by donor, implementer, sector and geographic location.
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NBR to get tough with landlords defying house rent rule
As its rule for the landlords to take their house rents through the banking channel evokes a low response, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to get tough to enforce the rule.
“We’re waiting for the deadline for the income tax return submission to be over. After that, we’ll launch our drive in this regard,” an NBR official told UNB seeking anonymity.
The last date for submitting the income tax return has been reset at November 2, 2014 from September 30, 2014 as the NBR received numerous requests from business bodies across...
The last date for submitting the income tax return has been reset at November 2, 2014 from September 30, 2014 as the NBR received numerous requests from business bodies across...
From development information to a data revolution
True development geeks will know that Oct. 24 is World Development Information Day.
Since 1972 the United Nations has been urging us all to raise awareness of development challenges. Four decades on and after a call for a “data revolution” in development by the U.N. High-Level Panel on Post-2015 and the creation of an Independent Expert Advisory Group to lead this revolution, the issue of development information is squarely back on the agenda. But over these years, a very important transformation has taken place. In 1972, the U.N. General Assembly felt “improving the dissemination of information and the mobilization of public opinion, particularly among young people, would lead to greater awareness of the problems of development.” [caption id="...
